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By Thomas A. Bergbauer , Retired Courier-Post Editor The sinking of the M & E Henderson off the coast of North Carolina on Nov. 30, 1879 had been one of South Jersey's most famous mysteries and tales.
The Kittyhawk Mystery—Commissioner Rogers yesterday held and examination in the case of the three Manilla seamen of the wrecked schooner M & E Henderson , with a cargo of phosphate from Bull river, bound to Baltimore.
New Haven Register - December 15, 1879 Captain Swain of the Schooner M & A Henderson , Killed by his Crew.
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 15, 1879 As will be seen on telegraphic columns, another of the crew of the schooner M. and E. Henderson , which was wrecked on Kitty Hawk Beach, has been arrested in Baltimore.
Arrest of Sailors on Suspicion of Killing their Officers Baltimore, Dec. 12—Abraham Anneta, a West India negro, and Francis Adams, a Manilla man, sailors, were arrested this afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal Hamilton on warrants issued by United States Commissioner Rogers on charge of murder on the high seas, and attempting to destroy the schooner M. E. Henderson , of Philadelphia, bound to Baltimore with a cargo of phosphate from Bull river.