The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10

f back b. Or Ell uy his arms, ana, with
7 a great cry, fell. Ease forward, dead
1T was nearly dark. and ] crept onL ol
I tne plantation -a'. MS l@t- y !'llyot .-i..
one seeing me- walked that uiEnt tl
Wakefield. along UE-raaus well known 10
I me, and from thence. on loloWins 4al =
I Newton and Liverpool from v hich POI
{ 4 was 90 take passage lo NeW or
'Iu Liverpool heard The mur4cr spph-
/ en- Of Tor tu. Afst t--urs aNr' 20 iii9 7t-'
prise. I found that 1ir- ltuperi ROWING
I tA-r. Rowling S nephew was enaf6eI MltH
IT, j never Thought for % moment tnat
they could Ul- r.m --uty oil the murder
I hc had NOT committee and took 40 steps
10 Ief the trI-u .- known. " men 4 amer
ward learned l4at Ae Aal he-4 cOAs lsts1
1i Che murder ana 7rn-eAte4 20 ues.t-i'
/ knew ! ought 10 go back and own tue
deed auI save aim, hut i coll4 nor DF!ns
myself t1 lu So and I went Oh board the
Loulco. Web knowing tina. Z was leaving
behind nae au innocent man To bee hanged
for th. murder ] mad committed The
revolver with which 1 shot air NoWhnE
s. i0 nIr box. All of which ls true as Z
declare.
Cappermole signed this statement. and
the clergy man, the captain, the Doctor
after i've bells QU.3U o'clock at nlghD
CappcrmOlc died, being buried at sea the
j had been melancholy ana depressed.
without hope before, but now began my
anxious time.
Cappermole's statement was OF no use
10 the authorities of England in time TO
stop my friend Ruperts execution on
AGAINST time We were, I'm ordinary
course, due In New York on Wednesday
afternoon about 4 O'Clock, which would
be about o clOck at night in England.
good way, and if we kept on we should be
i'm ON time. 10 not before; but on IuesddY
morning we ran into dense fog and
our course was impeded, and the engines
WtrD slowed down.
] sought the captain and told him ex-
acuy what was depending on our not
capt Mariner. and he fully sympathized
with me. We debated the matter; and
considered 10 all round for few minutes.
TO go fun steam ahead was terribly dan
gerOus as the lookout men could see no
distance to speak Of owing TO the fog,
but The captain at last determined 10
I'm do it, Sparton," he cried. Il feel
that this man was sent on board my
ship and injured so that he felt himself
dying and bound to confess, by Provi-
Rowling l shall consider that 1 have
been the cause of his being hanged. II
do try. and anything happens, to our
ship, then may God preserve us'I
40 Wnicn answered solemnly:
"Amenr'
Rushing off to the chief engineer /
briefly explained matters to him, ana
gave MIN The captains orders. Inc en-
gineer was a big, hard-headed Scotch
man, and gripping my hand in a grasp
I'm max the ship go, Robert. But
itl be a bad thing for onything we run
into, I'm thinking. II viii that
Well, we tore along through the log
all day Tuesday. / was in a dreadful
state of mind. on the one hand 1 was
all anxiety TO reach port IN time TO cable
10 England and stop the execution OF
Rupert while, on the other, we were
riskiug the lives Of the crew and some
$50 passengers, to say nothing Of the
1 didn't leave the deck for a moment
all day. 1 promised the captain / would
not leave. a stone unturned TO insure the
safety of the vessel We put three times
the ordinary number Of men on the look
out and kept fOg-horning ana whistllng
an day long. but by mercitul proNl-
dence we had a clear course. We only
sighted one vessel, about Midday, out
could not discern what she was. Toward
night the fog lifted and the stars shone.
McGreig, the engineer, now had the Goals
piled on at "a fearful rate, ana we shot
through the water like an arrow but
early next morning the wretched log
came on again.
We were. of course, nearing land, and
the risk of collision was every minute
more serious. We kept on our mad ca
reer. The passengers knew there was
something queer about sleamihs 50 Idst
through the fog, but l answered them
"Oh. we're an right. We're on our
usual track, and nothing gets IN our
This was true to some extent, but the
risk was enormous and every mile that
we got nearer land l got more and more
nervous. -
However, TO cut a long story short, we
gained New York harbor at $3.50 O'CLOCK on
Wednesday afternoon, after nearly rum
ming down an outgoing steamship some
twenty miles out, and when we aVolQed
By the skin of our teeth.
AS soon as we arrived hurried ashore,
by the captain permission, ana hunted
up the British consul. whom / dragged out
off to the cable companys Office and we
sent a Joint telegram from him and the
captain to the home secretary IN London:
/ also wired to the governor OF the JAN
where Rupert was waiting execution, TO
Rupert himself, and u my sister. me
message to the home secretary was a long
one; l remember it cost me about TO.
1 waited at the cable office for a reply.
1t came within four hours, which was
pretty quick work, as my message would
not reach London until about o'clock at
night English time being about five hours
ahead of New York time.
Rupert was respited until our evidence
could be brought home and inquired into
and in less than another month | had the
pleasure of shaking him by the hand as
an acknowledged innocent man, her ma
iesty having, in the peculiar fashion of
the English law, been pleased to grant
him a free pardon" for an offense he
had never committed.
However, all was right at last Rupert
succeeded to his uncle's property and
married my sister Patty in due course.
But the two days following Cappermole' S
my life l was thoroughly upset and al
most PROSTATE for a week afterward,
which is saying a great deal for a strong
nerved sailor.