The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-13
CAPTAIN MURDERED AT SEA
A IR.AGEDY ON THE SCHOONER j. B..
INDUSEN.
A Seaman stabs Captain BaisIey-Lat-
ter Falls Overheard aIrd While Body
Is BEING Recovered by the Mate the
Schooner Sails Awny-VesseI Located
at Beaver Earbor, N. =.

Schooner Sails Away-Vessel Located
ut Beaver Earbor, N. :.
st. John, N. b., Nov. 12.-A murder
at sea on the schooner j. B. Van Dusen
was made known to-day by the receipt
CT message from the vessels mate
to the owners agent in this city. 1t
stated that Captain Baisley had been
stabbed by sailor named Maxwell, had
afterwards fallen overheard and had
died in the ships boat which had put
off to rescue him. AS for the schooner,
it had disappeared in the darkness un-
der conditions which make it seem
probable that the murderer and an
other member of the crew had gotten
the schooner under way and headed her
in towards the Nova Scotia coast.
The schooner ]. B. Van Dusen left
this port lumber laden for New York
late yesterday afternoon. The tragedy
was evidently enacted in the Bay of
Fundy within a few hours after clear
ing land. The news of the affair came
from Point Lepreux, to J. M. Driscoll,
agent here for G. w. Crane & Co. of
New York, owners Of the vessel and
was in the shape of the following mes
sage signed by Mate Campbell: Row
on board schooner Van Dusen last
night. Captain Baisley stabbed by Sea-
man Maxwell, afterwards falling over
board. Mate with one man took boat
to rescue captain, who died in the boat
before reaching Dipper Harbor. Left
steward and Maxwell on board. Last
seen schooner was sailing away from
us in the dark directly for land. think
vessel must be ashore between Dipper
Harbor and Musquash.
Captain Baisley belonged in this city.
where his wife and one child live.
who, according to the teie-
gram did the stabbng, is also a st.
John man, and for several voyages sail
ed with Captain Baisley as his mate.
The Van Dusen is one Of the best known
three masted coasting vessels. She
to New York and on the return brought
coal or miscellaneous cargo, At the
time of Mr. Driscolls receipt of the
telegram he was unable to account for
the trouble, but lost no time in trying
to locate the missing vessel and to APP
prehend Maxwell, should he have land
ed.
Later.-The schooner has been finally
ocated at Beaver Harbor. 1t seems
that the vessel under charge of the
,ook, Frank Snowden, was run towards
Beaver Harbor for an anchorage. On
making that port Snowden let go both
anchors At daybreak Snowden hailed
he captain of another schooner which
vas anchored near by and said that
here had been trouble on board The
'aptain who had been hailed was rath-
II suspicious of what Snowden had told
lin, so he visited the captains of other
,chooners in the harbor and then went
lshore. AS there were no resident mag
strate or a port official in the settle
nent the matter was referred to several
# the best known men, and several of
hem went out to the Van Dusen. The |
ook asked them to go on board, which
hey did. Everything on deck was ship
hape, but on the deckload Of lumber
vas spot of blood
The cook was questioned closely as
o what had happened and he said that |
captain Baisley and Sailor Maxwell had |
fight about dark last night, during |
which the captain had been knocked |
verboard, or had fallen. He further
aid the mate and another sailor i'm
nediately took the boat and rowed |
way in search of Captain Baisley. This |
,oat, the cook said, soon disappeared |
nd as he had taken the wheel of the
chooner he kept her UP in the wind
or some time hoping that the boat
would return AS the boat did not
how up in considerable length of
ime, Snowden said he got bearings,
ut the schooner on a course and made
or harbor. He ran in towards land
ntl he made out anchor lights and
1t the anchor go, trusting to luck to
e in a safe berth. After hearing the
teward's story, the committee took
barge of the schooner pending instruc-
ions from her owner. Later 1t was
earned that the Van Dusens boat,
18th the mate and sailor had arrived
t Point Lepreaux with the body of
aptain Baisley. AT last accounts
alor Maxwell was on the schooner
uarded by Cook Snowden.