The morning call., 1892-07-21
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
The Secret Of the Hayseed's Trim
Fully Exposed.
Size Was Simply a Smuggling Tender-The
British Ship Maxwell wrecked-Ri-
valry Between Tcwboats

City FIVE or SIX weeks ago with a party of
I'VE ueasure-seekers, no little fun was
poked at his expense both in the Stockton
and the San Francisco papers. 1t will be
remembered that Gissler, having pToyisioned
his little lotion yacht here and taken out
clearance papers under the Costa Rcan
lag, set sail from here for San Bias, en-
route to CocOs Island. 400 miles off the coast
of Costa Rica. 1t was his alleged purpose
10 seek for an almost fabulous sum of
money, reported to be concealed on the
island since tie days of the Spanish bucca-
neeTs.
The general impression was that issler
and his companions would be cast away and
drowned long before they got to the alleged
treasure island, but an entirely new CON-
p.eXion has been put on the trip by the
rational and weil-connected story told by
Captain Perriman, who arrived here from
Santa Barbara yesterday.
Captain PeTriman, who is we'll known on
The city front. reports that he saw the steam
schooner Eliza Edwards, recently chased
and seized as a Smugsler, in company with
the yacht Hayseed Off Catalina Island. four
days after the latter had sailed from San
Francisco. Coupling this with the fact that
the alleged destination of The Eliza Ed
wards when she left Victoria was COcOs
Island; that she was known TO have large
amount Of opium on board when she left;
that some was found on her when she put
INTO San Diego, and that the Hayse ed had
disappeared. and it will be seen how well
grounded Is the suspicion that the Hayseed,
alias the Ada was merely the tender to the
Eliza Edwards. Small as the sloop is, the
raised cabin which was put into her before
she left here and which excited so much
criticism as a cause Of unSeawOrthiness,
would enable her TO stow away tens of thou
SANDS of dollars worth of opium without
suspicion, while her light dTaught of water
would enable her 10 run into any creek on
the coast Those who laughed al Gissler
ana his companions as ultra-QUiXotic adyen-
tuTers now give them credit for as slick
smuggling job as ever was carried to a sue
ceSSiul issue on the shores OF the Pacific.
" hat lends additional color to the suspi-
ci0n # the real nature of the Hayseed's
venture Is that three or four years ago the
same scheme was successfully carried out
right under the nose OF the customs officials
al this port. After j. II. Gerdes disap-
ueared from the saloon opposite the Mail
dock. where he carried On a systematic
smuggling business. broken up By the seiz-
UTe Of a big load OF opium in the care Of his
CoadjutOr, Dick Ahlfs, the venue was
landed from small coasters on the shores OF
brakes Bay, taken in wagons to Olema,
conveyed by rail to Sausallto and deposited
oni yacht III Richardson's Bay. 1t was
months before suspicion was aroused and
then the yacht disappeared. When it re-
turned aud was searched il drew two feet
Us water than before, but it was empty.
The yacht was rot the Hayseed, but Cap
tain Gissler viii not enjoy hls summer trip
10 the islands of the south or his laugh al
his critics any tie less because an old game
has been successfully worked in new wav,
This, at least, Is the verdict Of those who
affirm that the simultaneous inspiration
which led the Eliza Edwards to Leave Vie
toria ana the Hayseed to leave San Fran
cisco in search Of buried treasure on COcos
Island" IS something more than a strange
coincidence.
THE BI0NTsERRAT's TRIP.
When the cruiser Boston was coming up
the coast to eft at Mare Island Captain
Wiltze was instructed by the Navy Depart
ment 10 make a systematic search Of cer-
tain small Islands of the coast of Mexico,
On which, il was believed. there were some
survivors of the wreck Of tile brig Tahiti
The search was unsuccessful. The Tahiti
left this port IN October Of last year for the
Gilbert Islands on tie same errand as the
steamer Montsrrrat, which sailed from
here last April Tie object was 10 ship a
number Of Gilbert Islanders TO the coffee
plantations az San Benito, Mex. Theoret-
cailv, the islanders would be contract
laboreTs; practically they would be slaves.
The Tahiti is believed TO have had 800 OF
totally wrecked on The Mexican coast below
Manzanillo, and II was believed that all on
board persisted,
Leon Mastell, who recently arrived here
from San Diego, tells slightly different
story. He spent several months at Man
zanillO 10 the beginning Of the present year,
and while there heard story OF two ship
wrecked men aho were reported 10 be lY-
Ing q few miles from the town. He inter-
viewed them ana found that one was
- II,
stated that the brig capsized In q sQuall and
that only four persons got away IN a boat.
One Of these was woman, y no died three
days afterwald while tie boat was still at
sea and without water or food for those on
board. The three men were forced TO eat
portions Of her body to sustain life, and on
the tenth day Gilbert Islander became
Taving mad from drinking salt water and
plunged overheard. JOhannsen and his
companion, the other islander, cTawed
ashore is days after the wreck more dead
than alive, AMI we're cared for by the fish,
ermen.
The two men are confident there are no
other survivors, but II there be any the
Montserrat Will probably pick them up.
THE LOSS OF THE MAXWELL.
Tie British ship Maxwell is reported as
totally wrecked Oh LIVERPOOL bar in getting
out of that port, bound for San Francisco
with 200 tons OF coal consigned to Balfour
Guthrie & Co. for j. c. Wilson 81 Co. The
d
here before. She WAS 269 feet long, 80 feet
beam, 1914 feet deep, registered tonnage
1900 and fully insured. She was COM
manded by Captain Fraser, who is well
known here.
The steamer Noyo arrived from Fort
Bragg yesterday morning with large boom
raft IN tow for the Fort Bragg Lumb
Company OF this city.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's steamer UmatiIla arrived from
md FE.t4 FfQ oafa
day. She stopped at the outside
wharf in Victoria. Every member of
the crew and all the Victoria passengers
were vacenated at Seattle. and under these
circum stances the vessel was permitted to
dock and the passengers allowed to land at
this port ii was reported that there were
Is smallpox cases Isolated In the hospital at
Victoria.
LOST on THE NOVELTY.
II. Jansen, one of the crew of the four
masted schooner Novelty, which left this
port for Port Townsend on the 4th inst, re-
turned on the Umatilla with his arm in a
sling He was injured in trying to rescue a
comrade, William Quelch. who was men,
Der Of the Coast Seamen's Union and has
an aunt living on Sixteenth street, this city.
QUelch was swept overheard and drowned
while trying TO put out the port light.
Apropos OF the long voyage Of the Falls
Of Clyde, just arrived here from Calcutta
IL is stated the longest voyage between the
two ports Q68 days. was made by the ship
Iynton in 1876. and the shortest az days.
by the Prince Oscar in 1872. The average
time is 40 days.
The steamer Progress, which is one of
three now running here regularly from New
York by way Of Cape Horn, is now 80 DAYS
out ftom New York. A big cargo is await
ing here, as Captain jenkins Of the Mneola
had TO leave quite heavy load behind
when he sailed a month ago.
The largest American sailing ship in port
is the Shenandoah. 325S tons. There are
two British ships in port exceeding 5000
tons, namely, the DTumroch OF 1923 tons
md In L IL II frrrn