New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-24
OFFICERS or TIE NICTHEROY HERE

,,.,.rr>.,>.r lttrI BT.AMEs AID PRAISES CAP.
m,v pAIrR-rRAIToRs AMONG IKE CREW.
sto,r,or IIevellus. from Rlo. arrived here yes
,",, min almost an the American officers Of the
,.,t,o cruiser Nictheroy on board. They wers
C,n,aln T. C. Baker, q. \. Burt Lieutenant c. II.
nm pavmaster James j.. Hunt. Assistant Engineer
- e,e,st~on. Lieutenant Macdonough Craven. Lieu
tenant A. i. Lowe and Ensign Crltlenion Marriott
Lieutenant Brinloy and Or. Tonnsr remain. for
th. present. in the Brazilian service Lieutenant
u,oldir~ Dr Armour and chief Engineer Van 1der.
stoin the other officers. returned - the United
y,,,os nv other vessels On the Hsyelus there were
ats, h,lf n dozen % the crew Of the Nctheroy The
-,,,,l of those men ends the adventure Out OF the
oio rorsons in the crew all but six have returned to
their homes one man died at - Thomas from
nneumonia one at Rio from yelio" feVer' one az
SOUTHAMPTON from heart disease ana fourth was
murdered In Rio by an unknown person Inc o'hers
are missing.
Csntajn Baker was not inclined to talk. bu, Lieu
tenant HI spoke freely. lie was asked "he'ner
the charge Of cruelty made against him was true
he said he used harsh measures Only when tney
ryera necessary Certain men. he said were IN no
employ Of Mello. Their purpose was 10 ny" ~ os ss
mon "a nu.inv to caDture the cruiser, ana II posi-
hia urn the boat over u the insurgents. In me
event Of a failure 20 accomplish ,hls az VAL, s
nrevent her eyer attacking rcDel vesseis " shsns
her These traitors Mr.. Hi said manager 20 enhss
the sympathy Of fifteen men ahH o;s ins"' IT, ~
-.
cieant 10 eet the rest Of the crew drunk ara taer
inctn them 20 mutny. They drank 100 hea'hy-
however and the plot failed. ,A.. ,.
Lieutenant Eil admitted that mere Ha1 Oesn W.
siderable friction between h.mscli anu Sdplaie,
Haker such friction. h. said. as mleht De eApeee1
,yh@n an eX-navai ol'crr OF the United states was
put under a merchant marine ma int o's asa
grew wider after the cruiser l@ft fe.ntNlOaco ~
brazilian Government. Lieutenant nm says prohe
It's contract with the officers ana men anu % Jag
occasion there cane near beng = sh"ip I'm ~
tho Vicrherov when Lieutenant Hi 'ro4sted me
Brazilian Government captain 1ahsl, no con.
lieutenant flill. was only a pilot am ne G ON
tlnued you can quote me as saying nat M, ne . .
coward He refused 70 cross the par ~ fIo ons
night because ne thought IL was TOO dark hgss
saw. however that Captain Bah laluyI u.e
cri, 'asr cievery and had II not been Tor MN We
should have been sunk several times by noats =
longing to the Government. put syinpaIn"ns p VIZ
Nollo One attempt was mao" on tHt UP " Dana
nv the Paranhyba cut ~ In TWO, ana Al ahotne,
time the torpedo-bOat Sample ana the lulpro'lsel
ma hut owing to Captain Bakers clever handing
Of the cruiser we managed 10 get away =.
Lieutenant Hill said that the lrazi.ians rewar1ea
officers who lost or injured the boats they were %
Sssred g s,o a month to the officers OF the Nicee
row IL they would remain IN the service, out ,ns
offer was refused Lieutenants craven, Love ana
IIil spent about $1,000 each sening STRANDED Nicu''
Lieutenant Zallnsd has brought suit against Flint
TallnSkt wants 10 be paid for coming from san
Francisco to superin,end the training ot ne men:
and tho mounting and testing or the guns. he says
Re vas employed by Flint * Co 10 do this ana ne
wants his money. Flint Co. according to Lieu,
tenant i'm nave replied that Zalinski was engaged
nv ihr Dynamite Gun Company and that ne was
not 10 be paid until the tests in Rio harbor proved
that the venture was a success.