The San Francisco call., 1897-06-04

fore either the Durrant or Worden cases
are decided.
On the trip from San Francisco Butler
gave considerable trouble and Chief Off
Ger Hart of the Mariposa had to make a
straitiacket for him. For two days the
prisoner refused to eat, and things began
to look serious. Roche, McHattie and
Conroy got scared, and kept mportuning
he ships officers to do something. Then
Hart took the matter in hand and sent for
The sal maker. Buffers measure was
taken, and in six hours canvas suit was
made that raving maniac could not get
away with.
When the jacket was put on the man
accused cf murder, and he found how
powerless he was, he turned to Chief Off
Ger Hart and said: For Gods sake, take
this thing off. ! give in."
From that time on it was only necessary
to show him the straitiacket in order to
bring him to time.
The mittens which were placed on But
ler's hands to prevent him from doing
himself any damage, the manaces til al
chained him 10 the deck OF the Mariposa
and t! e handouts that were on his wrists
ali came back on the steamer. The
lIackeC belongs to the vessel, but
all the other paraphernalia will be re-
turned to the Sheriff's Office tomorrow.
During the voyage Mr.. Hart made
sketch OF the prisoner, and Butler thought
it was such an excellent likeness that he
signed his name TO IL
The British ship SwanhiIda, on which
Butler came to San Francisco, evidently
had narrow escape. A reporter for the
Daily telegraph of Sydney writes:
On Saturday during conversation I had
m Jim
larry than had previously had an opportunity
10 do with reference TO his voyage on the
Swanhilda, and found that he admitted 10 an
intention and willingness to commit the most
desperate and brutal deeds to prevent pursuit
ana capture In response to a leading ques-
ton ne saIC: II did more steering than any
other man aboard. am good steerer, and
as there were two OF the crew who could not
handle the wheel, / was given their tricks as
well as my own. l was treated well aboard
and t0r the first three OF four DAYS out of
Newcastle the captain and were rather good
chums.
"But one day before we had been out very
long we sighted a steamer, which L afterward
1ound out was the Taupo, a New Zealand boat.
she made signals ana boat put off, which
made some communication with our captain
dlc not know what the nature of the CON-
municauon was, but was afraid and sus-
plclous. / suspected something but WIS not
sure enough to take any serious action. Then,
after that the Captain seemed To avoid me in
pace OF being friendly, as he was previously.
This rather increased my doubts but could
not make up my nina about the matter.
III / had been that the Taupo people
had told him was aboard there would have
been no Swanhilda to-day. She wouId never
nave got t. San FrSncisco. l would either
nave hred her, run her ashore, or sunk her.
I'd have found some means | remember one
night would have had an excellent chance
We had been in dirty weather Tor some few
days and were then running before favora-
bic wind n blg sea We ran down great
big island with a rocky coAst. At one tim we
were not more than a quarter of mile from
it Though there was a big sea on there was
no one but the first mate and | on deck
"IJ was lairly dark ana could have easily
settled the mate with 2 blow on the head from
belaying-pin, spun the wheel down and we
would have been in he breakers IN ten min
utes The ship would not have lived long in
that sea
And afterward we passed hundreds Of coral
reefs, and l could have put her ashore on al
most any OF them.
But l did not know, and was also beaten
the same way at Frisco. If l had had any
warning that l would have been arrested |
should certainly have emptied my revolver
among the crowd OF detectives. / would have
had six SHOTS, and turning TO the detectiy es
present. your wives would very probably
have been widows now. for Pm dead shot.
Ihen would have made Tor the to'csle do or
way and held 1T as long as possible. and when
the game was up would have shot myself"
When the Mariposa was within a couple
OF days sail of Sydney Butt er again be-
came taciturn and the detectives had to
call on Chief Officer Hart for the strait
JACKET again. When the acc used man saw
1t he said: do you know, Mr.. Mate,
temper has been my downfall. My father
died IN a lunatic asylum. l have inher-
tied his temper"
After that he relapsed into sile nee and
was perfectly docile until the vessel
reached Elizabeth Bay in Port jackson.
Then he showed his temper" again when
he was forced aboard the New South
Wales police boat Nemesis. The officers
OF the Marposa were afraid that he would
attempt to jump overheard. so Chief Off
Ger hart put rope around his body nd
had two men holding onto it until tue ac-
cused murderer was safely aboard
Detective John Roche, who was in
charge OF the party, got into disgrace the
moment he set his foot ashore. He was
called before the com mitting magistrate
and publicly censured for allowing the
prisoner TO be interviewed at Auckland,
New Zealand.