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Show MDERS ISLANDERS ! They Attempt to Kill , the Crew of a Vessel Victoria, B. C , Jan. 10. The steam- ' ' f calandla brought news from tho ?J Solomon islands today, of tho mur- der of Tom Jones, mate of tho ro- i cruiting schooner Ruby. The Ruby I 'I was off the island of Kwai. a few 5 miles from the scene of tho murder I .of Mr. Daniels, a missionary, a few I months before, and having recruited ' ' seven laborers, anchored for tho i night. During the night the seven na- I tlves, armed with various instru- ments, including a ship's axo and an iron pump handle, boarded the vessel ves-sel and stabbed and beat Jones- to ;' death. x One of the murderers then -turne'd : -k his attention to the captain, Louis ', Appenborn, who was asleop in his berth. He was awakened by a blow 1 with an axe upon his right shoulder, but his crew rescued him and subdued j the natives. Two of the sava'ges ., 8 .lumped overboard, one of them was I shot and the others were caughL - i Those captured were locked up and taken to the TulakI, where the resl- -tt dent commissioner sentenced them to 1 death. It developed that tho plot was 'j instigated by a returned Queensland Kanaka who planned to murder the entire ship's company, loot the ves- 7 sel and burn her. |