Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-22

I Litt IOItEdHIte were huuuthA9 NADp@N 'tSNA
the outside and fastened with locks, ropes
and timbers braced against the bulwarks
The men inside were undoubtedly demOr'
allied aud panic-stTicken by the scenes o.
blood they had Witnessed in the preceding
twenty minutes: those who were wound
ed thought they were dying ana the oth'
ers seemed 10 have been entirely bewll'
dered. & schmidt was the first one stab
bed By the Indians alter they wounded
the mates. lie was walking on the hal
deck near them when he saw one of tbs
Indians come up the steps from the main
| deck be asked him what he wanted. He
pretended not 10 understand aud walked
! on toward where the mates were sitting
and the other Indian came up the steps
/ almost Immediately. The mates seemed
TO pay no attention to their presence, but
continued their con versation, the first
mate giving directions as TO the work thai
was to be done by the early morning
watch. The action of the Indians was as
quick as lightning, and Schmidt had no
ldea they had hurt the mates until they
stabbed him.
Having made the cabin and the forecas-
Tie secure on the outside, butchered the
carpenter, II. BOOthke, and the man on
the lookout, Antoine Sereln, the Indians
now had the decks TO themselves, the only
other person alive there being the Chinese
cook, An Say, who was in mortal terror,
ana as useless asa kitten. They forced
blm to cook for them, and he says that ne
put lot OF matches in their coffee with
The hope of poisoning them. They warned
him TO stay In his galley il he wanted to
live another minute, and while one
prowled about the forecastle, the other
fingered at the windows and doors OF the
cabin, no doubt hoping and expecting at
every moment to get some token that the
captain was dead. All San, the steward,
had run away and locked himself in his
room when he saw the captains wounds,
and il was only by threats that he was
prevailed upon TO lend Mrs. Clarke the
slightest aid.
ADAY OF TORTURGNG SUSPENSE,
Thus passed the dreary hours from
O'Clock until daybreak, and on that dis
NAL Sunday there was scarcely any
change. The captain fingered between
life and death. lie knew nothing as yet
about the tate OF the crew, but he guessed
rightly that his mate was dead. The man
r. Sandbergh, VINO had taken refuge in
the rigging, was discovered by the
captain through the skylight in the fore
cabin, but he kept close In his hiding
place for fear of being seen by the Indians.
Capt. Clarke managed to fire few shots
through the skylight TO attract the atten-
ton OF the men any were living, and,
catching sight ofthe assassins skulking
in front OF the forecabin entrance, fred
at them, but was too feeble to continue
the attack, and they could easily keep
out of sight. Meanwhile the well men
in the tOrecastle succeeded in breaking q
hole IN the partition which divided them,
the tOrecastle consisting OF two distinct
apartments without communication and
endeaVOred to plan some way of getting
out of their prison. They had no tools
except theiS sheath knives, and were no
doubt paralyzed with fear of the Indians.
They decided that il would do no good TO
cut hole big enough for one man 10 pass
out, as each one who showed himself
would be helplessly butchered. They were
undecided and unskillful in this crisis,
and showed a lack of nerve which is not
especially creditable to six able-bodied
men who knew full we'll that their only
enemy was pair OF assassins, and that
the shots in the afterpart OF the snip were
intended to rouse them from their letnar-
gy. They say that they believed the cap.
tain to be dead, but even so they knew
that his wife and child were probably liY-
ing and in need Of help, but still they re-
NAMED cOOped up like craven ours.
There can be no doubt that every one
who escaped from that ship owes his life,
under the beneicence OF Providence, to
the faithful exertiOus of Mrs. Clarke. All
day long one of the Indians-probably the
very one who had attacked the Captain
WAS heard about the cabin windows by
the inmates, and was seen by the man in /
the rigging listening for the Captains |
dying groans, or cry from the poor wife Z
or child that would indicate that he was /
gone. Had he died every soul would have +
persisted, for the assassins could then have {
entered the cabin with impunity. secured /
the firearms 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 Chinaman
call through the partition and tell him |
that if 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 were alter /
nately filled and tapping loosely, as the /
noble ship swung round and round, a
helpless and aimless thing.
The night came on at last, and it was /
an age of doubt, uncertainty, dread and
suffering to those unhappy mariners. /
Monday morning, Jan. A, dawned at last,
but no relief came; no sound or word OF /
hope from the crew. Mrs. Clarke had /
succeeded in stopping the flow OF blood |
from her husbands wounds by stuffing /
cotton batting into the gashes on his head |
and face, and by pressing the lung back |
into place, and baudaging the wound in |
his left side securely. He began to suffer /
intensely after the first excitement OF the /
fray was over, but he kept his will and |
actively employed, and I
though he had had neither food, drink, /
medicine nor sumulant since supper /
time on Saturday, he ielt better on Mon /
day morning. shade better. The water |
IN the cabin was exhausted, and some |
more must be procured. There was
known to be a cask in the bathroom, but /
was II safe in his feeble state for him TO |
venture out OF the cabin, and might not |
the man who was evidently concealed |
there be one of the mutineers waiting to
Stay himY Water must be had at all !
hazards-the steward, All Sam. would !
rather be shot than go into the companion
way-so the Captain, scarcely able to
stand, staggered to the door. revolver in
hand, opened it, and tried the door OF the
bathroom. 1t was fastened on the inside.
The Captain spoke, and Hendricsen re-
cognizing his voice unlocked the door.
Covered by the Captains pistol, he now
tells what he should have made known on
night-tnat the Indians are the
only culprits, aud that they alone hold
possession of the ship, having murdered
the mates and the crew in the darkness!
THE LAST REFUGE OF THE AssAssINs.
The captain now felt stronger than he
was, and determined to make desperate
effort TO dislodge the Indians. But on
Sunday night the assassins had prepared
for battle. Across the roof OF the fore
cabin, few feet forward OF the skvlight