The Republican journal., 1882-08-31
Barratry.

Of late, instances arr more frcpu ntly COM
ing to public know ledge where vessels have
been Intentionally lost. OF Abandoned. for the
purpose of rccoN cring the los~ from the marine
uuierW ritrr>. In one notable instance. not
long ago, in our own port, il appeared that Il
vessels cargo had been cmbcIIltd-morc
literally. cheap materials were substituted for
bales of silk and hcmp-W which likewise con-
>ttutcd tlagrant act IF bHwatrN, if the state
mcnS can bc proved. >ulllN difficulty is rN-
prricnccd ilt proving the alleged crime, arising
from lack Of evidence, the Vessel having dis
appeared Thr latter GOES ID the bottom. or il
burnt, ~s:"M>ih!y Sc that s!i@ Shall NOT oMdm@,r
other vessel, which might come in collision. In
the cas- Of the Brig l.. Z. Cam, which recent
lN went ashore and was successfully gotten of
and toWcd into port. au@Il-holc~ found in the
bottom are said to have been bored. with crimi-
nal INTENT Another ease Of alleged barrutrl
of an extraordinary character. has iu>t been
disclosed from the depths Of Lake Huron,
which have kept the secret for fifteen wears.
The account runs thus:
In the autumn Of lS61 Capt. Waddcli was
III command of Il tirSt class schooner named the
Explorer. bound from Windsor TO the Man
itoulm Island. having on board Whiskcy and
mill machinery valued 1T SlN.0O0, and on which
there was heavy insurance. The vessel also
was well insured. The crew consisted of the
captain. two Seamtn and ahON On the 25th of
November the vessel was lost with all hands
excepting the captain He reported at the
Shing!e Shoals, five miles from Tobcrmory,
that she rolled partly over, di>placng the car
90. The captain ordered the men to trim ship.
and when they We're in the hold cndcavoring to
DO so, she again lurchcd and went down, the
captain having narrow escape from meeting
death with his crew. He eventually reached
the shore with u yaWl boat. This was tho tc-
port given by Capt. Wad,lell
Now for the sequel
About three weeks ago Can't. II. n. Pen. of
Il
t0ria, fitted up appliances for raising the En-
plorer, and proceeded to TobCrmory. After
commencing operations it was soon discover
ed that the vessels cargo instead of being
worth SlS.0OO was not worth five cents. The
vessel was lying in nntty-four feet of water
on sandy bed, and was in good state of pre-
scrvation. The bulwarks and other portions
of the upper part of the deck had been torn
away III previous attempts to move her The
divers found body halfway out of the com
panon way, the door Of the cabin having been
Wrenched open, evidently by the man whose
body was found. The matches We're spiked
down. On the matches being removed, and the
hold examined, the divers found that the cargo
consisted of about fifteen tons of stone, and
that twelve onc-:nd-a-half inch augur holes
had been made in the bottom of the vessel.
After six days labor the Explorer was raised
and pumped out"
1t is left for the reader 10 supply details
respecting the nature of the transaction. The
captain and boys, according to report, have
died. One thing is certain, according to the
authority from which this account is derived.
that the Explorer was scuttcd and the nsur-
ancc companies We're outrageously sWindlcd.
Barlatry, like inccndiariSm. is hard to prove.
but when detected should be visited by legal
penalties to the utmost limit. American Ship.
"Foong with IA threshng-machnc is not
pleasant pastime" says the indianapolis Journal.
''Thc liquor dealers are tritiing with the sover-
eighty of the people. 1t is a dangerous buSi-
ness, and they will find it such before they are
much older"