The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-04

AS a punishment to the murderer
he was left on the small island. and
the small boat he used TO go there with
Aspeline and Brown his victims. was
destroyed. But on this lone island
were several gasoline drums and bits
of wreckage, and these he used to make
a raft, and paddle himself over to the
large island. When there he unexpect-
eddy presented himself at the door of
the hut, and, seizing a rife, snapped IL
at one of the occupants of the house.
The gun was not loaded. and no dam
age resulted. The man was overpow-
cred and the next day the party left
for the Marshall Islands, leaving Jor-
gensen at Midway-alone.
The junk reached the Marshall ISL
ands in 20 days, and the crew were
taken to Honolulu and related their ex-
perience.
When this story was communicated
to Capt. Walker he decided to go 10
Midway and take possession of the ISL
and in the name of Great Britain, and
after experiencing some vicissitudes he
reached the island and found Jorgen-
sen, in the hut boiling eggs. He was
told where his shipmates were and
asked to tell his story, which he did.
Capt. Cameron and Jorgensen were old
shipmates, and recognized each other
at once, and soon became friends again
n;
The next day it was decided to take :
Jorgensen aboard the bark and put
him to work. But Jorgensen was a
hoodoo, and bad luck set in from the
moment he came aboard. On February
3, 1888 the Wandering Minstrel was
blown on the beach and wrecked. The
only articles saved were some firearms
and ammunition, some cases of fruit
and matches.
For the next two months the men
busted themselves building huts and
gathering birds eggs. Jorgensen and
Cameron continued friends and lived
together. For a time it was noticed
that some of the men were getting
fish and birds and sailing them. AS it
was unusual, it began to cause wonder.
The cause was learned early one
morning when the best whale boat
and four of the ships company were
missing. AS heavy storm sprang up
about this time it is supposed the
boat and men were lost.
Efforts were made, and small boats
and RATS constructed with a view to
taking the party away, but something
interviewed every time. For a time
the birds disappeared from the island
and the men were on the verge Of star
walton when barrel filled with fer
mented rice washed ashore This was
dried and distributed among the men.
In August, 1888, Cameron suggest
ed fixing up the whale boat and going
to Honolulu, 1900 miles away, and
getting up a relief expedition. This
was acted upon, and Cameron and
Jorgensen and a Chinese boy left in
the whale boat. Capt. Walker gave
Cameron his compass and everything
he could spare, but the next day it was
discovered that he had taken all the
tools they had saved from the wreck
The Walker party waited patiently for
a relief expedition, but it never came.
Months afterward, when the sailors of
the Wandering Minstrel were rescued
by the schooner Norma ii was learned
that Cameron and his party had gone
to the Marshall Islands, 1,500 miles in
the opposite direction, and reported
themselves as the only survivors Of the
wreck of the Wandering Minstrel.
trading schooner in the South Seas,
and it is supposed this is the same man.