Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-09

O'FARRELL'S ADIEU.
He Will Sail in His Little
Tub Tomorrow.
The Robert and Minnie Released
From Custody at Last.
A Document Which Will Aid to Con-
vict Burt and Trumbull.
Evidence That the Transfer OF Arms to
the Itata Took Place in the Southeast
Harbor at San Clemente-An
Eye Witness.

The now celebrated schooner Robert
and Minnie will leave the inhospitable
port of San Pedro some time tomorrow,
unfurl her rather limited amount OF can
vas and bear away for the north. That
is, Captain James O'Farrell intends to
90 tomorrow, and he will probably do
80 unless some insurmountable obsta-
Gle gets in the way in the meantime.
"I'll leave the bloody place if l have to
60 with three men," says the captain,
and those who know the sturdy old
skipper will believe what he says.
The schooner was released from the
custody of Marshal Gard yesterday.
Attorney George ]. Denis went before
Judge Ross, and on behalf of the claim
ants of the vessel moved that the bond
required for her release be reduced from
$4,000 to $500. The latter sum being
deemed sufficient to protect the govern
ment in case of confiscation, Judge
Ross granted the motion. The claim
ants later completed their bond, with J.
Frankenfeld and q. w. Hughes as sure
ties, and the Robert and Minnie was
formally released.
II the defendants in the other cele-
brated case now before the district court,
Messrs. Trumbull, Burt and O'Farrell,
make the plea that the transfer of rifles
and ammunition from the Robert and
Minnie to the Itata was made outside of
the jurisdiction of the United States, the
following receipt, given by Supercargo
Burt to Captain O'Farrell, will be very
valuable piece of evidence in the hands
of the government: q +R&
SOUTHEAST HARBoR,
San Giemente Island, U.S.A.,
May Z, 1891.
Received of Captain James O'Far-
rell - cases of rifles and - cases Of
cartridges, all in good order.
[Signedl GEO. A. BURT.
1t will be seen that this receipt fixes
without any doubt the exact spot where
the transfer took place, and it also
specifically states that the delivery was
made in the United States.
Marshal Gard has also dug up new
witness-an eyewitness of the transfer
who will swear as to the location of
the vessels when the Robert and Min
nie's cargo was put aboard the Itata.
This witness, who was not before the
grand jury, saw the vessels lying along
side OF each other inside the harbor;
and also saw the actual transfer, the
boxes in the schooner's hold being haul
ed up onto the steamer by the latter's
tackle. The work of unloading
the Robert and Minnie took from
8 80 p. m. on May 9TH, until about 4:99
q. m. May 8th. As soon as the last case
was aboard the Itata Capt. Silva Palma
called out, eleven knots an hour from
here to Acapulco" and the big steamer
slipped off southwark.
Marshal Gard is very skeptical as to
the good faith of the Chileans in surren-
dering the Itata. He does not believe
that, after going to all the trouble they
did in securing that cargo OF guns, they
have given them up without murmur,
especially as they had such good op-
portunity off Acapulco to transfer them
to the Esmeralda. The dispatches state
that there were only 5000 rifles on the
Itata when she arrived at Iquique.
What became of the other 5000 guns?