The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-06-20
The Story Told by Capt Wilcox,
Of the British Vessel
Inveruie.
Matter for the Officers OF tho
Criminal Courts to Care
fully Examine
The captain's Wife IL Dead sad he Was
Confasd In the Forsesstls in a
ttrAiKhtJaoheL

FAN FRANcBco. June l9.-Ths British
bark lnveruie. Capt Wilcox. arrived 10.
day. sixty-four days from Newcastle. N. W.
B., With most remarkably slofy OF muiiny
and crime Just before the vessel isft
Newess,ls . man calling himself DIR. Atmi-
sase applied for passage for himself and
wife 10 Ban francisco. Capt. Wilcox gladly
took them on board. a. hlsovn wife needed
lhs services Of a physician. About two
week ago. a Sos. Mrs. Wilcox gave birth 10
a child, and AfmitaRe offioiatsd As surgeon.
He used she instruments In such monnsI
sha, The child died, and the eaptsin, sssius
he was unskillsd s q physician. ordered
him away from his wife. ArmitaRe ap-
peslsd 70 the mate and crew. telling them
Capt. Wilcox wss killing hlA wife. The
crew. led BY the mate. mutinisd. and the
captain. after being druRgsd. was locked
n. He managed TO got ont Just In time 10
sec his wife die. Several times be was I'm
ptisonsd By the crew. bat hs managed 70
break out
Armitaae's foal name is Eustaos Alsran-
der. He deserted his wife aud baby In
Sydnsy and fed TO Nswsssts with another
woman. whore hs Joined the Invsruis.
The bark crew and passengers ars now In
custody OF the port warden. and tho poles
will make afrests.
Capt. Wilcox gave the following account
of the troubles on board his ship, "whils
shs ship Vas lyiaE Al Newcastle. N. D. W.,
my wife suggested that she come 10 San
Francisco on the hariposa and l join her
on my arrival. Accordingly I wrote 10 my
brother In Tacoms. Before sailing time.
however. ArnisaRs came TO me with q
lottss from the agents OF the shir. and
agreed 70 take him and wife. whom he dc.
scrlbsd as q trained nurse.
After We had been out q few weeks
found that the nrst mate spent all shs time
| he was ON watch talking 10 Mrs. A, mitsqs.
and when of watch she spent most OF her
time In his cabin. While this was going on
DR.. Armitaae would be nslssp on deck.
wrote the mate, telling him that whsn of
watch he could do 40 hs pleassd, bus when
on duty he must attend 10 his work. Then
trouble began. The mate and Armitaee
got the crsv 10 side with them. and th q
only men could depsnd on were tho sec.
ond mats and carpenter. Things eot 90
| tbut bn0 W lut EoAie VI tnt vi 3u IN lGONt.
Things we're In this uncomfortable state
when my wife was taken sick. She vas no,
very bad, but grew worse. On sunday
morning I sent for Armitaes. asainsi tbs
wishes Of my wife. He said he would have
10 operate on her. when saw him hand a
| the instruments knew he was no doctor,
and told him so. Ny wife was then under
chloroform and l could do nothing. He
began to butcher her, aud finally gave u up
and said there was no rope. i wss almost
faintipg, and thsy gave me q small Qlass OF
brandy. whether IL was dfueged or not
don't know. bus do knov that after drink
ing IL was rAvina lunatie.
when came 10 myself / vas 10 irons
aud locked up In the forecsstie. This wAa
on Monday. the 1lth inst In the after
noon they brought the body OF dead bsbY
TO the door and held II up al ths grating
for mo 10 look NJ. All iris time my wife
Was dying. and theJ would not let mo out.
I broke out. but was put In a ct altjackst.
| worked out OF the straitjaoket and WAS
again ironed. On the morning OF laat Sat
urday they said II would forgive them an
promise to make no report thsy would lei
ne out. aerssd. and thsy set me at lib
sfty. Al $3.50 Saturday night my wife
died. They have gotten up ali sorts OF sto-
ries, but what tell you IL truth"
The hutopsS a, the morRuo this afternoon
uron Mrs. Wilcox showed that peritonitis
causoI death.