| Show HANGED AT SEA A SAILORS SAI sal lors Lons STORY stony OF atthe vate PATE OV A SHIPMATE IN tui thi TUI OF MEXICO joseph antonio an toulo a portuguese sailor landed lauded in new york from the lle schooner ifo pe gomer gower on dec 26 on his arrival riv rix al in boston he sought out commissioner hallet II allet aliet to whom he told a story atory which that official refused used to divulge fearing it would defeat the ends ol 01 01 was ivas today to day at the Ma mariners marineus Mari marl ners nera home af after ter I 1 much nuch persuasion he said my name is joseph antonio and I 1 am a portuguese and belong in the i western islands I 1 shipped as steward on board the schooner hohe hope PC capt allen alien from philadelphia on oil sept 8 ept 29 at pensacola another seaman man at i the ile same time was shanghaied shanghai ed on boale hosli tho gower ower from a german blufe antl anti we ate were both assigned to duty he going before the mast and I 1 in i the commissary the schooner I 1 was told was way returning from a mexican port where she had discharged a cargo of coal and had put into pensacola to await orders almost immediately after going aboard orders were received to go to mexico 1 I could never remember the name of the port and take a c cargo a 0 of mahogany for new york W we e rim mediately immediately set sail and after being out three or four days the mate ordered one of the seamen a frenchman named autoine antoine to bring up a bucket of water from the hatch when the seaman came on deck he lie accidentally ci spilled some of the water on the floor and this so exasperated the mate that he lle struck the seaman several blows on the face causing the blood to flow from his nose on the he following morning Friday when about miles mile s out from pensacola rens Fens acola the frenchman after receiving his rations took his turn at the watch this was about am at about 8 I 1 saw the mate who had a lamp in his hand go down the forward hatch and as he did so he ordered the frenchman frenchman to follow him As soon as they went down the hatches were closed which I 1 thought very strange especially as the frenchman did not come collie on deck again the captain all this time was aft near the man at the wheel soon after going below the mate and crew return returned ed but the frenchman did not collie conic back and the hatches were not opened at about seven bells or at 11 bome 3 ome one asked where the frenchman was and the remark was made sl 1 perhaps he Is asleep in he tae liole bola foa roa ard abe awe abehal hat hal b then en opened and a ro rope 1 was hauled lupiana and rne caa c aa ca 0 or thie rope ivas s the lifeless body of the frenchman n with a noose adjusted d about his neck lie he was laid upon the deck ec an and after the entire crew had gathered about the bod body was picked up and pitched overboard arT when the vessel put into the mexican port papers were furnished to the american consul to the effect that the seaman had hanged banged himself while on the trip from pensacola but it does not seem that the consul was told that when the body was hauled on deck the hands were lashed behind the body I 1 had no chance to go ashore and when I 1 landed in new york iwas I 1 was paid off and discharged when leaving the vessel the mate said to me steward take care of yourself your seid I 1 came directly to boston and tind have notified the judge af the united states court commissioner hallett says that antonios story stor y is bein being investigated by the united states commissioner om missioner in new york N Y an sun jan ad |
