, 1889-12-19
A. Shipwreoked Mariner Who
Lost His Wife.
SHE WAS FALSE TO HER VOWS.
Though He Was Wrecked In the
Arctic, He Returned With
a Fortune.

l. l.. 4. -.
ms wile niarr'ed 70 "no'l,er man p"y.e
nao homesteadeu tract Vi isho ncar
Linden, and being desirous OF perfect
ing his title, left for San Francisco,
where he invested all of his ready money
with y II Frank q Co. leading tan
no.,.,,, - ,i,n pooisc co,st In the
Inen va '"o e s,,u1 a,,, e..
schooner mo- Whicn was h.'eu ou' ioi
whaler and sent into the Arctic ocean
on whaling cruise, with Baync in com
maut. and Twenty-Five seamen. Cap
tain Ravne wac mnrr;ed To Nettie S.
Var,a,,a,,s. H. a.".,h,aro ~ Ne,bo-
'"""o'e 'eH'ei, 'ho u"uS''''' Va
oist minister IN lulare county, 'a''' III
1873, ana his wifes family CAME W
Washington shortly after Bayne had
taken mn his residence in Whatcom
county. Rev, Mr.. Vandeveuter was O
minister of the gospel around Seattle
and Kent for many years, until his re-
cent transfer 10 Winnemucca, New.
When Captain Bnync left San Fran
cisco in April, 1887, for the Arctic ocean
ne arranged to supply ms wne WIN pro-
naw o',S H. a"t Wa ,anus mm',s s,ha p pe"usst oi
Cantain Ravne emnloved n Young Cana
dian named William j. Forbes TO look
after Baynes ranch and cultivate tue
crops under tue supervision Oh Mrs,
2ass 22as ~ &C. ne iu..er mu1 , uc.m iu n,,i I'd 4
ennearancss sas rslig;o,,s,v deyoted to
her husband. As the long, weary
months rolled by an extended past two
years and no news was received from
the schooner lno, ana inc constant s,te re-
potts rom tno Mrc,,J ot m'ay ary,dnaif,. nix
lel into The LelieG hv Forbes Who had
succeeded in winning Mrs. Baync's af-
fections, that her husband was either
dead or had deserted her. lhey wcnt TO
l,ruhBehess anu "ere in@rrieu ''' VIC io''
Vi FnsSo Snst 0',ouea' ,,n oo,h.,o,,rsd individ-
nal and was endoayoring 10 have Mrs
Bayne prove M her property as an
ab.sndoned ,Yifa
me hospANo.
bayne arrived III the hrcuc seas III
July, 1887, and during the summer
cruising he was very unfortunate, not
canturing n sin,le whale. He was ashore
ona da,, ill., bn bod os,oblishod n
w "y ~
supply station Whci' = STORM 'aiio up
ana the schooner mo was totally
wrecked.
EVERYTHING was saved, including the
casks 6reapms ammunition stores
,o,Is a,d c,r,,i,,ro ''rrhis v,os ,oor
,oo'S u anu 'u'',i'uie' n's "aa na
ioiht barrow, the most hortheriy Poih'
Of land on the American continent.
The shipwrecked crew commenced
whaling from the shore and during the
srn,nor con,urod twelvs whales which
-, "a, ~ sto 600 u.."rni hnn
le''ou Pio"V VI r'-,VVy' N
ueu "a'u' 49, s
were 'anei, e "h'en '''eie"seu viz p'o"'S
"DUu' ,U F-o'V"
ihe co,o'y o' shipwreeNeu sa'iors
W. ooii,or'ao'y nouseu euri'is 'ne 'wo
"nm'eis .noy weie III e'e A,o',o Ies'o"s'
ne seeono su'"'e, 'ne 'nu'aps no''-
noa oeu n ~ haocS IkS ~ n'i,as s,,ts ~,
thirty miles north of Cane Lisbon. The
vein of coal was nearly forty feet in
diameter and was developed by Bayne
and ten men during. the summer. lie
proP9seu 10 ie.urn at son'o iu'uro time
~ On tho cYpcnins Mn nf Octoher q ,ho vbo,-
inp bark Little Ohio was wrecked near
where the schooner Ino was lost, and
out of forty souls only nineteen were
saved.
me colony now nun oerea Iorty-nve
peU; ,nr;ns az frost Al gar ax,ra f,nn TIA
remained there until last .July. when
the revenue cutter Thetis found them.
Enough provisions were left behind
until the hehs could SEND word TO the
SmneIs ., ot,e ~ieoSfu NJ sonoot'er mo III
steamer Wfiiiam Lewis to bring dow
the shipwrecked mariners, the whale oil
and iurs.
A SAD RETURN.
Captain Bayne returned to the bay Oc-
tober 81, four days after his wife was
married in Dungeness.
After settling with his owners he
found h;ms.ls worth no,rIy con 900 IIo
Ios, y, nncs cor W;n,an,,,cnn Va,
' q. ~ ~ i'".inuo'', -eN''
where the REV. VandeVehter Is residing,
expecting there to find his wife aud two
children, u girl and boy, aged respect
iyelv o and wears. Instead tho family
u,aro ,,o.,noost ,,;,h oorro,,, as tba,, h,1
~ ,, w ".n "o 10y ''"o
recei'eo ie''er 'ne previous uay rom
thoir daughter IN fori townsend, VINO
said she had married Forbes and did not
want her former husband, if he ever
turned up alive, to see her again.
49, M p'"oo'
ms cnse u, 'se nanus.oi jugs hoger o.
Ireene. lie then proceeded TO what
com county. where the records showed
that Mrs. Bayne had secured a divorce
from him on the ground of willful de-.
..r,,o,, o,d rer,saI IN rro,;da NJ.
..o. su'., anu W. pioe. 'no
aiiegat'ohs were suostahtiated py
Forbes.
A warrant was sworn out for Forbes
arrest last Friday at Whatcom before
Judye Williams charging hin, viii
odniterv IT, wos oornod tha, ,ha,,,',,,a
uuy. ,..', ~ "aI a', .eu,eu u.. ',,", '!e eouPle
were iVihg IN 'his CITY, ana that bayne'
under instructions from Judge Greene,
came to TINS city and enlisted the assist