Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-18
MUTINY AND MURDER.
A Terrible struggle On a Swedish HSs n
How the Revolt was QueIIeds

8 BOSTON to Brisbane. When the vessel
q was in latitude thirty-eight south, longi-
tude sixty-seyen east, Captain Estrom
q carly in the morning was reused from
\ sleep by an ax-cut on the right jaw and
neck. He turned around and saw the
carpenter aiming another blow at him,
\ which he partially stopped with his hand,
y 50 that the cut did not 90 so deep. The
4 weapon used by the carpenter was long
handled carpenters AK. The captain
warded off this stroke too, and wrenched
the AK from him. The carpenter then
drew a knife and drove the blade into
the captains neck. The captain clutched
the blade with his right hand, and suc-
Cceded in wrenching the knife from the
man. The first mate, attracted by the
captains screaming, rushed into the
cabin. and the carpenter and steward ran
Off The captain and the mate followed
them but were met outside the door by two
sailors, Burton and Rafense, the former
Of whom struck the captain several blows
on the head and body with handspikc.
The captain. who had lost the knife he
bad taken from the carpenter, re-entered
the cabin and took down gun from the
wall, and the first mate, who was also
severely wounded came with him into
the cabin All this time the blood had
been streaming from the captain wounds.
but he partially stanchcd them with
wadding Seeing that the situation
was desperate, the captain and.
mate provided themselves with
ammunition, and loaded the guns
and revolyers The mutineers, seeing
that the officers were armed, rushed down
into the hold through the matches. John
son, a sailor, who was the last, hesitated
little, and the captain called out: go
aft, or ril shoot you;" and in this way he
was forced to 90 aft, where he was
promptly secured and tied. The fore
.scuttle and forepeak matches were fast
ened down. and when this was done
Johnson was united, and told to assist in
working the vessel, which he was willing
to do At this time the second mate was
missed. lie had been sitting on the port
side Of the deck, washing his clothes in
the moonlight. His cap was found lying
on covering board, and on the top of it
broad cut was visible. 1t was then APP
parent that he had been murdered and
thrown overheard. 1t seems, from the
evidence of the surviving mutineers, that
the murderer had crept behind him and
Glove in his head with an AK, and then
thrown the body into the water John
son noticed the second mate, struggling
in the water, and heard an agonized cry
for help, but nobody stirred hand or foot
to assist him. After numbering the sec
ond mate, an attack was instantly made
on the captain and first mate, who were
supposed to be asleep in their berths.
While the carpenter was attacking the
captain with the ax, a sailor named Tur-
ton went into the first mates cabin and
shot him twice with revolver, in the
head The first shot took effect under
the right eye, the second in the chin.
The mate sprang out of his berth, and,
after some struggling succeeded in wrest-
ing the revolver from him. The first cut
received by the captain was very severe
one, part of the cheek bone being cut
off; the second on the right temple and
the other blows here and there
were not so deep. On the right hand all
the fingers were cut, and the left was
nearly disabled from blows and scratches
The knife-cut in the neck crosses the AK
cut behind the chin. and there were
scratches and blows all over the body
A bullet had entered the mates head be-
tween the nose and the eye, and remained
embedded in the wound. The bullet
that struck him in the chin could be felt
beneath the chin. The bullet under the
chin was extracted.
The mutineers having been battened
down, much noise was heard in the hold
during the night Next day more noise
was heard from the forecastle, as though
the men were cutting their way through
with knives. TIE captain began to fear
the worst, especially as there was pc
troleum cas< accessible. As far as he
knew, they had no other tools than their
knives, revolver, and few bolts lying
in the hold. As they had a revolver in
ttheir possession the captain and mate
dared not 90 too near the forecastle, but
once, rs they went forward, they were
asked by the carpenter through crack
in the foreeastle, on behalf of the mutt
neers, 'if they could come up and work. .
The captain told them first 10 deliver up
their arms To this no answer was made.
Captain Estrom on the third day, in fear
of their own safety, resolved to shoot the
ringleaders on the first opportunity Ac-
cordinglE in the afternoon the captain
and mate vent forward, armed
each with a gun and revolver.
The matches were raised and the
mutineers were ordered to come on
deck and give up their arms The car
penter said Yes, : and came up with the
knives. When all had come up the
matches wee fastened down, and the
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