The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

whom Scott had thrown overheard.
Il hadn't seen the mate at all. but
pretty soon we heard other shots, and
looking aft saw Scott and the mate
scuff1ing. We saw that Scott was try
ing 10 make the mate go overheard
but the mate wouldn't go. We saw
them fighting together and one time
Scott nearly had the mate over the
rail, but somehow the mate got away
and slid down under the deck load.
Pretty soon they were fighting again
and we thought that maybe Scott
didn't have any more bullets in his
pistol and Sawyer said to me: / am
going aft to help the mate; and he
started, calling, Scott! Scott! Scott
looked at HIM and said: On you,
If YOU come here | will shoot you.
He raised his pistol and shot at Saw
yer. but missed him. We heard the
nate calling to Sawyer: For Gods sake
| nelp me, Sawyer. Then we saw Scott
raise his pistol. The mate had his
! hands up begging Scott not TO shoot
him. Scott fired twice and the mate
/ fell. Scott threw him overheard.
Scott came back forward to us and
told us TO clew up the main-topsail.
We did this. A little while after this
l saw Scott go down into the galley.
| / heard two shots fired. then four
more. Then | didn't see Scott come
out of the galley for some time. When
he did | saw that he had the steward
in his arms. The steward was a very
small white man. / watched Scott go
over to the rail and throw the stew
ards body into the ocean. All this
| time the other colored man Cokely
! (the last man shot by ScOtt) was at
the wheel We told him that unless
| we could creep up on Scott and throw
him down he would kill us. Cokely
said he thought so too | went for
ward and late in the evening l heard
somebody call. 'Adams, Adams! ane
running aft | saw that Sawyer had
! thrown Scott down and was on top
of him. We got some rope and tied
his hands together and chained his
feet together and put him on some
| canvas on the deck. We took a pis-
tOl from him and searched him.
Cokely was steering and / went into
| the rigging as / thought ] saw a light
| on a steamer. In little while !
heard shot. and going down out of
the rigging | heard COkely holler. My
| God! he's shot me, he's shot me-: and
found him lying across Scott, and
Scott had a pistol in his hands. We
took this away from him and bound
him up tighter. We then got red
signal light and commenced to signal
the steamer as it was then dark. but
she didn't notice us. Then / saw
another light and commenced to sig
nal again. The schooner Blanche II.
King then came uD to us, and | hol-
Tered TO them TO take us off"
This is about the substance of
Adams story, although it is not i'm his
exact words. From ii can be seen
the horrible brutality of Henry Scott,
be this tale of Adams true, although
it is told in rather too straight man
| ner and will bear many searching
cross questions. The testimony of
Sawyer is practically the same as that
of Adams. both saying that Scott kill
ed al and th"t they We're forced To
do whatever they did by Scott, who
| had on his person the only two guns
on the vessel.
! However, Scott also tells a straight
| forward enough story, admitting hi!
shooting of Cokely. though saying III
| aid to do it IN self-defense. Scot
says this is the only man he killed
That from the time of leaving Mobile
for New York a mutiny was made VI
lbutween the crew. and that Sawyer