Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-02-02

is at fever beat.
While the body OF the dead cap
tain lay in one part of the town bill
aud bis mate was being treated near
oy, jury Of inquest. OF which ]. z.
Ninde, treasurer of the town, was
foreman. was investigating the
tragedy.
Two MEN ARREsTKD.
A posse pursued the crew ia the
direction of Leeds.ewn, q place on
the Rappahannock river, about Is
miles south Of Colonial Beech, where
two men, believed to be participants
In tie crime. were arrested about
$50 O'Clock. One of them gave the
name of Brady and the other refus-
ed to disclose his identity.
The negro and the other white
man 10 the crew have not been
captured.
The two men under arrest will be
given a preliminary hearing before
Magistrate W. Fl. Dutridge tomor
row morning at Leedstown, and, IL
held by him, will be taken to Mon
tross. the county sent Of Wessmore-
land county, in the afternoon.
SHIPPED IN BALTIMORE.
The names OF the crew have rot
been definitely established.
]. o Helm, an attorney at Colon
ial Beech, telegraphed to Charles
Z Graham, shipping agent at 1920
Aliceauna street. Baltimore. asking
him TO forward Immediately the
pi mes Uf the men who last shipped
with Captain Dorsey on the Irene
Ruth. This dispatch was received
in response:
Telegram received. Four men
last shipped with Irene were ].
Adams. Fl Brady, Fl. Norsthy and
G orge Wallace.
The Irene Ruth. a one masted
skipjack. left Baltimore Tuesday ard
rad only dredRed ore day at Wake
fi-ld before the murder. Her men
took up oysters all day yesterday
and early this morning decided to
mutiny. IL is said they wanted to
come ashore today. but that Captain
Dorsey would not give his CDR sent.
MATE REFUSED To JON.
The three white men and the ne.
gre then decided to attack the cap
tain and are alleged to have tried to
persuade John Adams, first mate,
to participate. He refused to do so
and went to tell the captain. Mean
while, grabbing bandspikes and a
Ratchet, the crew attacked the Cap
tain. who was beaten down unmerci-
fully.
After Captain Dorsey's head bad
been split wide opeo the crew turn
ed their attention toward the first
mate. who had gone 10 the Captain s
aid. The mate was brutality treat |
ed ard left almost insensible on the |
CORY deck with tta dyi~g Captain.
BUGEYE To THE RESCUE.
Quite fleet OF bugeye aud ether
craft whose men were just rising
from slumber in the early dawn
were at anchor of Wakefield. Their
attention was 81 on attracted TO the
sounds coming from the Irene Ruth,
and the bugeye German c., lying
some distance in the ofRng, under
command OF Captain Parks. OF Girls
field. Md went toward the muffin.
Gus skipjack
With captain and mate PROSTATE
on her decks, the nose of the Irene
Ruth was turned toward the shore
by the mutineers in their plan OF es
cape. But the German G. was Civ
ing chase and her first mate, George
Walker, grabbing his rife, put out
in q row boat after the Irene Ruth
had been run aground Walker en-
deavored TO capture the fugitives,
who by this time were padding to.
ward the shore in their own row.
boat.
The shots from the rife whiszed
about their heads so closely that the
men found il ne cessary TO abandon
the rowboat and reach shore by
swimming and wading
Captain Dorsey halls from Fair
mount, Maryland. in Somerset coun-
~. and his relatives. which include
an invalid father and mother, live
in that part OF the State.
Members Of his family have been
notified. but were unable to get to
Colonial Beach owing to lack of
steamer conn ections.
LATER.
Thursdays Sun reports. Mate
Adams in Providence Hospital, in