Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-25
MUTINY IN THE GULF.
The Life Of a Ship Captain Saved by His
Dauqhter's Herossna.
New Orleans Times.l

Something over two weeks ago a brief
dispatch from Key West to the Associated
Press announced the arrival at that port of
the British bark Geo. s. Barry, Capt. How
ard in command, several days out from
Pensacola, bound for Montevideo, with her
crew in state of mutiny, snd her captain
badly cut by the mutineers. The dispatch
further stated that the captains life was
saved, and the mutiny quelled by his
daughter.
From passenger per steamship Chase,
from Key West, representative of the
Times yesterday obtained additional par
ticulars of this affair.
The George S. Barry halls from Halifax,
and was bound on the Sd inst. from Pensa-
cola to Montevideo. In the night of that
day, being somewhere off the southwest
coast of Florida, the mutiny took place.
The captains watch continued until EIGHT
bells, midnight, and at that hour, while ex-
pecting every moment to be relieved bv the
first mate, the bell was rung. The man for
ward now came aft to relieve the man at the
wheel, and as he passed the captain he drew
long knife and plunged it into the CAP
tain's neck.
The captain turned quickly aud seized the
man by the collar. Twisting his fingers
around the shirt band, he pulled the mans
head down under his left arm aud giving
him heavy blow with his right fist, laid the
mutineer out senseless upon the deck. AT
this point, just as tho captain was about to
turn away to see about getting his profusely
bleeding wound attended to, the man at the
wheel came forward and rushed npon him.
This man was armed with q marlin spike,
and raped the captain several times on the
head and on different parts of his body.
Then he drew knife and began to stab
the bewildered officer. BY this time the
other sailor recovered from the blow he had
received and advanced again upon his com
mander.
The fight now became butchery, and the
men cut the poor man relentlessly. The
captains daughter, in the meanwhile,
awakened by the scuffling on deck, heard
her parenG cry to her to bring his pistols.
Sprineing from her bunk, she seized the
weapons, small silver mounted ,revolvers,
and ran quickly upon deck.
Holding one of the pistols by the muzzle.
she placed the cold steel to the head of the
wheelman, and cried: 'Leave off, or I'll
blow your brains out!'' At the Same time
she slipped the other pistol into her fathers
hand. The wheelman dropped his knife
and ran forward. The captain opened fire
upon the assailant and put him to flight. As
the men retreated, he sent five messengers
of death after the villains.
The men went to the boat on the port side
of the vessel and attempted to lower it. The
captain staggered forward and drove them
away, though he could not prevent the boat
from falling into the water. Successful so
far tho loss of blood told upon the gallant
captain and he fell almost lifeloss upon the
deck. His daughter dragged him to his
cabin and did what she could to stop the
flow of blood.Na The captain was cut IN thir-
teen different places. The worst wounds
lacerated and his legs slit in several places.
His left cheek was laid open, and the muscle
governing the action of the eyes cut. In
fact, poor Capt. Howard was all but used up.
When daylight came the ship passed close
to Dry Tortugas, and the captain had the
flag hoisted, union down, as sign of dis
tress. The lighthouse keeper put off in a
boat and came alongside. When he learned
what was the matter he was afraid to come
aboard. He Immediately rowed to the fort.
however, and got the corporal and one SOL
der who have charge of that post, and the
three, heavily armed, boarded the vessel.
Under the captains orders they arrested the
two nutineers and put them in irons.
The ship then sailed to Key West, and the
mutineers were brought before the British
consul. By the latter they were re1nanded
to the United States commissioners, in whose
charge they now are, awaiting the demand
Of the Canadian government.
The captain is improving fast, and there
are chances that he will recover his health.
although not the full use of his eyes. He
states that ne knew nothing of the mutiny
previous to its occurrence, but has reasons to