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MUTINY
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ing from his berth he rushed upor
deck. AS he left the cabin the Eng
lishman stationed at the dool
struck him upon the head with an
iron bolt. Then, both Englishmen
seized the captain and threw him
into the ocean.
With the mate and captain killed
the murderers broke open theil
chests, plundered and divided the
money. They also began drinking
the captains wine and brandy.
AS they sobered up it developed
that not one of them could navi-
gate the ship. They permitted the
ship to drive as the wind might car
ry her and this attracted the atten-
ton Of a schooner out of Norfolk.
The murderers got their plunder
into longboat, scuttled the ship
and put off to Ocracoke leaving the
ship and the rest of the crew and
passengers to sink, but the ship
bore around and took a heel on the
other quarter and left the scuttle
above the water.
The captain and men from the
schooner (out of Norfolk) boarded
the scuttled ship and after learning
what had happened went in pursuit
of the murderers.
At Ocracoke they learned that
the longboat had passed about two
hours previously going towards Ed
enton.
The captain left his schooner at
Shell Castle, near Ocracoke Inlet,
under care of Captain John Wal
lace. They procured whale boat
and several volunteers and went in
pursuit of the fugitives, whom they
overhauled and took prisoners near
Croatan Sound Narrows, after a
chase of 40 hours.
The prisoners were taken to Ed
enton and placed in custody of the
Law. The schooner's skipper can
celled his trip to the West Indies,
and sailed back to Norfolk. In the
salvage of the scuttled ship he was
rightly and justly rewarded.
In those early days of North
Carolina, Federal Court was only
held in New Bern. The prisoners
charged with mutiny and taken
there were confined in a dungeon.
for considerable time-so long in
fact, that complaints were express
sed in the newspaper Of the day.
Francois x. Martin was attorney
for the prisoners. In the course of
the trial the Court had to take one
of the Englishmen for a witness
and the Irishman had so cunningly
conducted his part of the conspi-
racy that he was acquitted. The
two Frenchmen, one Englishman
and the American We're found gull
ty and hanged.
Justices Charge
The solemn charge and exhorta-
ton of Justice Patterson to the
prisoners gave an impulse to the
religious feelings of the people. A
great religious revival grew out of
it. On the morning of the execution
people ran together in multitudes
to see the spectacle.
The prisoners were to die be-
tween the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock.
When they were brought to the
gallows and placed on the drop,
after prayer, the Englishman first
and then the American addressed
the surrounding thousands, and
gave brief sketch of their sinful
lives. Their narratives were very
much alike and exhibited nothing
new in the progress of destruction.
Both had religious parents by
whom they were taught to fear
God and to pray; both were drawn
aside and enticed by wicked boys to
profane the Sabbath and disobey
their parents-profane swearing,
cockfighting, gaming, drinking,
stealing and strumpeting formed
the black catalogue of their crimes,
according to newspaper account
of the incident published in 1898.
The Frenchmen spoke English
imperfectly and had little to say.
All professed religion, and the 1893
news reporter covering the day of
the hanging wrote: "These solemn
scenes continued until / o'clock.
The prisoners had yet another hour
to live. After closing their ad-
dresses to the surrounding thous-
ands, naming in particular the ter