The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-06
MURDER ON
HIGH SEAS
Continued from page one.)
entity him as the person who worked

for them.
OTTO is also thought by others living
at Franks place to have made an un-
successful attempt to kill NJ, r. Biux-
ONE about two years ago at the sail
Cr's Home. BluXome got into a row
with the man, and OTTO armed with a
knife, chased him around the yard
Employees at the electric work recall
the occurrence but can not describe
the assailant of BluXome. they think
that the man now under arrest was
probably the SANE fellow
The dead captain was well known in
this city and San Francisco. as his
home was in the latter place. He was
formerly IN command of the schooner
Maggie c. Russ. He was a member Of
the Master Mariners Association of
san Francisco.
This afternoon the body of Captain
jacobson is being brought ashore. An
examination of the remains will be
made at the Quarantine Station
by DR.. Cofer, for the purpose
of asCertaining the nature and
character of the wounds Which caused
death. and the body will then be turned
over 70 the widow. Mrs. jacobson will
have it embalmed if possible, and sent
, g. relatives in San Francisco
The ships log contains the following
narratives of those who were in any
| way witnesses of the tragedy:
Page 80, July &c. 1902 At $3.50 a. m.
| Capt. Jacobsen was cilled by the cabin
boy ]. Tanbara by a stab in the right
groin and cut in the f'head The mate
than took charge Of the vessel and set
the course for Honolulu. Position at
that time by dead reconing from the
day before Lat. "a o. n. Long. 1917 16'
w
Page So: At about $50 a. m the mate
was called by the cook s. Otto saying
that the cabin boy had stabbed the cap
tain. | ruined upon deck at once when
l meet Louis Samuel shouting Mate,
mate, cabin boy stabbed cap" l ruined
forward at once fOllew Samuel. When
come to the the mainmastI heard the
second mates voice from the donkey
room shouting for help. I ruined down
there at once. The captain was then
lying on the doorstep to the donkey
roof with one hand holding onto the
cabin boys shoulder and the other hand
holding on to the cabin boys left hand.
The cabin boy was lying partly under
meath the captain inside of the donkey
with a big carving knife in the cap
tain's groin. The second mate was
lying with his knee on top of the cabin
! boys chest trying to get the knife from
U
| ing to pull the captain clear of the
cabin boy. / took hold of the Capteen
at once and helped lifting him up on
! the doorstep. The capt. was by all
appearance dead by that time. The sec
ond mate after getting the knife out of
the wound put his hand over it to
stop the blood that was oOZng out from
| the wound. / did than l give one of the
sailors atopmal and told him to watch
the boy and not let him get up. The
i second mate throwed the knife away
and helped taking the captain on top OF
| the declOad All the sailors was around
| by that time. When we got the cap
tain on top of the decload the blood was
stopped running and the captain wa.
dead by that time. We could not dC
any more for him. ] then got handouts
and put on the boy and took him dOwr
in the pumphOle, handcuifed him to
chain around the meZen mast. | thel
assertained the position of the vessel
jibbed Gibed) ship and set the COurs,
for Honolulu Afterwards we WASHED
Ihe body of the captain. Put alum al
over his body. Got some alcohol down
his troat Put some clean sheets arounC
him. and put him i'm box covered witt
canvas inside. Coal tarred the canvas
and the body inside, cauCed (caulked
the box outside and puttyed the seams
trying to preserve the body to we conn
to Honolulu. As | considered the cool
an accomplish of the boy | took him GU
of the galley and pun one Of the sailor
as cook intending to ceep the cook help
ing on deck day time and locked up il
"a room forward night time.
II. Meyer, Mate.