Year: 1875




main hatch, and they could see me said again,
''where are the mates :" and they said They all
right" the same as before They then said, "Come
forward and we win tell YOU something" and said,
'You leave me alone: will 20 IN my galley" The
galley and the fence where six OF tho men, including
the boy, slept has a partition between them lit a
FIRE IN the galley and came out after awhile and got
revolver. IL was hvebarreled one IL never had
been fred, and came out and tried
shot, they hiding behind the house. They
ait after while with stones and bottles Miller bad
stones ana told him would 90 forward to see where
the mates were and asked him to drop the stones he
had He wouldn't do it, They all had stones and
bottles ared one shot at Klue, but didn't want to
kill him. didn' hit him that time. The Captain had


revolver and he stood further an but II was hAfd 70
hit any Of them as they would run forward and back
and throw stones and bottles at u.s.


sKIRMsHING


The Missus came forward and cried for them % sur
render and to give up the mates, as we didnt know
what had become OF them but they wouldn't answer
us but kept firing things at II they had got the
Captains wife l think they would have thrown her
overheard l Smith stoop down TO pick up piece
OF board and | shot at him and hit him
in the fingers thought he was dead
because he tumbled over but he didn't
halo. saw kue dodgng on the lookout and Tired AZ
him. He was laughing at When | had fired all my
charges would 60 into the galley and load again. This
me a good many times and said, "By God VIII hit
you yet before get through with you" The captain
commenced to fire quite lively and ms
wife would go in and out OF the cabin and
watch for her husband; but she didn't know how
70 load. forgot TO say that the French boy had
been gagged and tied; but he got away and came aft
He had revolver, but he didn't hit any Of them The
revolver good During the shooting at last
hit Klue in tho muscle of the arm and think the cap
tain hit Smith in the wrist Miller then rushed for
ward with piece of iron from stove and struck the
captain in the face and cut him, and he was
down the topsails Jacob AFT with US, but
he didn't do any lighting He at the wheel most OF
drift good deal She was also taking water and we
would 20 out and work the pumps for while and then
we would have some more hghting. Toward night Of
the first day after the mates were murdered the Cap
tflnS Vile forward and begged OF them
TO tell her where the 'boysn were--that is the
mates-and she spoke TO smith but they wouldn't
answer her We had bread and little water and some
cold salt beef but we couldn't cook. We would do a
little hghting and then we would eat little believe
l hred forty to sixty shots at them. The boy too
frightened TO do anything The second night we had TO
watch all night, and kept ourselves u the cabin and
kept good lookout and we could see Miller and klue
and Smith walking up and down to and fro.


RETREAT OF THE AssAssNs


Toward two O'Clock in the morning OF the second
night couldn't anything OF them any more, and
at daylight came out and tried the pumps, and while
we were pumping couldn't see them at all We got
in the house back OF the galley on deck six
hunks them and they barricaded themselves in and
at them. We tore the lashings off the win
dows of the house on deck, so thai we could get at
them They tried 70 cut lashngs of the
boat and get her adrih We sail during the
night but couldn't hail il for hands full Jack
mostly at the wheel They closed the door Of the
forecastle house. l looked all around the deck
and among the cargo to see if they were intending
10 attack US; couldn't find them any
where Then looked in the windows of the fore
castle If the in there and couldn't
them took the boards the starboard side of the fore
castle house l saw Miller in there Friday and fred
him The Captain says, "Dont tire; they will shove
the mates forward if they get them tied, and you will
hit them, sure"


cried out to Miller "Come out of there and give
yourself up and let me put the irons on you or will
shoot you" The Captain by me, with a revolver,
waiting to get chance for shot The Captain said,
''What you doing, seward?" he was on the other
side. / said, Miler is in here and won't come out"
He said "Dont shoot you will be shooting the mates
had boiling water ready by this time and got
boiler full and threw it on them, but il
covered up with canvas and doths, and we couldn't
scald them. We bored holes in the wood work and
fired dozen afteen shots into them. ! saw Smith,
and think hit him. 1t about eleven o'clock the
second day when they surrendered We asked them
where tho matesW asked the Cap
tain Kue said "They are overheard" and
the Captain said, ''Who killed the first mate?''
Smith said. 81 killed him." and then he asked
again, /" Who killed Charley the second mate?' and
Miller answered. g. killed the mate 4" Then the Cap
said thcrn "Put your hands through the win
dows and we will put the irons on themn We made q
chain fast Klue. He shot through the ribs by me.
He was lying in bunk We put them all in irons
and scuttle the ship. They always quarrelling
about something another they had plenty Of time
for IT, for il was long passage When we got
through there about fifteen or twenty shots in
their bodies, think. That is ali know Of IT. think,
the cook concluded


The HERALD reporter then called Mrs. Emma Pat
terson the Captain wife, in the cabin who seemed
very much distressed and the tears came into her eyes
while she spoke She said in substance


~ do not think that they had got between my hus-
band and the cabin that would ever have seen him
again. / had strange presentiment day or two be-
fore that something terrible going TO happen, and
when heard the noise woke the Captain up and told
him not to go forward, because | thought it so
strange that sailor should aft 10
speak TO the Captain, who was asleep, when the
mates about And l did not want him TO
out until saw the mates During the lighting had
TO watch all the time, and l and asked the men
twice where the boys were and when the French boy
in the night and tapped at the window we let
him in and could not believe that they had killed the
the French boy told that they had tied and gagged
him. and supposed that they had done the with
the mates and that they only wanted TO get
the vessel and take it tried TO speak to Smith be-
cause he n American, and he always turned his
back on me and wouldn't answer and lost hope then
Charley and Cory and feared that they dead
think that if they had seized me that Of course my
husband would have rushed forward TO pro-
and killed him, ] did not endanger my life
for fear Of exposing his ] do not know whether |
would to go 70 again my husband would stay
on shore II has been such terrible thing 70 me, the
loss Of the two boys" Here the weled into Mrs
Patersons eyes and seeing how distressed she the
interview was terminated


The French boy did not have much 10 say excepting
that he 'squealed" when they gagged him and tied
sailor, and simply corroboratcd what the cook stated
Deputy Marshal Crowley, by order Of Judge
Blatchford, placed Captain Patterson, Lmber,
the French boy and Mrs Patterson under ar
rest yesterday, to witnesses in the
fearful tragedy and also the cook and will take them
all TO Boston to-day where the prisoners Miller Kue
and Smith, now confined and All badly wounded
The offence is piracy the high and when proved
the penalty is death here. The mates have not
been killed.