The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-15

table and chairs. Then we got OUT
and loaded five mnskets. placed three
cutlnsscs handy. and. in addition. each
had a revolver. We worked In tho
dark. but we knew where every thing
was 10 be found. You might have
looked for the girl 10 break down. but
there was never a sign Of il. Indeed.
she expressed hope that the men
would not give in too soon, and
seemed 10 desire an attack. When
we had done all we could. we sat down
and waited for the night 70 pass away.
/ The schooner reelcd OF the miles at
u lively pace for the next four hours.
and morning came without our having
been disturbed. Then sail was short.
cned, the craft laid TO. and. as soon as
the men had had bite to car, the
leader summoned Us with:
| - Below, thrrc.'
| 4" WcllP' answered the captain.
| eve will give you another chance
TO leave. You can have Il boat. oars.
sail. water and grub. and no one shall
hinder your going
"Supposc we refuse to go?"
'Ihen your blood be upon your own
head Rather than surrender the
schooner wen burn her and You with
her! Ill give you half an hour to
thini il over"
We didn' want two minutes. We were
determined not only not To leave the
schooner. but to recapturc her. We
expected 10 be attacked first by the
skylight, but this was small affair.
and did not command but port ion Of
the cabin. And, as we aftcrward as
certaincd. the only firearm among the
mutineers was a double-harreled pis-
toll, which had already been dis
charged. and could not be reloaded for
want OF ammunition. They would also
batter in the doors OF the companion
but we hoped to hold them at the bar
ricadc. They could not come at Us BY
way OF the hold. for that was full.
We got a bite to eat from the pan
try. had glass OF wine, and by that
time were hailed for our answer. The
and de1ed them 10 do their worst.
We heard them moving softly about,
and at her own request jess was al
lowed to pull away a portion OF the
barricade and creep up the stairs to
lis'en. while the captain and | stood
with our guns ready to repulsc any at
tack by the skylight. jess was return
ing to report when a battcring ram
drove in the doors hardly in arms
length away, and the men who had
welded the spar raised a yell at sight
Of ht r. Not one person in ten thou
sand. man or woman. would have done
as she did. Instead Of springing over
the barricade. she leyeled her revolver
and shot one Of the men. the leader OF
the mutiny, through the head as he
itood above her. A he threw up his
arms and fell she shouted to us TO come
up, rushed up the stairs. and we
heard her fire twice moro before we
got over the barricade.
jess was to be seen erect Two dead
men and one wounded unto death
were lying on the deck. and the other
three had fled TO the fo'caste Two
minutes later they were begging for
their lives, and they crawled like ours
as they came up to DO bound. jess
had killed two Of the new men and
rlortally wounded the negro cook, and
the inutiny had been put down and
the craft retakcn before YOU could
count hundred. Her movements
had been so swift and her aim was so
fortunate that every thing had 10 60
before her
II would have made your hair
stand up to listen TO the confessions
OF those rascals. The seizure OF the
schooner had long been contemplated.
aud a part Of the plan was 70 get hold
OF the girl. Had we accepted the offer
Of the boat we would have been
killed rs soon rs we reached the deck.
The leader was I'M cx-convict named
Ike Reese, and he proposed TO turn
the craft into regular pirate.
his crew from such
small craft as he might overhaul. The
negro died within nm hour. and we
hove the three bodies overheard with
out ceremony. During the forenoon
we worked the schooner 10 the east.
and about noon got couple Of hands
from an English merchantmen ana /
put into Melbourne to report and de-
liver up our prisoners. One was
hanged for the crime. but one died be-
fore the trial and the other escaped
and was shot dead by the officers in
pursuit. N. Y. sun.