The weekly Arizona miner., 1885-05-22

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 mar, coiored refugee, and Juan Cortez,
 his wife, chlid and ssrrAus, together with .
 quantity of merchandise which Corte.
 claimed q his exclusive property. Adverse
 winds drove the vessel out ofits eourse, and
 at Corsez' request he put into port .,
 Grand Caymsn on December F. Through
 the medium of the American Consul set-
 clement was effected between Pelietier and
 Cortes by the former paying the ths latter
 q, 900 for the merchaDdss he claimed
 The William then proceeded to Port au
 Prince. Here the Ctew sit to the liquor
 on board while unloading the vessel, and
 became drunk and muiinsus. Binar fed
 ashore. Pelletier vas stopping st . hotel.
 Binar demanded money 10 psy his pa...ee
 to the Spanish Main, and upon Pslletiers
 refusing to give it to him he denounced
 hin to the Haytien authorities as pirate.
 This was the beginning of PeIleties's mis-
 fortunes. General Carrie, military gover.
 nor of the place, went aboard with party
 of thirty armed men and took possession of the shIp, only releasing her after several days, upon ihe peremptOry order of Presi- dent Geiirard. The next step was the pro-
 curing of sitidsvits from the sailors iu jxil
 fos the theft and uniting against Pelle.ier.
 Attempts were made 10 bribe others but
 failed. Finally the William cleared with
 out ballast for New Orleans. Not steering
 well Priletier put into Grand Iuagua for
 ballast. The United S.st-s Consular agent there advised him to proceei to Man. of-War Bay for if, which he did. While
 here gale compelled him to put to sea,
 with loss of two of his best anchors. He returned to Grand Inagus to land some lsborers he had taken to sea, where he ran his sessel on reef where it pounded eieh teen hours, losing her false keel and break. ing the fastenings of her rudder. He then attempted to make port of San Domingo. M.taking FUrt Liberty, hayti. for Puerto Plata, San Domingo, he entered, having hoisted : French flag for pilot. This proved serious error, for 1t ansered the French Consular when a sailor named Ma. randa, whom Pelletier had fogged, made ! his escape and denounced him for falsify- ing his nationality. Pelletier tried to es. cape but grounded on reef and was arrest. ed and his vessel seized. Ths French Con. i sul turned him over to the Hsy,isn aut hori- ties and was lodged in j.il along with his crew. He appealed to the American Con sular Agent, but was repulssd. He WAS then taken to Port au-Prsnce and court his old enemy Carrie sitting zs president. There ~as no testimony against him, and his case was referred to a com mission of five. which promptly decided that be had not been guilty of any violation of the laws of Hay,,.
 In August, 1861, Pelletier being sti,l in jail. enc Cano, of Carthagena, turned up md claimed the property tha. Pelletier had bought from CoTtes PeRe.ier vss put on rial again, but denied the jurisdiction of he court. The judge held the plea gocd, ~us ene Soeat eoeNe ScSsoSo HI a0SOS Oi Ju- isdic:ion, snd the ether judge was sent to ail.. Pelletiet declared tha. ,he testimony ,f three of his crew was seshtiat 10 him. These three were promptly srrested and onfned Ill jail. Pelle,ier then declined to aake any deiense. One of his counsel Tas sent to jail for referring to the extra rdinary means employed to convic, Pelie- fer, among them the abstraction of his hips papers Another of Pelletier's coun- el propoeed to show that Miranda, . witness gair.t him, had been convict and galley T lave at Toulon, France, but vas threaten d by the judge with imprisonment if he Id so. He withdrew. Pel,etier under lese circumstances was found gully of f tracy and sentenced to death. He was so sentenced to pay fine of s3,O0O to | ortez. On appeal the sentence of death t as commuted ,o five years imprisonment. C 'hile in prison he was taken sick and | an,fe.red to hospital. from which he q ade his escape by the help of the French c, d English Ministers on November II, o .63. e, Thus for nearly three years Antonio Pel- r tier, a reputable wealthy and enterpris- $ z citizen ot the United States. was sub P ct to the fou,est indigni,ie. and crueIties m hen first arrested he WAS double ironed ,; d placed in a cell, being first paraded :. rough the streets of Fort Liberty and u oned by the poPulace. When conveyed ca Cape Haytien and subsequently, 10 For, 10
 Prince ne was subjected 10 the will of cl, ael and iaHless mobs which stoned him. | cut hun with knives. The dungeon in lIch he WAS confined, shacklei and a'ned 10 an iron bar vas VI hou, light d was moldy, reeking with filth, and Tn.
 lied with vernin. 4. one time he vas len from his durgeon, fled to a tree and diers stationed in front of him with mus to- .s ic4ded. At another time . convict N ldeuned to death vas confined in his cn. Il. The Catholic Priest who attended D, ore day warned Pe,letier not .o ca, de P that day. \ bowl of soup vas passei sor 0 the cell. Pellet.er said he ~as not :,,, ugry and declined to eat i:. His com ion ate |; ravenoVsly and in three hour a dead man from ,he effects of poison A''' snded for Pelie;ier. The caoin boy of De William, Louis LegAlIin, refused ,o ses- Sel