The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-07-17
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down twice day. Jack is Jack, and
that ends it.
Williams had no sooner got among
the men than he began telling Of great
treasure buried on one of the Kurile
Islands, Talk treasure to a sailor and
you can bring him to mutiny The
amount of money was given at several
million dollars, and Williams claimed |
to be able to locate the exact spot. 1t
probably never occurred to one of the
men to ask why he didn't 90 to the
captain with his story, and try tol
arrange for the removal Of the treasure,
but if it did he had some answer att
hand He proposed taking possession
of the bark, sailing her to the treasure
island and securing the great wealth
and then using her to get to England,
As to the officers and such men as
would not Join, they were to be cast
adrift in mid-oCean to take their
chances. We had a cargo valued at
$I25, 5000, and think the mans game
was to peddle it out among the Marine,
Caroline and Marshall Islands, get
what he could, and then look out for
himself So quietly did he do his
work among the crew that not the
slightest hint of what was going on was
waited aft He enlisted eight of the
men in his cause, and on the seventh
day of his coming aboard, and while
the Captain and | we're eating dinner,
the climax came. The second mate
was seized, bound and gagged, and an
alarm raised that he had fallen over
board. Both of US rushed from the
cabin, to be pounced upon and made
prisoners. 1t was a surprise all around,
and no insolence was offered any of us.
When Captain Holt demanded an ex.
PLANTATION Williams enlightened him,
He said
1--WE are in possession OF the bark.
We are going after a great treasure,
which is to be equally divided between
man and man 1t was no use to talk
to you, for you would have scoffed at
my story 1t was agreed that none OF
you should be hurt, and we have kept
to the agreement"
"What do you intend to do with us?'
"Send you adrift within an hour"
"Where is your treasure Island?"
81 will not tell you"
"If you really know of a buried
trsasure, why not let US sail the ship
there and share with your"
Because that would mean less
money for the res. of US.
The Captain appealed to the men,
declaring that Williams had no real
knowledge of a treasure and would lead
them a wild goose chase, and offered
to overlook what had happened if they
would return to duty. The feeling OF
the crew was expressed by the old
boatswain, who took off his cap and
stood in humble attitude as he said
Captain Holt, we hev nothin' ag'in
We nor the mates, but here's chance
fur every man of US to git rich, and we
feels we must take it..
There was more argument, but the
men were stubborn. Those who had
refused to join in the plot now came
forward and gave in their allegiance to
Williams, and preparations were begun
for casting us adrift One of the quar-,
ter boats was hOisted out and in it were
slowed water and provisions sufficient
to last the three of US fortnight We
got a mast and a sail but neither chart,
quadrant, nor compass. Could VIII
llams have had his way about it we
would have been knocked in the head
or sent adrift without food, but the
men were a unit for fair treatment,
and he was too crafty to oppose them.
As soon as we were in the boat the
bark altered her course to the south
west, and as we were left behind sew
eral of the men waved us good bye.
The moon observation had given us
the latitude of PatroCinio Island,
distant about $50 miles, due south, but
as the weather was fine it was deter
mined to remain in the track in hopes
of being picked up, but meanwhile
making what progress we could to the
east. For three days we did not sight
a sail. We had run over a hundred miles
to the east, when at daYbreak on the
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from the south, we found ourselves
right in the course of big ship bound
to the east. We hoisted a signal of
distress and lay to for her to come up.
As she neared US we saw men aloft and
knew that we were observed. She
passed US not more than fifty yards
away, with at least six men looking at
us over the port rail, and we, of course,
expected to see her come to shortly
after. She kept straight on, however,
and was three miles away before we
realized that her inhuman captain had
no intention of picking US up. The
ship was the Red Prince, owned by an
English firm in Yokohama, and sailed
by Captain Charles Brown, and was
then on a voyage to San Francisco
Had not the matter been commented
on in the public press | should not
advert to it here, as such conduct is
rare and almost passed belief 1t was
not only fully reported in American
journals, but when Captain Holt met
Captain Brown in Yokohama three
years later he sent him to the hospital
with broken bones,
We had made $50 miles to the east