APPENDIX 345 



Then I went into the Second Mates room, and saw the second 

 mate dressing himself. I told him I was shot. He answered 

 that he was shot too. The Third Mate was on the deck out of 

 his birth dying. I left him and went to the captains state room. 

 I was bare footed, not having taken time to dress myself, 

 when I entered the Captain's state room I felt that I was 

 treading in blood. I sung out to the boy to bring the light I 

 saw the Captain lying on deck dying. I raised up his head 

 and he breathed his last. I then opened his chest and took 

 his pistol (Revolver) and loaded 3 shots. & determined to 

 shoot the ring leader. I then sent the boy to tell the second 

 mate to come to me. But neither one returned. I then blowed 

 the light out. and stood there as long as I could without 

 suffocation. I then thought Td leave and give them a chance 

 to put the fire out. As I passed out through the steerage I 

 sung out Cooper. The cooper answered me here I am. Then 

 I sung out for several others, to see how many Fd have to 

 help me. But when I saw the ship on fire I thought was no 

 use to ask for help. I then sung out to the men to put the fire 

 out. and I would not hurt them, as I passed by I heard the 

 second mate on deck asking for his life. I heard Plummer 

 say Kill him (as I thought). When the men heard me sing out to 

 put the fire out. They said. ''Yes you would hke to get us 

 down there." & told me to "come up you son of a Bitch or Fll 

 shoot you — I felt faint and being wounded I thought Fd take 

 a Bung Borer and go down in the lower hold and get some 

 water and also in hopes of shooting the Ring Leader. But I was 

 two days without geting water or anything to eat. By that 

 time my Pistol was out of order. My thoughts were all the 

 time that the second mate was dead. My only hopes were that 

 I would live to get into port, and if they undertook to sell the 

 ship I would come out and take her. But after I had been in 

 the hold five days they found me and told me if I would come 

 out there I should not be hurt and that I might have the ship. 

 So I passed my Pistol up when I found to my surprise the Second 

 Mate alive & in Irons. I was almost dead. But they took me 

 aft and washed and dressed me. My shoulder where I was shot. 



