The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-08

mistaken for an old-time French convict
snip when she dropped anchor yesterday.
On her deck paced two men, Jean Pierre
0averni and Felix Bouche, in the uniform
or the gendarme Of the French government,
while between decks, just over the cargo of
cCcOanuts, tie muHneers were penned in
their lmprOvised prison quarters.
Five compartments had been erected
along one side Of the barkentine. each of
which was Just long enough for "A man to
lie down IN and high enough for him to sit
up III. Upon one leg Of each Of four of the
men chain had been Tiveted, and the
other end was fastened to a long iron bar
that extended the entire length of
the five compartments. The arms Of ell
the men were secured with wrist irons.
ODe man was deemed Of sufficient i'm
portance to be worthy Of having both legs
irOued. This was st. Clair He Is an under
sized man with raven black hair, deep-set
eyes, thin, straight nose, thin lips, punched
face and almost paliid complexion. His
face bore long mustache aud several DAYS
growth of scraggly black beard. Like his
companions, be wore clothing of poor ma
terlal ana very mucl the worse for wear.
The c0unteuauCes OF the other four men
betTay very low order of intellect They
are light~complexiOued men with british
faces, and look as though murder would be
a simple pastme for them.
4 w HO44Co OAt4CGAa AuEO y LlLEu DLALt6
Marshal Long, accompanied bYa couple of
deputies, went on board the harkentine and
demanded the mutineers. They were met
by q decided refusal on the part Of the
French officers to give up the prisoners. On
board was John BrandeF, a Frenchman,
who had been intrusted by United States
Consul Doty at Papeets with the duty of
delivering the mutiueers to the authorities
in this ci5y. 1t was some time before Long
could CoavInce BrAnder Of his right to re
ceiye the men, and he in turn had much
trouble convincing the French officers thet
all was right. The reason for their ex5raor-
binary care became apparent when 10 be-
came known that under the law of Tahiti
each would have been subject to five years
imprisonment had one Of the prisoners es-
capped.
When the United States marshal bad
finally convinced the Frenchmen OF his
authority to receive the mutineers the
shackles of the prisoners were struck from
their legs aui all hands boarded the revenue
tug Hartley. That is the irons were struck
from oil but 81. Clair. AS the chief
mutneer he was considered desperate
enough to keep shackeled all the way to the
mGrshaps Office.
"Yes, l killed him as he deserved TO be
killed"
Thomas ST. Clair said that in much the
same manner as he would have related that
he had taken the life of a sheep. No re-
morse for his act, no fear Of the conses
Quences to himself, nothing but complete
satisfaction with himself was shown IN his
tone and expression.
HE treated Us like dogs. aud we didn't
think it was wrong to put him out of the
way. Thess other men lie when they say
led them on. It was they who first suz-
sc ted it to me, but none Of them had the
nerve to carry it out. We agreed thai
night that Fitzgerald should die first, and
then We intended to call the captain and
carpenter from below and get rid OF them
one at time. We did not intend to harm
the woman. Tint was due to me. The
other men wanted to keep her on the ship,
but said she should go ashore at the first
port We anchored in. On the night
the mate was killed we left the fore
castle very quiet. Every men had a
bar or weapon OF some Kind, and I had
the ak. It had been agreed that I should
hit the mate first and the rest were to finish
it. I hit him and he fell. Then tho others
came up and helped mo 60 finish II. l think
everybody hit him, although I ain not sure.
l know that two or three struck him.
asked them to call the captain and first
mate, but they would not do it, and seeing
that they had lost their bravery I got them
60 throw the body overheard and then we
all turned in. Next day We were put in
irons"