The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-06

insure the safety of his command and Of the
passengers intrusted to his care, and that he
wished my D. essence wnea 1t became neces-
sary. told him that if the uecessity ar
rived thought IL belonged to me to recOg-
nlze IL by giving the order to fire, 10 which
be assented. but added that he hoped |
would not defer it until the men overpow-
cred US and had actual possession Of the
vessel. told him | would guard well that
point and he a peared satisfied, although
deeply concerned for the safety Of his
vessel.
THE CRISIS APPROACHING.
This occurred about noon MAY Is, the
date OF the occurrences aboI 10 be mar
rated. Had Capt. Tiuklepaugh been less
ludicious In making his arrangements or
less conslderate IN his whole conduct l
could not ans or for what the result might
nave been The necessary preparations
we're made t. meet an emergency. Dinner
tlne-aoout p. m.-came. | sat upon the
hurricane decS forward, overlooking the
Storage passengers. and would have been
blind indeed had | not seen that crisis was
az hand, from the manner of the people
who. huddled together with the draft
could not have failed To overhear somewhat
the plans aud expressed intentions of my
myn.
"Whe the dinner Of the men was re-
ported the OuatsWain, MIR. Bell, whom |
had previously Instructed 5, to do, called
the principal malcontents to look at aud
pr nounce upon 1t. Ii consisted #
very good fresh roast beef boiled ,utatoss
hard bread OF excellent quality and tea or
coffee. John Kelly and Alfred Russell pro-
nounced the didner satisfactory, ani al
ded, perfectly so.' Their words proved
that they lad nothing to complain OF and
that ali their dissatisfaction had been but "A
pretext for the evil conduct intended and
which they now proceeded TO try to accom-
plish.
THE ORDER TO FIRE.
These men now proceeded to the port
gangway tor the purpose of forcing the
gateway On attacking the man placed 90
guard the gateway abaft, where steerage
passengers are forbidden to 90, they found
Capt. Iinklepaugh near at hand, supported
by Chief Engineer Phelps, DR.. Gibbs of the
vessel, DR.. Woodward, a po ssenger, Mr..
bell, boats ain, and some Others who had
been made aware OF the condition Of affairs.
l was sent for by Capt. Tinklepaugh, aud
passing over the hurricane deck arrived in
time 20 sees John Kelly, who was probably
b feet 3 inches in hight and
strongly built, struggling with
Capt. Tinklepaugh. Alfred Russell
was also struggling with Engineer Phelps
A third man who first tried to prevent an
immediate attack, seeing that it could not
On arriving l saw that the authority of the
vessel, as we'll as my own, in the person of
MIR. Bell, was violently assaulted. Here
wasthe mutiny, and did the duty that the
law imposed upon me. | did not hesitate to
give the order TO fire upon the mutineers.
immediately upon reiterating the order
fired revolver vice at John Kelly. On
the instant half dozen shots we're fired by
the other persons named as present. The
immediate death OF Alfred Russell and
John Kelly was the result
81 passed almost Immediately over the
hurricane deck and informed the men under
my command that had word to say to
them. When they had assembled l stated
that an attempt of violence had been met
by force and two or three of their number
mad been killed, which was perhaps more a
matter Of regret to me than to any of them;
that had to thank all but a small number
of them for their excellent conduct the more
gratifying because it showed that they felt
that they owed a duty to their country and
they flag Three loud and spontaneous
cheers greeted me, apparently from every
man composing the draft. The men were
now directed to go to dinner. They obsyed
without excitement or confusion.
II had previously requested Capt. Tinkle-
paugh to have the dead men decently laid
out burial, ana sent some OF
their shlpmates to assist, and the
prayers OF the burial sery-
ice we're said over them when their bodies
were committee to the deep. After dinner,
without any aid or support, went among
the principal men who al shown a mutin-
Gus disposition and ordered five Of them
upon the hurricane deck, stating that 1
wished to have them put in irons. Four made
no reply; the fifth said he would not obey
my order, but changed his mind when |
told him that he would obey instantly or |
would shoot him. The Eve were ironed
and kept upon bread and water one or
two days. We had no further trouble dur
ing the voyage.
1t happened that Justice Field of the
United States supreme court was a g.
senger aboard the ship, and at Capt. Am
mems request took the sworn statement OF
all the officers and others on board who
were coguizant Of the facts Capt. Ammen
returned to New York in the Ocean Queen
and immediately asked for court martial,
which was granted, and he was tried at
Brooklyn. The court acquitted him and
said that be had discharged his duty as an
officer of the United States navy in the
suppression OF a mutiny.