The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-06
Nv OF The OLIVER PECK
4 Them Are Aboard the Cruiser
Lancaster.
COOK TELLS or HIS MURDERS.
BODILY Recounts shooting Down
htain and First Mnte nnd burn
ing of the Schooner.

[p0rt NEWS, VA. NONeIHDeT D.. ne
b States steamship Lancaster dropped
i In Hampton Roads this morning
Bahia, Brazil. In solitary confine-
lon the warship are five men OF the
|of the schooner Oliver Peck. whose
b, J. w. Whitman OF Rockland.
and First Mate William Saunders
10y Cove. N. H., were murdered at
August last.
The ships forecastle. closely ironed,
anderson, the schooner's cook, who
self-confessed perpetrator Of the
RS. and who afterwards set fire TO
5seel.
Oliver Peck sailed from Boston on
b with n cargo OF lumber from
land the story of this tragedy is told
q the words of the murderer who
= gave to the Associated Press the
Ing version of the crime: II was
ok aboard the Oliver Peck, two
schooner. from Boston to Bahia,
a to serve the captain as his servant
good reason to believe that the cap
not like me, and was in fear OF
whenever he got into his mad fits.
a dog which was always coming
cook house and annoying me. On
Of our little difficulty the animal
inside and l threw boiler OF hot
ON him. Well, he howled and the
ping l knew the captain was calling
4 l went to his cabin and he com
\ cursing me, telling me that this
thing had to stop. l did not say
pg to him, and he ordered me into
pin to make UP his bsd. This was
|morning. | made up his bed and he
Z me out with volley Of oaths.
le was in a mean humor and de-
FED to arm myself against him. l
fhe captain had some pistols In his
end went back to get one Of them.
3 l entered the captain fired beer
lat me and seeing that i lodged ii
ked up pistol from the table and
ball in my direction. l got in my
Ia weapon and of course | opened
! the id rascal. Ny first bullet
Hect in his forehead and the second
Ibto his breast, killing him almost
ly. / then went up on deck and
no the mate, who was in the fore
2shouted down to me asking what
told him to come down, that
plain wanted him In the cabin. He
down and when he reached the deck
d for him. He was an old fellow
Phiskers and l felt like smashing
4th my fist He looked at me as IL
Dire my authority to order him
&and | levelled the weapon at his
!'Fhiskered head. saying at the same
Nov, die like the cog you are.
HAT l pulled the trigger and the
Popped to the deck. rolling to the
Pc of the ship. l then went down
= cabin. thinking | would be able
the ship by myself. l saw that
tam was ghost, and I came upon
Gain The mate was grooming and |
u my duty to put him out Of his
One more shot did that. secured |
Ptain's other pistol and after giving
Pc a second bullet ! started toward |
Nv. who were aft. with pistol in |
Rnd and gave them to understand |
swas to be master aud that the firs. |
Pho undertook to disobey my order, |
have 10 suffer the consequence |
nrried out my commands without a |
lr. ! first ordered them to throw the |
body overheard and then went |
nto the cabin and brought the cap
corpse up. disposing OF 1t in like
/. | then ordered the men TO get |
oil and saturate the whole vessel |
pa aft in such a manner that she |
30 up like HI. They did that ana
Re got our belongings and prepared |
to the boats, first setting fire to
ship.
Echum and | went down in one of |
IT'S, while the other four men took |
rs. They pulled off in different
p from us and we never saw them
until we met in person in Bahia.
lust have peached on us, fer no
had we landed from the ship we
I'm than the officers placed us under |
nd sent us to Bahia.
kOliver Peck was enc month from |,
M was whhin two days of Bahia
this happened. She was two
Schconer an. started cut with Il
eight
tatement was sent ashore by an
marine.
pitt saiu tnat When the men were
8into prison at Bahin the United
onsul at that part communicated
army department at Washington
ng the arrest CT the murderer and
piiee and received Instructions 10
fm aboard the cruiser Lancaster.
as at the time several hundred
pun OF Bahia and which would be
10 mat port as soon as possible.
men remained in prisc:. at Bahia
weeks before the arrival of the
~ When the men were sent rboard
pr they were found to be so filthy
lily clad that ii was necessary 4,
IN baths and nLw wearing app;,rel.
y was ordered in irons and The
pr OF the unfortunate shin crews
iced in solitary confinement. The
PRS are under the impression ;hat
being held as witnesses against
and will be expected to testify
murdered tho captain and mate.
Pre- than probable. however, that
not only be used as witnesses
&ho murder. but will be held on the
hrng ship on the high so,s.
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