Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-14

4 Gillian Insurgent Vessel After Being
Captured clips Aw.y-Import~nt Ques-
lions Of International law Raised
SAN DIEso, Cal, May a-The steam
ship Etata, which was seized yesterday
by the United States marshal. got away
last evening. taking q United States
deputy MAI shall who was on board
with her She left the harbor at q lit
tie after o'clock Her departure was
not wholly unexpected, but it was not
believed that she would leave as soon
as she did About o'clock the capt
aims gig, containing himself and i've OF
the crew, pulled out from the foot of III
street and rs soon as the captain got on
board the anchor was weighed and the
vessel steamed out of the harbor.
The United States marshal was not
aware evidently that his authority was
to be disregarded by the captain Of the
Etata, for at the time of her sailing he
was in quest of the schooner Robert
and Minnie, which craft he had been
ordered to take at any port outside the.
jurisdiction of Mexico. The vessel was
to be seized as a piratical craft
There is no doubt but the rifles and
ammunition on board of the Robert and
Minnie was intended for the Gillian in
Etata at this port was for the object of
procuring these arms It Is definitely
known that communication passed be-
tween the steamship captain and the
captain of the schooner. The United
States marshal arrived at this port
about midnight last night with the
news that the schooner had eluded him
There is no doubt now but that the
Chilians were determined to leave the
harbor at any cost One of the deputy
marshals who was stationed at the
mouth of the harbor in a small boat to
keep a lookout says that when the
Etata passed out the pilot was standing
between two armed Chilians while four
cannon guarded bow, boat and stern
He also says that at least eighty armed
Chilians were drawn up on the deck
ready for action. This fact shows that
while the vessel was in port she had q
lentiful supply of men, arms and am
munition- During her stay in port the
only arms displayed was one small cam
non, while no more than sixty sailors
were at any time seen on her deck. The
vessel on leaving the harbor shaped her
course north and steamed in the direc-
! ton of San Clemente-
THE MATTER AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, May s. -Attorney-Gen-
eral Miller has made public the sub
stance of the correspondence between
the officials here and the authorities at
Wilmington and San Diego, Cal, relat-
ing to the insurgent vessel Etata and
the schooner Robert and Minnie
The Etata is Gillian insurgent YES
sell Of iron build She carries four can
non and about 100 men The telegram
mentioned a probability that the Rob
ert and Minnie would probably go &c
San Clemente island and there transfer
! her arms and ammunition to the Etata-
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-
tant questions of international law.
The Alabama claims, which cost the
British government $50. 000, 600, arose IL
a similar manner, through the equip
ment of confederate vessel in an En-.
| glish port and the supplying of men
guns and ammunition to her by British
/ vessels