Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-12
THE BOLD SAILORMEN.
THE ROBERT AND MINNIE's CREW
ALL ARRESTED.
None of the Prisoners Give Bail But Pilot
Dll-Few Developments In the Case
Yesterday.

The developments in the Robert and
Minnie marine sensation, yesterday,
were not of a startling character. The
seamen are unwilling guests at the Pal
lett mansion on the hill, and Captain
Tom OFarrell and George A. Burt are
by courtesy of Marshal Gard at the
Hollenbeck hotel with deputy marshals,
as guests. Deputy Marshals Tarble and
jenkins arrived from San Pedro at s 80
in the morning with Captain Tom
O'Farrell, Patrick Cain, the mate;
Claus Brederson, the cook, and the sea-
men John Welch, John Gabrielson and
Jem Orsmason. The men were brought
into the United States court on COM
plants which read as follows
That on or about the 9TH day of
May, 1891, and within the jurisdiction
of the United States and of the circuit
court in and for the southern district
of California, to wit: on the waters
withinthe limits of the United States
adjacent to San Clemente island, state of
California, did feloniously, knowingly,
unlawfully and wilfully fit out and arm
and procure to be fitted out and armed,
and was then and there concerned in
furnishing and fitting out and arming q
certain vessel, to wit: the steamer Itata,
with intent then and there that such
vessel should be employed in the service
of foreign people, to wit, certain in
surgents against the republic of Chile,
to cruise and commit hostilities against
the citizens of said republic of Chile, the
said republic Of Chile being then and
there a foreign state with whom the
United States are at peace.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 for George A..
Burt, Pilot Dill and Captain O'Farrell
I'm the cases of the seamen, bail was put
at $2500. Pilot Dill was the only one to
give bail, and the genial San Diegan left
for home yesterday afternoon.
The seamen were interviewed by
HERALD ,man last night. They take their
incarceration rather philosophically,
but think it is rather hard lines, in view
of the fact that they had nothing to do
with the tran saction.
''You see," said Seaman Welch, II
have been in the habit of taking peri
odical trips in the Robert and Minnie.
She has piled between San Francisco
and Humboldt for several years, and we
naturally thought that we were going to
dSdill. hltCl VIC SOb OuJSIQc,
the captain said that we were bound for
Santa Catalina. That is about all we
had to do with this matter. We simply
sailed the schooner"
The question arises j the Robert and
Minnie is liable, why are not the sew
eral railroad companies who transported
the arms across the country liable? Per-
haps the sorest man in the land today
is Detective Morse, who represented the
Chilean minister at Washington in this
matter. 1t was known to the minister
about two months ago that these arms
were to be shipped to the insurgents at
Chile. 1t is also reported that Morse
was retained to keep sharp lookout for
such a shipment. r-..-r
Nevertheless this, enormous consign-
ment of rifles and cartridges were sent
across the continent and landed at Oak
land, where they were put aboard the
Robert and Minnie. There was no at
tempt at concealment, yet the San Fran
cisco alleged detective failed to catch on
until rather late in the day, when he
turned up at San Diego under an as
sumed name-which fact was the next
day announced in the papers OF that
city.
Senator Trumbull, of Chile, the young
gentleman now at San Francisco inter-
ested in the success of the insurgents,
is Yale man and is a schoo)mate of
Mr.. j. d. Spreckels and of Colonel Fred
Crocker. He is reported to be connected
with. the shipment of the rifles and car
tridges on the Robert and Minnie. A
friend of the gentleman said yesterday ::
"The United States marshal was in
structed to seize the Robert and Minnie
on representations made that she had
arms and ammunition on board. Yet the
Robert and Minnie was seized and she
did not have any arms or ammunition
gitfeyent % asnect f ,o' on the s' case M II might
have been right to seize the RobertIand
Minnie with the arms on board, but 1
think the officials have exceeded their
Authority"