FATAL ALTERCATION.
(l)V HLEOTHIO TKl.KUltvl'll—CQl'VltKlll'r), ' Newcastle .January ")• SIM, first mate of the Inrque Annie Staft'orcl, had an altercation with a negro sailor who w.n working alnfl. kunuing upthe rigging, lie collared the man. It is alleged that the negro drew a knife to defend himself, iinrl that Seel, seeing this, struck him a terrific blow with a staysail sheet block hurling him to the deck. ; . The negro died shortly afterwards?' ! Seel, who has been arrested, is bo-* lieved to be the man who was recently acquitted at Wellington, New Zealand, on the charge of inciting Finley in connection with the Waterloo Quay affray, in which a sailor named Greenrose met his death. : January If. Tho coroner's jury havo brought in a! verdict' of manslaughter against Seel. ' .
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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 3209, 19 January 1893, Page 2
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126FATAL ALTERCATION. Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 3209, 19 January 1893, Page 2
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