New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-19

citv Yesterday ON the Adriatlc, and Is At the
Brsv,ort House, A repre- sentative OF the
World called upon him last evening to learn
some particulars Of his adventures. Mr.
Dockray is thirty.four years OF age, q nat:ve
of Rhode Island, and lawyer Dy P'cles-
sion. He Is an uncommonly handsome
man, with bright, intelligent face. hne
figure, and OF more than average height. IN
manner and feature he resembles George
Clarke, the actor, closely enough to De mis-
taken for him. He is a man of good ednca-
ton and pleasant, graphic and rapid
talker.
In MAY. 1874 Mr.. Dockray was arrested
in Cuba on charge OF communicating with
the Cuban insurgents, and thrown into
nrison by the Spanish authorities. In July
following, after two months OF close con
tinement, he was brought to trial before
cnnrtmartial AID sentenced to death by the
earrote. The garrote being out OF order at
the time, the authorities commuted the sen
tence to death by shooting, and this sen
tepoe would have been carried out out Tor
the intervention of Secretary Fish. Inc
sentence @ was once more changed, this
time to Imprisonment in the ga!leys
tor life. In August Mr.. Doekray was
sant to Spain en- route for the gal
leve. and after Q pleasant trip, during
which he was treated with every
mark of consideration, arrived in Spain in
the early part of September. After under
going imprisonment at Santander tor
month, he was taken to Madrid and sent
thenca to an old monastery at valencia,
now used as q military prison. to await
transportation to the gaileys. He remained
there in confinement for ten months, during
which time he experienced many hardshlps.
When funds were plentiful he was treated
well enough, but when reInittances we're
DELAYED he was ill used. At ono time he
lived for twenty days upon rancid black
bread and an apology for soup, conslst'ng
rinsed seasoned with garlic, and was almost
staryed. He is sure that nothing but his
natural lively temperament kept him up
during this time of trial.
In SeDtember, 1874, after having been in
nrison At Valencia for ten months, Mr..
d ,ckray was released On constructive
narole at the instance of Minister Gushing,
and allowed to roam about the city a. long
| as he reported every Thursday to the aC-
thorit,es In Move mber ho became uneasy
at the prospect Of serious trouble between
Snain and the United States, and fearing
that in the case of war between the two
countries he would be in . very awkward
nositiop. and hearing at the same time from
| The American consul that he was to be re-
| manded to his prison, he wrote TO MT.
Cushing, surrenderlpg his parole and de-
l CtlrlUQ himself Willluk w 0t0AsA 0"O O''A1'o
| nnences. He then went to the Governor to
| ,nnuire if he was really to be cent back to
nrison. That official denied having any in
| formation oa the subject, but on the follow
| ;np dav the order for his relncarceratlOn
was uromu)eated, and Dockray, consider
| ing himself thus donbly released from pa
role. set about devising way to escape.
| On the nineteenth Of November, four da,
after he had written to Mr.. Gushing, he es'
1 pntfa AnfnOS1tl0S.
| and after passing ten hOure under the bed
nj a friend. managed to make his way to an
American brig, the L. Staples, lying al
| oncho- in the harbor. He stayed on board
Of her for three davs. meeting with much
kindness from the skipper and his wife
| who made every arrangement to concea
him IN case the authorizes shouio come u
| search.
"a the third day DIR. Dockray, taking ont
of the briggs boats, pulled off for French
host living 10 the harbor, which was bOunt
for Marseiiles, but the captain refused Z
~ ke a,y passengers on board. After pull
mo around the harbor for some time il
sa.rch Of s. means Of escape, he sighted al
English steamer bound for Gibraltar. board
ed her, and mst!e arrangements 1or trip
! Ar this time he came near being recapfured
h..ino recognized by two Spanish sailor
who identified the boat Of the Americal
brIp. but fortunately he overheard thei
conversation and managed to eYade taem
He went on the English steamer
far a. Dania, fifty miles south of VaIen
cia. when the captain began to chow sign
of alarm on account Of the owners IN
tereets, and Dockray left him and 60
aboard sailDoat bound Tor Giorai1al
nrobably on a smuggling expedition, ant
made a bargain with the skipper, with wal
to take him to that place for $40 worth o
provisions and bottle Of Gguordiente. Ih
chief smuggler turned out to be partlcu
lar friend Of one Don Mariana, an intran
eigente priest who had been arrested durlnl
the Cartagena insurrection. and was con
fined with Dockray in the San Augustln
Convent in Valencia. On account OF tnel
mutual friend the slnnggier treate0 tn
| American fugitive with every cOnsl0eratlOn
Shortly after setting eail fearful gale Cam
up and lasted for six days, making thing
extremely uncomfortable for the crew, VII
had no covering on deck, and at last blow
ing them on the African coast and lanfln
them ut Tangier, whence D0ckray coui
| plainly see the rocks Of Ceuta, to the ga
ieys at which place he had been sentences
| for lite.
to sub.ide. the smuggler and his passenge
again weis he'd anchor and set sail for Gls
raltar. By this time they had become ver
Intimate, aud Mr.. Dookray had learne
that his friend was one Of the most famou
smugelers and pirates at sea and one OF to
most daring bandits on land that the su
ever shone on After eight hours trip the
arrived at Gibraltar, and succeeded in !an'
ing without much difficulty. After yer
short stay in the neignbolhood OF the gres
fortress, Mr.. Dockray fell in with the cal
tain of the British steamer Europa, al
went aboard her to London, whence, alter
few days, he started for Liverpool and Cam
| home. n.
During his pilgrimage from Valencia MI
Dockray was provided with very anclen
italian passport made out in the name
Dominica Franchesoi. "aged nIsy-ssven. "a
few of the officials he encountered coul
read, did very good service. .:.,
Mr. Dookray has made clam o sRslnl ~
the spanish government of $lOO, 900 for fals
imprisonment-New York Wor1d.
Shorthaud Writer'S In tho Courts.