The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-18
RUNNING AMUCK AT SEA.
CAPT. DWIGHT OF THE SHIP FREEMAN
CLARK MURDERED IN BED.
Hts steward and the Cook, Malay Cinnamon,
Attempt TO d urder the Omcers and Crew
Both are Killed and Thrown Overheard.

Hts steward and the Cook. Malay Chinnmen.
Attempt 20 Murder the Oncers and Crew
Both are Killed and Thrown Overheard.
A letter written at sea Off Barnegat and
brought to New York by pilot boat gave the
first news to Messrs. Vernon II. Brown & Co..
who are agents OF the Cunard line that there
had been mutiny on board the ship Freeman
Clark from Calcutta which was consigned to
them and was bringing them miscellaneous
Calcutta cargo. The letter was not signed by
Capt. Dwight. but by First Mate william Will
liams who wrote that Capt Dwight had been
murdered, and that he was acting In his place,
Yesterday the ship reached port and was
warped TO pier at the Pierrepont stores in
Brooklyn. A new flag at halfmast futtered
yesterday over a deck whose planks were as
white as the flooring OF Dutch kitchen. whose
brass work was polished as bright as 30 many
mirrors. and whose appointments were as care
fully arranged as II she were man-of-war
undergoing inspection. She was built In Bath.
Maine. in 1865. and In the India trade she has
no superior among vessels Of her size. which Is
1900 tons.
The history Of her remarkable voyage as 1t
was told to SUN reporter was as follows: She
left New York on June 2S. 1881. for Calcutta with
twenty persons on board all told. Capt. james
Dwight being assisted by MateWilliamW illiams.
Second Mate Thomas H. Lowory All Gee, stew
ard; All Cung. cook; @. II. Johnson. carpenter.
shipped in New York, and All Gee shipped in
%6St are SaoS ffsd Malay dGns%Sn 6%aS
Shina%an and, expressed Himself in hi'I pigeon
queues coied behind their heads. The sea-
on Feb Nobns T2
until Just after daybreak on May az. On that
bowne and Il WAS the second T mates wa w
The CAPTAIN and first mate were abed. and the
watch had been washing the deck. working at
The two Cinnamon. about whom there was
nothing especially noteworthy except that
quit smoki ing opium, but had managed to get
4 and smoke it in private, were at their duties.
men me lam and the Steward having put the Captains
sitting room In order Suddenly cries for help
found the Chinese cook and the st mate
struggling with each other in the mate s room.
The CaptaP was on n his knees in his oyp
him with knives and hatchcts. and he was
all but dead. The steward, while the
the sailors. was running along the deck
armed with long knife and the CAPTAINS re;
him. He was dcmoniacai in appearance. His
eyes glared. and his hair seemed to stand on
ore se Se TSs %a H
which the second mate managed TO secure.
The sailors took up whatever was at hand. and
who. 1t was seen. were prepared to run amuck.
To all appearances they, were both insane.
obtainable Both ohinamcn wers Killed,
Goard The epan 1 within an RSs
the mate and crow OF tho Chinamen's insanity.
II indeed insanity was the cause of tho attack.
II was evident that they had struck him with a
Ratchet several times on the head and once in
and Wien he ssIS SFe ut blow With
Of the chinamSn severed the thuME from his
right hand. His murderers Quilted his cabin.
groan in reply TO questions put to him by the
second mate. Tho carpenter washed him and
used restorativcs without avail.
His body was clad in clean garments. wrapped
in sheet OF canvas. which was sewn ut the
edges and weighted with metal, and. in the
was, stilI eomowh"t confused in mind and IL
Englshman was appointed steward; Charley,
German foremost hand. whose last name Is
bHnVwn M New 9pE ana the SHIP Kept
OI ss %s Msts e TGo%mas f Lowqry gave the
The cook was known onlyas cook" said he.
The steward we % always called Boy on the
and got my coffee as was usual from the stew
ard, and after he took the cup back the Cap
tain: who was in his room, called to me through
saw, tho steward standing on the opposite side
OF the table; but as i vas his custom to ciean
| was meditating murder. l went out on the
| deck where two seamen were wor king at the
deck with a hose. Presently l saw one Of
S2 2s T4oH bo s saw mn the Williams GnS:o w fG
big Ratchet upliitcd. ri xiii you. YOU -
he cried, The, mate. who was strgugling with
l Md ham ha IA
Cling with the steward. | ran in I? tell the
| ton with his hoad on his knees. bleeding from
q wound Life was not extinct. but he was
wheel. said: My God the Captain is muir
dered.' Then ran down on the starboard side
| of the vessel to the main deck. and just as /
reached there the mate, Francesca and the two
Chinamncn were engaged IN fierce struggle lie
started after me with an axe in one hand and a
long knife in the other, with the most blood
ward on the starboard side and around on the
port side as fast a. l could, the cook after me
fH fly o ST ma IL GS sssSn door and there
stopped, l ran into tho Captains room and
took down sword and went to the main main
man was STRUGGLING With Francisco. The stew
use il, when drew on with the sword and
struck him twice over the right shoulder. An
drew Johnson, seaman, tllon dealt MIN u dow
over the head with capstan bar. Then the
steward broke away and ran forward whore the
carpenter. Charles johnson. struck him on
the head with pump handle. Tho Chnaman
then fell and although he got to his feet once
while tho cook was chasing me Francesca
had got a small axe from the carpenter shop,
and when the cook turned away from me at
tho cabin door he ran to tho after part of tho
main deck. Francesca faced him and said.
Don't come any further or, III kill you Tho
cook answered with blow from the hatchet.
but Francesca lodged and escaped with a
slight wound on tho top of the head. Then
Francesca before the cook could strike again,
drove the sharp edge Of the axe into his face.
cutting it open. The Chinuman turned around.
apparently to make for tho main deck. when a
Russian seaman called Fred struck him with a
hammer on the back OF tho head and killed
him. We threw the Cinnamon overheard,
AMY we @ Would haze MI BEEN Do
We had not killed the Chnamnon for they were
certainly running amuck,''
Acting Captain Williams was found in the
Captains stuteroom. an unusually large apart
mcnt, as beautiful in its appointments as the
| room of any transatlantic commander, The