New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-25
THE SEIZURE OF THE HOGAN.
How'sHE WAS SUSPECTED And WATCHED
THE STORY OF A pErEcTIvE-wHAT SOME OF THE
MEN MENTIONED SAY.

Tho .ro Mary N. Hogan, which was seized on
Saturday by the United States Marshal on h tno
complaint of the Haytan I'M saa w aid the in
surcents of Mragoane, was towed yesterday from
pier No % TO Pier No. g. East River Il. " basses..
the Haytan Consul, had received information tIss
led HIM TO believe that an attempt was TO be maae
NV a marty of "rougbs" TO seize the Jug IA ~.
present position the boat cannot be TAKEN the case
of the Hogan is still engaging the attention Oh MI
Bassett. who states that he has testimony wn'd ha
viii substantiate his views that the Tug was " ~
sent TO the aid of the insurgents. .,,o.,od
on Saturday from her watch OF the hogah' .n 1ua s
is kept under close surveillance. besioes tHe tho
tom House officers who have been 1oiowllR .nI
movements of the Hogan and those coGn .ot;gs of
her, there is also Captain Whey aose from the
WiiIiam-st who has been on the case Iolu W. tho
start He Yesterday gave to TRIBUNE ,n
following account Of what he said was .he se0i0'
hsfPHTy 1i the Kenrpey of No. 4Oo sxtbave who
has desk room in the Coston Signal Once AZ NO 90
Safest has been acting as me OF Ki"aston
Tbev are the agents of the insurgents kearney
acted az the,r American agent in connection wtn
one Bushnell w Of iUI av Bushnell it
ia alleged. was implicated in plot 10 oVer.naom
President Solomon aud was dismissed Al shot in
while several of the conspirators were sao. ~
Hayti Afterward the friends OF those sno' ause
in rebellion. Soutard was INDUCED ,be !" rs Ss
to procure arms in New t s, :, H. claimed was
sent TO this CITY, and KearEcy bought OF neln, n
Roker a. Co of Duane-st, ammunition anu p ansps
These were sent by man p Tde and there
sh,nnned on the Tropic whose fate is known. Alter
this occurrence Keaney wrote TO soa'ara 70 iR
to this city, and here ss asor House Kearnsy
md ''a he were in communication. and
shall show , joS send %d her put II. a aa
of the insurrectionists. They looked around ior
several vessels ana tried to buy the @
soand IL this they a da MOT
vessel Of from seventy;five to eighty tons iheS
bought her of Michel Moran r5an Of 3ben NO. took ok
s ssp tS Astoria Go after placing her in
Command Of Captain Mccarthy, who was connected
with the Virginius during the Eupah rSnner dUr
ing the War; he came from New-Orleans AZ
Astoria the Hogans tanks were taken out, ana sne
own naval tenders, with side guard-rails and nd
matches fore and aft. all ready for guns TO he he
on her s m1 s the Vest
Another insurgent agent. Larigue Duquela,
came here, aud was in communication win THESE
tan apS spms SOutard suddenly from
the Aston House on June 20; since then ne mas peen
living up town. Meanwhile Mccarthy snlppeha asn
mate, lOquacious man, VINO ..i had M Geen
a, and tr0" the i0t capt a%Ss also shipped
engineer man who bad been fireman On o Ino
second and third engineers. The Hogan was com
pletely Oyerhauled at Wards shipy ard, Astoria,
under the Gretence OF lifting hsI out 10 raS S T%1
Kearney aud Soutard pretended TO- TO charter dasr
two three-masted schooners to take down
tn Ds eSnss1O a. condora of No.
was alleged to be the person who chartered them.
Soutard called at his office, as dd TWO meicnan,s
and Kearny mean lille sent word to the insurgents
SO we think, that the authorities OF the Umted
States were completely of the track ana were IOs
The is'N tug Hogan left Astoria on Wednesday
p Del Sa s'I Lackawanns and Western Railroad
Company, where she lay Tor 'hirty-sH hours anu
received her coal"
formation had been obtained, but he SAID that at
the trial. which was set down Tor august Q, II
would be shown that one OF tue cieVefesi
pieces of detective work on record had
been done and that Smor Soutard and
Kearney would be astounded at learning now they
had been surrounded. watched and circumvented
Consul Bassett stated that he knew thoroughly
the grounds of his evidences that he had not acted
until sure of these GROUNDS anu tnus s hn,u
MT Kearney was found in his office. No. 10 State
.t Heis "A commission merchant and occupies the
Cnmpany. L. A. Bushnell and MI Coston were
both present. Mr. kearney made TINS statement
" was in Mr. Bassetts o1ic. when he was United
States Minister TO Hayti. and subsequently was
the Haytian Consul at this port from 1o75-76 to
1879 Mr. sssett succeeded me IN 1nai V m COM
an, no" whatever can, whether 1t be ships,
or guns. anything else IN my ,mne,
Snne time ago 1 received an order for certain
nvmher Of guns from firm i'll Jamaica. l did nol
ask the persons who ordered them what they were
for / simply bought the guns Oh Herman BOXER .
had no idea for what they were intended. nae
no reason to ask Early an june received an or so
the nurehase of steam tug TO raise tns calvert,
s,s.mer sunk off Port Antonio by the Atlas steamer
AInin Photographs OF the sunken vessel ana mel
ant
MIR Kesrncy showed the pictures, representing
the masls and smoke-stack OF the steamer extend
inc above the water, and continued:
'"S nnrchased the Mary N. Hogan upon the orde
ora had her nut in the dock at Astoria TO be htte'
out The water of the Tunes rs SO nuch ste
Than IN this latitude that 1t was necessary to bit IN
Hogan for the service required OIL her anu hee
Condenser was put in. Mr.. Soutard himself cam
on here and supervised the arrangements. Ine f
Voc M secret in the matter. superintendent hon
rrts of the Atlas Line, knew an aboqt IL 50 az
Mr. CostOn and my friend Mr. Bushnell Any on
night have had full information about the matter
Vsf dining the time the Hogan was at Astoria W
were shadowed by detectives. They followed Nj
Soutard, as they also did me. we had hoSniEg !,
ronceai. however. / suppose that the Haytia
officials here were suspicious because ma
bought arms which, 50 1T proved. were intsndeu 10
the Tropic l have no knowledge OF that. Wei
HE Hogan was fitted out and was ready TOT sea o
Saturday last Ii IL nonsense 10 suppose tnat sn
was to be armed and sent out a. wal vessel; Sn
burden She carries sixty tons OF coal ana una
with her provisions and full outht is all that sil
can stand. 1 see reports tnat houinah gun Vac
he nut on her, aud such nonsense Sne could no
rarry any armament. Mr. Soutard, nnilng every
thing under way left the city for Jamaica and 2
is there now fol- all know, and the Hogan VIII To-
low him there as she gets her clearanc
so"ors How long will that be- Well, the matte
4 IN the hands OF lawyers. and the papers al
returnabIe on August7. The Hogan ought to prt
cesd To .sa at once. The Calvert will be injure
ran;dlv by the salt water she lies in. and della
onIy lessons her value. She was bought cheap an
there is money in the investment. Ii the Hogan
detained there will be loss, and some one Will nav
To nav good sum. Ii is of no interest TO me on
way OF the other. i think that time VIII sho'
some peculiar business in this inatter
Mr. BnshDell laughed at the idea that he himse
-. - a..s4hirlr 10 do with the nnrchase of Nh