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We are informed by W.S. Trescott, of this place, who came passenger on the boat, that a man named Edward C Schultze, also a passenger, was drowned during a late trip of the steamer D S Carter from St. Louis to St Joseph. It is said that Schultze had some angry words with Catp. Wm. Eads of the Carter about his trunk which was missing on the evening previous to his drowning and on the morning of the drowning Eads and Schultze were on the hurricane roof and harsh words ensued. A passenger, Mr. Wm. Rose was on the roof at the time but turned and went below and no sooner had he left the roof than a cry of man overboard was heard. After the boat passed on about ten rods it was stopped, the mate and three men got in the yawl to go rescue the drowning man who was in sight all the time and proved to be Schultze. Eads stood on the aft end of the boat and beckoned the crew back, telling them to come back that the man had sunk. The mate and crew went on and got the drowning man Schultze as he was going down the last time, and brought him back to the boat. He was placed on a barrel and an attempt was made to restore him to life. The Captain advised the mate to take the barrel away which was done. The passengers then took the body of Schultze to the bow of the boat and another effort was made to restore life but it proved unsuccessful. A course wooden box was formed, the dead body was put into it and as soon the boat was landed a hole was dug about three feet deep the man was put in and covered up in less than an hour after he had fallen overboard. While the box was being made, fears were entertained that it would be too short, the Captain observed that if it was to short they could do like they did down South-- cut the legs of drowned me off and put them in by the side of the body. The Captain's orders were not to plane the plank which formed the coffin. The only bruises seen on the person of the drowned man were a couple on the left temple, and they were but slight. This statement is corroborated by eight of the passengers of the Carter who published a card in the St. Joseph Journal. If it is true, as the passengers intimate, that the Captain knocked Schultze overboard, it is one of the foulest and wickedest acts of which this sickened world has record. The matter certainly demands investigation, and if guilty, the Captain should be made to suffer the extreme penalty of law. It is supposed that Schultze came from Manchester, St. Louis County, Mo.
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