MADMAN ON A SHIP.
SHOT THE CAPTAIN DEAD, THEN THE WIRELESS OPERATOR, AN EXCITING STORY. (Australian A N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Rec. October 3, 9.15 a.m.) PARIS, October 2. A French cargo steamer put in at Libreville (the chief town of the French settlement in the Gulf of New Guinea), almost without officers. The crew relate that when the ship arrived on the Ivory coast the Chief Engineer was stricken with a mysterious illness and died In a few hours and was buried at sea. The next day the Chief Officer rushed on to the bridge and, without saying a word, shot the Captain dead. The wireless operator, hearing the shot, rushed out and was also shot dead. The Chief Officer then dived into the sea and was drowned. It is believed he was mad owing to sunstroke.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17221, 3 October 1927, Page 7
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