Show ADMIRAL KILLICK BLEW UP HE SHIP when the germans attempted to capture the crete a pierrot the commander fired j the aft magazine sept 10 an investigation ti by the correspondent into the linking of the Finn inist gunboat crote A pierrot saturday shows that ad nipral killick her commander personally fired the aft magazine of that vessel when the bennan gunboat panther attempted to capture her and that he apparently went down with his ship the panther which had previously attempted to board the A pierrot the latter being moored to the shore rc lemco her engines when tho magazine implored imploded abul one hour afterwards fired chiny ghotb from her pum at the crete A pierrot in order to finish the work of enking her the panther then left it is claimed lacre that the rifles and machine guns of the crate A pierrot have awen saved the body of admiral killick was recovered saturday afternoon and was buried the same evening the surgeon of the crete A pierrot who was asleep in his cabin and two sailors of that vessel also perished the panther is expected to reach cape haytian on A newspaper of port au prince july 14 contained alie following telegram froin admiral killick to general boisa rond canal provisional president Go naive july 12 killick does not fear anything will blow up his ship and company for the sake of the national honor you alone remain responsible previous to sending the message to general canal it appears killick had orders from the latter to give up his vessel to reid his mccond in command and it was also reported that ahe provisional government had requested the united states gunboat marietta and the french cruiser daters DA teis to capture the crete A pierrot hence the defiant dispatch to general canal |