Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-12

of the captain, had command OF the
boat, and leveled revolyers at his head
at the same nponent the old black trunk
was opened, and the whole party armed
themselves with navy revolvers, bowie
knives and hatchets, and took possession
of the defenseless boat. The course was
then changed, and after cruising about
at random for some time the pirates
turned back to one of the islands
Middle Bass--and stopped at the dock.
While here the Island Queen, a steamer
plying between Sandusky and the islands,
came alongside, and, suspecting MOTH
ing, threw out plank in order to land
some freight. Instantly the pirates
swartned up her sides, calling upon the
captain to surrender shots were fred
apparently more for the purpose of in
timidation than for any real injury
knives and hatchets were held over the
passengers, among whom were thirty or
forty one-hundred-days men on their
way to Toledo to be mustered out The
pirates were few in number, but they
were well armed, and held both steam
ers at their mercy. The captain of the
Island Queen made sturdy resistance,
endeayoring in vain to cut the ropes that
bound his boat 60 the Parsons and the
engineer, refusing to obey the orders of
the pirates, was shot in the cheek. Re
sistance was evidently useless !; the pas
sengers were put into the hold, with
guard over them, and the captain was
Sondnstv Sand. thai roorn;no and IL ti,err ,vas
- r,-,;f.,,,o,,t tt,arn Aftor eoroo IL
S ~ 5;.a,,.s;o,, tla,,,sa1,-as ar
Sao;5a5 q, otf
f.. f-',, f,-,,, a. tto 9.7o,,e
and citizen passengers, and allow them
to go on shore, together with the hun
tben fbs two sfeamers. IasRed topetber
started ont toward Sandusky. the captain
| n tbe Island Oneen heinz, reeta;ned with
tbe bo,,a tba+ G[ .ooIJ 10 fo-cod +, "aI.t a.t
.as nilof When fonr or five miles ont the
Island Queen was scuttled and aban-
doned. and the Parsons went on alone.
|, A debate sprung mn among the pirates
es to- whether Or not tbey sshorild rnn
| into Sandusv Bay evidently something
had failed them some one had disa,e.
nointed them AT length the captaiin
was ao,a;n mt into the hold. tbe boats
speej was slackened- and sRe was kent
cruising up and down outside as if wait
ing for q signal. -
Chief in command of these raiders was
John Yates BeaIl his appearance and
manner rendered him conspicuous among
the others, who are described, in the Lam
oiape of one who saw them. as a s. mean,
| iowsliyed set: Burley. the second in COM
nand, being q perfect desperado." In
the report Of Jacob Thompson, secret
agent of the Confederaey in Canada,
| a document belonging to the rebel
archives, the whole plot is related.
There were two parts, the first being the
expedition by water under Beall, and the
second O conspiracy on shore, by means
of which the officers of the Michigan
were to be thrown off their guard, so
that upon a given signal Beall could
steam rapidly in, surprise them, and
| capture the boat. A cannon-shot sent
over Johnson's Island was to tell the
prisoners that the hour of rescue had
come; Sandusky was next to be attacked.
and after horses. had been <secured, the
| prisoners were to mount and make for
! cleveland. the boats co-operati1arss and
4 from Cleveland strike across Chic for
! Wheeling and the Virginia border. The
4 kew to the whole movement was the cap
ture of the Michigan.
The plot on shore was headed by a
! Confedeerata q Ifire,. named Calag AZ he's
i heen ,-eJated Reau nerformed his mart
l wifi, entire s1,ccess. and bad, Che ofI,eT
head Tf,ssessed so,,aI ,,a,,a|,;tvv No, flo,,bf
| tbe ,'Ian xvouId bnva I1etsn <',,1cassf,,l
] o,,d fba ,rbolas Nr,,tb toIeD ~ s5,,,,,; %
at tb;s dar;no, ra;d and Re Yess,y;eE E,,,,pn ~ a
b;tbe-t,s cef,,l and -,,n,,St;cs5 ba,,ia,
TIE . 0l6 yon,sc officers r;Ii1,g for their
E1as tb-<,,,s,I, tSe Leort ,,f 0f;c ',y;I,s-e.
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to,, io,5 8. tbs. st,,nishesa
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to..,,. Ll,.Hnn nf IT, =. Sio .,.t;a.
a,liJ Iase ,, M eas;,,sed snS 'i "a. .t;a Sates,
tt. moulo la Isss Dosli e 1Eo
u. r., 'lie 80 ~ Pa.H =. NJ - oG o1d ~ y
VI .lie iaAe De's. ~ "ou.u naae III I .ne ~
"noie 'c9ass 40 ms mercy, anu . Ihe =: IA
ni!laT olo MIchlgan, s turned inso pr
.aelcal CRAY, %ouia nave csarfieo 'erfor
lnI0. eVely harpor. r, c.,.
6u1 tne Ploe on shore Iai5ea; Oois
spens ps ms money areeiy M Sall9ushy, anu
Il.aL .L.aiiaSu - " tLn M;aL;~a, III ~
the,, 10 s1,,,,,er-,,art;es and ,,ia1;ro ~ 9 3
naYt ,- ,,f dan;a1 Lost TbosaP ,g;nes orc orc
foo5 49, ord ,1enero,,sip S offarad Tha te5;,,r,
6f The daiiy1 lie mo-, tbe steaT,er and nd
- ,,-,, NO l;.1e,,sd hvb;s hoS-
n;toI;t- a,,d Co., t;,,, oil ,.o,,t Ill
Int s oyadnaIly nall he heoao to mar his own
nlot nv go mich incaEtiousness and such
\ q want of dexterity in his movements
/ that a suspicion was aroused in San
dnskv and his maneuyers. were watched.
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