Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-10-18
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
THE DOUBLE MURDER.
Robert T. Wyatt Confesses to The Murder
Of Captain Oliver NJ. Oaulk And The
Negro Collier, on The Sloop Dream.

The CAPITAL was the first paper to
publish the finding of Captain Caulk' S
dead body on his burning vessel as she
drifted into Rock creek on Sunday morn.
ing. We gave further particulars OF the
horrible crime in last evening CAPITAL
and the arrest OF Robert Wyatt. Of St.
Michaels. Talbot county. charged with
the crime. The Baltimore papers OF this
morning give the following particulars OF
this double tragedy:
WYATT, $ CONFESSION.
Robert Wyatt. who was arrested on
Monday evening for the murder OF Capt.
Oliver M. Caulk last Saturday night on
board his vessel, the I'D eam." in the
Patapsco river. made iull confession
yesterday afternoon OF the murder OF
Captain Caulk and the colored man,
Frank Collier, to Captain Barranger, at
the Central Police Station. The signed
and witnessed confession is as follows,
word for word as the prisoner uttered it:
81 started to 60 down with him Gap
tain Caulk) Saturday. | carried some
whiskey along with me; was just get
ting off turn. and was all run down. |
drank what liquor had, and went per-
fectly ciazy. When | get that way |
get so dont't know what am doing. |
killed the negro first, and he went over
board. hit him with long piece OF
stick. The captain came up, and
struck him. did not set fire to the boat.
A lantern was there, and | might have
thrown it over; it was in the cabin.
have no idea what time 1t was; It was
down little below Rock creek or Steel
ton. | was so drunk do not know ex-
actly where we were. took the money
from him. | do not know how much
money took from him. | remained on
the boat two hours after killed them.
was in such frenzy at the time | could
not get the skiff off right away.
HOW HE killed THEM.
81 hit the captain with hatchet, and
the negro with a club. Afterwards took
the skiff. do not know what time i,
was. / think il was about o'clock.
do not know how much money | took.
When ] struck the captain it stunned
him. | think struck him two or three
times afterwards with hatchet then
took the money. / remained aboard the
boat two hours before l left. l did not
make up my mind to kill him until just
at that time. had no such intention
before | went aboard. got full oi
whiskey, and got crazy. He had his
money laying in little box down in the
cabin. took the money I'm the box
but left the box. | did not cut his legs,
arms or head off. The boat was not on
fire when | left it. 1t was very thick
and foggy. | never knew the boat was
on fire until they told me. was stand
ing on the quarterback aft. The negro
said something to me; did something
he did not like. He said something and
cursed him. He made break at me.
and struck him with hand-spke.'
Upon statements made by witnesses as
to the locality of the vessel, Judge Wright
decided that it was proper case for the
Anne Arundel county authorities to try
under the law. Justice Grammar was SC
advised and committed Wyatt accord
ingly. Wyatt was taken to the City Jail
late in the afternoon. States Attorney
Brashears, of Anne Arundel, is of diff.
feient opinion and thinks the Criminal
Court of Baltimore has jurisdiction in the
case, the accused having first been taken
to Baltimore. He says he will make nc
demand for hearing Of the case in An.
napolis.