The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-01-05 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

OUTRAGES IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Further South Sea Island outrages were reported on the arrival of the schooner Clara Jackson at Sydney recently. The Sydney Mommy Herald says the vessel has traded for Berne months in the Solomon Island% New Hebrides, and other groups. When at New Britain she received word that a vessel named the Three Cheers, lately beloneing to Sydney, had gone to Fead Island on September 3rd, and while there an attempt was made to arrest the OAP f and his eon, silice were known to have been implicated in the massacre ol the trader named Coe and six of his native emplo3es as far hack as 1889. Ceptain Stall°, who was in charge of the Three Cheers, landed with some of the vessel's crew, and demanded the chief (or king) to a cm& rence. The latter was in his house at the time, and when Captain Salio shewed himself it the open ground the presuinable heir-apparent to the Feed Island throne shot him dead. Cap ain Stalio was about the last man from an island trader's point of view that would have been entrapped in the manner reported. His murderer won afterwards captured and shot. The vessel that brought this intelligence had also a bad experience when at Admiralty Island, in the group of that name. The Clara Jackson anchored off the inland to trade, and the mate put ashore, accompanied by three natives (crew), to negotiate with the islanders. To all appearances the natives were ieclined to do business, and the mate of the Clara Jackson, Mr. William Pitt, landed. While engaged in bartering Mr. Pitt was struck with a tomahawk across the neck. He fell stunned, and, when rising, was again struck on the chin. Bleeding from both wounds, he turned On his ~seailants, and drew a revolver, which he fired in their midst, and ran towards his boat. The natives pursued, but dashing into the tide he evaded further injury, excepting a spear wound. The native boatmen seeing the occurrence sprang out of the boat and swam towards the schooner. Captain Burchart on board the Clara Jackson had, in the c meantime. muL off from the vessel to rescue the mate and t three natives. Spears fell quickly upon theti , and two of the three natives were badly hit, one of them receiving fatal injuries. The master of the schooner then fired over the heads oi the excited savages, who, seeing they had lost I isir prize of four heads, sprang into the boat b gouging to the mate and his crew, and amidst dreadful yells sent the last of their weapons among the Clara Jacksou's crew. Mr. Pitt arrived on board the schooner. He had nearly recovered from his '• wounds on reaching Sydney. .  Conjuring extraordinary.—Jones "I saw • conj rarer last night who would give you two different kinds of drink out of the same bottle." Brown: "That's nothing, my boy. We've a grocer in our street who can sell you three kinds of tea out of tip same box." Lady (to Dublin carman): "What will you chlri: . „—.  to take me to Harol l's Cross P" Drive;: "Thn shillings, ma'am." Lady. "Three shillings! Wh: I've never pal more than eighteenpence." Drive "Faith, then, you couldn't do that, for the fan one and ninepence."  ,  \ '-e:  1