The Sun. — 1864-08-20 (London, England)

EINS TAPED. The Extraordinary Murder on • SOUTHAMPTON", Frida av„ This morning Adolph Bjornsen, a Ge se Iq s who stands charged with murder on the hrgl sets was brought up at the Guildhall for further examination, before Mr. a S. Brinton, the mayor of Southampton, and a bench of magistrates. Mr. B. Mackay appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was the second mate on board the barque Gustave Adolphe, an English registered vessel, and that he is ehargtd with killing Heinrich Lombard Paul behneir, the captain of the saie vessel. Mr. Eldridge, the clerk of the court, read the evidence of Jeanes Nicolai Ernst Paterson, the chief mate of the vessel. He deposed—l left London on the 7th of May last, in the Gustavo Adolphe, which was bound for Macao, in China. The prie soner was the second mate. On the evening of the 21st of June, about half-past seven, we were at sea, five days' sail from Pernambuco, I had my watch below, and was in my bunk, when I heard a noise in the cabin. I jumped oat of my bad, and saw the prisoner in the captain's cabin. When he saw me Ihe shot a pistol at me, but it misfired. I ran upon deck, followed by the prisoner, and called out for help. About the same time the captain came on deck and called out, " Where's the second mate--didn't you bind him ?" He had no sooner said this than the prisoner turned round and shot the poor fellow, who instantly fell. The prisoner then walked the deck with the pistol in his hand. He afterwards went down into the captain's cabin. The crew stopped on deck, as we could do nothing, the prisoner having all the firearms and powder in the cabin. We could hear him loading the firearms. At half-past two in the morning he came on deck again and asked the man at the wheel where I was. At this moment I was forward, and five minutes afterwards I saw him in the port lifeboat trying to lower hime self. The boat was hung on davits, and he ultimately cut the tackle. He got the boat down and went away, One of the crew fired at him when ho was in the boat. The prisoner, in return, fired two shots at us. It was calm and auk, and we saw him put up the mast and sail is the boat. At five o'clock in the morning we saw the boat under sail, not far from us. We came up with him about ten o'clock, and fired upon the boat till we sank her. W hen I saw one boat was sinking, I sent the jolly boat out with six hands to pick the prisoner up. They did so, and having put him in irons, brought him on board, where he remained in confinement till we reached Pernambuco. The captain was shot in the head. One wound was just over the left eye and one on the forehead. He died about three. quarters of an hour after he was shot, but never spoke. The next day we examined the body, and found the left arm was broken and there were two holes in it as if made by a tomahawk. There was also a large hole in the top of the head. We put the body into a box, and when we arrived at Pernambuco, five days afterwards, took it to the Brie tish hospital. Many valuable things were taken out of the cabin. There was a large quantity of blood in the captain's cabin, and marks of a tome. hawk on the beam and sofa. There had been no disagreement between the captain and the prisoner on the voyage out. The vessel was 260 tons burthen and the crew numbered 12 men. It was an English ship and flew an English flag. It was her first voyage. I know the owners. One of them lives in London.  Other corroborative evidence having been given, the case was again adjourned till this (Saturday) morning.