THE CARL OUTRAGES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 8, 9 January 1873, Page 2

THE CARL OUTRAGES.

TRIAL 03? MOUNT AND MOKRIS. (From the Australasian'). I The following is a portion of the evidence given at the trial :— - Matthias Devescove, a seaman, afler describing the first part bf the voyage, said : We went to an island colled Palmn, seven or eight hours' sail from Apii. We arrived there about dusk aud anchored for the night. Next rooming the captain and two hands went off from the ship, and near the shore. They asked the natives from a distance if any. cocoanuts could be got. The captain returned on board to breakfast without landing. At breakfast I heard Dr Murray cay, "I do> not see much chance of getting labor Lere. I'll tell you what is our best plan. This is a big ship, and we can make it pass for a missionary ship. If we disguise ourselves we can get some of the natives to come on board, and can then put them down below." There was. laughter at this. I then went away. After breakfast some of them put on disguises and went ashore The captain put on the mate's monkeyjacket turned inside out — the iDside being red — and took a book under his arm. The mate was also disguised, but I forget how. He did not wear his usual ship rig. Dr. Murray disguised Wilson with a rug. Ifc was black on one side and spotted on the other, something like a tiger skin. It was thrown over the shoulders and worn like a cloak. Mick, a seaman, wore a blue serge coat and a pair of white pants. ; The captain and mate, and Wilson and | Mick, went ashore in the boat. Mount, I who wore a red overall,.a Chinese smoking cap and slippers, and carried a Chinese l umbrella, knocked about on the top>of the deckhouse while the boat was away with a book under his arm. As he walked about he could be seen from the shore, which was at the most not more than 250 | yards from the ship. All in the boat had some paper with them. They went around I amongst the natives. There were a few — >■ 40 or 50 — standing ou the beacb, and a number further hack iv the bush. Signs weremade to the natives, and they dragged the boat right up on the, beach. All went ashore except two men. Those who landed gave pieces of paper to the natives. We on deck could gee "what was going on, but could; hear nothing. Two natives came on board iv tlie ...ship's, boat, but the captain. and.Wilsou remained

ashore. The -natives looked over the ship, and when they felt inclined to leave they were taken ashore in the boat. The boats came back in an hour or an hour and a quarter. Beforo this, a sailor said to Murray, "If you want to kidnap men, why did you not take the tnpn that were willing to come at Apii ?" The prisoners did not hear it. Don't think the natives knew English. Wo went round from one island to another, and got to Mallicolo. Saw a lot of natives on the rocks. The coast is rough and rocky. We anchored there. Clewed up the topsails, and let them bang without fastening them. We were 200 yards distant from shore. The natives sang out to us, " Like to go ashore." Dr Murray said to the prisoners to go iDto the boat and see what kind of bay iffwas, and fiad the soundings. The boat put off. Murray, Mount, Scott, and the mate, and some of the crew went. Mount had a read coat on him — the overall I have mentioned. I can't tell if they landed. The boat went round a point, and I lost sight of it. ' A lot of natives came on board from seven or eight canoes, and very likely there were more. We traded. We took cocoanuts from them. About an hour and a half after the boat left,. ifc CBme back from the shore. When the boat came off, the natives jumped into their canoes, aud shoved off from the ship to give room to the boat. As fhe boat approached the canoes, they fired over their heads. The natives got frightened, and jumped overboard aud swam ashore. I could not say who fired the shots. There was a -number fired ; I can't tell how many. There might have been 500 for all I know. The natives had no chance to get ashore, for Dr Murray sang out to lower the other boat. It was lowered, and manned, aud tbe second mate took charge. Morris went in it. The boats prevented the men getting ashore. No shots were fired after ibe second boat was lowered. Tbey picked up 11 or 12 natives. They were put down the hold ; some in one hold and some in the other. Dr Murray and the crew generally assisted in putting them down ; they gave the

men a rope's end, and they came up the ship's side. One man was wounded Dr.' Murray told Mount the man waa wounded in the groin. Murray was wounded with an arrosv in the arm. At - Poonah we saw persons on the beach; God knows how many. There, were a great many, the beach was crowded. Two canoes came off, and two natives came also ofif, swimming. When we saw the canoes we backed our main yard and waited for them. Five or six came on board, and talked to us and Bhowed us the anchorage. One of the natives that had swum to us stopped on board; the rest went away to get more cocoanuts and yams. All our crew and passengers were aboard. Heard Dr. Murray say something to the captain, but I can't say if the prisoners were present. We waited for a while and three canoes c»me off. They brought vp — two od the port and one on the starboard side. Our boats had been got ready in the meantime to lower down, aud two men were to jump on the gun-' wale of the canoes to sink them. One canoe was brought up at the main rigging, the other at the gangway. I bad heard Murry say to the captaiu to get all ready, and he would give the word of command. Murray said " Are you ready, captain ? " and he said " Yes ! " and Murray said "" When I say one, two, three, let the men jump on tbe canoes." This was done, and a boat was alsolov^ered over the canoe that was on the starboard side. The canoes on the port eide were capsized; the other one was filled with water, bufc was not sunk. Tbe boats were lowered and manned, and they picked up the natives. The larger boat was manned under tbe command of Mount, who had charge of it, it was the little boat that; was lowered on the canoe. The men in the boats picked up the natives — about eleven or twelve. Just as the boat was being lowered on the canoe, a native took up an arrow to shoot, aud the mate then fired with his revolver and shot him. Some of the other natives came out from the shore and took him away. We were under easy sail all this time. We made co attempt to take the

wounded native on shore. Went to another island. Got no natives. Then went to the island called Two Sisters. There are