Murder on Board a Schooner
Item
- Title
- Murder on Board a Schooner
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1880-06-03
- page
- 4
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1880-06-03/ed-1/?sp=4&q=murder&r=0.021,0.795,0.24,0.115,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- double murder; murder
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- Black alleged victim
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- US Marshalls
- Stage of the Legal System
- crime
- Location
- Out-of-State; Norfolk, VA
- Length of story
- 400
- Description
- 1IUBDEK OV UOlJtl A SC11OOXEK J A IVetro Hearnnn Kllllni the Captain and y2 Cook and Attempting to Kill the Mute I I NORFOLK Va Juno 2At a late hour I i last night a party of gentlemen nrrltcil here bringing with them William W Selbyol Wico u I i nilco Md mate of the schooner Mignonette I I Baltimore from Georgetown to nichmond with mi a cargo of coal The Dints stirs that n double ii 1 murder was committed on board tint schooner I on Monday night on James River He Is bndly wounded the hend and line bruises i I on Ihl hed Inll hU many g t about the body He wan taken to bt Vlnconts t I hospital I III I loMvlnl ri w ot the vessel conslstPd of Cnpt Milton Frank Mnti Snlby n niuro cook nitmid 1lrn William Gage Hiid n coloruil seaman nniiHMl lJO Oeorgti Thompson n giant in slz nmlstrunuth k4 I h The hitter nund ni excuse to fml thcniHte I below nnd then dPgpntchiM HIM Ciptnln with I i pump raUft Ito thiU nttickfd the unit first Irlklnl i him I heavy hlnw nn the hiiiil lit 1 ii I I laltnr dnfemlfd lilnibclf with I Hliiiith knllu I and HUfCittlfil In renrhlni the cabin whurulm I concealed liimsHli until mornlm Thu negro a Thompson tried t burn tlio vessel nnd thin I mate BiibsoquHntl heiinl him lower n inwl I and row away Thn mate nMniilnid In hum place of conipalmHtit until auricle nnd thiii I I lie went on deoK Thubodyof tliHCnftnln two been thtown orerloliril Thn diitd l odr or the I colored cook WHS found I UIH I ronlh bmln1 i I with nn axe ibis nmt liolstml n sknnl of ills ls 0 tress nnd was taken off by n flehlin imrty who o I Tliltad schooner nnil thern III ii iii tilt cvi j deuce of the scinnot horror wlilih Innl len C enacted i the blood which tilititlfulli I I I Iis lilt tered this Ilek foricastli ana cabin This IHI u worn oommunlcnteil to the Uiiltcil Stnti uthorltloa and tho Mnrfchal Imnn dlntuly nnnt p a crew up to take chart of f Ibis Mhnl i Th m negro Thompson has lot been niriAtid I la r up po8nl thnt IID Is hiding In thu twumtju In UnttuewsUoiintr IWlmts lattlwl C
