Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-18

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Who Were Sitting Quietly in the
Cabin-The Captain of the Vessel
Among the KilIed-Five Others
Wounded-PoIice Have Captured
Man Who Admits That He Did
the Deed, and Secured 500 Kroner
From the<Captain.
COPENHAGEN, May IA tele-
gram from Hoping, Sweden, reports
that as the steamer Kopikg last night
was passing the Prins Carl man
sprang upon the deck of the latter
vessel and shouted: "If anyone comes
near me | will shoot" At the same
time a woman was seen hanging over
the ships side screaming for help.
The man escaped in a boat. When
the Prins Carl was boarded it was
found that twelve men on board Of
her had been shot, six of whom, in
Guiding the captain, being dead. The
rest were found locked In their quar-
tiers. One of the wounded has since
died. The murderer is being pur-
sued.
COPENHAGEN, May 17.-Details re-
ceived here to-day from Hoping, Swe-
den, Of the terrible tragedy on board
the steamer Prins Carl, plying between
Hoping and Stockholm, show that
shortly after passing Quicksund at
midnight, a man suddenly started
shutting all the doors of the cabins and
saloons and then with a revolver In
either hand and with dagger and a
knife in his belt, he began firing at
every one he encountered He stabbed
the captain in the back and a lady pas
senger in the breast with a dagger and
hacked a boy with the knife.
He also shot the mate through the
shoulder and of four gentlemen who
were playing cards in the smoking sa-
loon, one was shot in the temple be-
caused he moved when the murderer
warned him not to stir.
The Prins Carl was stopped off Kop-
ing and the murderer seized the oppor-
tunity to jump into life boat and row
away as fast as possible
Search of the steamer discovered sew
en- dead and five wounded.
The Prins Carl proceeded to Stock
holm, where the police officials took
charge of the victims.
A tradesman Of Arboga, Sweden, re-
ports that man giving the name Of
Gronkirst, of Stockholm, came to him
yesterday and secured two revolvers,
which he fired several times to test
their qualities.
STOCKHOLM, May 1.-THE wound
ed say they were playing cards in the
smoking room about half-past eleven
with other passengers, when somebody
put his head in the room and exclaim-
ed: Lookout. There's massacre on
board"
At the same moment shots were
heard. All sprang to their feet in or
der to leave the cabin, but they found
the door fastened on the outside. While
they were trying to force the door a
shot was fired through the window
and hit one of them, a man named
HARRISON, who fell to the floor. The
other three, Schneider, Konditor and
Lindquist, burst the door Lindouist,
who was the first to step through, re-
ceived bullet in his head. Disregard
ing the wound, he ran after the as
sassin to the steering room. The fu-
gitive shouted down the speaking
tube: Full speed ahead" The en-
gines were already at full speed, and
the engineer replied: rs that the cap
tain?" receiving the answer, Certain
ly, drive her 10 the devil" The en-
gineer put the engines at full speed
astern. The assassin then ran down
10 the engine room and threatened TO
shoot the engineer if he did not obey.
The engineer barricaded himself in the
room.
At that moment the Hoping came
along and the murderer fed in boat.
The police have tracked to Eskil-
stuna (57 miles west OF this city, and
arrested there the supposed author of
the Prins Carl tragedy. He tried to
IRE a revolver at the officers. When
arrested he gave his name as Philip
Noordlund. On being questioned about
the murders, the prisoner replied that
it was a matter for the police them
selves to unravel On being further
questioned Noordlund confessed his
crimes and said he had stolen eight
hundred kroner from the captain.
CHARLES A T0UNE