The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-12
,,.,,,r, the Norfolk y.rginian.I

49,, hsve received the following letter
W. warrrn Chase. late n seaman on the
"""' .r :, VI. Bird, Captain John Carr,
s'"o" ,'';n,, "a Eockland, Me-, which arrived
Ht''"I ,,y. AGO from Portland, With cargo
S! .,, UNSIGNED 10 Mcssrs. Rawlms d Co.
o. . ,,,.ra., complained OF was perpetrated
-" g., rqrbor Of Portland, Me-, and the men
~ 49, M, allowed to go on shore. II is
N'.,l ,bat on the arrival OF the vessel here
>, ..roud mate. named Nathan Quincy,
>,,a. the chief in the acts OF brutality,
,,,.l;arcIy came ashore and made way
.,.,, tho city. Warrants have been issued
- u. arrest by United States Commits
':,,,1r Barry. hut his whereabouts have not
,,.,,, discovered. The letter gives history
o!tAc affair:
HOSPITAL OF ST. VINCENT pE PAUL,
NORFOLK. Va, August ., 1876.
r},t,r Yorfoih Tirginian: | should like
a., ro,, ,Lr attention Of the public, through
,ho roI1,,nn, Of YOUR widely-circulated pa
>, : transaction which occurred on
i'r,i ~ the schooner :. VI. Bird. OF Rock
',iI Nc. commanded by Captain Joseph
; y,'.~r.n, bound from Portland to Norfolk
,,:.I, =, load OF ice. On the 9th OF July the
crow. consisting oil four men, went on
;..qrd and immediately commenced work,
waking M and storing >ail-covcr>, shifting
.rl-torinr chaih-cable. &C., when one OF the
crew, frclin" unwcl. asked permission to 60
1,a,aw for little while. The permission was
readily granted 10y the first mate, and the
NM, went below. In few minutes the
.,r,yd mate, Nathan Gurnev, came forward
md ordered him 10 20 out on deck, and be-
fore he had time to explain he was seized by
.N, hair 81 the head. dragged ont OF his bed
and kicked SensclesS, his face and eyes con-
yty-,d into strong appearance or raw liver,
:ar beating occurring in the forccastc and
,.l.,v on deck. and lasted about thirty min
It's. the mate witnessing the whole and
L,,nfng the rest Of the crew away, and the
r.r.a:a witnessing that part of the trans
,..:on which occurred on deck. This
h.r,nned on Thursday afternoon. The
,r,>rl did not leave Portland until the
>turdav night following, but still the
second mate was not arrested, and all the
..rpca!> OF the poor sufferer, who was per-
i.r.lv blind. to send him to the hospital. or
have 4 doctor brought OIL TO the vessel were
Gi>rrgartlcd. Immediately on our arrival
here. while backing into dock, The captain
;o!i til" second mate to Jump ashore. which
IL. did. and since then has not been seen.
although the constable, armed with Il war
and low. Such brutal and cowardly on
e;auvit. almost under the shadow OF 4 city
hail, NAV not occur very often, but ] sin
ccr,ly trust that this exposure will have
the elect Of forcing the officers OF the
schooner :. VI. Bird TO treat their crews
with more humanity in future.
would further add that after the beating
The second mate approached the rest OF the
crew ana told them, with fearful oathS, that
he would max" them curse the day they
Were born before they reached Norfolk.
The result oi this was. on the next ight-
FRIDAY, july 2Stil--tWo OF the men jumped
overheard. The wind was blowing pretty
fresh 1t III" time; The vessel was one mile
and quarter from shore; so the prObabili-
IT, are that they were both drowned.
Hoping this will receive corner in your
valuable paper conclude. remaining, very
respectfully, Your obedicnt servant, poor
sailor WARREN CHASE,
late oi the schooner s. VI. Bird.
The captain and lir>t mate OF the schooner,
the liviHiG,> says. deny the statement OF
Chase in toto. The captain says it is not
true that TWO men jumped overheard when
the schooner was more than mile from
land. He says that two men did leave the
ship III midnight on the 9TH on plank that
!att ;1ccn used 70 hold chain, but that both
Oi them landed at the pier about l O'Clock
the same night