Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-13

had sapzs.zn bar IN nss hand. o2f .
dtsl nfA ieolI very s0gsnadsDie S1e1 tbs
azass. w1sh two rsT0svsfs. and the ZAP
t4in. with ilis rife. ali rssdy, cane -
bau from 5idsrsat diFsctis1.. Tat
sss TO sans;a. sne Jo6sDSsea eIpressed
a gfhss. 30 yhsid 7 as esb'Eaan's Efst III
sttnes Ess to shDOt every one -n2aGed
IL 20 e0werGly 50 sttscs- bat j0nsEss-
sefls part u ths a3tiny had been CUE.
znii tie espssin ted hlm be Eaigni i've
II be W0sid 20 - SOFA A little later
be d.acoTeus1 tee DsS3sF % Us sou,
ant regretted kfs cssfzsDey. BAT Dc ksps
bis ward.
For fear days The CAPTAIN and mate
worked toe weasel. vita JOhAnssea at
tue zilssi. Their sounds essssd then
exsrueizsinR pain, and even constant
sDiatt5as with salt water coGld not
xalid Of the sEsrsFsting effect Of bot
climate. Ga tie afternoon Of ths
f0nrth day ibe Captain had made np bis
mind what - do. aud he ts!d tEs mate
sbaalt it, Sko agreed s1th his. Their
zoands we're getting wosss, and they
sai,Eat be hslpiess az any time, ia which
eaSe J,ShGnSen would OstFsy them and
let cat tue Geu 10 the bold, who would
piinn then overheard. Ia any ezse,
not capable ~ managing the ship alone.
Ihay must have beip, and that without
yLttinR themselves at the mercy Of
thotF men.
The Csstaiu and mate went forward,
pal.ed OF the hatch, and ordered the
msii 20 cDnas uC. There wss no al
sssr. The CAPTAIN emptisd nls re7ol
YER st random into tie bold. and re-
psatsd bis order. ThIs vas foll0wsd by
a phispered conversation. The men
SsFs exhausted by -four days fasting
Besidss il Eas unpleasant to be shot a:
ia the dark. and thsy made up shsir
minds 10 submit The Captain ordered
them 40 one At time, and the bsts
zta-d ready h. enforce the order. The
carpenter Wsa tue hrst 70 APPEAR. After
all bad laid down tksig knives and ares
they wsEe oEdsred - stand 10 line.
The Captain looked az them sterniy.
aud then, taking careful aim With his
revolver shot ths carpenter through the
hear. The man dropped like log,
aud She others stood ia speeehisss ter
For. waile Jolaanssen thanked his stars
At The helm. Captain Enstrom waited
a miJmeDt aud then sgain lifted bis re-
FOlver. This time u vas the sea man
r0ton'a surn. and be dropped dead BE-
side the carpenter. The last two, who
had been the tools OF the dead men,
we're almost dead With fright, but they
Eerg needed to worn ths ship.
Throw those bodies overheard.
the captain said, ''2ei something 10
eat, and 90 TO work"
They gladly obeyed, and hesved the
two bodies int9 the yea, and then unit
I'd Nth JOhAnssen in faithful Obedi-
ence.
A few days later the captain TELL IN
with Norwegian bark, whose captain
lent hitn two men. In1ir presence en-
abisd the wounded officers 10 take much
needed rest, and the vessel soon ar
rived safely al Brisbane. Fhe mate
vas taken TO hospital, and, when last
heard Of, waA still there. Ih9 Captain,
tharks TO hhs wonderful constitution,
recovered rapidly. and was able to pro
coed on his voyage with a new crew.
He complained bitterly of his treat
ment al Jamaica, where the authorities
seemed rnoat anxious to try him.
and allowed the malineess to 90 free
after tao months imprisonment. al
though they confessed their guilt. To-
ton. they said, was their leader he I'M
dsrst0od navigation. aud had joined
the ship at Boston in July, 1883, With
the mating already planned.
The Natal arrived here on Friday last,
and all the captains friends united in
approving his conduct. They only 70.
Rretted that necessity had compelled
him TO keep tao Of the men alive. He
regretted il, too. but said he never had
any doubt that they would bs hanged
With all dispatch.
Mr.. kauriens, who keeps 3 sailors
boarding house at ll9 Van Dyke street,
Brooklyn, said yesterday that two Of
the mutipsers were customers OF his,
bui had not been heard of since they
were released at Brisbane.