Show I CE Of EIGHT HELD flU fOR Report of Madman in Irons on Stranded Ship Is Being Investigated NORFOLK Va Ya Dec 15 AP AP- AP An tn man eight-man crew reported in mutiny mutiny mutiny mu mu- tiny yesterday aboard the grounded schooner Charles A. A J Dean ean was in inthe inthe inthe the of oC the coast Mast guard to today today today to- to day while authorities sought to es establish establish es- es a basis for reports that a madman was in Irons aboard the esse vessel 1 A coast guard life lite boat from the Oak Island st station pulled alongside the schooner late last night and three white men and five negroes quit the ship without rest resistance stance Captain A. A W. W Albert aboard The Charle Charlea A A. Dean a It four- four masted schooner bound from Sa Savannah Savannah Savannah Sa- Sa vannah for Baltimore with a cargo of cross ties went aground off FryIng Frying Frying Fry Fry- ing Pan shoals five lve miles off the North Carolina coast Monday ni night ht Yesterday a c coast ast guard crew from the Oak Oa Island station went to assistance The guardsmen messaged to their base hase that when the they came up alongside the disabled craft they looked down the barrel of oC a gun un held by the captain and were curtly ol ordered to hold off ocr The captain ha had barricaded himself the guardsmen guardsmen guards j men reported and apparently was trying to Irold the ship against the crew Fore FOle of ot the stern where the captain cap cap- cap ap- captain tain held forth behind a formidable weapon the mes messages ages ages' told of members mem members mem- mem bers of ot the crew hiding behind barrels rigging and sandwiched between hatchways as a evidence of their opposition Being unarmed the guardsmen r re returned returned re- re turned to their base base- to obtain necessary f essary weapons anal arranged to have the Moda Ioda a fast formidable cutter slip out to the schooner and end the disagreement When the vessel finally was boarded the captain captain captain cap cap- tain did not Interfere guardsmen r reported ported nor did he request that any an charges be placed against th the cre crew On arriving here member members of the crew said that when the schooner went vent aground Captain Albert forbade forbade forbade for for- bade them to go aft art No further explanation ex- ex explanation explanation ex ex- of ot the situation was nor was there confirmation confirmation confirmation confirm confirm- of oC a a. report that a a. madman had been placed In Irons before beCore the vessel veRsel cleared Sa Savannah I Earl Early today the schooner was rast I aground and leaking b badly dl |