The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-20
MURDERED AT SEA

!. MURDERED AT SEA.
}. sEcRLr OF A BOTTLE OF WHIsK
). Tho lahuman Mats OF 4 Dasi, Crlx,d With Pr
II loinsd Spi,lls Murders sssman-ls Drives tbs
It Crew ln.o tho Rigging Oaly 10 wItn,nA
o noat Eru.ai Aurdsr-us is Arrested. y
Q NEw YoRK, May l9.-The Nova Scotia
+ bark Myrtle, Captain J. Carter, left be
= wharfage at East Tenth street yesterday
: loaded with nAphtha and bound for Pei
:. nambuco. Before leaving her dock a ne,
crew was shipped and abe was towed up tn
river and anchored of Whitestone. Til
crew, 1t is said, were under the influence o
liquor when taken on board, and the secont
mate, Michael Walsh, was in beu,tly stat,
OF intoxicatlon. This, however, was deniec
by Captain Garter. Soon alter the Myrtle
anchored of .Whitest3ne the crew were
called to dinner In the forecastle. While
the crew were at dinner Second Mate
Walsh, went through the Bsilors' baggage,
and, finding bottle Of whisky In the bag
Of james Williams, began to drink Ii.
Before be had finished the bottle Williams
entered the forecastle, and seeing Walsh
drinking his whisky, pulled out his knife
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clothes and scratched Walsh's stomach.
The latter became injurious and picking up
an AKA that was lying on the deck, and
with terrible blow struck Williams In the
back OF the neck, breaking the backbone,
and the sailor fell dead at his feet.
" AN EXCITING SCENE. ,5.
The other members Of the crew at once
ruahed on the mate, but he turned on
them with the axe raised, and with an oath
exclaimed: s"I'll kill,the first man that
lays hand on mi" ."a He then rushed on
the sailors, who took to the rigging to
escape the maniac Seeing that the sailors
were in the rigging he turned on the dead
body Of Williams. and raising the bleeding
head began to beat it into jelly with mar.
linspike. He beat the head so that when
the reporter saw 1t last night it wes a mss,
Of pulp. He soon tired and sat alongside
Of che corpse for few minutes and then
went to the cabin and drank the balance
Of the bottle Of whisky. ~ = 7,szg-r
The greatest excitement prevailed among
the crew, who are nearly all Eorwegiaus,
and It WAS as much as the frat mate could
do, the captain not being on board, 10
keep them from lynching the murderer. It
WAS about 2 o'clock when the murder was
committed, and from that time until 8
o'clock the first mate stood in the bow OF
the bark signalling passing crafts to his as.
sistance. Many vessels passed, but paid
no attention to bis signal, "Help wanted"
until the municipal tug Fidelity saw it and
steamed up to him. The mate informed
the captain OF the Fidelity Of the crime
that had been committed on board and
asked him to notify the authorities. The
boat at once put into Whitestone and noti-
fled Justice McKenna, who sent Deputy
Sheriff Watts and Constable Monsel on
board the bark to arrest the murderer.
is THE MEN ARRESTED. ,..l.
The officers soon reached the bark and
arrested Walsh, who by that time had 80.
bered up, having had two hours sleep.
When informed Of his arrest he was sur.
prised, and remembered nothing Of what
had occurred. The officers took him
ashore without any trouble, and locked
him up IN Whiteatone Town Hall. They
also arrested the four sailors who witnee3ed
the murder; from the rigging, and they
we're. detained as Witnesses. Coroner
Maynard, Of Flushing, arrived soon after
and summoned a jury, who went on board
the vessel and viewed tho remains. When
the reporter went on board the bark with
the Coroner horrible sight met his gaze,
The dead body Of the murdered man Law
at the head Of the forecestle, the head hang.
ing over the sill Of the door, the blood still
oozing from the gaping wounds,and only a
small piece Of skin keeping 1t on
to the body. The deck Of the vessel
Was covered with blood, showing uu.
mistakable evidence Of the terrible struggle.
Alter viewing the remains the jury return.
ed TO the shore, and Coroner Maynard will
have the body inferred in Potter's Field,
The inquest will be held on Monday
next. Walsh ! arraigned before
Justice Mckenna, and Samuel 81.
monson, one Of the boys who witnessed
the murder; testified to the facts. Walsh
was remauded until Monday evening. For
cafe keeping Walsh and tho four Witnesses
weretsking to Flushing Jail. James Will
liams, the murdered sailor, wes about 10
years old. a native Of Nova Scotia, and
shipped in the Myrtle as an able-bodied
seaman Captain Carter had never seen
him before, aud nothingis known az to his
family relations. Walsh is about 40 years
DID, short and sturdy, dark complexioned,
a native Of Ireland and typical looking
seaman. i iSifi tit. .r5E1