Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-26
rFnnrBLE TALE or rnx SEA.
Three Men ON q Desert Island ana One
Killed.


The story about the rescue Of two men
from Q small island of the Yucatan coast
cby the United States ship Ossipce, Com
mander A.G.Kellogg, proves 70 possess the
thrilling interest Of romance. 10 re-
porter OF the Philadelphia Inqnirer Captain
Kellogg said The island Is a woebegone
place Tor human being to have to spend
day upon. 1t Is a mere reef and contains
IN all about nine acres. The guano depos-
its are, of course, the only thing of value
there. The crew ! sent ashore found only
two men. The doctor asked them where
the third man was, for il had been rumored
that there were three on the island. He
was shown a fresh grave, trimmed with
small bits OF white coral and with large
block Of the same material as the head
stone. Overhead, on q small staff, proba-
bly, fvs foet high, waved the stars and
stripes.
fore me In my cabin" Captain Kellogg
continued, /" found that one Of them was
King. lis companion s lion was vas % man e Of 80 or OF
more and said he was Philadelphian
named w. H. Evans. They were in the
last of party of seventeen who shipped at
Mobile In January last for the Island of
They we're employed by company
calling itselfthe Chicago Guano company
but further than that Evans knew little
about his employers. He did not know the
headquarters of the company nor whether
the company was still In existence. 1t had
never communicated with the crew In any
way after landing them on the island.
The men went TO work with will, and
continued to work until from the long
delay doubt arose as to the future. After
Evans had finished his account of the busi-
ness aspect of the case. said TO him:
Now tell me about that dead man.
What killed him7' He answered in ar.
parently firm tone aad without any droop
Of the eye.
al kil,ed him had to do It, II was
choice as to which Of us should go and
got the drop on him."
Turning then to King, who stood by his
side, he asked TO be corrected In case he
misstated or omitted anything. Evans told
me this story:
AT noon,three days before your arrival,
O'Brien suddenly jumped up with his
hatchet In his hand. said In pleasant
tone. looking him in the eye;
Jim, are you back TO work 2" He
scowled and replied:
"' No, by Heaven, 1 am going to cut
your d. throat. He then drew long
knife and started for me. I sprang for my
loaded Winchester and, drawing IL down
on him, dropped him in his tracks. He
neveIl loreathed after he fell. I shot to kill.
-" You'd take no risk in such a spot, but
bore the man no malice, and so set TO
work with King to prepare the body for
burial. We dressed him In the best suit
We conld muster between us, and got
a rough coffin. When we had lowered the
body into the grave King knet and offered
prayer, and, remembering that the poor
fellow had boon soldier, I gave him
parting salrrte.
loadatl the Winchester with which
had killed him and Hrsl three shots over
the open grave That is the whole story,
sir, as my partner hsre can testify,
Evans ex presses himself as anxious for
. trial. He wants to have his name cleared
by legal investigation His conduct on
board ship was in every way admirable"
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