New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-17

some time, / would have q chance of
getting assistance and be able to
return and secure the schooner, pos
sibly before they had time to unload
her, and certainly before they could
get away from the port. Upon this
decided, and laid my plans accord
ingly.
In the first place, must cripple
the vessel as far as possible, to pre-
vent her being taken away immedi-
ately. | found monkey wrench in
the cabin, and set to work to detach
her steering gear. / managed to get
the wheel off, which I threw over
board, and dislocated the rest of the
apparatus, so as to render it COM
pletely unserviceable for Il little
while at least. Either the strength
or stock ofrock ammunition of my
assailants had become exhausted, and
for q while there was suspension
OF hostilities. OF this lull / took adj
vantage and wrecked in every posi-
BILE way tackle and rigging, so that
if after ] left the craft an attempt
was made to run her out to sea it
could not be accomplished without
considerable delay.
After [ had carried my work of
destruction to a point when I
thought it ceased to be further nee
essary in the eyes of the law I began
to think OF my departure, which
must be commenced as early after
darkness closed down as possible. I
got everything ready, oars mufHed,
and lantern hung upon deck, that
they might be more likely to thiuk I
was keeping watch after I had left
the schooner. Before stepping from
the deck into the boat / fred two
shots from my revolver into the air,
to let them see was still alive, and
then quietly showed off from the side
OF the vessel farthest from the shore,
and commenced my pull along the
coast toward the nearest house,
which / knew to be about five miles
distant. 1arrived there, and at once
making known my mission secured
horse and buggy and drove with all
possible haste to the nearest town,
about fifteen miles distant, where
knew there was a tugboat to be OBJ
tanned
was not long in securing the SER
vices of this craft, and the assistance
OF four we'll armed men, whom I knew
| could rely upon in case we had to
fight. The tug was soon putting her
way toward the point where had
LETT the schooner, which we reached
the following morning about day
light. As we steamed around the
point we could see that the smugglers
had taken possession of the vessel
and were landing the cargo upon the
beach. Running up alongside we
made fast and jumped on board
The captain and his gang commenc-
ed to show fight, but the sight of
our revolvers, five of them drawn in
battle array. quoted the fighting
propensities of the pirates, who, how
ever, when they saw us manning the
wlndlass to raise anchor, were dis
posed to resist, but concluded not
to.
As we tripped the anchor the cap
tain, who still remained on board
with six or seven of his crew, asked
us if we were not going to put him
on shore, to which I replied no
that we intended taking them
around with US, prisoners.
By this time the tugboat was puff
fng away ahead of us, when sudden
" We heard a splash, and looking
around we saw the captain and his
crew swimming for the shore for dear
life. From this out we were unmo-
Tested, and, after few hours sail, 7
had my hardly earned prize safely
srcured at the wharf beyond the
reach of the pirate captain and her
piratical crew, with the Queens
broad arrow" fastened to her mast.
Commercial Bulletin.