The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-10
|NENA7EoFTHE hindu
c.n..;, RALPH DAVIS.


adv dudley and is discoveries III sno uv
""' maid Mary Williams, his swee.near''
ssv dudley dies OF fright Johnson esoare''
auy .av inc accused Mary OF being MS accomp-
u-Ralph Tompkins, mate OF 'ne mn
W., .oyIrg come from cruise goes 10 Duo'ey
,",, his mother. On the way ne inoe's
.s,, IN a boat, and in an alteration roinp-
onn'V Johnson with an oar. Johnson Is
kins So ,'s Dow the murder of Lady Dudley ana
ri'o'N romokins OF being accessory. Ill
Pecuso' :. held for the murder. Tompkins
" Mary Williams are released. Tompkins
rnu I - love with Mary, who goes TO Australia
'a W., =, 49,. parents. IV-The Hindu takes con-
''o,s % Botany Bay. Tompkins, the Williams
VI, and Johnson, as a convict. are aboard
"a VI -Doctor HaXtOn, in charge OF the
Tt" ~ is incompetent. Johnson refuses to
wi, and the officers suspect a mutiny is
aa,n, VII. The Hindu meets an India
~, Who asks passage 10 the cape or GOOD
Home for man named Thomas, VINO Is to
oelved and says that he was put apoaru ny
nntineers ON a convict ship. the Alpatross'
Thore is evidence of mutiny on the Hiuuu'
ona mutineers, including JOHNSON, are logged
Vii and TX MATTERS seem to improve. The
u,nar reaches the Cape and puts Thomas
oshore anda man OF the name OF YORK Is
shinned. II is soon discovered that under
Vs. leadership the convicts will mutiny
and take the ship. IA supposed pestiience
hreals ont. XI.-The crew mutiny and seize
the shin. and then get drunk. The oihcers
s,ond together in the cabin. XIl.-Mary VIII
Hams carries arms TO the officers. XIlI.-The
ror,ineers hold the vessel for three days and
nights They ask for the boats, which are In
rossession of the officers but are refused.
XIV and XV.-The vessel nearing an island,
the mutlneers go ashore.
CONTINUED
The almost immediate result OF this
sad event was written communication
from all the passengers, which was a
protest and an appeal combined. They
wanted the captain to abandon the bark,
take TO the boats and seek to reach Ade-
laide. He answered it by calling US all
together in the cabin and pointing out,
| first, that owing to the bad weather the
| VOYAGE would be one of such exposure
and peril that he would not undertake
il except as last resort; second, to
abandon the bark as she stood simply
meant TO turn her over to the mutineers,
who would pursue and destroy u.s.
third if she was scuttled or set on fire,
he and l lost every dollar we had in the
world, and, under the circumstances, II
was doubtful if insurance or charter
would hold good. 1t could not be shown
we were i'll sufficient peril to justify
such proceedings, and he should respect
fully but firmly decline to accede to thu
wishes Of the passengers.
There was bitter disappointment ant
some strong talk. but in the course q
"a hours q better feeling prevailed. II
talking it over among themselves the,
had come to get a clearer view Of tn
ms and oats Of the situation. 1t woul'
have been very bad move TO abandon
the craft and take to the boats, not onl.
as to what the government and insur
ance companies and owners of the lumI
Of cargo i'll the lower hold might say
but there would not have been on
chance in five of bringing the boats SAT
into harbor. There was q steady west
erly gale, with showers at intervals
and asingle day of exposure would hay
done for the women and children.
The mutireers kept wonderfully quie
after playing their cards as describe
above. The fact of the matter, as 20
can plainly see, was that they had II
snow whatever to get possession OF tn
bark. Except for about half an hour 9
low tide, the sharks patrolled the ba
" 1t they had an understanding wit
rs' and we took care to encourage thel
IN this by feeding them at intervals
NO one could swim off to us, and, as fl
building raft, the mutineers woul
nave had to labor right under the mu.
zles OF our guns. They had no weapon
10 hre on us; none of us ever WEI
ashore. And so what could they do? W
aid not relax our vigilance. howeve
Ahowing that we had desperate lot
aeai with, we took no chances. Ever
nou' OF the day, rain or shine, a ma
was aloft with glass to survey the i
iand' and In this way we kept quite fairl
posted as to the movements of the mi
uneers. Two or three days after IL
ueath OF Mrs. Saunders il was discovere
.nat the two parties had reunited und
.ne leadership of Ben johnson, and th
Nuey mad given more attention to Il
.oniorts OF their camp. 1t was furth
discovered that they had erected ia
signal staff on the west side of the islal
ana were flying flag from it. The
nope was to entice some craft whit
mlgnt have strayed into these waters
sending boat ashore i'm answer to tn
signal. If they could get possession of
yoa'' they would try hard to get posse
m nun Oh the ship which sent it ashor
.nat We might checkmate them in tn
we watched the sea as we'll as the Ian
neip came to us, IL would be from I
.ou'n' while their hope lay in the o
,Nai OF some whaler or coaster makil
acourse along the coast.