Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-22
The Lake Pirate Case-Ef xaIniIa alton o
Captain ESeaEI by a Military Coiiin.is-

II. VI ETHEL, iifJ. zen.
The Lake Pirate alton OF
Captain ESeaII by Military Conn
sion.
The Detroit Tribune contains the fol-
lowing highly interesting account of the
examination Of Captain Beall, the leader
Of the pirates who captured the Philo Pax
sous and Island Queen, of Sandusky, on
the 10Th of September last:
The examination OF this case commenc-
cd on Thursday last, at Fort La Favette,
New York, Beai having engaged JAS T.
Brady, Of New I ork, as his counsel The
testimony in the Phiio Parsons case was
SO conclusi that the prisoner, vino from
the first denied all knowledge OF the affair.
was forced to admit that he led the expe-
dillon.
During the examination It leaked out
that Bcall and several Of his party were
guilty Of a fendish attempt to throw trains
from the track Of the Lake Shore Rail-
road, between Buffalo and Dunkirk, and a
dreadful! calamity seems only to have been
prevented by the interposition of Proyi-
dence. The facts Of the case, which we
learn from gentleman who was present
Mt the Investigation, are substantially as
follows:
When BcaIl was arrested at Suspension
Bridge, he was accompanied by boy not
more than sixteen years Of age, and was
waiting for the ears to re,4rn 10 Toronto
This boy has turned States evidence
against Beal, and testifes that for some
time previous to the arrest they had been
stopping at Buffalo, and had conceived It
plan for throwing an evening train of the
track on its way from Dunkirk to DuiIa-
10. The party, several In number. went
70 certain locality near the city limits,
carrying sledg' and other tools with the
hep Of which they hoped to be able to
misplace 4 rail and precipitate the train
down an embankncnt. ! kind Providence
interposed, and they had scarcely began
the work Of destruction ere the train came
laundering along and passed in safety
The attempt was repeated the second night
but fortunately with the same result 4
third night they repaired t. the same 10
caIity, but the noise Of the approaching
train warned them that no time was to he
lost The party worked hard to remove
. raj, but finding that they could not do
It in time they placed an obstruction on
the track, ana waited for the expected re-
suit. 4 third time they were frustrated
eng;1eer feeling the shock, stopped his
train, ard the difficulty was ascertaincd
Baall and his party became Disguised, ana
resolved to return 10 Toronto, They went
to the Bridge AMI were arrested, as stated
above
If We mistake not, the attempt to throw
The above referred to trains of tlaa track
was commented upon 4 the time ~ the
Buffalo papers. Attempts were mado to
ferret out the perpetrators. but with no
good result. The Peep Of that section
of the county now have the solution Of the
affair. Beali save that his residence is
near Richmond. Virginia. and that he is
now IN an oncmy.s country, and without
friends
BealI has been sentenced TO be hum
- the breaking ont Of the war he owned
4 large plantation in Jefferson county,
Virginia, and worked about rae hundred
sla es. Ills fortune was then estimated
at &I,590,JJ0 and he IS in addition the
heir apparent Of Lord EEclby of England.
lie Is only thirtv-two years of age.