The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-16
MURDERED At SEA.
One Man ofthc Crew Shoots Down
Another Without Warming.

\ special from Pensacola, Fla. says
The American schooner, Mary. San
ford, which arrived Saturday after
noon had an eventlul voyage from
BlueieldS, Nicaragua. to Pensacola,
during which time one man killed an
other and the crew were almost in
constant mutiny for the mans blood,
vino murdered their shipmate. Cap
tain Mcdonald was glad to reach here,
and as suon as possible had the
murderer in jail.
The Mary Sanford left ElueheldS on
June - and when four days out in
latitude 1910 and longitude sl.!5,
\. &, Nicholson, the first mate, kill
ed Fred, Reed a West Indian seaman
at i a. m,
Reed, It was learned, had been
ordered to some duty about the sails,
but the particular job was not done
according to the liking of Nicholson,
who ordered Reed to do the work
over. The latter did not. relish this
and made insulting remarks to the
mate, Who without any handy Of
words, whipped out 44-calbre revol-
yer and filed the negroes body with
four bullets, either one OF which would
have proved fatal. The seamen died
within 20 second after being shot.
When Captain Mcdonald saw what
had happened, he ran and overpower-
ed Nicholson, took the pistol from
him and threw it. overheard: The
mate was then placed in irons and
kept so confined: and under strict
guard until the vessel reached the
Pensacola quarantine station; when
the United States narshal's office was
told CT the murder On the high seas
and Nicholson brought here and lock-
ed up. He will be given a preliminary
trial before I, $, Commissioner Tpni-
son tomorrow morning. Since he has
engaged legal advice he refuses to
talk and give his side of the oecurr-
ence,
To The Journals representative one
of the ships officers stated that i'm
mediately after the killing four West
Indian Seamen, couutrynen OF the
dead man. openly resented the murder
of Reed, and many times did things
looking as though the murderer would
swing from a yard arm. The captain,
two mates and steward were the only
white men on the vessel, and the
combined watchfulnesS of this over
worked quartette prevented a marine
session Of Judge Lynch'S court. The
West Indian were said to have been a
most revengeful class and various con-
spiracies were nipped in their in
cipiency by the white crew, who
cleaned knowledge of the plots by the
boasting of the conspirators, who on
one occasion are said to have threaten
ed to have the lives of all the ships
officers when they were prevented from
laying hands on Nicholson.
Reeds body was wrapped in sails
and buried at sea, a few miles from
the location of where the shooting oc-
Cured. He had repeatedly made
trouble for the ship and is spoken OF
as having been dangerous man.
Nicholson belongs to a prominent
family at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and
has followed the sea for many years.
The Mary Sanford, flying the
American flag, is a frequent trader
here. The murder will necessarily
have to be heard in the United States
court, which conyenes here next
month. And this is the first capital
crime to be heard or docketed in the
federal court of this district for years.