The New York herald., 1876-12-16
CRUELTY At SEA.
Charges Of BarbarouS Treatment Against an
American Captain.
A HORRIBLE TALE.
How the Extradition Difficulty
Affects Such Cases.
Hoxo KosG, Nov. 3, 1s7G

Hoxs koSG. Nov 3, 1s76
The main topics Of interest here late bee,
the rumored departure OF His ExceIIency tho Cover
nor Sir Arthur Kennedy. ard the inquiry and judicial
proceedings IN tho case OF the American bark Z. o.
whiimore In regard TO the nrsh u Is nov officially
published that Sir Arthur to he promoted TO the
Govcrnorship OF Quccnsand-a change which all here
must regret, tho Governor having made himself ex-
tremely popular by tho able and cfnccnt manner IN
which he has discharged his duties
The case Of tho waitmorc has been tho common
talk OF everybody and ns H. perhaps, Is one oil ths
most shocking cases which has occurred FOR some
time may bc of interest 10 the readers oi tho HER
Tho ship arrived bore early In October last wisR
a cargo OF coal from Cardin. anu complaints mado
by the shortly after brought about nm IN.
vcstigatiou before tho Quilted States Consul, which
has resulted showing FORTH II tho Testimony is to DO
bcliev ed systematic OF malt ltrestnent cruelty
aud oppression The part or the captain and first
mate which culmnntca In the death Of the second
mate, bounded, tn hc died, by these two wrctchcs
who to-day arc because there Is extradisiop
treaty by winch they may be rendered to justice. The
ship appears have Deen literally bloody ship and
The story OF their wrongs. told by tho crcwan or
dery. decent looking set OF was such as 10
bring tho eyes OF the listeners who gathered
In the room attached to the consuIs ofnce The cv
dcncc shows that whlo the ship lying In Cardia
Roads ono man several tincs by Snow, tho
matc. with Delaying pin; another man was kicked
In tho head by inc same "niccr. Another man was
treated badly that hc jumped overheard and tried 10
swim to English ship near by Another man was
kicked the eye severely by tho captain that his
sight impaired for some time. For this ireatmons
the mon endeavorcd tho United States Consul al
Cardin. but refused permission. During the
passage one man hal several wooden Delaying Plus
broken over hts body. hts head janmod 80 roughly on
the wheel that his broken he was frequently
chased by the and stabbed with sail nccds; .
fastened to his neck by rope ana tbs
bench thrown overheard, tho ship going ut the time
nye knots hour. At another time tho captain aud
mate took him In tho cabin. pat stick into hii
mouth tied i, there with strings reaching back OF ht
head and then beat him with leather strap until hs
black and blue again swab was put INTO hu
mouth and be beaten over tho arm
| with n mariingspkc Several moo were nt diiorcn.
beaten with Delaying pins ana one struck on the
head with q hammer; IN fact hardly week passed
| without mon being knocked down. jumped upon und
brutaiiy treated. Bad as NIL this treatment was IL
nothing when compared with that which tho poor
| Unfortunate Ewood received According 10 the cap
! tain's own statement this man WAS disratcd from
second mate on account Of incompciency. He nd-
! mts having struck hun with his hands and with
ropes cnd and aitcrward to lashng him on two occa-
| s,ons asIrde tho keel of boat. He admits that he
pu h,m IN irons tw,ce and aftcrward that he ironed
! him hand foot and placed him IN tho ships dun.
gcon, he was chained for at least two days to
| Vinegar barrel and when he discovered to
| bc In = dying condition he was removed 10 . bunk
| four fect two inches long ana TWO feet
| wide whore no died IN four days. These admissiohs
OF tue captain damning, but the evidence Of the
so 10 show that they are mild 10 what actually
occurred Elwood was n strong and healthy man up
thu the captain, Tor some unexplained reason,
began his abuse. From the time DO was dsraled ne
BEATEN Axp BEATEN UNTIL as DIED.
To quote the testimony Of the carpenter Smith,
! whom Tho captain himscl says Is very good mani
have been ship carpenter twenty years, and In tho
| United states navy ten years: have seen one bcAy
| ing PIN broken over Daniel Johnson's body by the
fha fPun Va hRlu
pins; u was frequent occurrence; have seen
the mate strike Elwood on the head
causing n,s head 10 bleed awtuy Elwood was treated
very badly BY the captain and onlccrs; my opin:
ION that death caused by this bad troAtmcnt
have never In all my experience treated
badly Elwood was; the treatment VI the crew was
the have evor seen or neara ot; cant tell
why Elwood was SO badly treated; he used to ask
about Il himscf; he was very good second mate he
s ~su no hs ass'y ooaa
look HIM after he brought out OF the iazaretc
the dungeon--hc had been badly treated; one day
amer he had been dsraed the same evening that
| mato had struck him with Delaying pin, no came
into my room; ! said, 'Elwood. tho officers don's
como after eight o'clock he came, took OF his
hat and said Feel my head. y Is full ot blood and
lumps: said, 'Irs use, feel Il; you mad better
go and do the best you cam he said. 4 shall NOS
i've iii get to Hong Kong the way an treated
when he wac brought OF tho lnzarette 10 the car
pcntcr's shop there was no hope Of his liie; exam
ined the wounds his head; ict his check bone and
THINK IL was fractured, as thero was hard biack
The scene when this poor victim taken from the
Iazarettc simply awful Tho captain, Second Maze
| Stanford aud one OF the named Erickson went
this dark space In tho stern OF the ship, 20
small and cncumbercd that It was necessary to crawl
about hands and knees with candle " bring e.
Er,ckscn in his testimony says:-' 'Hc lying half
naked Ironod hand foot, covered with nlsh, his
| head bleeding, ana chained with chain not more
tl,an foot onu 10 a vinegar barrel; the captain sAus
out .Ewood; Elwood answered, Yes, SRI the cap
| tam looked at him and called hm foui name ano
| laughed; was then ordered by tho captain 20 take
fhn fprs nd nruN n
pull him by the lcgs-the captain told INC MOT 70 Akc
| him BY the arms dragged him about ten fecs me
whole body resting on tho floor, and he was nearly
| naked; he did not say anything when dragged him"
..IIe did not say anything That simple sentence
down. tho poor man must have lonsed for death TO
como and relieve him from his terrible existence.
testines.I and Erickson carried him tElwood) out oi
tho lazarcte; took him amldships when tho captain
ordered him TO be set down and 10 Dc oroomeu w,tn
| salt water; we did and stripped MIN; blood was
| running from his head his whole back was black and
swollen "a also his he had other sores on him;
we washed him with salt with all these OH
| aud brushed HIM with corn broom; no was only
on S Sh ami 4, s' me :" he wssnsa WAS Sas
| mind from took him IRON tho lazarstto;
he smclt after they began TO pea. n' occanss 2. N.
when put IN the carpcncrs shop out oil the lazarstte
oh, my little boy, my lt.le boy, my child, my ch,id
my boy. my boy = there wcrc I'VE holes In Tho de-
| coascd's head; he dIcd shortly after"
Further details arc unnecessary All tend 10 shos
that the case Is as horrible AZ 10 well could bs Yct
mos, Ink ely these will never bc punished ion
their crimes IL snd that the niled states Consul
tecyrapne ed for instructions to Washington, and re-
rcivcd reply that no should make no demand up0s
the English authorities Tor the urrcnder The feeling,
however 80 stroug against the accused that should
the oppurlunuy otcr doubt they VIII be turned
over 10 the American authortie, and probably tina
~. may take tho news thai they arc on theW
way to san Francisco for trial
rng UNIFORM COTS QUESTION
Tho question Of uniform Chinese coin 10 again
started, and Efforts making for tho establish
nrnt Of Chinese mtnt to coin pieces With .
dragon head Ia hopes that the Chinaman's supcrsst
frr ir~y aosah m n
the coin without hesitation
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