, 1873-05-25

Island, New York uar1,or, Feb. q, 1906. Th
.S and Its execution IRE
Elapsed aud we ca can rev rasow The past without tha
terrba pcrsona interest that made our hearts ban
~ there Is soetns wo1tRy o. 3 1ota IL IN
threw himself it were, into tho jaws Of death f=o1
sincere though mistaken luvo for his naivc country
John Yatea BealI WAS q native OF jefferEou County
Virginia.. He graduated at the University Of Virginia
Charlottesville, and at the breaking ont Of the rcbt
39a owned large psntaoa II hs 5a native I'VE country @
addition no was said to, he the heir Of n
estate In England In the earliest days t1,o,s9 o
ward formed part of tho or;ginM "stone::aL
many battles but it is his piratical expedition among
the Islands Of Lake Erie which brings him Within TIC
Of .n ~2 Mesd on
nke shore Budulo, p.rot and Cleveland Tcro ilhed
with excitement the citizens pstrolled the streets y
and firing upon tho dtfense1egs houses nlied ali eyes
Exhausted ohto had sent into the field regiment after
entirely exposed and If seemed an easy thing to
sail across from Canada and batter down her tow11n
Looking back upon It now, still easy and yet
conspirators under tho leadership Of Jacob Thomp-
son. secie agent OF tho Confederate Government. Tho
uasd States had but ono war vessel on the lake, tho
guns. Tho capture Of this boat would enable small
body Of men to carry destruction from end Of the
l
was lying off Johnsons Island, Sandusky Bag, which
had been uaed since 1861 depot for prisoners Of
hese e9nnsa nsni Th the
eracy, enough to command army OF $4,000 men.
TIC little island vas naturally upFern,ost in the
thoughts OF the Rebel officers III Can1d1 It near
at hEnd steamer could run across IN the night, and
In tho winter land force could attack It, for the ice
Was strong, and nowhere vas there mora than five
miles bctwecn ishnd and Island, stretching like step
png-sones across tho lake from Point Pelee to the
Ohio m'in-lanl. No other prison was on exposed
Michigan resc,e might be effected the Michigan,
| therefore, must be captured. -,
On the morning OF the 10th Of September The steamer
Po Par.ons p}ytnE between Detroit, the islands, and
sandu.ky, left Detroit At tho usual hour on her way
down the river; a Sandwich; on The clnadan sids,
twenty more bringing with them large oldfashioned
trunk tied with ropes. AZ at this period there was
Jug from, tie draft, Or coming bacS sits empty
pockets, this Maiden party excited no COMMENT and
tbs STEAMER xent on aer way through Lake Erie
ber Of passengers for 6andushy. After leaving
Kel1eys Island the last of tho group suddenly four
absence Of the Captain. had command Of tho
boat, and leycled reyol'ers at Lis head; at
navy reyolvers, bowie-knivcs and haeiess and took
possession of the defense1ess boat. Tho course
time the pirates turned back to Of tho isans
-aiiddie Dass-7and stopped At tho dock. Willie here
and The issns, came alongside, Id suspectias noti
Ing threw out plank in order 10 land some freight.
instantly the pirates swarnea up her sides, calling up
on the Captain to surrender shots were fred-ap-
parenty for the purpose Of intimidation than for
any real injury-tnives aud hatehes were held
hundred men on their WY to Toledo TO bs mus
tered out. The pirates were few III number, but
they we're fn,s well and held both steam
Island Queen madc sturdy resistance, eudeavoring in
win to cut the ropes that bound his boat to the Par
Of the pirates was shot tn Tho cheek Resistance wan
evidently useless the passengers were put into tho
ss8ea ha h
morning, aud OF there was any excitement there.
After some delay aud discussion among themselves
twenty four houra from the women and citizen pas
aengcrs, and allow them to go on shore, together With
tie hnulred-dsys' men, whom they lerolc1, and then
the two steamers, lGhed together started out toward
sandusxs, the Captain Of tho h.and Queen being
pilot. When four lvo miles out tho Island
Queen was scnttled aud abandoned, and the p4r-
xGns wea On gns as spits 3isx so The
du4Ey lay; evidently something had failed them.
some one Ind disappointed them. At length the Czp
siackcned' and Bao WIS kept nusiug up aud down
outside as il whiting Eo7 1sgnal.
cliet IN co.nrs.nd Of these raiders was John Yates
conspicuous anong the others, who arc described, in
tbs =, TIN IN
perfect desperado." In the report Of Jacob Tho7lp-
son, secret agent OF the colfelcracy in Canad:, q
plot IL rclated There werc two rarts, tile rzt being
e expedition by water under Gcll, and the sccosd
osa4s os 0a the hsn to To- us rou
ou their guard, so that upon . :iven Ei1aal |
nss could stean rsIa N sspEsa ". ea ad ea
Iand as to te the prisoners that tho hour OF rescue
had come; ssndnsky WAS next to be attacked, and,
mount and make for Cleveland, the Do.ts cooperating,
and from Cleveland strike across Ohio for Whesing
ane the Virginia border: The key to the whole
VII Michigan n
plot shore saa9d bs b
his perl with entra SUCCESS: and had the other head
iaye been successful, and ID. The whole Norm
s 9eea es! S'ss;S5 saa as9
= 5a oso WIS ppe
than. whould have seemed like phantom band to the
as.ouEhod inhabitants. Even tho famous raid Of john
MorgEu wei-rcluenbere in the great red-brick far-
ecltsca ~ Ills lying troupe. the flower Of tic sonh
ghoa eca IT and the ID
gan turned into piraical craft would have carried
:Bnt tbs plot o. shore facd Cole spent hta money
drcion to the officers Of tho Michigan, inviting t:o
tediun sdiaH "l't Of the 60 daily fo upon the steam.
Sy hs sna Hospitality az n vent ws
but gradually: he began. to mar: his OWL pot
by so much incautiousuess and such want Of ue1-
terity ii his movements that suspicion uroec;l
III Sandusky, and his m.neuv7cs were w.tcled On |
the evening If tho 10Th Of September, Cole hal invol
the oicors Of the Michigan to suppcr-farty Eylry-
thing vas prepared for them, the winc VIZ. drugecd,
and when by this they had bean rendered help
less signal WAS to notify Bea that all rely TOR
his attack But in the mcantilua suspicion hAd grown
into ccrtany4 and ut tie very moment Of success,
Cole was arrested by order OF tho commander Of the
Michigan, tie signal mover given, and Bcal on
osr ct the Parsons strained Ills eyes In vain toward
sandusty and yohnsons Island ,szutsng NJ md
nse11 men ID ea1o III aud make tho. attack alone,
but tie men, a. disorder1y rapblc, gathered
last disappointed and disheartcned Beal g,vo the ag
nal to. turn the bout and abandoned tho attempt,
Back went the ParaonH, with her pirate crew, past
II nlnnh