Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-05

more men who had directions to sep
arate and rendezvous n month later at
. point on the Georgia coast where he
had taken on his ammunition, II being
understood that no was going to make
for Panama with his pirognes and
cargo.
Instead Of doing this, he went
straight to New Orleans and hauled
both vessels up at Algicrs where his
remaining crow were kept aboard, and
for two days disposed Of their FISH.
These men were evidently picked and
retained for their reliability and were
thoroughly cognizant Of the whole
scheme.
Hendricks managed TO arrive In New
Orleans as II by rail, and registered at
the st. Charles as Archibald Hendricks,
OF Tennessee. As he was already
known by that name at the hotel and
was known to be interested In some
land improvement scheme, his subse-
quent operations attracted no suspi-
eion. His captain and all but four OF
the men had been sent north in differ
ent directions to meet at the Laran
portal and the two badly smelling
pirogues that had slipped into Al
giers lay among lot Of old craft in an
ont Of the way place, securely guarded
by the four men.
| The moment Hendricks got to the no.
tel, he was able to learn all the facts
OF the search. The Corinthian had
been two day and a half at sea under
sail before she spoke westward bound
steamship, the AnglorSaxpn, and COM
municated the news. II was three
days md o half before the Anglo-
Saxon reached New York and The news
Of tho robbery preceded her from Eng
land by cable Just SIX hours Twelve
hours elapsed after tho reception Of
the news before the navies Of England
apd America were looking for the San
Pedro. Hendricks smiled as he saw
how narrow margin he had sailed on.
Before the search was well under way,
no had been In the gulf and thu
wreckage Of the San Pedro, which no
was sure would come to light was, he
thought, fairly good chance Of per-
plexity and delay on the one hand to
the pursuers and safe location Of the
plumber up to the moment Of transfer
on tho other, The betrayal Of that
transfer depended on the twenty-five
men whom he had still In his service
and upon whom he believed he could
depend.
Hendricks was too shrewd man not |
TO soy that his scheme however cum
ming would only hold for time He
knew perfectly well that the sailors
whom he had got rid Of, would proceed
Immediately to get drunk and In their
recklessness expose the plot up to
certain point. But he believed their
stories under whatever promise OF
pardon or compulsion Of punishment
could get no tarther than the state.
ment that the San redso bad sailed for
Panama or Venezuela. The knowledge
Of the transfer to the pirogues was
locked up In his own immediate con-
federates. This fact he reasoned
would not prevent the ultimate discov-
cry Of the real truth, but 1t would de-
lay II sufficiently for him to get safely
to his subterranean retreat with his
plumber. Common piracy was not an
idea that anybody would entertain.
No steam vessel could keep ahoat and
coaled up over week without run.
ming across cruiser, The special
conspiracy and the abandonment Of
the San Pedro were therefore newt
able deductions. The purchase Of the
use Of the San Pedro, the shipment of
the men Mt New Orleans, the landing
OF the men on The southern coast must
all sooner or later focus the search at
New Orleans But by that time he
would be out OF sight. =,
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