The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-30
MUTINEER TELLS
STORY OF BLOOD
Three Members of Grew of
Irene Ruth Now in West
moreland Jail
CAPTAIN AND COOK
OF CRAFT DEAD
Mate Adams Carried to Wash
ington With Fractured
Skull and Other
Injuries

WASHINGTON, ID, c.. Jan. S0.-~John
Adams. mate of the Irene Ruth. the
oyster dredging boat on board of which
mutiny and murder occurred Saturday
while the boat was off Wakefield, a
short distance below Colonial Beach,
on the Potomac, was brought to Wash
ington yesterday aboard the steamer
City of Medford. He was taken to the
marine ward 90 Providence Hospital
He has a fractured skull. cuts on the
face and arms, and several other In
juries. as a result of his struggle with
the rnutineers while defending Captain
Dorsey Allen. The captain WAS so bad
iy beaten that he died a short time at
ter being taken TO Colonial Beach
George Wallace Is years old. a for
eigner the nutineer who made his
escape through the woods after swim
ming ashore from the Irene Ruth. gave
himself mp yesterday morning 10
Thomas Pitts, farmer OF King George
county Va, near the Rappahannock
river. who gave Wallace supper ana
lodging Saturday night.
Murders the Cook.
Wallace explained to Mr.. Pitts the
disappearance of Charlie Maddox. the
negro cook of the boat. He said that
after Captain Allen and Mate Adams
had been assaulted with blunt axes
and left supposedly dead. he started "a
leave the boat and swim ashore when
the negro attempted to stop him. w al
lace then explained that he knocked
Maddox overheard and when the negro
attempted to swim back 20 the boat
he picked up boat hook and Drained
the negro. whose body disappeared un-
der the water.
Wallace was taken by MIR. Pitts TO
I.aetistown. where Tom Evans and
Henry Brady, the two other mutineers
of the crew, were being held IN hiding
from possible lynciing. From Leeds
town Wallace, Evans ard Brady were
taken to Oak Grove. six miles away.
where they were given "a preliminary
hearing before Justices OF the Peace
Gutridge and Ninde, who held them for
the grand Jury Of Westmoreiand coun-
~. Va. which meets February 4. The
men were taken 10 Oak Grove under
strong guard. Last night the three
prisoners were transferred from OAK
Grove To Montross. the county seat OF
westmoreland county. where they were
placed In q closely guarded jail.
Two hundred captains OF the oyster
dredging fleet of the lower Potomac
and one hundred or more citizens OF
Colonial Beach were at the hearing yes
ferday morning at Oak Grove. The
authorities feared that the large gath
ertng of oystermen and residents from
Colonial Beach would try To lynch the
three mutineers. but no such attempt
2aS made. ----@-----.--
Prisoners Retain Counsel.
The prisoners have retained w. d
Writ. "A young attorney OF Oak Grove
tn defend them, Attorney Writ has in
xtrncted his clients not ia talk to any
one about the AFFAIR.
At the time Wallace surrendered 10
Mr.. Pitts a posse OF fffty oyster dredg
ers from the river feet were within a
few miles of Pitts farm. The farmer
knew this. and therefore hurried his
guest to Leedssown.
The tense excitement that followed
the report of the mutiny and murder
of Captain Allen has largely subsidized