The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-10-20
The Captain and Four Of q
schooner's Crew Murdered.
MUTINY AMI MURDER
Pour Bodies Thrown Overheard by the
Murderers. Three Negroes. the
Remaining Members of the Crew
of the Schooner Harry A.
Berwlnd, Brought to
Southport, N. 6.

Southport, N. {.
A special to the Wilmington Star
from Southport Wednesday night SAY
the schooner Blanche II. King, Capt.
j. W. Taylor, Brunswick, Ga, Sept
%, FOR Philadelphia, put IN there
Wednesday afternoon. bringing III
,ssirons three negroes, all that remained
OF the crew OF the four. mastered q
schooner Harry A. Berwind, Capt
Rumill, from Mobile, Sept. 23, to
philadelphia, the captain, mate, COOK
and an engineer who did hosting
aboard having been murdered IN a
1hutiny at sea and tkei, b dies thrown
overheard.
The body Of fourth nrrro Of the
crew was fCuod lying on o,,k where
he, too had evidently be Il r.urdcrcd'
Capt. TAYLOR Of the schc' "a King
sighted the Berwnd early VI esday
morning abtut 80 miles { II 10 cape
Fear bar and was attracted to her by
the manner in which she was being
steered, having sevcral times come
very near runnil.n down the KING
A near approach, 70 the Bar~ihd
showed that she Ei.a ri>n practically
abandoned. Capt II. 10 aud crew
boarded the vessel ano / 1cad the
three negroes in irons, brii N':g TIL.
two vessels Off the bar when one OF
them was towed in by Wilmington
tugs, which have now gone FOR the
Othei schooner, q gale prevailing on
the outsiCe.
The Berwind being from territory
against which this city Is quarantined
for yellow fever, the three negroes In
irons are held In quarantine until ar.
rangcments can be made for their de-
tentien by tho federal authorities. IL
develops from tie stories Of the ne
groes brought iii irons by the King
that the mutiny arose as the result OF
quarrel aboard the ship early Tues
day morning about sou c. tf,e that
was being brewed for breakfast. Toe
King was signalled by the Berwind 30
miles east of Fiyirg Pan li9htshp ano
In response to a signal Capt. Taylor
sent his mate, engineer and others to
board the Berwind.
The decks Of the schooner we're Gov
cred with blood, glyi. 6 evidence Of a
fierce encounter. ilN uerth Cf the
mate was spotted Mith blood, ind
eating that he was bu.chered in bed.
After the boarding. party from the
: King handCutfcd the mutineelB on the
/, ship one Of the negroes complained
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 an0
shot one CT his own crew, the pre-
sumption being that the mar killec
had signaled the King against Tie
wishes Of the threo others,
The total list Of killed. Is four
whites and one negro, tile names Of
none of whom can be lcarno-. rht
King lefta p5;z4 crew aboard he B:r.
wind, which is s.ill I, II the b.r, hu
will be brought In tomGrrO~ morning
United State mmlS,ionct II. Col
ller and Deputy Marshall O. O. KpOx
left tonight for the quarantine to
take charge Of the captlvGS.
THE HORRIBLE STORY.
He. decks and cabins hp,Utche0
with blood from the fearful butci cry
following the mutiny aboal dShip ear
ly Tuesday morning tlf the N orth
Carolina coast, te four mastet
schooner Harry A. BerWind OF PM
adelphia was toWtd into Southport
Thursday by Wilmington tugs
Aboard were the p ize crow OF tue
New York scho, ncr Blanche II. Is Dg.
who we're wantt d 40 WITNESSES against
the three negroes shackled and
brought TO the Cape Fear quarantine
station!on Wednesday, Cuavk cd VIII
mutiny and mur0er.
At the pleli Urinary investigation,
before United States Commissioners
Collier Of Wilmington and Pinner OF
Southport today the men who board.
ed the BerWind told the story OF con
ditions on the vessel as tGey found
them, and the three prisoners were
then introduced at their own request.
They gave their names as Robert
Sawyer, Henry Scott and Arthur
Adams, all cclored, and under 4C
years OF age. Sawyer and Adams EN-.
ployed counsel and Doth charged thai
Scott killed tho five men With tho cx.
ception Of Capt. Rumill, who .disap.
peared before day Tuesday morning
In manner OF which they knew nOtll.
ing. Each said he saw Scott shoot
the mate on the lee side Ct the ship,
and throw his body overheard. Then
he Killed the engineer ard went down
the conpan!on way. Very soon they
heard shots hsloA deck IN the galley,
and short while thereafter Scott
came up again, bearing the body OF
the cook, a small white man, in hiaiarn
depositing his burden over the rail
They afterwards bound Scott ant
were steering the vessel az best they
could until overh; uled by the King.
Scott says all the seamcn, four ne
groes formed conspiracy soon after
leaving Mobile, Sept. 23, the colOrec
seamen feeling outraged because 81
short Fashions. He said that he killed
no one except the negro scamcn fount
on deck, Oakley by name. and thai
he killed him In self defense. C,ak-
10y hit him with stick, and shot al
= him while he was bound He said ne
saw Cokely shoot the mate and saw
Adams kill tho engineer. He does
not know how the cook was killed a.