izing the pump-break, struck the captain with it over the
head or back of the neck. The captain was sent forward by the blow and
halloed, 'Oh' and 'Murder' once.

"He was then seized by Gibbs and the cook, one by the head and the
other by the heels and thrown overboard. Atwell and Church stood at
the companion way, to strike down the mate when he should come up. As
he came up and enquired what was the matter, they struck him over the
head,--he ran back into the cabin, and Charles Gibbs followed him down;
but as it was dark, he could not find him. Gibbs then came on deck for
the light with which he returned below. I left the helm to see what
was going on in the cabin. Gibbs found the mate and seized him, while
Atwell and Church came down and struck him with a pump break and club.

"The mate was then dragged upon deck. They called for me to help them
and as I came up, the mate seized my hand and gave me a death grip.
Three of them hove him overboard, but which three I do not know. The
mate was not dead when cast overboard, but called after us twice while
in the water. I was so frightened that I hardly knew what to do. They
then asked me to call Talbot, who was in the forecastle saying his
prayers. He came up and said it would be his turn next, but they gave
him some grog and told him not to be afraid, as they would not hurt
him. If he was true to them, he should fare as well as they did. One
of those who had been engaged in the bloody deed got drunk and another
became crazy.

"After killing the captain and mate they set about overhauling the
vessel, and got up one keg of Mexican dollars. Then they divided the
captain's clothes and money,--about forty dollars and a gold watch.
Talbot, Brownrigg and I, who were all innocent men, were obliged to do
as we were commanded. I was sent to the helm and ordered to steer for
Long Island. On the day following, they divided several kegs of the
specie, amounting to five thousand dollars each, and made bags and
sewed the money up. After this division, they divided the rest of the
money without counting it.

"On Sunday, when about fifteen miles S.S.E. of Southampton Light, they
got the boats out and put half the money in each, and then they
scuttled the vessel and set fire to it in the cabin, and took to the
boats. Gibbs, after the murder, took charge of the vessel as captain.
From the papers on board, we learned that the money belonged to Stephen
Girard.[2]

"Wit