The Atlanta constitution., 1894-05-14
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lies dead in his bunk, sir, with his throat
horribly cut
See if it's the same man; come you along
with u.s. said the captain, in his deep,
calm voice. addressing me, and the whole
ol US, saving the carpenter and second
mate, went below.
We walked along the corridor obedient
to the captains whispered injunction to
tread lI&htly ana to make no noise. The
midnight lantern family Illuminated the
length Of the long after passage. The
steward conducted US 10 a cabin that was
almost att and threw open the door.
bracket lamp filled the interior with light.
There were two bllnkS under the portfolio,
ana IN the lower bunk lay the figure of the
man [ had beheld in the lazarette. His
throat was terribly Sashed, and his right
hand still 8rasped the razor with which
the wound was inflicted.
rs that the MANI" said the captain.
That's the man" ! answered, trembling
from head TO foot, and Sick and faint with
the horror Of the sight.
Steward. fetch the DOCTOR" said the cap
tain, ''and ten the carpenter we Shan't
want any handouts here"
The narrative OF my tragic experience
may be completed by the transcription OF
two newspaper accounts, which ! preserve
pasted iE my commonplace book. Iae first
is from The Sunday Morning Herald. After
telling about The arrival OF the Huntress,
and the Decentralization OF his eEceIlency
and suite, the writer proceeds thus.
when the WarShjp Was five days out from
the Thames an eNtrAod nary incident occur
red. A young man pamed WIiiom beploe,
of the vessel, saw a man enter the place
in which he was hiding and attach "A slow
match and an Internal machine to q barrel
of gunpOWder stored aElidsniD OF the IaZa-
rette and, from what We can gather, on
top OF the cargo! When the man left the
hold young Peploe heroically Wi-hdreW the
match from the powder and carried The
machine on deck. The youth described the
man, who proved to be a SECONDED pas
senger who had embarked under the name
Of John Rowland. When the villain S cabin
was entered he was found lying in his bunk
dead, with d severe wound in his throat
inflicted by his own hand. No reason is
assigned for this dastardly attempt to de-
stroy a valuable ship and cargo and
company CT souls numbering ZQ though
there seems little reason to doubt that the
man was mad 1t is certain tnat but for
the fortunate circumstance Of young Peploe
lying hidden in the lazarette the shin.
stern or side would have been blown out,
and she must have gone down like q stone,
carrying all hands with her. On the passen-
gers in due course being APP
parso Pissd Of IF o5 5eir suaoa2 n9o" wa- oaPe sa5
scrbed and presented by his eXcoUency to
young PepIoe. The captain granted him
free passage and provided him with COM
Portable outfit from the ships slop chest.
1t is also understood that some situation
under the government has been promised
to William PeplOe in consideration Of the
extraordinary service rendered on this men,
orable OCCASION
My next quotation is from the pages Of
The Nautical Magazine, dated two years
subsequent to the publication of the above
in the Australian paper:
"a bottle was picked up in March last
upon the beach Of Ierceira, one Of the
Azores, containing paper bearing a mar
ratiVe which. unless it be hoaE. seems to
throw some light on the mysterious affair
OF the Huntress. for particulars ot Whlch
we refer our readers to our volume Of last
year. The paper, as transmitted by the
'-.hio Huntress, at sea. such -, such
date lSj3.-t who am known ON 3uard tul9
vessel as john Idouiand, ON The writer of