Show CAPTAIN SHOT BY MUTI MUTINEER NEb ON bea IN WHICH FORMER IDAHOAN participated three men start trouble on a vessel and leave the sl S ip lit in ml 1 ocean on a raft WI left I 1 r bably went to pieces the british ship Lelce leicester stir castle from san francisco has arrived at queenstown Queens town her commander reported that three american seamen had bad mu timed tinted and captain peattie ae and his second officer were shot the latter fatally after an encounter with the mut iners who left the ship on a raft in mid ocean captain peattie gave the names of the mutineers as W A hobbs ernest sears and turner lurner they were all shipped in san francisco the second officer mr air nixon was shot while attempting to rescue the captain in the darkness the mutineers got a few planks and formed a raft and launched it from the ship which was then about miles north of the pitcairn islands the captain searched for the raft the next day but it wa not in sight and it was surmised that it went to pieces captain peattie added that hobbs was the actual murderer of mr nixon whom he shot through the heart the calta n himself was shot twice but had quite recovered when he ar rived here when the chief officer discovered that the three men had bad he mustered the rest of the crew on the poop intending to await daylight and kepture the mutineers but the latter escaped in the interim the captain ia to unable to account for the mutiny he thinks it was the intention of the men to murder the officers and others who refused to join them and take the ship to pitcairn island it is 19 said that hobbs came from illi IIII nois sears from idaho and james turner from portland ore |