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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.

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me there. He came back, and
asked me where my watch was,
but before I had time to tell him,
he had it out of my pocket; then
asked me where my money was.
Tt was hidden, but I told him
I would bring it; be took the
money, and told me to stay in
the foreeastle. I heard the boat-
awain asking the captain for hia
ebronometer. Captain said he
had none. Boatswain then
canght up the speaking-trumpet,
and gave the captain such a blow
aa broke it almost to pieces. He
then ordered me on deck, and
kieked me down again into the
foreeastle, and told me not to
come up. Staid a few moments;
he then ealled me up, took me
aft, and pitched me into the
esbin. The erew were all fas-
tened below. Saw the pirates
launching our yards into the
water; heard the topsail yard
coming down, and that they
were cutting the rigging—they
used an axe. BStaid till all was
quiet; saw the boat go to the
sebooner for the last time; saw
them hoist our yards on board,
and then make sail; then got out
throngh the cabin skylight;
found everything cut to pieces,
and the boom going from side to
side. The esboose was on fire,
and in the inside found @ barrel
eontaining a quantity of tarred
Tope-yarn, and # pot of tar. If
we had not got ont when we did,
the mainsail would have soon
Deen on fire. Should not think
the fire could have been extin-
guished. Have seen some of the
men sinee. Two of them I am
sure wore on board our brig, and
am confident respecting another
one.

(Here the witness went up to
and laid his hand upon Fran-

cisco Riz and Manuel Boyga,
The iuterpreter translated to the
prisoners what the witness had
stated, and they both denied that
they had ever on board the
Mexican.)

Do not see here the third per-
son I had spoken of. Saw him
at Salem, when the prisoners
were examined there,

Cross-examined. Do not re-
member how Ruiz was dressed.
He had on & jacket; cannot recol-
leet what was the color, or what
he had on his head—cannot call
to mind the dress of Boyga. The
schooner’s guns were short guns.
Among the men who came on
board from the sehooner was the
boatswain; was about five feet in
height, stout and wore large
whiskers; had 9 bunch on his
nnoge,

Now. 12.

Benjamin Larcom, Was one
of the erew of the Mexican when
she was boarded by the pirates,
‘Saw one of them at Salem some
time ago.

{The witness here went up,
placed his hand upon Ruis the
carpenter, and said, I believe this
is the man.)

This man eame to the brig in
the first party from the schooner.

Cross-ezamined. Was in our
‘boat when she went the first time
to the schooner, Stayed where
I was to bail the boat—heard a
noise on deck—thought they were
murdering the erew—drew the
boat ahead of the brig, and hid
myself there—did not see any of
the pirates but the flve who came
in our boat. The boatswain of
the schooner was among them—
he might be from five feet four
to five feet six inebes high—was
of a dark complexion—think he
had straight hair—do not remem-

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