Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-16

the best % Il In being able TO work her
guns. In a short time however, the In
equality was restored IN u most singular
manner. The Alliance. which during tho
light had been standing oil. came up gcros.
the stern Of the Richard and opened lire
that did equal damage TO friend and Zoe.
Several attempts 20 warn the officers Of tho
Alliance failed. and after two or three dis.
charges from bcr guns Jones' men had TO
abandon two guns that they had begun To
fight again on the main deck. IL was DARK,
but the moon shouc. aud there were dis
tluyulshing marks that should have pr'-
vented this calamity. When u was over
the Richard began TO settle. The Alliance
hal added 20 her leaks By those ilIy.simcd
shots. The alarm spread among the pcc-
pie on the Richard TINT abe must coon 30
TO tho bottom, aud as an act Of humanity
u hundred prisoners that were In The lower
hold were released. They were put to work
AZ the pumps, but ono Of thcm escaped and
crawlcd through tho ports aud told tho
captain Of tie ScrIpia that the Richard
must soon yield. About this time aa un-
der officer 81 the Richard, missing both
/ Jones and hls lieutenant, who were with
/ the prisoners nj the pumps, called out for
, quarter. The Scraps uien sent over boarl'
Z cu 10 take the prize but these Nctu quick
/ ly rvpcllod The damage 10 the Richard
I had been 30 great that her enemy hnd goil
| reason 10 look upon her ~ prize, Tor be.
/ sides bnlng In q sinking condition she was
I on fire In several pluccA The bllrs q her
| hull on line with the guns " the Scraps
| had been cut away No that she looked like
| barge rather than n SHIP, and tho shots
passed through bgtween decks without
touching.
In the confusion that followed the un.
authorized cry Tor quarter from tho deck
of the Richard, Jones' sung out q denial
that reached tho ears Of the captain of tho
Scraps, and with a couple of guns hearing
directly on the mainmAst Of tho English
inAn soon caused that 10 totter, and once
more the tables were turned. The captain
Of the Scraps hauled down his c0lors with
bis own hands, HI, men refusing 10 expose
themselves on deck under tho pitIloss ilro
from tho rigging Of the Richard
The battle lasted thrco hours and a
half. The loss was nearly equal, about
$50 on u side, nearly half Of them Killed.
Tho Richard Ind about go men engaged
aud tue Scraps over 800 The peculiar cir
cumstanccl " the battle saved the crews
from annihilntlon, for In a fight 40 pro-
lunged at close quarters nothing short II
I
tho men nn tho Richard got out Of range NJ
the low Gre Of the gun, Of the Scraps cnrly
In the action and thnsc on the latter vessel
took shelter below 20 escape the shots from
the men In theTlg.ang and on the upper
deck Of the Richard.
Some hour, after the Scrars struck the
Richard sank, but not until her wounded
had been removed, Jones took his lleet
aud his prizes 10 Holland, aud the English
government promptly demanded from the
Dutuh government tho surrender Of The
daring Yankee Ms a pirate. Assuring d.
plOmatlc episode was the result, but com
promise was finally effected by which
France got the prizes, the Scarborough
and the Scraps, aud Jones was forced "a
put to sol. Through the Vaccinations Of
q faction devoted 10 English Interests thls
was done while whole fleet Of his cncmir'
was lying Ia walt N pounco upon HIN. IN
the Allianco-tho French captain having
been dismissed for his conduct In the com
bat with tho serapis-Jones sailed forth
eludrl the British sentinel ships, and 5000
reached French waters,
GKoRoE L. KILNEh