The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-12
TR.fGIDT 1T SCI.
HORRIBLE suffering from Hunger - Murder
mud tunnibuttstu.

Capt Charles Kccnc Of the schooner
Specdwcll arrived in Ibis port yesterday bring
ing with hiiA the officers and all except ono of
the crew uf The Snllic NJ. Stcrlnan. He report
ed that he found her nearly waielogucd. but
making stccrale way under fore aud main try
sails northeast oi the Bermuda Islands. She
WINS flying the American ilag. union down rs
signal OF distress He sent his first mate. W o.
sawyer. to h,r. and he took away all om board.
Tie report d thai nothing movable was let ON
dock aud that the mon wrrc hardly milo
90 walk. Every article Of food in iho ~ Gilman
had been consumed eight days previously.
The remains " man WIS found. from whi"h
paris oi the h"sh had been eat. Som" Of the
IL sh SO removed was found in barrel with
some sat. This 4 WIS explained To- sawyer.
WAS done to prevent il from spelling. The
Captain. who was wasted wnh hunger. told th1
ng'c Tint two cuorcd men "t the, crew ny
Guarrccd, md on had killed IN" other IN ~
defence. Tho body WAS imin diai.y ~ np
and cntcn. all hands helping tn do u; Inc SIX
survivors spccdily recovered their hcailh on
The captain of tho Stcclman was found Yes;
| trrdny 10y reporter for TUE SuN' ms nr"nIr1
rnnoynr"i hri,,hinrse. lii name Is :. G. Hig-
bee. lie told his story Willingly
poir ny VI W .I.t Charloston Dc. il. loa,lci
! with phosphate ro.ks--n tg.rriblc bad cargo TO
AIRY in rough wcethcr. We were bound To
,mvn,.. Tnin Poe %. wa hni li,;ht. pleasant
! winds hut % tho might OF the Both hurricane
| hurst mon ~. W wcr" then about twenty
/ miles on Cape Haitaras. The wind lasted
i seventy hours. When IL gave us a chance to
our sails split. our boat stove and everything
washed from the dock that the water could get u
purchase an. We mudo tho best sail
w. could but our progress was slow ON Jan
Is was startled with the thought that our pro-
VISIONS might run short Al hands were Put
us only five dnys. The Inst mouthfu wHs eaten
on Jan. % The men were feeling very weak.
and. to make It worse. q northwest gale took us
on the worry next day, starting tho upper deck
and cnueing the vossr 80 spring leak. Three
days after that, the, men having been without
food four days. and weakened by lnl,oring at
the pumps. three OF them. David Barrett. George
Seaman and Waiter Samp-on. all cnlored. gave
ont. That left the mute James l.. Somcts. the
cook. Sylvester Herbert. one sailor. George
lllchs. and mysoli. tour mn IL Inanasc ne
on Jan 80 W. had all hcen absolutely with
ont food for scv"n days. We had plenty ~ water,
because Il rainod nearly every day. We had
chewing tuhicco hut No spirits of any kind
George anan was the lrst Of tho color d
ont food for four or i've days he be-
cnme crazy On the morning 81 the 3Nn
the three cQlorcd men wore in the forccnstlr 20:
was aiterwnrd told hy the other two coioroi
men that SEAMAN declared that he would kill
Waiter Stmpspn to rat HIM. Each Of the three
denly Seaman made an attack on Sampson. He
uiu not nre AZ hlm WIN MS pistol Al" gunner
drew IT, or else 1t 'mpt al to strike him. Sanp-
son. however, was too quick for him. He drew
his own pistol and killed seaman instantly. He
fired thrce shots. seaman did not fire. | heard
the shots went into the forrcastle and found
seaman dcad. The rest ofus We're afraid Of our
lives II the negroes had not got into the quar-
rel and Killed one NJ themselves. probably they
would have attacked u.s. We had no plstois
That afternoon W. cut - pecc on ~ the Il shy
part of the Log and broiled II on the lire. What
W. did not want we put in n barrel with some
salt. because VIZ did not want TO run the risk u
having another man shot The rest Of the body
W. aiterwHrd buried with proper ceromoniais
| ate "a piece iis large my two fingers only. IL
vas banded To fne rs II WIS taken OIL OF the IRE.
AMI covered il on both sides with mustard. ]
tasted nothing hut the mustard. but that night
fvii bad Effects from Il. resolved that would
eat no NOR" Of IT,
mind on Jan. 30. ] am pretty sure was not.
II seemed To me rs though NV blood had
stopped flowing. | felt throughout my whole
body Just ~ u mans foot feds when it IL
asleep On the next day the Sreedwell res
cued M. The schooner went 10 the bottom.
probably. the night We left her."