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had mortified, but they had it dressed. They told me that 

 all they wanted me to do was to take them where they wanted 

 to go. and I might have the ship. So I did it to save my life & 

 the ship. The third mate had the boarding knife run through 

 him several times. By Cornelius Burns, and after he had 

 killed him. Richard Cartha told him to get out to the way. 

 And he (Cartha) struck at the second mate with another board- 

 ing knife. But it struck the Berth Board. He then struck at 

 him again when the 2nd Mate caught the blade in his hand and 

 bent the point of it over the berth board. By that time I was 

 out of my berth hollowing. Cartha then fired a pocket pistol 

 at the 2nd Mate and shot him in the breast. All I know before 

 I took to the hold was that the Captain and 3rd Mate were dead. 

 & that the 2nd Mate was shot and wounded, and I supposed 

 he was killed after he went on deck. The remainder of the 

 aforesaid testimony, was told me after I was taken.'' 



"This is to testify that we, Syrus Plumer, John Hall Richard 

 Cartha, Cornelius Burns, and William Herbert did on the night 

 of the 25th of December last take the Ship Junior and that all 

 others in the Ship are quite innocent of the deed. 



The Captain and third mate were killed and the second mate 

 was wounded and taken prisoner at the time. The mate was 

 wounded with in the shoulder with the balls from a whaling gun 

 and at the time we fired we set his bed on fire and he was 

 obliged for fear of suffocation to take himself to the lower hole 

 where he remain until Wednesday afternoon. We could not 

 find him before that but we undertook a strict search and found 

 him then. We promised his life and the ship if he would come 

 out and surrender without any trouble and so he came out. 

 Since he has been in the Ship he has been a good Officer and 

 has kept his place. We agreed to leave him the greater part 

 of the crew and we have put him under oath not to attempt 

 to follow us; but to go straight away and not molest us. We 

 shall watch around here fore some time and if he attempts to 

 follow us or stay around here we shall come aboard and sink 

 the ship. 



