Arthur Adams (top) and Robert Sawyer (bottom), were tried for the mutiny and murder; photographed here at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where they were imprisoned from 1906 to 1912. Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, Atlanta
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Tim Garrity returns to Chebacco Chats to talk about one of the worst cases of mutiny and mass murder in American maritime history, involving the death of Captain Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh, Maine.
Tim Garrity was Executive Director and Historian of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society from 2010 to 2020. He and his wife, Lynn, reside in Blue Hill. He is Chair of the Advisory Board for the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine and a volunteer for the Blue Hill Heritage Trust.
Chebacco Chats, our weekly web series, features authors, historians, and others who study and celebrate history, the great place that is Mount Desert Island, and the way the island impacts the wider world.
Season Four considers the theme of this year’s Chebacco, “The Maritime Edition,” and welcomes Josh Smith, Bill Horner, Julia Gray, and more, to talk about their articles on embargo history, youth sailing, Cranberry Isles in the Age of Sail, etc. This season also welcomes special guests to explore additional topics, such as Carl Little, who will usher in National Poetry Month on April 6 by reading a selection of MDI poems.
Chebacco Chats are live on Zoom, and recordings are made available the week after they air.
Visit www.mdihistory.org/chebacco-chats for a schedule of upcoming episodes, and links to past episodes.