Detroit evening times., 1943-05-23
Continued from Double Pagc)

Ccptiou Of PcmbeTton the cook
who was 20 act as watchman-
for long wait for cargo was eN-
pocted And u was not until the
middle of October that l4sO
casks lay ON The wharf waiting
90 Doe put aboard. At this time
Briggs engaged mate, one
HuIlock, "A hucko mankillcr,
known as Baltimore Bully.
And when Briggs announced
that hc would take his wife on
+ the next voyage, HuIlock OBJ
If this is coin' to bc a hen
fuGatc." he growlcd, I'm pack
my traps"
For Briggs and Hullock had
sailed together before. And pco-
pie who claimed TO know said
that Mary Scllars, now Mrs.
Briggs had been HulloCk's sweet
heart, and he took it badly TO be
the "throwout" "
At this time ships were having
difficulty in getting crews The
Crimp system had done for them
for years. A sailor leaving a
homcward boundcr duckcd into
the nearest crimp's 10 spend his
pieces in a bender that usually
didn't last long Then the crimp
fed and looked after him until
another ship could be found It
was a sort OF slavery, for sea-
men were shanGhaicd and dcliv-
cred aboard hard case vessels
unconscious with dope, the crrmp
collected n fee and the unfor-
tunatcs woke up TO find them
selves far at sea.
But the authorities fighting
the crimps had organized a sys-
tenn that, for the shipmasters,
was even worse. A Shipping
Commissioner was appointed and
he provided crews for such YES
seis as needed them. But what
crews Pickpockets, fugitives
from justice. pimps any kind of
landubber who could be picked
up.
Briggs called on his favorite
crimp but the crimps were hold
ing seamen until the Shipping
Commission was abolished. and
Briggs was robbed and beaten
up. Then he applied to the COM
mission. Fourteen men were sent
down to the Mary Celeste. And
the names Of those fourteen men
are those that appear on the
ships crew list
Actually none of those men
sailed in-t.nr
For the bucko Hullock after
looking over the scruffy gang of
g1ittersnipcs drove them from
the wharf
While all this was going on
there was moorcd astern of the
Mary Celeste another ship, the
master Of which was very friend
" with Briggs He often slept
aboard Briggs ship and shared
his drink and tobacco.
This man was Capt. Moor
house and the ship was the Del
Gratia!
Moorhouse. noticing that the
Mary Celeste had more cargo
than she could carry hoped to
get the surplus For the Del
Gratia was "moocher ship" a
scavcngcr of the sea that hung
about scaports in the hope OF
cargo.
Moorhouse. seeing Briggs diff
ficulty in getting men, offered
three of his own crew to sail
aboard the Mary Celeste. They
were Moffatt, Manning and Haw-
lev But they did not agree to
serve in the brig to her port of
discharge, Genoa. They were to
be returned to the Del Gratia at
an island in the Azores where
the two ships arranged 10 meet.
The owners were insisting that
Briggs load his cargo and put TO
sea. SO he persuaded Moorhousc
to visit the crimp, Duncan Fin
lev. and try for a crew. But
Finley. still holding a grudge
against the man who had tried
to get crew from the Shipping
Commissioner, planned to send
him "bonebreakers, ' men who
would probably mutiny
one was Peter Samson, Nova
Scotian. squat, beetle-browod,
strong as bull; Jack Dossall,
another hard case who was noted
for his defiance Of order Many
mate he had thrashed on board
or ambushcd ashore. That made,
counting captain, wife, mate and
the cook. Pemberton nine per-
sons.
About this time appeared an
other character in the tragedy
Baby" was hoisted aboard and
lashed in the cabin saloon. This
,rns the uhahu" sllnnnscdlY mur-