, 1873-03-12
M EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
How Cnpf. HlcEssar1iGlH tll,H H2,OnO T1Ia~
Eppcarcsl--Nr1lEEcd, Andtsc.~I, md
ELapxisUsaCfJs

How cnrt. nlcDnnicls AMI a2,oo0 uIn-
Ehap1isOMCfI.
Ono OF tl,o ,noat myBtoriolis caos ss, Of o:sa-
rearance TINT pnzzlcd Lho po1jco a,ll made
Soo e iTsnGf WEE tsp spfssSn fe5w as ran 5 rs %
tlo lost individual himself; CAPT. nioiMniois,
Of oanonsburg, pa., started East laut October
p nty goon' hn AZ Atof IT, brIof visit 10
city 0n tho cera l.os TO- mot A iDd salos,na,, ra.,
%llom ho had traded with boforo md, while
eanyassing tho alato of tho mnrkot with lin, a
iati Wsil.tresac, propooaoasinE. looking stranger
display aoIno ganples OF laoos that he vas aoii-
ms. Permission being accorded, tho foods wcro
shown, aitor which aoino dcsuttory coilyeraation
followed, and tho stranger left them. As Me-
crosa from Jsney % city, til tic is'axpSs' pirfsr M. 70
pearod again, aud told him tl,at ilo it'd
bettor tafe boat lower down on tic olip, ns lie
n; olhor ~ wont too hyh up town for lin p1irposos.
ntrangor Kindly proirerol hin gorvicos' to zoo him
straight for tho 1T. Nicholas Hoto aftor 1a,limr.
Thoy loft tho. forry:,boat together, aud nt1ltod
TO walk up street that RUM Mt nght-anglos ia
thin, did not know after tl,oy lal walked q
block tho ntrangor ihyitol him to tako
q drink, and they went into n Baloou for
The purpose !, tho galoun, tho Captain states,
~
rear woro Il counter ind several rofreallmont
tablou. Uaptalu ntoDaulclB took two cupY Of
cof1oo, nftor drinking which Nil conaciouanc:a
departed. Whon his Honsos returned ho found
himself lying OIL tho floor OF apartment from
0to foot Bqlaro. No door or window was dis
eovorable, aud tho place was in total darkneas.
noa1chng for LIS poruopal effects, Ito dacovorcd
Nov York, and $1,000 III groonJnchs. which
had beon tiod around lis waist in Landjor-
cliof, wore gone, Tho situation flashed upon
Am; no hnd been druggcd md robbed, and
now, doubtless, was stowod nway until 10 could
DO murdered aId disposed of Hcart-gic5 and
weak from poison, Ito lapBed again into insonsi-
bility. When conscorL,IcGs relurnol tho roll.
Ing motion and sound Of tralnpiug foot overhead
malo him aware thai 10 was On ship Of somo
kind. Fenling around ho discovered biscuits
md o TIL Of wator along rdo Of him. Troquont
astonrto to .attraot attoution by knoclI~
Ing on tho root Of his prison resulted In dHap-
pointnlcut somo timo cfterward, M age il
aoomou to the Captain. sonao ono opened Tho
hutch ind lookcd III. an arpoal to him to brine,
sone toa met will, no reypono. Soon afterwhrd
to door seopssnea s 4 and tf two ~ mcn ordered him te
into yawl-boat ut tho slao Of tia vessel. Two
sailors got in alno anl thon pushed Off Tho voa-
sol, Ut lo enw her, willie p,lshing OF, seemed
to be A., A. oyster nloop about eixty
thoy reached tho ahorc brcakors: A little fur
ther nnd the beach became diully Visible. When
they had ruin in close, lie WIS ordered to jump
QusI WHICH Aa lltl, HHa WonL l8ilCTe. d0 GrCpt
into tho bushes aud waitod for the dawn: Short
" three horaomou passed by, audi hai1ing tlem,
lio found himself prisoner to threo soldiers,
speaking a tongue to which 10 was un~
acquainted. They treatod him With
great indignity, chaining linn in d stock
ado whore negroos were alroady continod.
Thoy 8ont in plenty Of rico, yuns, and oranges
q little English, and he gatholod that tho Span-
iards OF Cuba vera bis captors. lie was released
by midnight attac!l Of negro gucrriilaa On tho
post. After wandering for aeYoral days with
theeo partisans he directed hia excapo. and,
guidod by the sound Of the gunB OF Moro
Uastlo, renclod Havana. lie mot a sailor,
who took him aboard Of q vessol in tho lar
bor, and after Iaya recruiting, he ongascd
o. shipping clerk with cumbargo 4 Co.,
No. ) O'Reilly street. uo retained
his position until Lo hnl accumulated sufficient
money enough to 60 to New Orleans, to which
point hiH friends lad forwarded money. Flo boz
oa,no Ill nfter his arrival in tho Crescont City,
and wusproyentod from returning homo for soy
cral weeks. lie only auccoodgd in reaching
homo about four days ago. - ii
. That is tho etory ns told by tho Captain. II
Inns n shade too much of romanco to appeal very.
strongly to popular credonce, but It's truth or,
falhity will doubtloss DO ascortainoa III few
dayh, as tho cass is in tho hands Of tho dstec-
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