The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-07

THE orsrorns or rnn ALclrA CHARGED WITH

TIE oFfIckRs or THE ALcIRA CHARGED WITH
CAUSING THE DEATH OF sAlLoa
In the partially told story Of members Of The
crew o. the brsan,ipe Alclra suggestions of an
airoeoas murder committed in midwinler on The
high seas. oaly'one side oil The story mas yet
gwen, ant ~hls the suspicion is entertained that
steward, snariing from real or iancied wrong
has nstisaied an investigation Commissioner Osborn
fst Justas yesterday holding the parties accused
OF tue crime 10 bail.
a. naylnl tho ears OF OK udge Curtis coun-
Tor the Sailors Boarding House ociety tnat Karl
koato.r and anolner seaman residing with
Sman. Al No. Albany street, pretended TO have
knawsese OF murder. no ADVISED The men 20 10
Assistant uaitsa tates District Attorney Fiero
aaa make formal complaint Acting Oh This
advice the men sought the Official named
Wednesday afternoon, ana, alter hearing
ans complaint, 10 went TO Commissioner o.
born. wno issued warrants Tor the Of D. W.
LsIasley. tue captain; herman Price aud Clark Del
anc, r<~ectyey nrst and second mate VI Tue Alcra.
reputy Aarsnals DenAert. Edsel and Holmes served
tae WARRANTS earl, YESTERDAY morning. ana the prison
ere acre arsaisncd ociofc Commissioner Osborn.
a sAiLoN's sroaY
Tue testimony OF hoslDar was keu and IL 1t he
rectes lbs iol0~ins narrative Of events leading
~ 10 abh ~ u.lsng m inc death Of MO-, who was
kaown ~ ihf crew as Niilam Voss, but Is named Ia
srteie. IS William Waters; The Aicira left New
February lasL aLG al tour O'Clock the mira dav
Out IRON sandy Hook yoss lett Inc Wheel wcut Tor
ward and sashea dis hands; meananile, dcponent
Mas a. lae wheel ana Tue nrst mate, seeing
Noss sofward, told hIm 10 90 ait aud do
his worA, some words passed between the men
anu h1aIy the mate ssruck Voss Ia the
face Jusi tnca the captain Out oi the cabin and
sesins ~hst was COINS on cried 70 tho mate 70 'g've
u nini." Ae tAeA won't 10 where the men We're, and
graSplns soss by tne tnroa, forced MN against the
oatwark an. n,ia h.m ual as deponent afiirms, The
ssamau's lace sre~ black. When The captain let 20
MS uoid GA tho mans neck. tue mate took him IN
charge again. and alter punching him severely threw
hin 10 the oecA, aud, wn.le he was pr0srae, kicked
hini. Blood stained tho deck ana Il looked like a
butcher shop. Voss was then ordered nit TO work,
but he complained anu SAID no TOO and h1rt
10 wcrk On hearing oi this answer to the mates
9aas order Mae oocycd, anu all niaht long,
When The men watch were mulied up,
Noss. IN tnn shri, VAS Ia irons on the deck The
neht Was uercey cold, aua u was thought that Voss
would Ireezc 10 doatn before morning. Tho next
mora NJ Noss turned in and when towards night he
was ordered out 10 work again he mad burning fever
aud conplained TO deposcnI That night Pierce and
Noss took IN lying Jib ana Voss was sent out 10
make 1t up. Al TINS t,mo he was snivering aud IN u
high lever. When ne came IN oil the boom he was so
weak tnat ne tell down The conpauion.way, and hurt
hts hand. A ter this accident Vvss never worked
again, and tor whole days ne could not cat The
nad Cruel made Tor him. but nc could not eat II. He
gradually grew worse And waen The snip arrived at
Porto Cabello dcponcnt carried tho sick mau his
back TO the hospital, whore he believes he died
is voss DEAD?
The whole case hinges this point. as the only
evidence That the died is found In u speech fen
the men swear the captain made 10 that eject When
he wished 10 sell Voss' clothes auctrVn the did
not bd on them, ana Tho captain assured them there
wouiu tic no trouoie, as Voss was dead None OF tho
men saw him dead Tho defence held that Voss died
oil pneumonia, contracted during the voyage, and
tnat nothing but an ordinary brawi occurred SNIP
board Inc steward OF the ship, who was discharged
when the ship wed, threatened. it Ia alleged
make trouble Tor the captain Aud mate.