The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-07
Awful Crime

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Spanish main 4 OF ID he times $of old IS 1t
was ;of such bold, atrocious nature as to
shock the country and especially appall
the sea faring world. It really added new
4 terror to the Emigh Spa hi den ter
Eror, as 1t were. that could shoulder be-
gyond the discernment$ OF eye, and 80 the
bringing to justice OF h the one. Il Or ones
responsible for the TRACED on the schoon-s
er Harry Berwind ives of universal
Tby the men who fol low the sea and the
trials were tswaicR I'd VII Il, keenS rest:;
In the balance hung e oleMn warning,
{ to- the vicious 8seamen. but " etheri this
deed was TO be weighed down by sembold4 y
Sening sailors OF diseased mind was hel
question. The warning came day IN the.
execution OF Henry Scott. 5Ss ri E5$ Il
Ss The trials of the three alleged utineers
was OF peculiar, as we'll as vital interest.
as it presented those supposed at one
/ time to 81 have been partners In crime
sarrayed aga Inst each other, and the tales
lHfpIded by each were OF lurid ature. 81
4. Arthur. Adams and Robert Sawyer told
OF blood, !, blood, blood. 81 Their narrative
was the equal Of some CORY, vivid chap
ter from the buccaneeri story Of the dime
novel. They presented Scott as q smercL
less mortal; \; one who slew five men sin
cold blood. Scott alone, said 3 they,, killed
Ulpo OlllCSlO 4o0s sSll4
4 OF the negro seamen, and went about thu
human. slaughter deliberately: with ca r.
deaf ITO walls OF ang utsh, with heart
Rsteeled to blood washed Victims who be-
sought him not 10 shay them ss 1a{
@ wounded men, blood a6G dren nched sgE and
praying for mercy were tossed over
board with cutses by SEQ t. n sald they.
Their tale was improbable and alanost
potsstbEA tlo,lgh tlle jury and they.
balteving ttat Adams and Sawyer were
parties to the crime, convicted them, for.
Scott testified chat Sawyer and Adams
were y the ones who did the kiTlng and
made him q prisoner IN order to fix the
guilt upon him, Yet Scott he'd made adj
missions that he took part IN the whole
sale murder, and he, TO o, WIS convicted
But to-day when the time for him to die
CANA he con cested his guilt Told that
he alone commltted the crime. Told &
/ talo tlrat must now give gcredenca 70 what
Sawyer and Adams declared and which
tontslring, as 1t tells of human but utcheTy
and the unsuppo vicious dea tl1 deal
ing capac, ty ot, q lone man. q ssf$ ,as
The Tragedy at Sea. S.S
Just one year ago tod day----.strange the
Harry "a, Berwind. |. mastered BY CAPTAIN
r. B. {. Rumlll, left Phllad elphia. hound
for. Cardenas, Cuba, Captain Rumill's
crew consisted so OF 4 seven, three white
Bmen--NIate John Hail. Engineer Smith
and Cook Folby-and Henry Scott, Ar-i
thur Adams, Robert Sawyer and mother
negro named Coakley. After making Car-,
denas, the schooner went to Mobll lle,3 load 4
ed with lumber and started back to Phil X
adelphia, Early on the morning OF Octo-l
ber 10th last. of the North Carolina
coast, the trag ged " n was ENACTED "a and
which UP to- to-day reTnat ed \ q mystery
I In detail. 1,
sSl II was the night OF the 10th that the
Blanche NJ King, out from BRUNSWICK
for Philadelphia. sighted the Herwind.
Captain John w, Taylor, OF Prov ldence,
r.. u, ana master OF the klng, was ats
stracted by tho queer moyene ants n OF the
6Berwlnd. He spoke the vessel and was
told that tho white offlcers and O. negro
member OF the crew had been murdered
and thrown yoyerboa I'd 3 and that the ymur-
Rderer was bound fast aboard the schoon-
or. He sent men to . the Rerw!nd, ana
Adams and Sawyer tremblln ngly told OF
the tragedy, On deck was the dead body
OF the negro Coakley, and all was cons
fusion In the cabins, The Officers were
missing. SCOTT was ironed and taken back
to the King. He declared that Sawyer
and Adams had been cont fed era tess ana
they, too, were ironed.
3 The King then made 6outhpor n, C,r
und the three negroes were deltY tYered to
Etha government for trial, Il u si3
Scott Declares Them Guilty,
4, The trials Of the alleged utineers took
place at the fall term of the sunited States ''
lcontlnped sos' Third Psss,)