, 1873-05-25

teriy ii his movements that suspicion nroueea
III sandusty; and his n:neuv1es wcrs w.telsd On
the oicors Of the Michigan to suppcrart. Evcry-
thing prepared for then the wine wae drugged,
ana nea oy ss sn,s naq E ths ali ar
his attack. But in the meantime suspicion ad grown
into CERTAINTY. and at the very moment Of Guceess,
Michigan, the signal was mover given, and Bean,
board of tLc Parsons strained lis eyes In vain toward
agn aysae ss So noW s VIII a
nteIo men ID earo ii aud make. tho attack sloao
together in Canada rofueed to enter The Iay and, at
last disappointed and dshearcned Beali gavo the ag
nal to. turn the bout and abandoned the attempt
Back went the ParaonH, with her pirate crew, past
Keuoy,s Iyand, where the alarmed inhabit2uta were
buryng their yaluablcs and looking for the flames Of
burning a;s On e. she an
stsev midnight saw ey The FRY M pouring o.: Of
Ike scared pickere" The Captain aud tLoso Of the
who Ind boen retained to manaEe the boat were
put ashore upon IN uninhaltca iesnd, and utter
stc.1rcr the pirates diebandel and Bca the mstor-
spirit, was left to brood failure which had the
additional bitterness Of possible success. .-
In tho morning the lake-countrT people woke up to
hear the news. lncendaries and conspirators in their
midst raiders BY land and pirates BY aea-these weze
ne an1 St ,Rs ee hurried hitler ana aern
Above It % a rose thcSonn1 q popular continent in
s1read through te nation. To Ee s1re the horse
not stolen, call the Michigan horse, but thero
was In immense amount OF shutting tue stable-door.
And when tie old steed appeared in the various
harbors ct the Lake sho was regarded with curiosity
and reoublcl affection as one wo had indeed s1lued
the battle, though from afer.
In less thnn four months BeaTl captured near
tie Snapension-Dridgc and taken to New York. An
attempt to bribe the turnkey with S. 900 in gold hay-
ing been discovered tho autho1ics sent him to Fort
Lafayette and while there lc made an appeal to the
lsar Of Ncw YORK to undertake is Defense Fo1 tmo
offered his services, and the trial began before mill
tary court- Bcu WIS charged with the seizure OF the
steamer Pho Parsons, at Keleys Isl1nd Lake Erie;
with tho aciLure OF the steamer 1land Queen, ut Md
de Bass Island, Lake Eric with being Kebc spJ In
Olio and New York and with an attempt to throw
kirk for the purpose Of rpbbing the express companys
safe. Tho officers Of the captured steamers came
from tho West to- identify him, and It il said that
Deall frankly confirmed their testimony, re-
marking that as regarded the lako affair the trial had
been far md impartial. In tho defense manifesto
acts upon tho border were committed by Ills authority,
and should be recognized as the acss Of lawful belg
erents. But the Court pronounced the verdict Of
" Guilty, and Gen. Dix approved the finding order
ing the prisoner to be hung Governors 1sand Sat-
urday, the 18th Of February. In reviewing the test-
man of education and refinement, and It Is difficult to
account for his agency IN abhorcnt to
moral sense and 10 Inconsistent with ali tha rules Of
warfare" In this opinion, III just-uuded
persons will agree. And yet, example of judg-
meut, mistaken but equally sincere, an example Of
perverted son take the farewell letter Of Bea to bis
brother written on the eve Of the day appointed for
big execution:
Remember me kindly to my friends, Say to them
GIN not atcaTe of committing onu crime aoaist So