The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-22

quiet.
| was on the point of getting up to
go on deck to see if anything had car
ried away, but concluded the second
mate would soon see it right, and so
went TO sleep.
AT about 1910 An. on the 14th of
January, 1898, Mr.. Lucas, my first
officer, came and called me, saying:
Captain, cannot find the second
mate anywhere" I jumped up and
dressed myself and went on deck not
thinking much of ii, and called Mr..
Lucas from forward, as [ could see
him with lamp in his hand search
ing Tor the second mate. / then asked
him. lean you not find him? or doesn't
the watch know where he is?' then
asked the man at the helm If the Sec
ond mate had not been aft lately. The
| answer was, not since half-past
ten. asked him again, did they
not haul down a staysatl at the
time the second mate went
forward. He said, no, I could
not hear nor see anything as the night
was very dark. went forward again
TO the mate and requested him to call
| the carpenter; also, If he had looked
| III the carpenter shop for the second
mate. mot yet" was the reply. I,
| with the mate, went into the shop
| and called the carpenter, saying: "Do
you know anything of the second
mate ?" He replied "NO." We
waited there until he was dressed, and
| the three of US went on deck to con-
| tinue the search for the second mate.
We had one light with us, but it
was not sufficient to give us good
! light, as the night was very dark.
| The carpenter then brought the an
chor light, and with those two we saw
better. On coming into midship
! discovered blood on the deck load,
likewise Mr.. Lucas and the carpenter.
| | strictly called their attention to ii,
as it was very thick and fresh, and q
great quantity of it. Tracing it out to
| the starboard side, found blood on the
fore-braces in two places. 1 took the
mate by the arm and asked him
| quietly if he had pistol on him; he
replied no. Then let us get away
from here and arm ourselves, for there
has been foul play (at the same mo.
ment the starbOard watch was not
near enough to hear what | said to
the mate), we both went aft and each
loaded a pistol and put it in our
pockets and went back to the place on
the deck-load where the blood was,
and called the port watch's attention
to what had been such plain and
horrible murder. "Men," said I, edo
you all see this blood 2" They all
said " Eyes" l said "There has been
foul play here" The names of the
three seamen in the port watch, pres
ent at this moment, were Thomas
Green, Jens Olsen and Pandy Zacaria.
The starboard watch had already
gone to bed by this time. l then told
the mate-let US go into the forecastle
and call them out Cat the same time
thinking to myself l may be able to
discover some blood on some of the
mems clothes as they were getting out
of their hunks, but L could see no
traces of it as their clothes must have
been evidently changed, and appeared
clean). Hans Hansen rushed up to
me, and looked very treacherously,
saying, "Well, what is it? here
we are.n / told him in a very
gentle unsuspectipg manner, I want
to see you men aft. He then retreated
and answered more agreeably, alright
and put his clothes on. [ little
dreamed of what danger we were ex-
| posing ourselves to at this very mo-
ment, as they had the cooks hatchct
under one of their hunks. But Hans
Hansen's looks convinced me it was
| not safe place for me and my first
officer to be in any longer. / said to
Mr.. Lucas, let Us go, and you men
come aft as soon as you are ready;
they replied, alright. / went aft
into the cabin with the mate and car
penter, and in few seconds the star
board watch entered the cabin. Thos.
LIE Clair, Hans Hansen, Herman
Sparf and Edw. Larson composed this
| watch.
/ asked them each if they could
account for that blood on deck, they
answered, no. 1T was now about
1856 A. NJ, January 14thl, as Thos.
LIE Clair and Hans Hansen said, they
had been asleep on the deck load by
the little boat, between the hours of
10 and II o'clock p. NJ of the 18th O!
January and only went into the fore
castle twice to light their pipes.
The furthest distance from the lit
tie boat to the place where the blood
was measured a distance of fourteen
feet; still those two men said they
heard nothing during those two hours
in which the second mate hal been
murdered s.nd thrown overheard.
Herman Sparf was on the lookout
during those two hours and said, he
saw the second mate come forward
about ii p. NJ. and go up the fore
rigging but did not see him come
down again; and near Il o'clock he
came OH the deck load and asked if it
was not one bell yet to pump the ship.
Thos. LIE Clair and Hans Hansen said,
we don't know where the second mate
is, and heard one bell. He, however,
thought perhaps he Second mate)
must be asleep some place, and went
and called the mate to let him be
caught at it, and that is all | know
about it. Edw. Larson was at the
helm from 10 to Il p II +, January
18th. He states the second mate went
forward at 1880 P. N. and did not re-
turn, he heard nor saw nothing. [
dismissed those four seamen as above
named and told them, | hoped they
had told me the truth and ordered
them to return to bed as it was their
watch below, which they did to the
best of my knowledge.
EXAMINATION OF PORT WATCH.
Thos. Green in port watch, and be-
low during the hours of the second
mates ill-fate, gives clear evidence.
II was woke up about II p M, Jan. Is.
said he, by the starboard watch and
asked to give them hand to dump the
old man overheard, (meaning the Cap
tain, and if those three men are not
put in irons, Captain, our lives are not
safe any more, and when you have
done that can tell you little more.
Jens Oleson, Pandy Zacaria and Hen
ry Westerling, also of the port watch,
said nothing in particular at this time
and / returned them to their duty on