The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-28
MUTINY IN THE BY.
The Crew of the Rark Grace Attack the Mat
The story OF the Fight.

At about o'clock yesterday morning the
Nova Srotan bark Grace left the Brooklyn
wharvc-. bound for Roucn. France. on Staten
Island a mutiuy broke out in her crew. and in
the fight the mato was badly injured and ono
Of tie crow was beaten about the head and face.
The pilot who was yet on board. hailed the
steam tug. which took the crow and tho mate on
board and brought them to this city At Picr9
the men were arrested by Officer Matthew
Mcclure Of the steamboat squad who took
them to the City Prison. Tho mates wounds
were dressed in the Chambers Street Hospital.
In the afternoon the prisoners were brought
before Justice Murray in the TOmls Police
Court. They were n hard looking lot. and APP
pcarcd to bo lust recovering from long de-
bauch. They gave their names IA Charles Gald
OF Port Royal. S. c. Henry Seton of Liverpool;
John Campbell Of st. Johns n. f.; Herman
Bergman OF Galveston. Tcxas: John Ferguson
OF Belfast. Ne. md John Brown Of Mayo. Iro-
land. Campbell lad bal cut on the head and
another on the lip. Brown was yet under the
Edgar II. Ilnincs tho mnic. small man. W.
ing his hcad wrapped in landages. sail. Vhc
men came aboard at about @ o'clock in the
morning. A. soon rs we got under way tho
second mate went TO the iOrecastlt door and
called for them to como on deck and they re-
ad lad or' ror ali ETG9 TG9"S 10 Brace bbH NS away 'G tt
yards. ! ran to the lorecnstle. and called for
the men 10 come ont. rs thcy were needed.
They answered thnt they wcrc In no hurry. |
entered. and found that thcy had n bottle II
whishcy. and we're drinking. said; Hurry
an roy5 SoyS5 f., 2n dgok ,Spdw Spd n4ish Iss
They said ,hSy would 20 out after they were
ready and that after thcy goi on dock | would
find them men. With that Campbell squared
AMI came for me- II would not DO FOR m t.
down. In falling he must hive hit his hcai
against one Ol the hunks or some sharp corner
and suppose that IL how he got his hcnd cut;
lhrn another man ramc for me. The s''lnl
matc heard the noise and camc to my ass sisi-
anrc BY this timc Campb u was vi and hc
mair anoth' rrush for me ana | hn9ekel him
down again. Tue second mate ana | managed
10 push two or three out on deck. and Campbell
sn'ak"d around the house. cauc up hnhin1 me
Norman bolt. 1t is used In IL,
winila-- and j. ~ iron. about eighteen inches
knocked M fiat on deck and for a i.'1v linutes
! hay stunned. After ! spt up. mad my WY
az ns ia-i II POSSIBLE. Ihs lhys ian, sy ihr
uil heavy cloth zap az the time. which saved
ine. othcrw 80. | suppo-'. ! should have boon
Killed Ihc CROW then IA BODY rcius"d o.
work The vessel was brought TO- anchor and
th, CROW tal,ou on u tug t. NcW York."
Jphn Cpnpi oil acted NJ spokesman for tho
crow. lli- lair was matted with dried blood
his llp Nu- badly cut. ana intrr Mcrc many ugly
: 'ri hos about hi- face. His story VI. tAat
nhd had not had time TO change their shorr
clething Tor their s-a iogs ilr,iprc ~" mate
fht. III ll'il 70 come on tl''h. Il'N iNDl'l iNhi
thry would in "a minute. as soon as they could
nlakc change. At tlis.' Campbell cpu-
tinucd. tn" mate jumped down among u in a
one man down and kicked him. and then struck
me over the head with behaving pin. ! seized
unnfl .-r pln and hit him in -nli-dclsu-s.'
The oturr sailors mIttcred something about
being nirnid to 80 10 sra IN - vessel IA which
snil0r killing had been begun 20 soon. hut their
story M.- iusuArreht.
Justice Murray said that except in The army
in time of war. there was no place whrrr d l-ci-
pine WAS necessary as on SuilnOnrd. Tho
men had refused tu vhsy the Orl ,r- oi their su-
perior on er-. anl they acknowledged having
taken IS bottle OF whisN"y on board which they
know was contrary to the rules ol the merchant
service. lie committed Campbell for trial in
default OF 500 bail. and the others. IN default Of
$500 bail. 20 one months Imprisonment in the
pouit"Ltinry.
M. Grace will ship n now crow and - 70 sea.
lut Ma'r fiAlnr,.- injuries ar 500 -HNrfr thai II
B.. nDf likely be- N,4u he nll'' tn s.ui "a her.