Tag: M and E Henderson
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The Sinking of the M & E Henderson – Tracking History
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. There is certainly great mystery and confusion about this ship. Clippings in the Courier-Post library report that the ship…
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The Supposed Murder at Sea
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. The captain, Silas Swain, of this city, and the two mates and the steward lost their lives. A brother…
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The Kittyhawk Mystery
Baltimore Sun – January 8, 1880 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. The men have been held in jail in Baltimore some weeks pending the clearing…
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Murder at Sea
New Haven Register – December 15, 1879 Captain Swain of the Schooner M & A Henderson, Killed by his Crew. Baltimore, Dec. 13.—The Bulletin says that Abraham Annetta and Francis Adams, arrested by a United States deputy marshal, charged with the murder of Captain Swain, of Philadelphia, Chief Mate Prentiss and Second Mate Hess, of…
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Foul Play
Philadelphia Inquirer – December 13, 1879 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…