Deadly brawl in the Gulf: FBI findings describe a struggle that left the captain of an Alabama fishing boat mortally wounded - al.com

Deadly brawl in the Gulf: FBI findings describe a struggle that left the captain of an Alabama fishing boat mortally wounded - al.com: "NEW ORLEANS — On the seventh day at sea, the arguing between the Miss Sharlott's captain and a crew member came to a head in the early morning, according to FBI findings.

When the melee was over, Michael Gene Holman, the 53-year-old captain of the Alabama-based fishing boat, lay dying of numerous stab wounds, and Thomas Judson Poole IV, a Foley laborer who would soon be accused of murder, had suffered serious cuts to his hands.

Investigators say that Poole, 44, told them he stabbed Holman in self-defense, although he has offered no such explanation in court papers. At his arraignment last month in New Orleans' federal court, Poole, bound in chains, spoke only to plead not guilty."