Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-15
AN ISLAND TRAGEDY.

low and IH wholly uuNruEfHNHN from tho
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oT e,in,o leland ono nisbf Ts.t on the
an In tbo eeupsry n na8.hfr officer
Ia, won, i1,iiy NOTING our after dinner
elnafs. ,ylpn ib.4rln of"IfuiH" from
tie winter below. followed By % splash.
ran immsI.aIaIs tl tHs rail, ng
thouabt ID ,r1ancl.. ofuull overheard.
Tut tb.-o wac % sailor ahead OF iue. WHO
tos.st "a rau, f8 n m1u who wHsHwImmiug
in tho vnt.r b,.ow luu moment hn was
drawn up on a.... and H. ou.o l.slu uu
ssp,anatIa1 o. LIs appearance
ir,yaaa convict I.m IIU tr1d station
on tho I.frHH Doc HsI econ our Uls, anil
lobaI auun or. tu tHrHHlp. "WuIIi 800
atsh.n ab.arl aud ouaulo hIm To- O..
e4r.fH
I did not IIsfan t0 another word of oy.
rIrHatiuu ]. wn4uI.6s..H.r Goo serious
matter f0rmo Tho rgmiml uf th1 ngat
was trel dining wu lalgl che very Hhip
WHORE Iva. / .srt nu Uuu.r t1 him n1k.
inriin 90 l, vaHll come Cu dock
Gfbail mover forgot thsp ieturrp presented
when Che admiral appeared DO was in
{.
ono co ceremony. THE prisoner was tall.
raunt and harsurI. Doc stood in DIE c1u-
virt drs... Bra Id attitude OF ,1fraHtv.
Tho nIrIaHI sliI. "WalI. fIr.rI aud thcn
thr man BEGAN BOO tru DIS Haay iu tho
clear. voI r.oUuI4tal rI,uth ui nu educ.
Gated person. Assembling t1 h.l story, Do
had committed n1 crime. lir hlI been
cyIied ~, ai. p1irir7i o.nlons. DO had %
s,ffr and fraIlfv M HI..# TIH lad COMO
out ~ tbo thipat pfatpasI n hope that
ho would nnd g.. rIoD h'.e. IIsruumuet
Z, tb, frf N uaa.u. tle emblem OF
which meant Liberty. Had ho made Dis
appeal In ,slni
hhc nduIrii WIS deeply moved. but his
fac, was rtaru o., tcrn.di
OF am r1rrv. Hir. hut / con d1 nothing
for you. lt isuot ,uur li'o or miuo that
wouid DO nt stake. 10 ! wur 90 take you
AWAY. ! should b. guilty OF interfering
with tha police regulations NJ o. friendly
foreign nation. rrl that would ln 70 sul.-
cIunt caua, torn war. in which many On.
no-tut liyes would b. lost / ava sorry,
but YOU inrtt go back
THO p-iaouoa'a attitude WINS now one ~
intense da'oatlrn. TO raid. without fur
thor argument. "sir. you have luat con.
damnad mo Go death"
"H1w D. ih1tIH aflrd the admiral.
According 90 tho regulations Of tho g..
land. which r. governed by military law
ruplird the convict. "nny prisoner who
attempts to cTrlpa ia shot. Atuo'tiogk
the rounds IL tho coils nro mado. II %
prisoner la absent 10 that hour. hisulruco
IL cor. Idrrel ns proof Of nm ATTEMPT 60 gut
away
Our admiral atartol na IL ne had heard
tbo crack rfnslot.
UUs,yars. manu- sail he uy,bat tIme
IA a. owfu
Ife uuIiel ont bia witch MA Lo snake
with nervous wrench.
uft isopIv au minutes tool Twin got
You hact %
without n seconds delay the admiral
turpfI 60 tb, Aldo of tho shin opp1sIfs the
island a fsw hurried order, were given
IA ~ low tone A heat was dropped. The
oars wcrc promptly munlod. and a boats
crow clhmlarsd down like monkeys.
The prisoner was hidden Ia tho bottom
OF tho boat, and within four minutes from
tho time thourder was given tho boat shot
out ON ita GRAND 81 mercy toward the o..
land. a little black cloud came across th,
moon, just ne tho boat started, ns " IN,
elements were lending - Kindly hand in
oouoenllng tho return ~ theuuhappy man,
Tho officers who had heard tho story an
fwarncd 10 tho rnll with their glasses
We watched In the darkness Tor the mp
pcarauco ~ lights or some signal ofularn.
The boat landed without single sign Of
disturbance This prisoner was hack a
Tow minutes before y. IN ample timc 60 re-
turn 10 hll cell. A sigh Of relief wal
hrcnthcd by W an WHOM We saw tho boat
coming back aud nowhorn any evidence OF
anything unusual in the appearance OF the
island.
But rtlll we folt very uutaIy. Tho adj
miml walked up aud down talking about
The POOR man. Some way he fslt that II
was not all RIGHT. We could not feel Ger.
tain of biz escape We Hlt up nearly all
night studying the island through out
glawgH
The next morning we folt that We must
fatisty Ia some way our doubts. Tho ud.
mirul decided 20 pay nylsit of ceremony "a
Tho French military Commando Of tho la
land. The officers ON board our shipl were
invited % accompany him. Wo thought
surely In ViHit OF this Kind we would hem
iihuy unusual event like an attempt 40 on
escape or an execution bad taken place.
We all put on full uniform for visit OF
ccromouy. The admiral d gig WIS lower
td, and No net out ior tho island about "a
O'Clock. We were received with great pu
ituncas. Tho French oommandanJ invited
Us 10 cmHin Tor midday breakfast,
Atthu cloneof The meal che commnndant
selected young olicsr OF llA atan and Ill.
rrctod him tn turn out with guard II