Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-07
GONE BACK TO JAIL.
Dom Pedro BeNoughG 30 Pardon
tho Convict who was Picked Up
ON n Raft

lew York World, August IL
Senior Salvador de Mendonca, |
he Brazilian consul, has received |
yord from Rio de Janeiro that
Emanuel Gomez de Silva has de-
ivered himself to the authorities
here. Silva is the mulatto who
,ame to this port on May 81, on
BOARD the brig Carrie E. Long, hav-
ng been picked up from a raft 200
miles off the coast of Brazil. When
picked up the man was naked, and
reduced almost to a skeleton; his
body was covered with salt water
sores. There was no one on board
the brig to whom he could make
himself ineligible, and his story
was not thoroughly understood for
more than three months, when an
interpreter at Pierreponts stores,
Brooklyn, engaged by a World re-
porter, made friends with him.
This was on May %. Then he re-
lated the details Of daring and
perilous adventure. He and two
others had attempted to escape from
the island of Fernando de Noronha,
125 miles from the eastern extremi.
ty Of Brazil, where they were galley
slaves. On the first day out his
companions were washed off the
raft and were killed by sharks. The
can Of water which they had brought
with them was also swept overheard.
He had been picked up on the
fourth day. During the rest of the
voyage the man showed himself
willing to work, and enlisted the
sympathy of the officers and crew.
After his full story had been told,
Captain Park reported the case at
the Office of the Brazilian consul.
He said that Silvia had entreated
him to permit him to remain on
the brig, but that he feared that il
the permission should be granted
he might thereby incur the dis
pleasure Of the authorities at some
of the Brazilian ports at whihh he
traded. Senior Mendonca replied
that he was prohibited by law from
assisting convict, and that in the
absence of an extradition treaty he
had no power to compel Silva to
return to Brazil. This was explain
ed to Silva, and on May 29th he
accompanied Captain Park to the
consuPs Office. Then he told q
more complete story than he had
told before. He said that he had
been sentenced toimprisonment fol
life, nearly eleven years ago, fol
the murder of white man whom
he had caught in the act of assault
ing his sister. The white man be-
longed to one of the most wealthy
families of Pernambuco. When
Silva was arraigned for trial the
| Jury had been drawn from amonS
the friends of the man whom hi
had killed, his own counsel fearing
to challenge any of them because
Eof their social standing. A yerdic
of guilty had resulted. Silva wa
induced to escape from a desire K
see his mother and sister, who still
lived at Pernambuco. He woulC
have been willing, he said, to hav'
returned to prison after seeing
them, but his desire, he felt, coulC
not be gratified he was now fur
ther from home than when In pris
on; and he wished to return t,
Brazil, even at the risk Of being
again sent to the galleys. The stor.
was a frank one, but Senior Men
douca expressed his inability to d
anything for the man until Sly
said that he should endeavor t
ship upon a South American vesse
and work his passage back TO pris
on. Then Senior Mendonca toll
him that he would merely imper
himself by doing that, but if h
wished to deliver himself yoluntar
ly to the authorities doubtless
, way might be provided for him
do SO.
II believe that the mans stor
was true" Senior Msndonca sal
=. yesterday. Gle was not an educl
3. ted man, nor was he ignorant. II
| must have known that had he bee
1 disposed to say that he had bee
. shipwrecked and that he had loi
: his passport, l would have helpe
= him to get work or to return as
+ free citizen. Instead Of that h
: came with a full confession of hi
n crime, and told it in such a straigl
e forward way that ] became sorr
A for him. l warned him that if
}. procured a return passage for hin
a | should communicate with I'll
authorities and that he would |
v arrested at Rio. He was entire
Ie willing that / should do so. The
d | told him that / would procure
o passage upon the City Of Paris,
,e sail on June G, If he would promi
ty to remain on the vessel until 81