Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-08
DISREGARDED
The Authority Of the United
States Marshal.
A Seized Vessel Sails With an
Official on Board.

The Captain of the Steamship Etata
Steams Out of the Harbor at san Diego
with Armed Men Drawn Upon Decl,
Ready for Action-The Schooner Robert
and Minnie Esoapes-Chilian News.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 8.-The steam
ship Etata, which was seized Wednesday
by the United States marshal, got away
Wednesday evening, taking United
States deputy marshal, who was ON
board, with her. She left the harbor a
little after o'clock. Her departure was
not wholly unexpected but it was not
believed that she would leave as soon as
she did. About 5 o'clock the captains
gig, containing himself and five of the
crew, pulled out from the foot of II
street, and as soon as the captain got on
board the anchor was weighed and the
vessel steamed out of the harbor.
Surprise to the Marshal.
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 point outside of the juris-
diction Of Mexico. The vessel was to be
seized as a piratical craft. The marshal
and party left at o'clock for Point
Iona on a small steam launch The
party was heavily armed and with them
were four soldiers from the barracks
armed with rifles.
Charged With Piracy.
The marshal had been authorized by
the Washington authorities to take the
schooner, even on the high seas, under
the provisions of the neutrality and
piracy laws Wednesday the marshal
and party started for Coronado islands,
where the Robert and Minnie was last
seen, with the intention of taking her
into custody. She was sighted Just ont
side but when the craft containing the
marshal made in her direction the
schooner shaped her course southwark.
as if desirous of reaching Mexican wat
ers before being overhauled. The boat
containing the marshals party passed
the schooner about two and one-half
miles south of the international line,
fifteen miles southwest of Point Iona.
The tug got close enough to make ont
the name "Robert and Minnie, San
Francisco" which was painted on her
stern. The schooner had nearly all sail
set, but was so heavily laden that she
made but little headway. The move
ments of the tug, containing the mar
shals party. were closely watched by
the crew of the schooner The latter sue
ceeded in reaching Mexican waters be-
fore the tug overhauled her, and the
marshal returned for further orders.
Tor the Chilian Insurgents.
There is no doubt that the rifles and
ammunition on board of the Robert and
Minnie was intended for the Chilian in
surgents, and that the calling of the
Etata at this port was for the object of
procuring these arms. 1t is definitely |
known that communications passed be- |
tween the steamships captain and the |
captain of the schooner. The United |
States marshal arrived at this port about |
midnight Wednesday night, with the |
news that the schooner had eluded him |
Determined to Leave at Amy Cost.
There is no doubt now that the Chilli |
ans were determined to leave the har- |
Dor at any cost. One of the deputy |
marshals, who was stationed at themOuth |
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 both bow and stern. He also
says that at least eighty armed Chiiians
were drawn up on the deck ready for
action This fact shows that while the
vessel was in port she had plentiful
supply of men, arms and ammunition.
During her stay import the only arms dis
played was one small cannon, 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 direction of San Glenn
ente.