The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-28

sharp lookout for any craft with niggers
on board, and seize her then and there.
l fell in with nothing, sir, for weeks and
weeks, and might NOT till now but for the
master of a cutter from New Providence,
who told me a rakish- looking craft, with
heavy spars and strongly manned, had
been driven northward by stress of wealth
er, and when he met her was trying to
beat back toward the Havana.
Suspicious description this, so l
cruised her course. 1t was still blowing
a fresh breeze from the south southwest;
but at daylight on the third day We
sighted her sailing on the wind She
must have seen us, too, for she fell away
at once, and went before it, cracking on
canvas and irving hard to give as the
slip. / went ahead full steam, and of
course ba1 the legs Of her. But she was
Z clipper, you bet, and gave US q long
chase. 1t was late i'll the afternoon be-
fore 1 oyerhauled her. WAL, we ran
within few fathoms length of her, and
hailed.
What ships that? Show your colors
and send boat aboard, L sung out on
the trumpet.
She ran up Spanish colors, but still
sheered off, and seemed anxious to avoid
close quarters.
Lie to, or I'll sink you, I shouted
again, and, as she continued her course,
ordered a gun TO be fred aero her bows
The blackguard now opened his Ior
and showed his teeth. He'd have given
me a broadside, but / ran alongside,
grappled and boarded him. The crew
We're at their stations; the Captain with
a drawn cutlass ready to show fight, but
he saw how strong We were, and caved in.
This Is an outr Sc on the Spanish
flag, he said, sullenly, in fairly good
English. You viii have to answer forit.
Il ran down with the quartermaste and
saw the tween decks. There was not Il
doubt of 1.-THE benches, the chains,
scraps of food, water gourds, all the
signs that tell the story of human .occu-
patton. But where were the wretched
beings that had so recently been cooped
up here in filth and utter misery? Then,
at least, they were alive. What had become
of them now?
Il returned to the upper deck, deter
mined to fathom this to the bottom.
Send all the hands aft l cried; and
when every man was mustered / made
them short speech. l told them what
l pected-that some black deed had
just been done-and l promised, in the
name Of the United States Government,
full pardon to any one who would
sneak out
They were as ugly lot as you ever
clapped eyes on, Mr.. Leslie-Spanish,
Greeks, Maltese, and mongrels of all ma
tions-black faced. 1nurderous-lo looking,
villains who would not 80 back upon any
bloody job. But my address touched
them in the right place, for it gave them
a chance of selling one another,
Half dozen chaps came forward and
more would have done 50, but that they
were too late.
You never heard such a story. It
sickened US maddened us. | believe my
fellows, if they had not been under disci-
pline, would have lynched the lot.
What had happened: What had he
done with them?'
Drowned them-two hundred and fifty
human souls drowned like blind puppies
in pond
But why, in Gods name?"
TO get clear of our clutches He
thought he'd escape us, that We should
have no evidence against him.
1t was the captains, this lriaIte S do
iug?"
Not entirely, although he was held re-
sponsible lie tried to shelter himself
under his instructions. Said his owners
had told him to make away with his
cargo,
Was that proved?" I asked eagerly,
seeming reason ..t last for Ynarte's
threatening Mr.. SarSfield. Who were
these owners"
"CoocL d Izquierdo We got their
names right enough. But what could we
Go against them? They were merchants
can law. Besides, the captains state
ment was never sUbstantiated: he could
not produce his Instructions.
Anyway, he did not escape"
faint likely. / took him and his ship
into Galveston with a prize crew on
board. They were tried before The Su-
preme Court for murder on the high
seas, found guilty
But not hanged, as they surely ought
to have BEEN
1t was not a hanging State, Mr.. Les
lie, 20 they got oil with imprisonment.
The captain vas put down for life, but he
seems to have got away somehow-es-
capped, pardoled.
Fate brought retribution to the end.
To be stabbed in the back with his own
clasp knife"
Was a death almost too good for him.
| am inclined TO think that the man who
killed him did good service to society
That would be a rather dangerous
doctrine TO publish, Captain Nerheyden,
l said, protesting; besides, IN this case
the murderer shared his victims crime
No, no, you must not say that; you are
not certain Mn. SUsheld was a party to
the massacre
There was a strong suspicion against
his firm, anyway, and If his conscience
was not sore. why did he 90 to such
lengths? 1.-The could have braved Yrartes
threats he need not have killed him..
You still charge him with the MURDER"
Can you doubtit, now that We know so
mucht"
I'd rather not stand in his shoes, that
much II allow. But YOU We got more to
do if you want to convict him"
His recent visit 10 Cadiz-"
All, if You can Woye that; but can
YOU
We went al over the points again one
10y one and while We were discussing the
case, detail after detail. irving hard to fix
our conclusions by logical proof, a waiter
came in TO tell nae that Ramon had call
ed and wished 10 see me without delay.
Well. you have something important
10 say / remarked. Whenthe guide came
in. / can SEE II in your face.
81, Scpor l nave found the chest.
where Then YOU know the man?
How did yoU manage"
One moment, Sir. The old woman,
after much pressing, let ont that the chest
was fetched away by a man"
You have his description: Out with
it. quick
BY a man. continued Ramon, deter
mined to tell the story his own way, who
came in a rowboat from Cadiz. l found
the boat and those who rowed it. They
tell me they helped to carry he chest on
/ board, and brought 1t back with the man
TO Cadiz."
But this man: Describe him. I in
sst.
lie was foreigner, speaking Spanish
not badly but still foreigner: not sail
or, although he tried to pass for one.
and was taken with ms chest 10 a sailors
/ lodging house near the quay. He was
/ looking ont for berth, he said, in q ship
/ bound for South America.
+ And he found oue.e
/ No one can tell: he disappeared after
/ the second day, leaving his chest behind
+ him to pay for his lodging. There was
I nothing III it except some old clothes.
( mOtN-pateu which must Ray. Ia in : d ..,.a