Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-11

men and went down the river and out
to sea for weeks tarpon fishing. The
moment she was in the gulf. she
headed south by west and on the after
noon of the 2jth encountered a
schooner from which she received the
guns that had been picked up on the
Bahiata bank.
On the 26th, she was off point on
the Georgia coast known as the Piney
Stretch and sent boat ashore in the
night. An hour later she pulled into
a bay in the most deserted spot of that
coast and was loaded with a moderate
amount of munitions of war. On the
morning of the 30th she touched at ST.
Augustine guardedly and there Hen
bricks received message from New
York in cipher. 1t read thus:
The Corinthian sails at six a. m. on
the Sd; three millions in gold; men all
taken passage"
What occurred after this can be best
told with the subsequent variations
and confessions in view.
The English steamer Corinthian,
when three days out, sighted at nine
o'clock of clear. calm morning a
small steamer laying to with steam up,
two miles off her port bow. Capt.
Jamison. an Englishman and an ex-
perienced sailor, who was on the bridge
at the time, thought the vessel was
large yacht and imagined from her
position that she was disabled and
wished to speak him. A moment later
puff of smoke came from her side
and shot whistled across his bow.
What in b is the ID fool try
ing to do?' exclaimed the captain in
amazement. docs he know that we
carry her Brittanic majesty's mails?"
I'm afraid, sir said the second Of
ficer, who put his glass down and
looked little paler than usual, that
she knows what our cargo is.''
"A pirate" calculated the captain.
iii cut her in two" and he impulsive-
ly pulled one of the engineers bells.
In another moment the Corinthian
had changed her course u point or two
and was heading for the San Pedro.
Both the men were intently regard
ing her through their glasses and the
passengers were crowdlng upon the
deck.
To their surprise they saw that the
San Pedro was moving in the same di-
rection as themselves and throwing
heavy cloud of smoke.
Run, you bloody little scoundrel!''
said the captain.
Scarcely hal be got the words out of
his mouth before ;::..re was another
puff of smo,Sc-t':is time from her
stern, and almost Immediately there
came a crash and hundred voices cried
IN, 10, I'd
The shot had struck the Corinthiaa
just abaft !ac. h-idge: torn away about
ten feet OF neY upper works and gone
through The stern taffrail. Three men
were knocie-: down by the splinters-
Capt. Jar::Snn was livid with honest
rage and he stamped his foot and swore
terribly. by the God of nations" he
said, ARE we living in the days of Capt.
Kidd, or in the nineteenth century,
I'D core to, if 1 were you" said his
mate. THAT fellow will hull us pres
emily. We never can catch him."
Come to?" exclaimed the sturdy
British captain. iii break his back.
Do you think an English steamer goes
down OF her marrow bones to every
tramp she mccts?'
The vessel was now racing through
the water at an increased speed and
the sction of the engines made an
auditie throb
There was intense excitement among
the passengers, many of whom We're
calling up to the captain to stop the
vessel.
uo ssoked over the brass rail Of the
f'-:.-,. at them with indignant con-
tempt. AS he did So ono man pulled
pistol and shouted: Look here, we
don't waut to be sent to the bottom on
account of your ID gold. Stop
here where she is. We can defend our
selves at close quarters, but we don't
want to be sunk
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