New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-18
A FRUITLESS SEARCH.
NO ARRESTS ON THE sCYTHIA.
THE PASSENGERS CAREFULLY sCRUTINIzRD, But M
ONE FOUND ANSWERING THE DESCRIPTION O,


TILE SUSPECTED MEN.
The elaborate preparations made under the IN.
structons of the Government for the interception
OF the Cunard Line steamship Scythia upon It's ar
ryal at this port, and for the detection
and arrest of the supposed assassins of Lord
Frederick Cavendsh and Under-Secretarv
Burke should they prove to be on board the vessel
brought forth no fruit. The steamer was boarded
yesterday. ard thorough scrutiny made Of tho
Storage passengers. No persons were found how
ever, who answered the meagre descriptions Of two
OF the supposed murderers which were sent on IN
the authorities here by the British Government
The Scythia was due in New-York " ednesdav.
That night Quarantine aud Sandy Hook were made
the basis OF operations by the revenue cutter
Dexter and the army boat Chester A. Arthur
which were specially detailed for the work On
board the former vessel were Chted States Marshal
Henry +. Knox and Deputy Marshals Ward t. IIor
ton n. NJ. Curtis and Is. g.. Jayne. Lieutenant
Tozier had command of the Chester A. Arthur. To
her were attached Deputy Marsha Is Il. Knox John
Il. Dowley, Frederick Bernhard and George j.
Brooks. these officers a-o were assisted by g. s.
Hotchkiss, OF Pinkerton's Detective Bureau. who
bad been called upon as an expert TO assist in
recognizing the assassiDs from mere description
During Wedn, sday the Chester A. Arthur piled
between Sandy Hook and the Battery, carving
messages from Marshal Knox to the British Consn-
lar officers in this city She kept her revenue ser
wee coors concealed for the purpose of preventing
suspicious as 70 her mission. About | 1880 p. m she
laid up at Quarantine III order to intercept any
sci which might elude the vigilance of the Dexer
IN the fog, which was little thick of shore. Tho
Dexter kept at Sandy Hook the lookout for the
AT Quarantine on Wednesday night the efforts Of
the revenue officials al conceament seemed to have
injected the very air with mystery Ielegraphc
communication between Fire Island ana Quaran.
tine under the surveillance of Marshal Knox.
1t feared that, should the Irish assassins really
be on board, their sympathizers In New-f0rk, If
they heard of the arrival of the Scy lhia would dis
patch tugboat down the bay 10 pick up the men.
should they choose to risk escape by Jumping
overheard. The telegraph operator at Quarantine
had been well drilleu and he expressed Ignorance
of Id % A
UNE reporter was telegrapblng tie TACT
nOunced III THE TRIBUNE yesterday morning.
There was some suggestion that the Dexter
might board the ScythIa before the Health
Officers at Quarantine had passed her, aud, If tho
suspected persons were on the vessel secretly iake
them to Newly ork. The revenue officers GAINED
to have the authority 10 doso but n WAS concluded
that search, except IN broad daylight might DO
too hazardous and cause the men to be over Oohei.
The shadows Of nlght were beginning 10 merge
into the cool gray OF the morning YESTERDAY when
the Scythla hove anchor from outside the bar and
steamed up the harDOr The booming OF the Gov
errors Island sunrise gun had hardly been
surrounding hills when the steamer reached
Quarantine, and the Chester A. Arthur. leaving her
mOOrlngs. steamed 10 the Scytlla side. captain
Murphy Of the CunarI steamer, readily acqulcsued
III the proposed search of his vessel The scy
deck was crowded with passengers. The Dexter
ABOUT a. H., showed uer Taklsh cut III the Nlcln-
ity, and small steam launch brought Marshal Knox
and his assistants to the side OF the fcytha
tor a transfer on board. Assistant Healtl-Oflcer
Mccartney reached the steamer before III. Smith,
the Quarantine examiner, whose boat was actively
fitting anon. the other new arrivals, and pro-
ce.sOn OF the steerage passengers along the port
side OF the deck was begun. Marshal Knox and
his corps OF deputies carefully scIuiinllcd tho
motley crowd that thronged past, uut the must
eager gazing discovered no face or hgure mat an
sw cred to description of the suspected assdsslns.
Before the review Was bali over Dr. smith climbed
on board tue Scy ha and qulchly required that 1t
should DC begun again and hat the male PASSENGERS
should remove Their MATS "a, tney passcu the gioupOt
The Inspection over the ccy tina steamed
up 10 her dock III the North River, accompanied by
the revenue marine vessels. The OONcfnincnt
officers remained with the Scyha, informally pdr-
SUNG their scrutiny. The steamer had ~ s.eeidge
passengers, Of whom only 1913 had sailed from
Queenstown where the supposed iugltlYes must
have beea taken Oh board. hree cabin passensefs
were sh pDed from Queenstown, but OF the lhn0-
cence OF these the Government officials were per-
fectly satisfied. a second formal Inspection OF tho
steeIage passengers when they lanued and another
when they were transferred from barges at Castle
Garden discovered no person whose arrest "ouIu
be warranted.
Marshal Knox, cOnversing with a TRIBUNE re-
porter, expressed himself convinced that the
Dublin assasslns had not lett Ireland Oh mo
Scy ,hia lie said That lie had hardly entertained
idea that they had when he stared on his ms
sion, but lac considered 1t matter OF Wise preoau-
ton to have had the search undertaken lne Mar
snal adued that he had only received instructions
from the Government 10 i'll ercept anu scIutnIle
the Scythia. That work beng done, he would
await further instructions, but III the meantime ho
proposed to attend 10 certain ptlVate ma tiers. ne
lett Deputy Marsuals D0wley ana Bernhard On
board the Scytnla 10 make SURF lbdl no pclnOu
was concealed there. The JIarsnai EXPRESSED hln-
self rs satisfied tnat there was no maj stceraSo
passenger of the Scythla disguised as Il wonan
Lieutenant loZIer said that all the yesses leaving
Irish ports since tine Scytnia sailed had been IL
specIed by the British authorities. lie took hI5
the revenue marine colOrs OF the Chester
A. Arthur about noon yesterday ana started Tor
hIs home IN Brooklyn.
A runOr started late yesterday TO the elect
that a person answering the description or
one of the SUSPECTED 1ugItlves had Is, dped from
the Williams X UulOn steamer lscOnsn, winch
arrived III port WIN the Scy Una. In TACT, mo
Wisconsin sailed from Liverpool on the morning OF
the DuOlIn murders Il SUPPOSE tnat story Originate
ed from JOke," the Guion Line agent SAID.
htile back dog was landed from The Nlsconsln
and Some wag cried out: There goes one OF those
Irish teTleIs'"
The Dexter, after following The Scythia up the
North River, soon returned and went down the bay.
L. was auLhOrtaiIyely stated that she went 10 sea
AGAIN with orders 20 intercept tdcE
Incoming European steamship. captain
tengar. of the revenue cutter Grant, stated maj
Lieutenant TOzIer 10 remain behind and
not accompany his own vessel up the SOUND. hen
the Grant was going up the East klver yester-
uay her movements we're closely watched. IL Was
learned that SIG n;lu gone To Gieenport, l.. l., toOo
painted. , ,..t,
lac British Consul-Genera Z. NJ. Archibald,
sad 10 TRIBUNE reporter that he had no lhIoiiha-
uon 10 impat With regard 10 the elIOIts 10 secure
the Irish assassIns should they DE dlscOFeieu ou
board any OF the ocean steamship Q.