THE STRANGE MUTINY CASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12231, 28 March 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE STRANGE MUTINY CASE.

A CURIOUS PIECE OF EVIDENCE COMES TO LIGHT.

An interesting relic of the alleged mutiny and murder on board the barque Beronica has just come to light at Liverpool South Docks. This is the boat in which the four prisoners and the witness in the case, the black cook, put off from the barque when she had to be abandoned burning from stem to stern. It was brought home by the captain of the steamer Brunswick, by whom the men were rescued from a desert island, and landed at Liverpool. The police, accordingly, regard the boat as a very important link in the chain of evidence against prisoners. It is 26ft : long and well built, and it is argued that with such a boat at hand the captain of the barque was not likely to use another for the escape of himself and the rest of the crew, as alleged by the prisoners; who say they believe the captain's boat was swamped. The lifeboat now at : Liverpool could easily have taken the whole crew almost any distance if well provisioned. At Liverpool lately Otto Monson, 18; Henry Flohr, 19, Gustav Rau, 28, and Wm. Smith. 30, were again brought up charged with the murder of Captain Shaw.; and six of the crew of the Veronicp. on the high seas..- Mr. Trubshaw, the prosecuting solicitor, formally applied for a., remand for eight clear days, and this was granted.