New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
MUTINY IN TEMPEST.
CREW 4WED BY PISTOL.
Captain, Sheppard of Bark Mayberry
Has Thrilling Experience.

With the landing of ten shipwrecked men from
the steamer ST. Paul yesterday, came another
trag1o tale of the sea Their vessel which has
been added TO the fleet Of waterlogged derelicts
that daily menace ocean traffic. was the bark
Edward l. Mayberry. of New-York. Her cap
tain. who has sailed for nearly thirty years. is
Josiah Sheppard, the father of Warren Shep-
pard, the well known marine artist. His home
is at No. 6O9 Macon-st.. Brooklyn. The story
that he and his mate, J. Thuresen. OF No. ~
Front-st.. Manhattan, told when they came
ashore yesterday. is filed with thrilling Incl
dents of their fight for life against the elements
and, what was almost serious, mutinous
crew. Captain Sheppard has only one arm
According to Captain Sheppard's story, the
bark, loaded with lumber and manned by ten
men, sailed from Pascagoula. Miss. on Novem-
Der s of last year, bound for Philadelphia On
December 8. after a tedious passage UP the coast,
the Mayberry was struck by a fierce north
westerly gale at a point between Cape Hatteras
and Cape Henry. Captain Sheppard worked the
bark I'D under the lee Of Cape Henry, anchored
her in eight fathoms of water and furled all the
sails When the gale increased and she began
to drag he sent men below to clear the chain,
which had fouled in the chain locker. The lash
ing holding the end of the chain parted, letting
all Of it pay out. They lost the anchor and
drifted to sea- with the old bark leaking like
sieve.
The crew we're all Porto Ricans. and they
could not pump fast enough to keep the snip
free In four hours she had sunk to her decks
and all hands were forced to take refuge on top
of .e cabin house. They had previously cut
away the bark's manmast. in the hope that 1t
would tighten her. 1t still blowing a gale
on the night of December H. and the seas were
breaking over the decks. when Captain Shep-
pard overheard Jerry Jones, Eugene Martin
Albert Davis and Randolph Peters plotting 10
throw him and the mate overheard. to steal
what food they could find and take to the boats
CAPTAIN Sheppard pulled his revolver, and
pointfng it at the group of mutineers. shouted:
"Iu shoot the first d that attempts to
tal,A the boat This queIled them for a time,
but he and the mate and one of the negroes
whom he could rely took turns watching the
mutipeers while the bark, pounded by tle
waves. drifted further and further off shore.
For davs a wIneglass of water each and flour,
sugar and butter. rolled together In the palms Oh
their hands their only sustenance
For seven days and seven nights this went on
the gale blowing and the men soaking wet ana
almost freezing. Their distress signal was fnally
seen on the afternoon Of December Il hv Cay
tain Hinds of The steamer Stacta, of London.
from Belize. bound for Havre. 1t was too dark
for 2. rescue that night. but Captain Kinds stood
by and took the bark's crew all off safely the
next morning. including black cat, which came
aboard in Pascagoula-
CAPTAIN Kinds, when told of the mutinous
sailors, made them work for ten of the fifteen
DAYS they were on board the Stacia, which
landed them in Havre- After remaining there
twenty-four hours. they were taken across the
channel to Southampton in the steamer Ella.
The English Emigration law had gone into effect
that day and they were not permitted to land
until the American consul interceded for them.
The nutinous members Of the Mayberry's crew
were sent to Ellis Island upon their arrival yes
terday, and they wiz be dealt with by the
proper authorities.