The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-19
PUT DOPE IN THE PUDDING.
SAILORS CHARGE A CHINESE COOK
WITH DOCTORING THEIR
DINNER.

The Cook Took UmbruEe and Chased
the Men Ashore with a Pistol.
Lively Times on Board the SehOOn-
err Julia A. Trubee-The Chinaman
! Arrested and the Offended sailors
suing the Captain for Their Pay.
The schooner Julia A Trubee. which has
recently arrived here from Norfolk and
other northern ports. seems to have had
| considerable trouble since reaching Savan-
nah.
The story Of the attack made on the
seaman. John Fletcher. by the mate, Law
renee, and Fletcher's libel for damages
against the mate. Capt. c. \. During, and
the schooner was published in the Morn
| ing News yesterday. Following this there
developed a new and decidedly more in
tefesting feature.
When Fletcher left the schooner another
sailor. a friend Of his. went with him, and
Of course Capt. Durling had to supply their
places. He is probably in need of a mate.
too as it is understood Lawrence, on his
arrival in port, skipped out fearing. per-
haps, that he would be arrested for max
ing violent assault upon Fisher on the
high seas.
The story that developed in the wake
Of this. however would make interesting
matter for a story from a Mark Twain or
a Bill Nye.
When the two sailors left. Capt. During
hired R. H. Schops and c. Hegstrom to
fill the vacancies on deck. They shipped
all right. and for few hours all went
along smoothly. The casus belli soon ap-
peared on the scene, however, in the per-
son of Hop Lung, the Chinese cook, whose
menu was not exactly satisfactory to
SchOps and Hegstrom.
Hop, it seems, made a pudding for the
sailors dinner, and being little short on
cinnamon or anything very near in kind
to that spice, It was said put in dope"
which is the burnt ashes of the opium pipe,
and which, no doubt, to his own palate
might have made it delectable dish. The
new sailors. however were not accustomed
to that style of living, and they objected.
Their protests were made to Capt. During.
who, 1t is understood, told them If they
did not like the style of cooking they could
get out and go ashore.
In the meantime the Chinaman heard of
the proceedings instituted against him,
and the charge made that he "doped" the
puuulL5s ne was llOb al al HAGdSN0 win
the charges. as was soon seen by what
followed, for he chased those sailors off
the schooner at the point of a pistol. They
stood not upon the order Of their going
but went at once, and swearing vengeance,
followed it up by swearing out warrant
at the office of Justice Elsinger, on which
the Chinaman was arrested.
Justice Elsinger held a preliminary ex-
animation, after which he discharged the
Chinaman and all concerned.
This, however was only the beginning
of the proceedings. and the United States
court was asked to intervene. The two
sailors considered that they had been dis
charged after performing only one days
services, and that they were, therefore,
entitled to a full months pay.
The matter was taken before United
States Commissioner NJ. A. Connolly, Mr..
w. X. Leaken representing the sailors,
and Mr.. Paul L. Seabrook the captain Of
the schooner. A partial investigation of
the matter was held, but no definite con-
clusion was reached. and 1t will be taken
up again to-day
Fletcher, the colored sailor, who was
beaten up by the mate, and who was dis
charged with a months pay, now comes
in and wants pay for the round trip
voyage for which he signed and month
additional The case is assuming an in
teresting aspect, and 1t may develop other
features before 1t is finally disposed of.