The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-07
MUTlNY
ON SpANl5h SHIP
Outllsd by Am,rcsn OlIictf Who
Killed Many OF the
Iutihrost,.

hnve not set passed. Recently there
was us bloody a muuny in Philippine
waters 49, Was ever narrated uf loo
/ stories OF pirates aud buccaneers. The
Dos Hermaudos. Spanish steamer, let
/ Manila during August. with a fun DJr-
go. many passengers, $4,000 In silver
and as tough a crew as ever walked a
gang plank or washed down a deck.
During the time the vessel was lying
In quarantine before her departure, the
boatsWain Of the vessel proposed 10 the
forty-nve men In the crew that they
kill the officers, make the women pas
songcrs prisoners and incidentally their
wives, and then sail with the $4,000
worth of treasure to the South Seas.
on the evening Of August 18th word
was passed among the crew that the
hour for action was at hand and to
better awaken within them n false
courage and stimulate their natural
savage Instincts the boatswain issued
liberal quantities of "Beno." which tow
ards evening commenced to have the
desired effect Stations had previously
been allotted to the mutineers, each
knew his post and what was expected
of him, and as darkness came on the
savages became thirsty for gore. 1t
was about p. IN. and the captain and
officers were sitting on deck, singing,
and otherwise passing away the time,
when proceeding from the place where
the engineers usually sat when off duty,
they heard cries of alarm and sounds
of mortal combat. 1t was the bloody
work of the mutiny.
Stealing up on the chief engineer a
knife cleaned a moment in the moon
light, and driven by a blood-thirsty
savage, was plunged into the unfor-
tunate mans side. Soon he and the
second engineer We're surrounded, and
protecting themselves as well as they
could with the chairs, retreated towards
their staterOom. Here the chief en-
gineer fell, never to rise again, his life
blood flowing from ten terrible wounds
while the second engineer, less severe
ly wounded, managed to gain the upper
deck, where he managed to creep into
a stateroOm unObserVed. A part of the
mutneers then proceeded to the upper
deck, where the captain and passengers
(now aroused by the turmoiD awaited
them. Armed as best they could with
chairs and now well aware that it was a
life and death struggle, the captain
went to the front but despite a valiant
resistance, was soon badly wounded by
a spear which passed clean through his
leg, followed by a blow on his head
which laid 1t open and left him, what
the mutineers thought for dead. The
chief officer next went down. and he
too was supposed to have been killed.
for on the deck they both lay uncon-
scous, their blood rningling in red
rivulets, only waiting a hull in HOSTILE
ties to be cast overheard.
During the fight the passengers work
ed their way round to one of the state
rooms, into which they bolted, while
the second engineer reached out of his
hiding place and pulled the bodies of
the captain and chief officer into his
stateroom. Lis
During this time the vessel lay at
anchor near the shore of the island of
Catanduanes. Inspector Fletcher of the
Philippine Constabulary, who was
strolling on the beach, heard the COM
motion aboard the vessel and thinking
that a mutiny had taken place armed
himself and with two native constabes
proceeded to the vessel in a small boat.
on reaching the vessel he found the
lllh Alil'tlS at NOIh WIN Il WHICH, ntdN-
ing the anchor, preparatory to sailing
for the South Seas. The propeller had
started to revolve, although the anchor
was still in the water. Fletcher poured
Volley into the men at the winch |
They deserted it but it continued to
work. The boatswain showered coal at
him from the bridge but commanding |
his constables to kill any one in sight |
n Glal lA
of the vessel. Then Fletcher started a |
fearful job of killing. He shot the ves-
sells quartermasters and Chinese car !
penter and threw their bodies into the |
sea. Passing the engine room COM
Fletcher encountered the |
third engineer who had been one of the |
of the mutiny and had come |
up on deck to see what the shooting
was about a volley from the con-
stables caused him to tumble below and |
two more shots down the engine room
ladder caused the mutinous men below |
to obey the peremptory order to stop
the engines
The captain was by this time on his
feet He accompanied Fletcher about
the deck and a moment more allowed |
Fletcher to kill four men, wound three
more, and tumble two overheard.
The decks We're cleared and those in |
hiding We're ordered to come out (Which
they did reluctantly and lie down on
the deck, face down, with orders to
the guard to shoot the first man who
raised his head No heads were raised. /
Those Who jumped overheard We're cap
tured by police on shore, so none es-
capped. The police had arrived by this !
time and the lady passengers, the
wounded and the crew were taken to |
the forecastle under heavy guard. Next
day, Captain of the Port Farwell, on |
the Sora, appeared on the scene. and
later the thirty-five prisoners were
brought to Albay in his launch and
We're lodged in prison and await trial
by Judge Carson of the Court of First |
Instance.
In all parts Of the Philippines. Fletch-