Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-22
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Baltimore suH, March 10
One Of the most remarkable instances
Of alleged baFratry that has been
brought 10 light here In 3 good many
yeaFs Wa developed yesterday, Q Brit
ish bFiganline and her whole cargo Of
coffee being represented 10 have been
appropriated" by q passenger, in col
lusion with her Captain and crew, aud
brought here TO be sold. The British
brigsntine Alexis, Capt. George Will
liams. reached Baltimore on March 7,
from Porto Cabello, VeneZuelA, with L..
ST. bags Of coffee, Weighing sos, 535
pounds, and S22 hides. j. +. Kinnear,
an Englishman, about IS years old, OF
good address, with q colored servant,
came as q passenger. KlnneAr repre-
sented that be owned the cargo, aud
said that he had been travelling in South
America for his health. He said be
bought the cargo for q private venture.
and believing the United States offered
q better market than could be found In
Europe, be concluded 10 come TO
Hampton Roads 10 search of pur.
chasers. Before ordering the vessel 10
Baltimore he came here from Hampton
Roads, and for a day OF two negotiated
with coffee buyers, al length arranging
with Messrs. Eugene lowering & Co.,
coffee importers and jobbers, to buy
the cargo from him or sell II for him.
When the brig reached port she enter.
ed at the Custom.house, bul her papers
we're In some respects Irregular. The
manifest, on 9 rOugh.looking piece OF
paper, read that the cargo was shipped
by RivRs Il Velasques, Of Porto Ca.
bello, and was consigned to j. F.
Kinnear, and that she left Porto
CsbellO January 81. The coffee and
hides were stored in 9 warehouse on
Fell's Point, and the vessel went TO
Canton for ballast. In the meantime
doubts as 10 the regularity Of her pa
pers were not allayed, Kinnear had
asked Messrs. lowering 10 advance
$50, 600 cash on the cargo, but the firm
held the request under advisement. II
was found no brig named Alexis was
In any maritime record, aud a telegram
to the Canadian Minister Of Marine
Affairs ELECTED the reply that Hope.
we'll, Nova Scotia, from which the pa.
pers said the Alexis sailed, was not q
port OF register. This confirmed the
suspicion that there was something
wrong, and attention was given the
matter by the British Consul, Collector
Thomas and others, with a view TO IN.
ravel the mystery. kilograms were
sent to the different points in Europe
and Canada. Kline r and Captain
Williams, finding on. their scheme was
in danger of exposure, left The city on
Monday. The two Mates, four seamen
and the Steward, some of them color.
ed, had left two days before, and yes
terday It wa discovered that every one
connected with the vessel had disap'
peared.
Mr.. r. q. Hayes, ship.broker, re-
ceived q dispatch from Mills & Co., Of
81. John, N. B., owners Of the British
brigantine Alice, stating that che had
been chartered 10 take q cargo Of ooGe,
from Porto Cabello, and Il was doubt,
lees this vessel was In the port Of Bal,
timoFe. Next Il was found out that tn
Alioe's cargo was destined for Ham
burg, Germany, and kilograms sen
there brought back the Information tbs
the cargo was owned BY several Ham.
burg mercantile arms, 10 Whomit haC
been shipped from Porto Cabello, snt
that II was insured In Europe for 1872,
900, gold, The name Of the Alice
wherever it appeared on the vessel
had been erased and "Alexis" substi
tuted. Even the tonnage designation
had been cut out where Il was brand
ed, and 1876, the correct tonnage
changed to 203. The regular ~clearanc
papers with which che left Porto "a
bello had been destroyed, aud a falls
set made out in the name Of the al
, exis," with j. +. Kinnear as owner 0
the cargo. These papers bore Il
stamp OF Rlvas & VelasQuz, aud wer
probably obtained In blank at Port
} Cabello, Kinnear stopped al a ltadin
hotel here, and in his haste 10 get ava
he left his colOred servant behind, an,
The latter has fallen into the hands O
The police. lie says he has been tn
body servant of Kinnear for tw.
years. The British Consul yesterda
. placed walchman in custody of tb
brig, and she is held TO await idenlif
cation. Messrs. lowering, Il is under
stood, advanced Kinnear $1,000, but re
fused 10 buy the cargo or sell 1t o.
commission until be had identities
himself ss the owner. As the affai
has turned out, the owners OF the car
60, and also Of the vessel, will not b
large losers, as both are held intact.
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