Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-07-27

to you; and Capt Wilkes and two or
three of us proceeded to the police
station to report the matter. The DO.
lice took the matter up vigorously;
and thanks to i large reward offered
by the owners, one of the gang turned
Queens evidence and in the course
Of three or four days the whole gang
was safely lodged in the Victoria Jail.
They were brought up before the mag
istrate, and remanded until you arc
able to appear against Them
t'But asked What time did Capt.
Wilkes arrive on board the Wild Day
rell? 1t was some time after ten
o'clock-of that am sure.'"
EYES," he replied, 81 believe it was
just half past ten when he pulled
alongside, for five bells were struck
from all the other ships lying along.
side of him but not from his own,
which at the time he noticed as very
singular. AS he approached the ship
he saw two boats coming from the d.
rectiOn of her, but at the time he took
no notice Of them ; but there is no
doubt, he thinks, that these very
boats contained the gang
''But did they succeed in obtaining
any of the treasure p again asked.
"NO; not q cent of it, thanks to
Chubb. They tried to pick the lock,
and when they found they could not
succeed in that, they tried gunpowder,
but with the same result. The two
English seamen were found tied in
their hunks. and quite drunk. They
acknowledged that the steward had
given them three bottles of brandy
early in the evening as Il present, and
they made good use of it, for they
were half drunk the next morning.
The rest of the crew were too much
afraid of their own necks to offer amy
resistance or give the alarm. The
Wild Dayrell sailed a couple of days
afterwards, but with fresh crew.
And so ended Charley's account.
"AbOut a week after this CONVERSE
!tion," continued the narrator. II up.
peared at the police court, and swore
! to every one of the gang, eight in
number. They were sent for trial to
the high court, and were all found
guilty of ln,ltiny and conspiracy, and
sentenced, four of them to penal servi-
tude for life, two for fourteen years,
and the remaining two for seven years
ea"h.
"Amongst my letters from home l
was not long in noticing one in the
handwriting of my mother. This, sin.
gular though it may appear, kept
until the last, and toyed and played
with It for minute Or two before l
Opened it. In that letter, gentlemen,
occurs the following passage: 'What
were you doing, dear John, on the
might of the 7th of March, at about
ten O'Clock, from that to half-past
[ will tell you my reason for asking.
had been very poorly during the whole
of the day, so much so, that after a
cup of tea, about six o'clock. retired
for the night. l fell asleep very soon,
but it was disturbed sleep, and
awoke two or three times. At about
leight o'clock Jane brought me cur
of cocoa, and very soon afterwards
again fell asleep, and did not wake
until about half.ten, when l awoke
with fright. dreamed that had
seen you walking along some strange
street. and following you were three
or four Cinnamon. All at once they
rushed towards you, at which you ran
but they ran faster than you did, and
were rapidly gaining on you, whel
you at once made for the river, which
was some hundred yards distant. Yot
had gone about halfway when yol
slipped and fell down Immediately
the Cinnamon were upon you, and one
l saw with long knife ready to strike
you; but with that l awoke with ;
scream
"Now, gentlemen, l wish to draw
your attention to the fact that the 8tl
Of March, as mentioned in my mother
letter, was the same day that thu
Wild Dayrell affair happened. and also
that the time from ten o. clock to half
past was the exact time that we were
placed in the most imminent peril b,
the smashing in of the door.panel
You can call it what you like-a sin
OCULAR coincidence, or anything elst
you please but the fact remains that
while on the very day and hour wa
placed in great danger of my life, m!
mother, fourteen thousand miles away
in dear old England, had dream il
} which l figured conspicuously and
although the incidents of the dream
!; did not exactly tally with the actua
facts Of the case, yet they were S,
near the truth, that think you vii
/, bear me out, gentlemen, when l stat
that it was a most extraordinary AM
remarkable dream.'