The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-08-27 (London, England)

TEM HUM SEAS.--0.11ti.09, at theeSoutharantort Borough Police Court, before the , Mayar,. (Mr. G.. S. Blanton), Lieut-Col. Tryon, and Mr; Alderman Celes,Adolph Bjarnsen was brought. up, on remand,. charge...A.with the wilful murder, on, thellst.of June. last, of the captain of the English barque Gas tave Adolph,, on the high seas.. The prisoner is aanan of muscular build, and, apparently about 36 yeasauf age. Hp was. second mate on board the above vessel. Eva . deuce. went to show that the ship left London on the 7th eS,May. for China. When; about 11Y0 days' sail, off Per!lumbago, the captain was- shot through the bea.d the:l4. prisoner, who some thaasfterwards left the: ship- in a boat.. It was dark when this took place, andiasesoon aS the day dawned the vessel gave elmee to the prisoner and he was captured,, after a pursuit ofseveral lionre, and conveyed first to Pernambuco,, auch some tiro° i after, by the. orderrof the British consulate. that place, ! to England. Thee evidence of Paul liatleje,. who wee a sailor on board the Gustave Adolph,. -was. taken: 00 Friday, and it appeared from his statements that on the day in question, about nine p.m., tlea-creve were sitting Ebrward, when they heard the captairaexclaina "'MS is the matter with the second mate rt. The. prisoner was then walking up and down the deck with a pitol in his hand, awl, one of the crew repeated the captain , question-to hines, to which he replied; that the old inane meaning tho captain, was going to, beat bun. Shortly*, afterwards the captain ruebed towards them, and said,"Have yeeeeeeuxed tho eecoade mate V" Prisoner wet standing near,, and exclaimed top, the- captain, " Wheir seouredna and immediately le:Anted: the pistol at the deoeasedeand shot him through, the-head. The oaptailt fell, ant-tales- prisoner ran away.. As' he was runaloga aft, witness galled out- to the- other' sailors, " Taeos out, or hell jump overheard now." Prisoner ,ere, mair.4 afeet minutes on deck, wadi then went tap tir captain's cabin, where he remained till half-past one In tb..l4lorotogi While -he WO below the, crew icepiewatair' foaling that he. would some and take their liees alga After-throwing 5,. quantity of provisions, and othor thin-1g on &eke Prisoner called to, the man at the helm, `` qv: ready that boat." He then came on deck ard hancleta 'Loaded musket to one ef- the men. He had in his ow,d possession a, double-L=41104 gun weds reviver, one 1 (moll head, and auetleee revolver, in liia heft. Revi/j'ie. seen that the p_roeigana. were throlllll iAtA the. boat,ea 'lumped into it, run/1 called to the men to, kiwer it, attire' they were. unable t 9: do quickly enougb,, Tend be then7e, Us teeilde and peeee.aded at once from, the vessel. . ee or three. guns, had been left by the avisoner, and 1 were fired at bine, lint without effect. The ohief inn. then said, It us stop till daylight" which they and after the w .. lapse of several ho, during wbk44 ;ere the crew were eugaged, in unikeng bullets, th.eY etv able to discern objects in the, distance, 41141 re"Ille the prisoner's • boat was, sec* about a. mile troll spa vessel, A pursuit was at once resolved, upon, obortly before nine o'clock they came up with the P.rTiet nearly a mile from the ship. About- half-past. ?Ile the ner, but at that time es. calm eet in, and. he agtlin_? e was again_ overtaken, and several volleys were firea,aeeate boat. When it was in a sinking state the chiol_faele asked the prisoner if they should assist him, but hetaeo ox LICI reply. A boat was afterwards lowered, and llweaet six of the crew were sent to capture the Prieenar- i bio before they reached him they picked up some papers and a celee containing a dozen bottles of aes'oe, Prisoner asked for assistance, and heaves taken illw,e3 boat and placed in irous. He, objected to Ulla. to, aasured the crew that he did not intend to eseape,atol: Witness examined the captain's body when he koi,,e. ad to the vessel. There were wounds about the l'oesili head, and the right arm hun,a merely by a piece° va It appeared that after the pneallea left, theal4l oeag articles of value were neieeneg, amongst thena th .hic tains gold watch, and tehlo that helaaging to OA ''' witte,--T144 oftit NM lACIMUrned,