The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-18
KILLED At SEA.
The Captain and Four of a
Schooner's Grew Murdered.
MUTINY ANDMURDER


Remaining Members Of the Crew
ef the Schooner Harry A.
Eerwind, Brought to
Southport, N. 6.
A special to the Wilmington Star
from Southport Wednesday night say S
the schooner Blanche E. King, Capt,
J. W. Taylor, Brunswick, Ca, Sept.
2s, for Philadelphia, put in there
Wednesday afternoon. bringing 10
irons three negroes, all that remained
OF the crew Ct the four mastered
schooner Harry A. Ber~ind, Capt.
Rumill, from Mobile, Sspt. %, to
Philadelphia, the captain, mate, COCK
and an engineer who did hoistlCg
aboard having betn n murdered IN a
mutiay at ssa anG t-eir dies taro~n
overheard.
The b.dy OF fvu-th negro OF the
crew was rculd lyh ( IN oecK Wnele
Re, too had evidently e n nu1ocIeo'
Capt. Taylor Of the ooner King
sighted the Berwln6 eai: Wednesday
norning alb, Ut 80 miles { 4 the Cape
Fear bar and was attracted 70 oef oy
the mannes in which she was being
steered, havicg several times come
very near tur:: Z down the KING:
A near ap,r,a,n 20 the bsrWlIo
showed that she a '7een rractlcally
abandoned. Capt. I ;l-r and crew
boarded tie vessel s.,-c paced the
three negroes in irons, oringlng tne
two vessels of the bar when one OF
them was toweG in by Wilmington
tugs, which have now gone 1or the
other schooner, q gale prevailing on
the outside.
The Be1wind being from territory
against which this city is quarantlneo
tor yellow fever, the three negroes ID
irons are held in quarantine unali az,
raneements can be made for their de,
tsntien by the federal authorities. II
develops from the stories or the ne
grees brought in irons by the Aing
that the mutiny a1ose as the 1esolt OF
8 quarrel aboard the ship early IoeS-
day mornil & about sone CHE ca''
was being orewed for breakfast. Iae
King was sgnalled by the BerWinc ~
miles east OF Flying Pan lign.shp and
in response to a signal Capt. Iaylor
sent his mate, engineer and others 70
board the Bsrwind.
The decks CT tire schooner were Gov
cred witL b.ovs. g.virg evidence OF a
fierce encounter. The berth CT tne
mate was spotted with blood, mo-
eating that he was butchered III BED.
After the boarding party from tne
King hanGcpffed the mutineefs on une
ship one Of the negroes complained
the irons were too tight and hurt hlm.
When one OF the boarding crew ZOOS
ened the bracele5 on the negro's arm
the captive whipped cut a pistol ano
shot one t.f bis o~n crew, the pre-
sumption ling that the man KILLED
had signsled the King against the
wishes u tie three otters,
The total list Ct killed Is 1ou1
whites and one reg7o, the names OF
none Of whom can be learned. ihe
Kiup lefta p5 z: crew aboa'd The Ber-
wind. which is still tf 5he o,s, out
will be brLlgntln conurroS morning.
United State c. lmmlssioner Z. Coi-
her and Deputy Marshall c. C.Nhoox
left tonight for the quarantine 70
take charge Of me captl7es.
TIE HORRIBLE STORY.
He decks and cabins splotcheo
with blood from she fearful ouscnery
following the mutiny aboal dshlp ear
" Tuesday morni,g cf the North
Carolina coast, tee four-maseea
schooner Harry a. Berwind OF Phil
adelphia was towed into Southport
THURSDAY by Wilmington tugs
aboard were the p,ize crew o, the
New York scho; ner Blanche q. King,
who we're wanted aswiuresses against
the three negroes shackled ano
hrought to the Cape Fear quarantine
station ION Wednesday, c1a:sed VIII
mutiny ard murder.
At the preliminary Investigation
before United States Commissioners
Collier of Wiluington and Pinner OF
Southport today the men who board
ed the Berwino told the story OF con:
6it;cns on the vessel as they 1cuuo
them. and the three prisoners were
then introduced at their own request.
They gave their names as Rooe1s
SAWYER, Henry Scott and Arthur
Adams, all colored, and under Il
wears OF age. Sawyer and Adams EN-
nloyed counsel and Doth charged thai
Scott killed. the five men with the ex
caotion Of Capt. Runill, who .dissp
oeared before Gay Tuesday nornlns
IN manner OF which they knew moth
inq. Each said be saw Scott Shoo'
the mate on the lee SIDE Ct the ship
and throw lis body overheard. Tnet
he killed the engineer AID went ooWf
the companion. way. Very soon the!
heard shots below deck in the galley
and 2 short while thereafter scJt
came up again, bearing the BODY o
the cook,a small white man, in hlsiarn
6eoositing his burden over the rail-
They afterwards bound Scott ant
we're steering the vessel as best the.
could until overna uied by the King.
Scott says all the Seanen, tour ne
oroes formed a conspiracy soon ate
leaving Mobile, Sept. %, tne colore
seanen feeling outraged because ,
short Fashions. BE SAID that ne Sllie'
no one except the negro sesnen 1oun'
on deck, Oakley by name. ano Una
he killed him in self defense. C5aS
lev hit him with stick, and SHOT a
him while be was bound. He ssla q
saw Cokely shoot the uate ana Ss'
Adams kill the engineer. he oUs
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