Escaped on a Raft.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7880, 24 July 1905, Page 4

Escaped on a Raft.

A Liverpool sea-captain, Mr Teal- i ties, and two seamen'have been sum- ! moned to America to identify a man who has hern anvsitd as i„ ■'■- He rliU'lea-der in a ease of murder and i-.iuiinv on hoard the Liverpool ship la-i.-ester Castle'. The arrest Was of a dramatic character, tin- prisoner being the deputy sherill of Graham's Coeiiiy, U.S.A., whose name, Will..:h: ilob-bs, is ihat borne by one oi the mutineers. The deputy-sheriff dei lares that a grave mistake has I; ii made, inasmuch as h-e was disciui'giiig his ollicial duties a I Ihe iiiiie of the affray. The mutiny or- j < hi ml nearly three jeais ago, when the vessel, 'homcwaid hound front S.ui Francisco, was 200 miles north j of the Pitcairii islands. The second ollicer, Mr Nixon, Was on the bridge at the time, and in order to get him out of the way one of the three mutineers informed him that a man had fallen from the toreyard. Mr Nixon at once hurried to that pari iof the vessel. Meanwhile th,- captain Iliad been attacked in his cabin, ScaI man Hobbs fired several shots from a revolver. The first entered the 1,0-,dy ,dy of the captain above the heart, and the second struck an arm. The I two other mutineers then belaboured ; th" poor captain on (he head, while I Hobbs fired three mote shots a i, I him. At this moment Mr Nixon entered the cabin, and was immediately shot dead. The chief ollicer assembled the crew aft to await daylight, when an effort was to have [been made to secure the mutineers hut half an hour after the affray the I three mutineers escaped on a raft, The wise astronomer foretells The date of each eclipse, The racing man at fingers' ends Has all the latest tips. I But- we can vouch a fact more trueCan give a tip more sure— I If you would of a cold be rid ITake Woods' Great Peppermint Cure