The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-07-29
1 MANIAC AT SEA.

The steamer Newbern, Captain
Metzger, ten days from Guaymaa, ars
rived in San Francisco few dayt
ago. She brought the mate, D. G.
McIsaac, and four seamen of the If
fated schooner, Enstace, ]. CUTIE
owner, which was recently blown up
in the Calf Of California by the Chi.
.nese cook, he first having assassina-'
ted CAPTAIN A. Hornsby. The fol.
lowing are4the circumstances Of the
tragedy as given by the mate: Oh
the morning Of the 18th inst, whifS
on the passage across the Gulf from
Cape st. Lu9as Mazlatan, about midi
way, the Cook exhibited signs of ins
sanity, and seemed to be laboring
under the impression that some one
was trying to take his life. As he
was not violent, Captain Hornsby
did not think it necessary to confine
him. The cook remained in his quar-
ters from 8 A. NJ. until p. NJ. when
he went to work apparently all right.
He cooked the dinner, trimmed &hd
lighted the lamps, and performed His
duties as usual. Alittle after 7 p. NJ.
he went below, all sttpposing he had
gone to bed, as he usually retirsd
early. At 8 p. M..the mate was 'sit=
ting on the taffrail talking to CaptIau'
Hornsby, when the latter remarked
that he would go below and light, 8
cigar. In a moment he returned
hastily crying out "cafch him! catchs
h:m!" at the same time apparently
holding something with both handle
against his body. The mate ran and
met him at the cabin door, when tho
Captain cried "Pull this knife iout."
He fell against the mate, who tried
to pull the knife out, but could not.
calling the man at the wheel and ~
the same time seating the Captain;
he succeeded in extracting tho dtasf1y
weapon. The Captain CAPPED tw0'
or three times and Immediately en-
pired. The man at the wheel ssw
the cinnamon running to loaket in
the forward part of the cabin, where
the axes were kept, t,and!then blow OUT
the light. The man at the wheel
gave the alarm and all the crew CAME
aft, got the Captains body. laid il
out on the quarter deck and covered
it up. The cabin door was closedf
the men all going forward except the
mate, who remained at the wh6sI.'
Soon the cook..came..to to the cabin door, !.
and the mate prevented his coming
out and called the crew aft. Thss
door being open' and the cook seeing
all the crew would not come, cut.
The door was then closed and made
fast, as the crew refused to come ait
again unless this was done, as all the
firearms OH board were in the cabin.
The men gong forward again. the
cook came to the door and said IT the
mate molestcd him he would kill him
also and then fire the vessel. Tho
crew fearing lie would FIRE the vessel
having about 1000 kegs Of powder
on board. proposed to leave the ship
Immediately; but the mate disuaded
them from doing SO. About u r. ~
the cook lit the binnacle lamp in the
cabin, the crew all standing around
the door with handspikes, bat mo-
movement was made by the cook
and nothing more was seen or heard Of
him until the next day. To keep the
men satisfied, the mate got the long
boat ready with water and provisionas
At IL A. M. on the 18th inst. the
cook came TO the door and spoke TO-
the man at the wheel, who called Che
mate. The latter asked the cook #
he wished to come out, but lie repiiI,
ed no, and said if the men wanted,
any provisions he would pass them
out. The mate replied that'itI wasent
NECESSARY. as tie men had already
been to dinner. Nothing More trans-
PRED until about 2 P.s NJ. when the .
man at tie wheel gave the alarm Of
FIRE, the mate seeing al the saiHe tifds.
smoke coming out Of the cabin sky.
light, which was partly open. Put
ting the helm down immediately
the long boat was launched, and irr
to doing she filed with water and
capsized. The crew then got III the,
small boat hanging TO davita and
lowered themselves and immediately
pulled away to lsward an fast - ros-
sible., In- ten minutes the keajasS ~
the charter deck was in q skeet a.
fame, in Eve or ten minutes 'ab explQ-
sion took place which was som6th hing
serrifr. This waa followed ms fsH
seconds BY q secoud sxplosioa. The
mate and crew then pulled kof the
shore. and 81 ID Il II. On Aheg ab
made the land about 50 NIL xbu'
north of Mazatlaus Froll 5euA-
inn place they made l5f slMay 10
MAzatlati, reaching there ID time -
take the steamer MAJfheYu for San