The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-15
oOooGo rNg MARSHAL.


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ssess .s 1~sses~sss~sal tAs Rsis~A
sAs Dskoo Cal. May s-Ths steam
ship EtatA which was seized yesterday
by The United States mar,hai getaway
last evening. taking . Unissd states
deputy mai .hai Who was on board
with her. she isft the hsrsor ., . liz
tie after ) o'clock Her departarc wAs
not wholly unexpected. ba, !, vas not
believed that abe would leave as som
Is she did About 5 S'cioek ,hc capt
aims gig. containing himself md Eve 81
the crrw. palicd cut from the foot Of u
street and a soon ~ IN. captain got cn
board the anchor ~as weighed and the
vessel steamed oat Of the harbrs.
The United States marshal VA. rs,
sware evidently that his authority Was
IN be diSrrgardci BY the captain cs the
EtatA for at the time u her sailing he
was In quest of the schooner Robert
and Minnie. which Graf, he hal been
ordered to take at sny port outside tho
jurisdiction of Mexico The vessel wAs
to be seized N n piraiscal craft
Thcr- il no doubt bu, the rites and
ammunition on bcarl ~ the Robert and
Minnie was intended foe the Gillian In
suryents and hat Tie calling Of the
Etasa NJ this port was for the Object of
procuring these arms 10 u definitely
known that communication PAVED h-~
tween the steamship captain and the
captain OF the schooner. Tho United
--F- AE- sAas
about midnight last nigh, with tho
news that the schooner hal rludrd him
There il no doub; now hu, that the
Chilians were determined Ia leave tha
harbor nj any cost Onc at the depaty
mar~hal> who was stationed at the
mouth of the harbor In n small BRAT q"
keep q lookout Says that when tho
E,ata passed put the pilo, was standing
between two armed ChiilAus while four
ramon guarded bow. boat and strrn.
lie also says that NJ least eighty armed
Chilians we're drawn up on the deck
ready for action. This fact shows that
while the vessel was In por, III. hal a
plentiful supply Of men. arms and am
munition. Daring her stay In port the
only arms displayed was one small can
non, while no more than sixty sailors
were NJ any time secn on her deck The
vessel on leaving th. barhor SHAPED her
course north and steamed In the dircc-
ton Of San Ciem-ntc.
rHE MATTER AT WARRINGTON.
WARRINGTON. May attorney Cen
erai Miller has made public the sub
stance of the correspondence between
the officials here and the authorities nj
Wilmington and san Diego, Cal, rclat-
ing to the in>urg~nt vessel Etata aud
the schooner Robert and Minnie.
The Etata II a Gillian insurgrut v~sr
sell Of iron build She carries four can
non and about 100 men. The telegram
mentioned . probability tina, the Rob
crit and Minnie would probably ~ Ia
San Clemsnt~ island and there transfer
her arms and ammunition Ia the E,ats-
Can you take the vessel on The high
seas without violation OF law Was
asked Of Secretary Tracy.
Yes sir" replied the secretary en-
phatically.
The escape Of the Etata raises impor-
saut questions Of International Law.
The Alabama claims which cost the
British government go. ooo. oco. aru.c In
q similar manner. through the equip
mcnt 81 a confederate vessel In an En-
glish port and the Supplying Of men.
guns and ammunition 70 her by British
r,s.