The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-18
RUNS AMUCK ON BOAT
CRAZED PASSENGER FIRES ON
GROUP on DECK AT SEA.
Prominent Newspaper Man Killed,
Captain Of Boat and Another Pas
senger Seriously Wounded.

Charged with murder on the hlSi
seas, George Batcheler Perkins,
Boston architect. lay in bed in th'
detention ward of Charleston hos
pital Thursday night, seemingly un
aware that, as a result of shots h'
fired on board the Clyde line steam
ship Mohawk Wednesday night, F. r
w. Hinman, business manager of the
Florida Times-Union, of Jacksonville
was dead, and Capt. A. D. Ingram ane
passenger, B. H. Wright, were suf
fering from pistol shot wounds il
the abdomen and thigh respectively
The shooting took place on board
the Mohawk Wednesday night short
ly after SIS o'clock. Capt. ingram
with Mr.. Hinman and Mrs. Hinman
and Mr.. Wright, were sitting in the
lower deck saloon, conversing with
each other, when Perkins approached
the group, dressed in pajamas and g
raincoat.
After the interchange of a few
words between Capt. Ingram and Per
kins, the latter, replying to a sugges,
ton of the captains that he should
retire to his state room and get more
clothing, drew a 32-calibre revolver
from his coat pocket and began fir
ing at the group.
The first shot struck Capt. Ingram
in the abdomen, Mr.. Hinman receiy-
ed the second, also in the abdomen
Mr.. Wright was shot in the thigh, as
he turned to leave the saloon, and
Perkins then fired once again at the
Jacksonville newspaper man, the bul.
let entering the latter's side. The
fifth and last cartridge in the cham.
ber of the revolved he fred at Capt
Ingram, as the latter was falling to
the floor, but it missed its mark
Turning the empty revolver upon
himself, Perkins pulled the trigger
The weapon snapped, and the two
stewards of the vessel rushed upon
the man and seized him.
Mrs. Hinman occupied a seat be-
tween her husband and Mr.. Wright
when the Boston man entered and be-
gan firing. That she was not struck
by one of the bullets from his pistol
is believed to have been due to Mr.
Hinman rising from his seat as soon
as the first shot hit him, thereby af.
fording protection for his wife.
Perkins, it is thought, was suffer
ing from the effects of some drug.
4 box of tablets, marked headache
tablets, was found in his possession,
and, according to his state room mate
the Boston man used as many of the
tablets as FIVE in three hours He is
said to have had brother killed dur
ing the recent fighting in Belgium,
and this is believed to have preyed
upon his mind, inducing the drug
habit.
While his actions on the vessel
after leaving \ York had not been
considered out of the ordinary, his
questions Of Capt. Ingram preceding
the shooting were of an unusual ma
ture. According to the wounded cap
tain, and to others who witnessed the
affair, Perkins approached Capt. In
gram with the question: What do
you know abou: my sister," To this
Capt. Ingram told Perkins to go to
his room and put on more clothing.
There are better men than you
dieing every day in Europe" were
She words of the Boston man as he
began shooting. Following the affair
he was taken to his state room and
put in irons. He fell into a heavy
sleep, or stupor, and did not awaken
until after the Mohawk reached Char
lesion at 1870 o'clock Thursday.
Perkins, according to the best in
formation obtainable is an architect
and designer, of Boston, with promi.
nent connections. He has recently
returned from Belgium, it is stated
When arrested Thursday mis- per-
sonal effects included more than s97C
in cash.
Perkins was graduated from the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technolo'
gy as an architect and gained wealth
and fame as an interior decorator
and designer. His work is to be
found in many places throughout the
country. He had travelled much in
recent years, having gone around the
world twice He had planned tc
spend this winter in the West Indies
and in South America. He is 42
years old and unmarried.
It was said by officers Of the Mo-
hawk that Perkins had acted strange
ly during Wednesday afternoon. They
said that he had approached several
of them with remarks that apparent
ly had no connection with anything
concerning himself or any of them
and which were incomprehensible te
them. Several Of the passengers cor
this account of Perkins
The two stewards from the No
hawk stated that after Perkins hac
turned his empty revolver on himself
and it failed to shoot, they seized
him and overpowered him. They
carried him to his state room, they
told the commissioner, and he fel
into his berth, apparently in a stupor
Shortly after that the irons were
placed on him.
Perkins cried out that they could
beat his brains out if they wanted t
do it, according to the stewards
when they threw him to the floor, but
that there were others on the shiI
that he would like to "get.'
Mr.. Hinman was prominent in The
newspaper world. Besides having
been business manager of the Flor
ida Times-Union for several years, hi
was president of the Southern News
paper Publishers association.
Mrs. Hinman was cared for, and as
sisted in every possible way Thurs
day afternoon by friends of the fam
lily. On board the Mohawk, before
the steamship arrived at Charleston
she said. the women passengers hat
rendered every help that was in thei.
power.
Candidates Simple Confession.
Charles Robinson, defeated candi
date for RoXdale, Mass. files this re
mort HI received nothing nrOn1iSe(