Evening journal., 1913-11-11


over to Mr.. Nields.
U. S. Marshal George L. Townsend,
Deputy Marshals John Mitchell and
Ralph [. Finn with lot of special
deputies District Attorney John r.
Nields and an army Of newspaper re-
porters and camera men went out to
the revenue cutter Onandaga at 1890
o'clock this morning to get the pris-
oners. The Onandaga had gone along
side the Manga Reva yesterday after
noon off Lewes. and Captain CHS
we'll placed the mutineers under ar
rest and transferred them to the cut
ter. They made no resistance, he
said, and were as. peaceful and or
derly as anybody could expect.
There was no need to send armed
men aboard, Captain Chiswell said
The Onandaga left for Wilmington
early this morning and arrived ott the
mouth Of the Christana at 1890
o'clock. On the tug Meteor, in addi-
tion to Marshal Townsend, Deputy
Marshals Mitchell and Finn, and Dis
trict Attorney Nields we're Henry c.
Mahaffy. Jr., deputy clerk Of the
United States Courts Halleck S. Ray,
serving as a deputy; Patrolmen Da-
wilson, Mclaughlin, Kelly. Burchenal,
Warren and Gamble. who were depu-
tized to assist Marshal Townsend
Mr.. Kenna, federal auditor from
Washington, Charles W. Bush, and
newspaper representatives.
4 When the Meteor drew alongside
the Onandaga about IL o'clock. the
twenty two mutineers were gather
ed on the main deck forward, and ap-
Darent,y not worrying the least over
the possibility of ten years imDrison.
ihent which is the minimum penalty
for convection for mutiny, and also
the possibility of life Imprisonment
for piracy which charge District At
torney Nields said might be brought
should the evidence justify ii.
/ Captain C!liswell, Of the revenue
cutter ard Iieutenants T. G. Craps.
ter and Leroy Reinberg had everything
in readiness for the marshal. Cap
tain Chisweil turned over all exhibits
/ 70 District Attorney Nields and Mar
shal Townsend shortly after. he re-
ceived them IA his cabin, Captain
Townsend and First Mate Tripp were
in the captains quarters when the
party arrived, and Captain Townsend
told his story 70 the newspaper re-
porters and oficis's assembled.
Il shipped the Grew 10 Philadelphia, ;
said Captain Townsend who was i'll aud
frequently paused in his remarks tc
hold his head. 81 am a sick man." he
explained. They were an average crew
and / guess there we're about six real
sailors in the twenty-five BY that
mean men who could steer. The Others
had followed the water, but they were
an average crew was sick when we
sailed from Philadelphia on October IL
! lthink. and when got wet crossing the
! Gulf Stream became worse and had
I to 60 TO my berth. ! never heard {
complaint from the crew and don't thinl
/ ] spoke a dozen words to them On th'
night Of October pa and the captain
consulted his log book 20 make sure, g
heard. strange noises through the cabin
and called out two or three times bu
got no answer I found out afterwar
il was the crew searching the cabin
to get the firearms. but / was too sic
to get up to find out.
THE next morning, October 2S
when It came time to change tn
watch the first mate Mr. Tripp, wen
forward and found the men assembled
They chased him and caught him a
he was entering the cabin door. The
tied him down in his cabin and KEEP
him there for seven days Then the
entered my cabin and tied me il
my berth and later manacled me
They kept me there for two days
They offered me food, but I was to-
sick to eat AT the end of the tw,
days they found they could not navi
gate the ship. and as | was still sick
they decided to let me loose to navi
gate They did not know where the,
we're. plotted a course for the Della
ware cspes.
No, they didn't threaten me If
went TO Bermuda, but / feared to &
near the island. for I did not know
what might happen. AT nights the
would lo,k me in the cabin and thsl
would take the first mate from tn
cabin and make him do the steering
They would keep an armed man II
front CT my cabin so I couldn't &c
out when they didn't want me to.
The first mate and the cook wer
with me- They chased the cook an
/ assaulted him, and hit the. first mate
Mr.. Trip. too. but didn't strike me
Mr. Tripp has been with me for twi
years. and is a first-class, capabl
sailor. and never had a complain
about him.
"The sailors didn't know where the,
were until We sighted the Delawar
capes They didn't protest when the,
saw where ] was going. They didn'
try to get ashore there. and it wa
mighty rough. No no effort was mad
to prevent me sending the note sshor
az Lewes
@The first day when ] was triced il
nv cabin an Englishman-I can't recall
his name right now but l know him
came in. He seemed to be one of tn
ringleaders. ] tried TO show him hoy
serious the cflense was they were com
hitting, and that it meant many year
in prison, but he remarked that he ha
taken ship into Adelaide onct "
Captain Townsend was told of tn
stories the men we're circulating tina
they had been lily treated that thei
rations had been cut down, that tn
captain and mate had used vile Ian
guage toward them and worked then
long hours, and that he freQuentl.
was intoxicated. There is absolutel.
no truth to any of it," said tn
capain. The men must say some
thing to try 10 explain their actions
They have gotten together and mad
up something. suppose. Why, neve
spoke a dozen words TO the crew tn
whole time we were out. never re