New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-15
idea of the scene:

Awhre the CAPTAIN was net By the indians and stabbed
CBaTrcade poop deck Insde by the Indians sun
OI i-aatch on winch mates were sitting when stabbed
EPo BY which hose was taken unto hall dect 10 night Gre
Knirlnce to caon-toof three feet higher than poop
"F.ei-wherc Indians were skulkinr during sunday
Fwherc broke down The partition from one ioccastlc
TO the other.
! Having made the cabin and the forecastle secure
! on the outside. hutchcred the carpenter l..
Boothke, and the man ON the lookout Antoine
| Screin. the Indians now had the decks to them
selves the only other person alive there being the
| Chinese cook, All Say, who was in mortal terror,
aud az useless as kitten. They forced him to cook
for them, and he says that lie put lot of matches
| III their coffee with the hope Of poisoning them.
They warned him TO stay IN his galley if he wanted
to live another minute. and while one prOwed
about the 1Orecastie the other fingered at the VIII
dows and doors of tie cabin. no doubt hoping and
expecting at Ty moment to get some token that
the captain was dead. All Sam. the steward, had
run away and locked himself in his room when he
saw the captam's WOUNDS, and il was only by
threats that he was prevailed upon to lend Mrs.
Clarke the slightest aid.
A DAY OF TOIIURING SUSPENSE.
Thus passed the dreary hours from O'Clock until
daybIeak, and on that dismal Sunday there was
scarcely any change. The captain fingered be-
tween life and death. He knew nothing as yet
about the fate of the crew. but he guessed rightly
that his mate was de"d. The man K. Sandbergh
who bad taken refuge in the rigging, was discov-
cred by the captain through the skylight in the
forccabm, but he kept close In his hiding place for
fear OF being seen by the Indiana. Captain Clarke
managed 70 fire few shots through the skylight
to attract the attention of the if any liv
ing and, catching sight of the assassIns skulkIng
in front of the fOrecabIn entrance fired at them,
but was too feeble to continue he attack, ami they
could easily keep out of sight. Meanwhile
the well in the forecastle sue
ceeded in breaking hole in the partition
which divided them, Uhe forecastle con
ssting Of two distinct apartments without comm
nicatlon) and endcavorcd to plan way of get
ting out of their prison. They had 10 tools except
their sheath knives. and were no doubt paralyzed
with fear of the indians. They decided that it
wou!d do no good TO cut hoe big enough for
man to pass out, as each one who showed himself
would be heiplessly butchered They were unde-
cided and unsklliul i'll this crisis, and showed
lack of nerve which Is not especially credIfable to
six able bodied men who knew full well that their
only enemy pair OF assassins, and that the
shots in the aftcrpart Of the ship were intended 10
rouse them from their lethargy. They say that
they believed the captain to be dead, hut even 80
they knew that his wife and child were probably
ving and in need of help, but still they remained
There can he no doubt that every one who es-
capped from that ship owes his life under the benef-
tence Of Providence, 10 the faithful exertions of
Mrs. Clarke. All day lorg one of the Indians
probably the very one who had attacked the cap
tain-was heard about the cabin windows by the
inmates, and was seen by the man In the rigging
listening for the captains dying groans, u cry
from the poor wife or child that would indicate
that he was gone. Had he died every soul would
have perishcd. for the assassins could then have
entered the cabin with impuDity, secured the fire.
arms and killed off the rest Of the men In detail
The captain suspected that Hendricsen was in the
bathroom but was not sure He had the Chnaman |
call through the partition and tell him that II he
was for HIM and not for the mutineers. he could |
come in the cabin He would not answer. The |
sails which were set during all this time a.
.ePnately filed and tapping loosely, the noble
ship swung round and round. helpless and aim |
ess thing.
The night came at last, and it was |
m age of doubt, uncertainty. dread and |
suffering TO those unhappy mariners Monday |
morning, January 4, dawned at last. but relief
came no sound woId Of hope from the crew. |
Mrs. Clarke had succeeded IN stopping the flow of |
blood from her husbands wounds by stuhng cotton
batting into tho gashes on his head and face. and
by pressing the lung back into its place. and ban