New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-15
A FATAL DIRK-THRUST AT SEA.
MURDER OF GREEK SAILOR BY MATES.
FORCING THE CAPTAIN To MAKE A FALSE ENTRY IN
THE LoG-BoOK.

FORCING THE CAPTAIN TO MAKE FALSE ENTRY IN
THE LoG-BooK.
The Italian bark Idea G., Captain Gallo,
arrived here yesterday from smyrna after a tedious
voyage Of 1913 days. and anchored at Quarantine uni.
was boarded by the health and revenue officers.
When the revenue officer went board OF
her. Captain Gallo asked him in broken English
where he could find police station. He was
the police boat Patrol and then the pa
pers the boarding officer left the bark
After the cutter had cast of from the Idea G
signals the bark for tug and one quickly
gde and taking her in tow brought her mp TO
the Atlantic Docks In Brooklyn As rs the tug mad
made fast to the bark Captain Gallo ordered small boat
to be lowered and manned. and getting IN was
taken ashore at Bay Ridge. From there he came up
Brooklyn the and went to the Eleventh Pre-
Police Station in Van Brnntst Here he reported
that a seaman named DelGerro had been murdered on
the bark during the voyage by the second mate aud
cook Of the vessel and asked for their arrest After
hearing the captains story Captain Riley, accompanied
by Dctc tive Conner and squad OF police, vent
TO the docks and arrested the second mate'
Papa Georgi, and the cook. Theodoras Pap"anhr
The taken to the police station, where Captain
Gallo made a formal charge OF murder against chem
Two scancn Epa nuondas Fran gudy and Zacarias
Varili, also held ms witnesses.
Captain Gallo said The ship lief. smyrna on October
IL 1880 for NewYork with cargo Ot Ecorice root ana
emery stone. We had mixed crew OF twelve men hay
ing Greeks, three Italians, Austrian ana one
swede before tho mast All went well
until January Is, when. while tho ship
was in lat POLL. lon. 4O1j. ono OF tho
seaman. D"gerrO went to ths scuttiehutt and
some water from IL with which g. wash. The sec
ond mate seeing him take It. told him that we were
short ~ fresh water and that saltwater was gooh
enough for him to wash in Dclgerro replied that ne
had got permission from the captain 10 the water
lie then washed his face and hands anI went below
After staying in the forctasile shore time. he
came on deck and BEGAN TO abuse
the mate IN round terms FOR interfering
with MIN He was ordered Nv the mate to 2" forward
aud keep St, bui this only cur2rd fin the more" -"
with MS which telled him 10 tAr deck ~" mate
immediately spraug 10 his feet, and drawing knto
slanbed Drlgeiro IN the breast
Tue cook. VINO the hzht rushed forward 10
stop it when DrlgcJfI, wao f. q large man
sfrnck him blow which knocSrd MA
down. Rising his again the cook drew hs KNEE
killing him almost m-tIi t'nc"ns'v. Hearing ne .O7r
OF the strut gle ran deck 90 time 10 see the man
fall asked what ia. matter All was tOih ny tao
mate that the man hal muttu.ed ant tred 10 XII nm
an er;-y af the affair In the luE-hu"k Inc "d'r
TO owed me nu BE. lin ana told zee mat II inc "u'r
WAS ~ tde he would xiii me- too uraily t'p''o'A''u
the matter by Tea ring eaf from Inc Ing buoA ana "l
Ing on IL an account the adam dictated 10 M ~
the THIS tIted that De.- rro was Killed ny iai-
ing FROM HlofL' =, ..,,
wrote underneath the Brst entry a true account
of the murder Al 81 tnr men engaged ~
the affair Greeks. When tho men were aIIe-''H
the cooks kuiie fpund In h- pO-s"s-oh. a -
dangerous looking dirk with h.ad~ about six inches
long The ~ said tht he threw nis oyerpvar af''r
the murder. the c-lme uCcurr~i on the hiLh 7'''
DIV wprn arrested the men admitted having ''sbbrd
suipnatc but sad fhni 10 was 'hc N SET ei'h'''