The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-08
ZNA7EOFTHE hindu
: nantn;n RALPH DAVIS.


m rs and Is discovered In the act by
na,d Mary Williams, his sweetheart.
n a' dies OF fright. Johnson escapes,
lv'ng accused Mary OF being his accomp-
~ polnh Tompkins, mate OF the Hin
wing come from cruise, goes 10 dudley
Me mother. On the way he meets
~ IN a boat, and in an alteration Temp
Itups Johnson with an oar Johnson is
"a ,or the murder OF LADY Dudley ana
d Tompklns Of being accessory III
a. held for the murder. Tompkins
o.v Williams are released. Tompkins
: Love with Mary, who goes TO Australia
or narents. IV.-The Hindu takes con-
Lo Rotany Bay. Tompkins, the Williams
!, and Johnson. as a convict, are aboard.
/ vI-Doctor Haxton, I'm charge OF the
cts Is incompetent. Johnson refuses to
and the officers suspect mutiny Is
,nr VII The Hindu meets an India
who asks passage TO the cape OF Good
,or man named Thomas, who Is re-
and says that he was put aboard by
heers on convict ship, the Albatross.
is evidence of mutiny on the hiudy'
,utineers, including Johnson, are logged.
and IX.-Matters seem to improve. The
\ reaches the Cape and puts Thomas
h anda man OF the name of York Is
led. II is soon discovered that under
. leadership the convicts will mutiny
like the ship. IA supposed pestilence
ont. XI.-The crew mutlny and seize
bin and then get drunk. The officers
! together in the cabin.
CONTINUED
bmething in his tones warned them
bril- at hand. and they were ont OF
before you could count 30. Ten
BIDS later sound came aft which /
pnly compare to the confusion in q
bgerie when the animals become
bed. II was the convicts making
rush from cage No. l as the doctor
led the door to pass in. Most of the
PRS rushed forward to the hatch, the
Ids called out and aimed their mus
and then men in convicts' uniform
IN to appear on deck. We saw Rob-
knocked down, heard cheers from
|Cther cages, and then we made a
for the cabin just as sailors and
licts were preparing to rush aft.
mutiny was on.
hen sailors and convicts saw us dis
bar in the cabin, they realized that
we're prepared for the revolt and
d not be surprised and overpoweIed
dash. They therefore returned
fard to assist the rest of the prison
pm deck and consult on what was
to be done. On our side we barred
fabln doors, put the iron shutters
the skylight and informed the puz-
men and frightened women Just
mad occurred and what we proposed
pere were only seven men of us in
cabln-the captain, both mates,
fell, Williams, Saunders and Smith.
Williams was an old man and
ted for nothing. Both cooks, the
ard and the bo'sum joined with the
Fneers Not a single man among the
rs came aft to cast his lot with us,
gh we had looked upon some of
as steady, honest fellows.
Ou may think there was great ex-
ient among the women and children
I tney came to know the worst, but
TELL you that they were very quiet
~ Helpless people are always that
~ ,ne lace of great peril. They
white faced and trembling, but
were no wailing and wringing of
r. The cabin lamps were lighted,
'ne women and children sat about
recnalrs and lockers, while the men
anai Preparations for defense and
10 hushed voices.
perception was in the case of the
nsie women. They had certainly
very foolish to strike up a romantic
Inent with such villains, but it
pam that they had never contem-
mutiny and the horrors that
iOliow. When they realized what
Ovurred and witnessed our grim
r;o "'ions Tor defense, they became
stricken and hysterical. Miss
|ba. admitted that her sympathies
l,.. ~ worked ON until she had come
| |saru Ben Johnson as a MARTYR and
E; ,.neu the bottle of croton oil from
(,na pensary at his request. She did
|or o" Tue use he meant to make of
Nv u.er' Mass White confessed that
|pa,as n' The doctor had been unjust
|snS eu, and she had encouraged him
Sss On his dignity and at the same
s ."s fallen in love with the villain
~ a1u become carried away with his
Inv boa Romance. Now that revolt and
6,d Is y come they realized the evil
'' "One and the position of all of
in s ,aul gave us about half an
|ng WI, mnich to prepare for them.
Efs,, anis interval they got their
h nns, passed about bottles of rum.
= Cans nave ave been Struggled aboard
|rpi, ape !, and sailors and convicts
not stu, "a way to prove that thew
I'VE co strangers to each other. Rob.
! in I ,ha plainly see from the mort.
knoct1os, ront of the cabin. He had |
and sit down and bound hand and
lar s ms protests and entreatiss
nal, 70 scorn. The half hour |
|sd ' in,. up before the doctor was
khe div O view from below. As he |
BEEN o''N, cause Of the mutiny and |
y has overly kind to the convicts' he |
Ast ave w. looked for decent trea, ment |