Evening journal., 1892-08-13
FOOD FOR THE SHARKS.
A Vessels Crew Murdered and
Then Tossed Overheard.
PIRATEsFLAY HERo1BoF DEMONS

The Assassins Were Two Brothers and
the Cook Of the Schooner Dolly IA
Quarrel Lands the Leaders in Irons and
on Their Way to just Retribution.
SAN FRANcIsco, Aug. 1s.-Tun details
were received today by the brig Galilee
from Tahiti Of the fonlest case Of murder
and piracy known in the South seas for
many years The old California schooner
Dolly j., which served for years as a pleas
ure yacht for King Pomare Of Tahiti, was
recently sold at the kings death aud christ
ened the Niuloay. She was fitted out by
merchants Of PApeete for cruise among
the South Sea islands.
The vessel was loaded with goods for
trade, aud besides there was s., 900 on board
wherewith to buy copra and pearl she'll
Captain Castella was in command, the mate
was man named Roedique, the supercargo
was Willie Gibson, the cook Kanaka from
the Island of Moala, and the remaining four
OF the crew wero Kanakas. The captain
was not well known in Tahiti, but every
body knew Roedique.
lie is a man Of splendid attainments, and
can speak English, French, German ana all
the dialects of the South seas. He has
brother who has been trader in the Kings
well group. Both men are exact counter
parts OF Case, the villain in Stevenson's
ION the Beach at Falesap
Fed Their Victims to the sharks.
On the night before the vessel was to
sail from Papeete she disappeared. The
owners were worried and sent out a gun
boat, but the search was fruitless. Finally
they learned that she was trading in the
Permoto group. From Permoto the schoon-
er went to the Kingswell group, and there
Roedique's brother was taken on board as
passenger Then the deviltry began
The two brothers determined to seize the
ship, cargo and $1,000 in treasure, and in or
der to do so got Molai, the cook, TO help
them As they were nearing the Marshall
group the cook pLS poison in the food Of the
four men, aud they died in terrible agony
The Roedique brothers stood over them,
watched the death struggles OF the four
men and chuckled because there was no
cutlery.
Moai hid himself in the galley, and the
brothers proceeded to finish the Job. Cap
tain Castella and Supercargo Gibson were
sitting in the cabin eating their dinner
Mate Roedique entered the room, his broth
er following. The mate walked up to the
captain and his brother to the supercargo.
Like clockwork two pistols We're drawn,
two shots sounded like one, and the brains
OF the captain and supercargo mingled on
the dinner table.
The mess was cleared away, and the
brothers ate dinner while the cook steered
the ship. After dinner the six bodies were
] 81.
seemed TO enjoy watching the sharks max.
ing their dinner off the dead men,
Arrested and in Iroua.
Several islands were touched at and on
all of them the three men had good time
Money was no object, and they had the
best Of everything. They returned to the
Kingswell group, and while on a drunken
debauch the brothers and Molai had a
| quarrel
Molai, after money was refused him, went
on board a Spanish man-of-war in the har.
Dor, told his tale, and before long the two
brothers were in irons and a crew from the
man-of-war was in charge
On board were found 81, 900 in cash, sixty
tons Of copra and one ton of pearl shell, so
that the men must have spent $1,000 in
about three weeks. When the Galilee left
Tahiti the schooner was on her way to
Papeete, and the next vessel that gets in
from there will tell the fate OF the brothers.
| The Roedique brothers, it was ascertained,
/ are escaped convicts from New Caledonia.
/ They gained their liberty at Noumea about
| two years ago and reached Australia in q
small boat. From Australia they went to
/ Cape Colony, then TO the Sandwich Islands
and finally to Tahiti. They are men Of fine
education, but hardened desperadoes, who
have probably committed similar crimes Ia
the butchery with which they are now
charged.