He Demanded What They Meant By Coming On Board
Armed.
They told him he should know when they were on board the
ship.
The captain replied that they should come on board, but that
they must first throw their arms into the sea, which if they did not
do immediately, he would sink them as they lay. As they saw that
disputes were to no purpose, and that they were entirely in the
captain's power, they were obliged to obey. They accordingly threw
their arms overboard, and were then taken into the vessel, where
they were instantly put in irons. One of them, whose name was John
Bremen, and who was first examined, owned that he had murdered with
his own hands, or had assisted in murdering, no less than twenty-
seven persons. The same evening Weybhays brought his prisoner
Cornelis on board, where he was put in irons and strictly guarded.
On the 18th of September, Captain Pelsart, with the master, went to
take the rest of the conspirators in Cornelis's island. They went
in two boats. The villains, as soon as they saw them land, lost all
their courage, and fled from them. They surrendered without a blow,
and were put in irons with the rest. The captain's first care was
to recover the jewels which Cornelis had dispersed among his
accomplices: they were, however, all of them soon found, except a
gold chain and a diamond ring; the latter was also found at last,
but the former could not be recovered.
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