The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13
PIRATES COME TO GRIEF.
IHB HTsTFRIOUs BLACK sLooP OF
THE sOCND ~ WRECKED.

One OF Hsr Crew OF Two - n Jstt spA
Three Bags OF Booty Have Rss- Ne
ooversd-Ths "Csptsi." Is SIN Free.
The mysterious black sloop that made pi-
raticnl reputation for herself on the Sound
last summer and autumn. was fast going to
pieces on Milton Point In the storm last night
one OF the pirates who manned her was In the
county Jail at White Plains. He had made q
full confession. and some OF bls companions
are likely to be caught.
The sloop. whose name Is Sarah. went ashore
on Milton Point. 100 yards north OF the Larch
mont Yacht Club house. at $3.50 o'clock on
Friday morning She was trying to steer
away from an oysterman to avoid questions
Her crew Of two went ashore and kept out Of
the way.
Late Friday night they knocked at the door
OF the yacht club house. and Ben Boucher. the
keeper. allowed them to come in out OF the
storm. lie took the precaution. he says Of
locking them In the laundry. and remain cd
awake most OF the night with q pistol close At
hand.
On Saturday afternoon. one OF the mon
| asked Thomas McGee and John Budd Of Rye
to help him carry three large bags to the rail-
road station. lie wanted the bags sent to
-. Nitsch. Harlem River Freight Depot 1921
street. New York" lie then sold pair OF
boots for 81. and wanted to buy ticket for
Ca7enovia. Finding his money insufficient.
he took passage for New York. aud has not
been seen since.
the suspicious actions OF the men. and. in
company with Constable lie hoy h. Ganun. he
They contained dry goods. clothing and gro
ceres in such quantity that II was plai In that
some county store had Alb ee en- robbed. The
Ganun to help him pay his faTeto New York.
fore Justice Bnruch. After some uueatlOni
he admitted t1Ht he was r one .., q ,h tns
the ois se On man, "0 whom SS"' he called tie
CHptsp robbed a store ft Crab Meadows Meadows;
the place S@ " SSrSed with t That Of IoSs Smiths
general store at N2rthport; III, which was
ssS he on Pss1. se The q g ..
was employed on the brick schooner. dunbar
him $50 = month non to sail with him uron the
sarah. lie had been with the sarah since
No Nov; i The sarah hailed from Port Jefferson.
Justice Baruch held him in 81 900 for exam
inn,ion; 40 oSoek Last nicHt Wh FAM wTs
charge o. deputy sheriff Monfred sloat. Later
Mr., Smith, the Northport storekeeper, arrived
identified the stolen goods.
The prisoner will DO surrendered to the SUI
folk county men this morning. lie has made
history Of his chief; The Inter is said to be
bars severn! times. 1t Ia known that the soop
hnd more than ham, twG men o on 69T T, a, a n9
caught besides the Captain"
Oyster graphing irons were found In the sloop
and she seemed to have been somewhat dam
aged eiore her last mishap. This fact leads
to the belief that abe was one Of the boats en-
gagged In the fight with oystermen on the south
shore month ago
She corresponds in appearance with sloop
which wa. in the neighborhood OF Northport
for several days prior to the robbery OF smiths
store. and was last seen by shooting party on
Eaton's Neck Reef. sailing toward New York
on the day followin the burglary.
William Terry. n watcher OF the oyster beds.
saws that he has often seen tho sloop stealing
oysters but he was never able TO catch her.
She Is also credited with the robbery Of sew
eral pleasure yachts In Huntington Bay last
summer.