The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-09-27

fear, revenge nor pleasure could be traced
to its Stolid outline. His eyes stared at
everything without appearing TO see, and,
when he spoke, there vas rarely any mean
ing in his words. He followed the men in
their various duties like dog following
his master. Whenever he was struck or
startled by boatswain's mate, he ran up
the main rigging screaming at the top Of
his lungs, and never paused until he had
performed the first evolution which had
made him a maniac.
AS the sailors story runs, the ship ar
rived at Plymouth 20 be docked and refit~
ted. The captain, availing himself of the
leisure, was going to be married, and the
news was communicated by bis servant to
the cook, who soon circulated it on the
berth deck among the men who cursed aim
and all his kin. His servant came on board
of the hulk where the men we're lodged,
the evening when the captain was to be
married. Crazy Joe (the name the boy
was known by met him at the gangway,
and asked iDteiIigeutly if the captain would
be married that evening and where? The
servant gave him the information he de-
sired, and vent about his business.
That night, while the captain was un-
dressing, he was seized by the throat aud
dragged to the bridal bed. Clock, fair
lady, on me-" said Crazy Joe, "but do not
scream, or | will kill you. Look on me.
| hold within my grasp devil, who de-
lights in cruelty-a meIciless hend who
has scourged the backs of hundreds Of
brave men-a ruffian who has robbed me
of my reason hold him within the grasp
of death, at the very moment his black
soul though itself within the reach of bliss.
Monster! look upon your lady-thiuk a
moment of the heaven of earthly JOY almost
within your reach-then think Of me, poor
Crazy Joe and of the hell to which send
you Die, wretch, die -
When the alarm was given, the strangled
body of the captain WAS found laying
alongside of the bridal bed hut the ma
MAC who killed him was never recognized
afterwards. He belonged to Cornwall, and
probably found shelter from pursuit in the
mines until the excitement passed away.
The lady stated at the zine, and many
years afterwards, that the attack of the
maniac was so sudden and silent that she
knew nothing of it until the curtains were
pushed aside and she felt the pressure of
the captains body bent over the edge of
the bed Joe held his victim around the
neck with the right hand, and turned him
from side To side as easily as If he had been
a child, while the foreiuger and thumb of
the left hand grasped her own throat, ready
20 extinguish her l:fe if she attempted to
raise an alarm. His face was pale and
deathiike, his eyes started, but were mo-
tioniess, and every word lie uttered seemed
to issue from the very depths OF his soul.
The captains looks were terrible beyond
descriptiOu-death left the impress of fe-
rocity upon his daIkened features. How
the maniac entered or left the room she
never knew 4; his departure was as nOiseless
as his entrance. So paralyzed was she
with fear that an hour elapsed before she
could muster courage to call for help but
she thanked God, when the captains crueI
character became generally known ashore,
that she had been rescued from his alliance.
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