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tain to accrue from mutual trade and
barter The sable potentate affected to
he plea ed with the proposal, but only to
the end that he might get Glass COM
pletely in his power; but the Scotsman
was on his guard and foiled him.
The king then attempted to poison the
whole crew by provisions which he sent
on board impregnated by some deadly
drug. Glass, by his previous medical
knowledge, perhaps, discovered this in
time; but so scarce had foot become in
his vessel, that he was compelled to 90
with a few hands in an open boat to the
Canaries, where he hoped to purchase
what he wanted from the Spaniards.
In his absence the savages were en-
couraged to attack the ship in their war
canoes, but were repulsed by sharp
musketry fire opened upon them by the
remainder of the crew, who, losing heart
by the protracted absence OF the captain,
quilted his fatal harbor, and sailed for
the Thames. which they reached in safety
Meanwhile the unfortunate captain,
after landing on one of the Canaries, pre-
sented petition to the Spanish Govern
ment to the effect that he might be per-
mitted to purchase food; but that officer,
inflamed by national animosity, cruelty
threw him into a dark and damp dun
geol, and kept him there without pen,
ink or paper, on the accusation that he
was spy. Being thus utterly without
means Of making his case known, he con-
trived another way Of communicating
with the external world. One account
has it that he concealed penciled note
in a loaf Of bread which fell into the
hands of the British consul: another
states that he wrote with piece Of char
coal on ship biscuit and sent it to the
captain of British man of-war that was
lying off the island, and who with much
difficulty, and after being imprisoned
himself, effected the release of Glass. The
latter, on being joined by his wife and
daughter, who had come in search of
him, set sail for England in 1865, on
board the merchant brig Earl Of Sand
witch, Captain Cochrane.
Glass doubtless supposed his troubles
were now over; but the knoledge that
much Of his property and great amount
of specie, one hundred thousand pounds,
belonging to others, was on board, in
duced tour of the crew to form conspir
acy to muder every one else and seize the
ship. These mutineers were respectively
George Gidley, the cook, a native of the
west of England; Peter McKulie, an
Irishman; Andrew Zekerman, Holland
er; and Richard H. Quintin, Londoner.
On three different nights they are stated
to have made the attempt, but were baf-
fled by the vigilence Of Captain Glass,
rather than that of his countryman Cap
tain Cochrane, but at eleven o'clock at
night on the 3Oth of November, 1866. it
CHANGED as shown at their trial, that
these four miscreants had together the
watch on deck, when the Sandwich was
already in sight of the coast of Ireland;
and when Cochrane, after taking sur
vey aloft, was about to return to the
cabin, Peter Kulie Drained him with ian
iron bar" probably marlin spike), and
threw him overheard.
A cry that had escaped Cochrane alarm
ed the rest of the crew, who were all dis
patched in the same manner as they rush
ed on deck in succession. This slaughter
and the din it occasioneG, reused Captain
Glass, who was below in bed; but he soon
discovered what was occurring, and after
giving one glance on deck, rushed away
to get his sword. M'Kulie imagining
the cause of his going back, went down
the steps leading to the cabin, and stood
in the dark expecting Glass return and
suddenly seized his arms from behind;
but the Captain being man of great
strength, wrenched his sword arm free,
and on being assailed by the other three
assassins, plunged his weapon into the
wedged or entangled. It was at length
wrenched forth, and Glass was slain by
repeated stabs of his own weapon, while
his dying cries we're heard by his wife
and daughter-two unhappy beings who
were ruthlessly thrown overheard and
drowned.
Besides these four victims, James
Pincent, the mate, and three others lost
their lives. The mutineers now loaued
one Of the boats with the money, chests,
and so forth, and then scuttled the Sand
wich, and landed at Ross on the coast of
Ireland. But suspicion speedily attached
to them; they were app1ehended; and
confessing the crimes of which they had
been guilty, were tried before the Court
of King Bench, Dublin, and sentenced
to death. They were accordingly execut-
ed in St. Stephens Green, on the 10th Of
October, 1865.
4 Dreadful Mistake.
She gave him a beautiful worked pair
of dinners and alfhnnuh th CIV were an