The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-06

about s inches i'm length and one half
i'm wide a little bigger towards the end
the blade being rounded and the point
turned upwards II. Meyer, mate, Louis
Samuel Harry Fortune, Claude More,
Jean FcrTicr.'
A summarized account of the murder
and the incidents preceding and follow
ing it is as follows.
The schooner Fred j. Wood arrived at
Portland from HakOdate June IA, and
after discharging and loading sailed
for China on the present Inflated Voy-
age. The cook and the cabin boy were
both shipped some days before the veS-
sci sailed from Portland. While in
port there they did not seem to get
along well together but afterwards APP
pareutly made up their differences
From that time on they seemed to be
i'm a conspiracy of INSTRUMENTATION, the
boy under the influence of the cook
The cook refused to do many things ne
was ordered to do, and the boy, at the
cooks instgatiOn also refused to at
tend to many of his duties. To all
orders and remOnstrances of the cap-
tain he was Obdurate, sullIing and
Sinking Seven days out from Port
land Captain jacobson directed the boy
to do certain work. The boy demurred
saying the cook had told him he did not
have to work so hard. To this the cap
tain replied that he was giving orders
and not the cook. Such incidents oC-
CURED on several occasions
On the morning of the murder, the
cabin boy had brought the captains
early morning chocolate to the cabin
but had failed to return later to remove
the dishes. About half past o'clock
the captain went forward, as it is sup-
posed to tell the cabin boy to do this
work. He found the cabin boy seated
in the cooks galley. He told the boy to
do his work TheIeupOn the boy pulled
a butcher knife from under his coat and
made a lunge at the captain The lat
ter called out, Boy, give me that
knife" This was heard by one of the
seamen, who was in the fOrecastle,
Frenchman named More, who instantly
threw open a small panel between the
cooks galley and the forecastle, used
to pass food through from the galley
to the fOrecaStle, and saw the Subse-
uuent struggle between the captain and
the cabin-boy though unable to get
through and interfere in the struggle,
or rescue the captain The captain had
hold of the boy evidently attempting
to disarm him and protect himself. In
the struggle the boy pulled the captain
into the dOnkey-rOOm where the pas
sage was a narrow one, not more than
two feet and a half wide. All the time
he was slashing away with his kniFe.
Here the captain got the boy by the
shoulders but instantly the little Jap
dropped to his knees and ran his knife
right up through the captains body.
Fatally wounded the captain fell on top
of the Jap, the blood flowing from
many wounds.
Quickly the whole ships crew and
Mrs. jacobson were on the scene, in
state of great excitement, as was not
unnatural. The body was brought up
on deck. but life had fed. One of the
sailors saw the knife still sticking in
the body, and drawing it out, eXcitedly
threw it far out to sea. For few mo-
ments t. looked as though the sailors
would make short work of the muir
derer But the first mate, H. Meyer,
at once took command. and ordered the
Jap in irons.
The cook during this scene kept out
of sight He was at once relieved of
his duties, and kept under surveillance
until the vessel came off this harbor,
when he too was put in irons.
The body was crudely emtalmed by
the use of alcohol, and placed in cool
part of the cargo forward and brought
to this port.