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KILLED At SEA.
The Captain and Four OF a
Schooner's Crew Murdered.
|MUTINY ANDMURDER

Murderers. Three Negroes, the
Remaining Members Of the Crew
Of the Schooner Harry A.
Berwind, Brought to
Southport, N. c.
A special to the Wilmington Star
from Southport Wednesday night says
The schooner Blanche 81. Kiog, Capt.
b. w. Taylor, Brunswick, Ga, Sept.
bs, for Philadelphia, put In there
"Wednesday afternoon. bringing In
irons three negroes, all that remained
BIZ the crew Of the four mastered
bchooner Harry A. Berwind, Capt.
Rumill, from Mobile, Slpt. %, to
Philadelphia, the captain, mate, ccoS
and an engineer WHO did holstlr g
aboard having BEEN murdered IN q
mutiny at sea and theii b Idies tnrown
overheard.
The body of q fourth negro OF the
creW was fcuad lying on deck Wnere
he, too had evidently been murdered
F}apt. TAYLOR of the schooner King
Eiehted the Berwind early Wednesday
morning abe u5 80 miles { # the Cape
Fear bar and was attracted to her Dy
the manner in which she was oeing
bteered, having several times come
very near running down the King
Ia near approach to the Bar"ir q
showed that she had been pract:c lily
abandoned. Capt. Taylor and cr:s
boarded the vessel and placed u"
|three negroes in irons, bringing ii"
two vessels eff the bar when one OF
Them was towed in by Wilmington
tugs, which have now gone lor tne
other schooner, q gale preVa1nf g Oh
Sthe outside.
The Berwind being from territory
against which this city Is gus ant,neo
For yellow fever, the three Legr IS IN
irons are held in quarantine uIiii a
Irsrpements can be made for theii Dc
tentien by the federal authorities. IL
develops from the stories OF the ne
1Qrees brought in irons by the King
that the mutiny arose as the result OF
d Quarrel aboard the ship early Tues
4day morning about some @ ffee that
was being brewed for breakfast. Tue
King was signalled by The BsrWind 81
miles east Of Frying Pan lightshp and
Etn response to a signal Capt. Taylor
cent bis mate, engineer and others TO
hoard the Berwind.
The decks Of the schooner were Gov
1ered with blood, givirg evidence OF a
fierce encounter. The berth tf- the
mate was spotted with blood, ind.-
eating that he was tutchered III bed
After the boarding party from the
King handcuffed the mutipeefs on the
ship one of the negroes c.mplalneo
i the irons were too tight and hurt him.
When one Of the boarding crew loos
ened the bracelet on the negro's arm
the captive whipped cut pistol and
shot one of his own crew, the rre-
Itumption being that the MD K lled
had signsleds the King against the
wishes OF the three others,
The total list Of killed Is four
whites and one negro, the names OF
none of whom can be learned. The
King left q prizs crew aboard the B;r-
wind, which is still Cff the bAr, but
will be brought In tomorrow morning.
United State Commissioner 2. Col
,ier and Deputy Marshall @. 0. Kooz
left tonight for the quarantine tu
take charge of the captives.
- THE HORRIBLE STORY.
Her decks and cabins splotched
with blood from the fearful butchery
following the mutiny aboal dship ear
! " Tuesday morning Of the Nortn
Carolina coast, the four-maste
schooner Harry A. Berwind OF Phil
sdelphia was towed into Sauthp rt
Thursday by Wilmington tugs
Aboard were the prize crew Of the
New York schooner Blanche d King,
who were wanted as witnesses against
the three negroes shackled ano
brought to the Cape Fear quarantine
stationion Wednesday, c1ared With
mutiny and murder. \
At the preliminary investigation
before United States Commits ioners
Collier of Wilmington and Pinner o.
Southport today the men who board
ed the Berwind told the story OF. con
ditions on the vessel as they fIunc
them, and the three prisoners were
then introduced at their own rf quest
They gave their names as RJber'
Sawyer, Henry Scott and Arthu
Adams, all colored, and under a
years of age. Sawyer and Adams EN-
ployed counsel and Goth charged tba
Scott killed the five men with the ex
ception of Capt. Rumill, who sdissp
peared before day Tuesday nornipI
In q manner OF which they knew moth
inp. Each said he saw Scott shoe
the mate on the lee side Ct the ship
and throw his body overheard. TheI
he killed the engineer ard went doWl
the companion waY. Very soon the!
heard shots below deck in the; galley
and a short while thereafter Scot
came up again, bearing the body o
the cook, a small white map in hisisrn o
G}epositing his burden over the rail
They afterwards bound Scott AM
were steering the vessel as best the,
could until overhs uied by the King.