Show A heartless son sea cirtain throws a boy overboard san sail DIEGO dec 4 captain sam smith of the schooner lou who murdered a boy named george neal on the schooner by rowing throwing th aliro wing the lad iad avor blaid and then shoot shooting 7 0 him as lie ho swain in tho the water wanted to make a yesterday but tho the officers would not allow him to willie sil borry berry a boy who narrowly ay iy escaped neals fato fate by a agreeing 0 reding to conceal tho the wui luidor dot tells the follow follon ing story after I 1 turned in one night I 1 was awakened by a voice crying 0 dont shoot me sam for gods sake dont doni hillme kill me I 1 was scared almost almos tto to death but did not chyr out tho voice was that of george rm and it grow fainter a io driff drifting ing away from it I 1 crept quietly up tip the companion way and saw captian smith sitting in ill the cockpit with his rifle in liis his hands handa looking oyer over tho the beam go ato G o ago called out again sam throw IL a ropo rope wont you help me ine my god i won wont y t you help me sam did not say a word but just held the rifle and aimed I 1 drow drew back liala sick its as h he shot into the water I 1 saw george floating sam then saw mo me and I 1 asked ashod as unconcernedly as possible what chat ho be had shot tit at and lie ho answered at a bird when daylight came camo sam Sain still had tho the rifle I 1 and I 1 feared ho meditated killing hilling me nio after he said IJ 1 I intended to throw you overboard too and report that you wont went hunting and got lost logt I 1 told hini him I 1 would do all I 1 could and wo we could report something that would be a good excuse ho he took nio me at my word and ami commenced tc cloan up in the cabin were spots of blood and bloody fingor finger marks on georges bunk Wow wo washed ashod thom them olf but I 1 loft left on tho coiling some blood ho did not BOO Therewa there was blood on sams trousers the cause of the difficulty Sil borry says was that the only row roNN boat bont they had was lost and tho the captain thought the boys cut the rope knowing the vessel 01 would have to return as t sho she could not ilot continue the collection of 0 guano after losing the boat pro 0 dispatch |