Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-26
TERRIBLE SEA STORY.
Plot to Kill a Captain
and His Wife
BY TWO BAD CnlNAMeN.
But They Qusrreled and One Suicides
After . Fierce Fight

GLoucssTEn, Mass, March Sa.-fAs
schooner Annie n. Smith Of Boston, froo
Tapani, wss spoken entering The oetss
hsrbor. by press rsprsssn .sstvs, and 10
wss learned from Captain Howss that
plan had bsss consoctsA By the spoh end
stswsSd, who are Chinsmsp. TO- msrdss
Ne esp4ain and bis wife.
The eook rscsnsed from his wysdssous
dssigns which 90 infSsiats1 che steward
that ~ nads IN attempt - kti the cook,
Asoking HIN all - piecss With . sharp
katie, The steward then Apdias tAs
cook usosA not de trsn ~ wsssAs -
iAajses1, epn miste4 ssisiAs b. takiae
opiAD cd his beAy yas committed -
the 49, Thursday. The coek y N .
peseos{eas condition, and City PhysieiAa
4orye& was ordered TO Gs aboard TIE
s1ip v sepdSs nssdsd aid.
The cookS arms and legs sxhieitsA ssv.
long. frotA Capt. Hewss more YES leasn-
% eencefnlng the scheme eoneootsd. BE-
tween The Cklpsoe cook ana steward =
take Ne life Of hinssif, WlSs sSt elDs,ss
ahA thea ssiss ths chip. Tiny weee, As
said, ysr1 attentive 70 thst aity ga sH-
TO the 9csss end sailoss durin( the voy.
sss trea New York TO Mssssiii{A thssss
Thrss 1ssss aso the steward showed
symptoas OF Insanity and tried - kul
6imself, when he was placed N sireas ssa
eonassd bssween decks. An sxAninstiea
being nede. . large ssassitv ss spaaa
After : ws.ks sanususst chs oes& N.
tssesde4 With the captain 70 ubSrats hin,
sayine BE- would b all right. Thh was
done and coed behavior We promised.
aowevsr, when comisg iato the csbia he
showed saihy disPesisies tsysrds the
ssssa s: sSS p..s 81 ;es"S Aia as 3 sss: .ssss
room VIZ 3 rope aseASA Ah Psak TAask.
Ing - vss lei6iesa fseD tAs Seesals -
opium, Ae savs HIN spistss, bpt raeAes
st.. tShs Il As ssiA he prsisrrs4 70 XIII
q. vs. then sssip pu, ia irons and oss-
Wss liberated, b., w.s found sas night
) = The mates rooa with . hstchet vIils
the latter was asleep. He had previously
been In the captaiss cabin, bat on h6
wife's awakening lsss. The captaip hsv.
Ing reasons 10 believe that = conspiracy
wes going on. srmsd him4elf vita Q rs-
Ise.s iato ths ,esbis again, taking tAs
boy aft TO DO the cabin vert.
The captain aul his wife becoming
alarmed ever the situsttpn, did not 0s to
bed and everything went along smoethiy
until . Q. IN. Tuesday last when tks
mate, rusAinS into the cabin, ssid tAs
steward We Killing she cook 10 ths 9al.
Icy. The captain and o@csss. ,teGsSAse
with the watch on deck, broke cpsu tAs
galley, when they found both msn on SAs
Aoor, and the steward With . kpifs asA
botchsr's axe, was cAeppinS the cook Il
Ths steward rstrsstsd to the ssAts
Teon, wksn the door wss fAstseed, tbs
Won nde6 man was taken t1to ths cabin
and his wounds were dressed. The cook,
who could speak some English, told The
captain The steward had oonspired With
him 70 ktll all the ofacsrs, together with
tAs laAy, and ssiss ths shlp.
This 1e had drst eopssntsA 30, bat hAv.
iAg noohin0 eGAiRst the saptaiI ana Ais
wife, Roeoiled from the mHrdsrous plea
which infuriated HE eountSyma and led
him 70 commit his rssh dssd. The stew.
ard seeing his plan h4A hssa frustrated,
and thinking The cook AsA been killed,
eommitSed suicide psthss shas b surrsn. .
deyed TO che stAts authorities on ssriviaa
Ia port. Tbis he attempted WsApesds9
night, aud hs disd Thursday ~ 4 .. n,
be body being committed ia the deep In
tAs afternoon.
The recovery OF the cook u deubtful,
bat he was ordered moved to ths Chsl-
- bospitsl. The names Of ths ChiAs-
men ape; Aw Sing, stsyasd, JeAn oeoaO,
cock. The Grew sAJd that thsy hns1
nothiA0 OF Ne 0urlssous ssAsos Of ~
steward. The 0ptAin and Ais wife wsss
very kind and had given Ne ChinAasa
no provoeatien tor this conspiracy.