The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-03
TROUBLE ABOARD.
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Some years ago ran an old schooner oat oi MoDiie Sne VAS q sGfiass Ts ssffs----- not more than | 70 tons burden-and had originally come from some northern port. called her the Euta~. and made many profitable runs along the coasts of the gulf: and two or three times l doubled the eapes of Florida.
 While we lay at Mobile taking Tn load for New Orleans. two of the most desper- ..:e villains in Alabama were apprehended Their names were Adolph Leroy and Mat, V'lckers. and they had committed a good many robberies and more than one murder in the country between the big rivers. They were lodged in the jail at Mobile, and as soon as they were thus secure the evidence came in against them fast and strong the number of burglaries and highway robberies they had com mi,ted was almost beyond compute, and a, least five murders were fastened upon them. But one morning il was found that the prisoners had escaped. and those who had been so free to testify against them turned pale when they received the inform ation, and turned away in mortal terror \ reward of s 900 was offered lbI kHClI fCNaplIIC. Oi ~-.IOo ioi OuC Ot ;hem. But they were no, to be found. No one had seen them. and no traces of ,aem could be discovered.
 On the second day after the escape of ,nese rascals was ready to sail. and got ender weigh about 0 clock in the after noon. My crew consisted of only my self and two sons. Stephen and ohm. S,ephen was 70 years old and lack IS, and they were both oi them stout. rugged Doys. Our runs were 8 short and our eraf, so easily handled that found this io be crew enough: though very ire quenily took one or two more hands But on this occasion we had promise of a quick. fair passage. and we three con- eluded 10 run her through. We had a fair wind for start. and run down the bay al good rate, opening the passage between the Dauphin and Mobile Point d little after 6. We were just passing the lighthouse, and had the helm. when sung ou, for the boys to stand by the sheets Stephen went to the main sheet, but didn't see aek. waited a few minutes, and then sang out again. Pres entity the boy came up from the fore peak. but instead of going to the shee, he came aft, and was just going to tell him to go back to the fore-sheet when discovered iha, he looked kind O startled and fearful.
 "Wha, IS i,:'' says 1. forgetting the sheets for knew tha, when one of my boys showed quivering lip, there was something more than ordinary to pay.
 He pu, his fingers to hts lips. and told me to speak low. '' or" sad he we ve oo, ah
 Ha-runaway niggers - says l.
 Not q ii,e so simple" returned lack. with a dubious shake of the head We've got two villains aboard
 What two:'
 Leroy and kickers
 .Ge, out said !. thinking he mus, be joking.
 Father" sad he-aud when he spoke !" father in that way knew there was nothing but sober seriousness in wha, was to come after it-"l tell you they're aboard this schooner. They're in the hold. choek for'rd and. what's more. they mean to come out when we ge, well outside I've heard i, all =
 l steered straight ou, and listened 10 lack for l knew i, mus; be as he said. We had no fcrecastle parted otf from the hold, as all of us that ever wanted passage had plenty of room in the cabin but VIC had fore-peak parted of, ehock in be- tween the bows. where we slowed all rigging and tar buckets and such kind of stuff. While we were running down lack had gone into this place to pick ou, some rope yarn. and as he found an easy seat upon an old sail. he sa, down there. with his back against the bulkhead, and be- gan to unlay piece of rope for the yarns. He hadn't been at work great while be- fore he heard noise among the boxes in the hold. and after listening a few minutes he knew that somebody was in there. He knew i, could not be either ST Stephen, for he had heard us both on deck so he thought it must be nigger. Presently he heard voice and then an answer. There were two of them-znd they were white men. too. lack sat as still as mouse, with his ear to the .hin bclkhead, and he could hear nearly all tha, was said He soon discovered that they were two villains who had escaped from the lock-up in Mobile, and tha, they meant 10 kil, us and throw us overheard as soon as we got outside and then make . run across the gull to Cuba