Bridgeton pioneer., 1894-04-19

rived upon the craft, he found q lively
seem. The prisoners were, In most
part. setting about the stern of the
boz, "od they we're far from happy,
and did % hesit. te TO. say many un.
kind things ahout those who had
made the arres's. Msny of the prison
ers denied the authority of the officers
to board their boats, claiming that
United States Marshals were the only
ones to take them. Others were blam-
Ing the Committee of the Oyster AS
ISOLATION. They all declared that they
went upon the riparian grounds by
J advice, and yet it was fact that none
of the oyster committee had taken the
risk personally to dredge these
grounds.
The first man arrested was Zeb. Pol.
hamus. There were three warrants for
him. He denied the right of the
authorities to take him, but the Con-
stables quickly hustled him aboard.
His crew went off with his boat, and
began fishing upon other riparian
grounds, but being threatened with ar
rest, desisted and sailed IF.
After the reporter boarded the tug
the craft steamed up the Bay to search
for McQuiggap. He sailed the
schooner ''Annie @. Moore," and it
was believed that the tide had kept
him from remaining In the channel.
This view proved to be correct, and
his boat was sighted drifting idly In
the wind.
McQuiggan watched with great in
terest the movements of the tug, and
he was seen to grasp Delaying pin as
the tug neared him.
AS the tug came In close proximity,
Nc cQuiggan called out, warning the Of
flcers not to touch bis boat. He pro.
tested that he wes protected by the
Government, and would not permit
himself to be arrested. Still the offi-
GERS continued to near his schooner.
Suddenly McQuiggan snatched up
an ak, and rushed forward. With a
horrible string of oaths, he declared
he would brain the first officer that
placed his foot on his vessel. 1t was
an exciting moment. The ak was &C.
ing round and round, and it looked ex.
ceedingly hazardous for man to at
tempt to board the boat.
Officer John Elwell was the first
man to jump on the schooner. His
revolver was drawn. Then Constable
Reed pulled his gun, and Immediately
two others. Constable Elwell com.
manded Nj Quiggan to drop the ak or
he would fire, end the ak fell on the
deck. Still the irate Captain resisted,
but the sight of handouts caused him
to change his mind, and he came on
the tug. The Ulcers had warrants
for the whole crew, and the boat was
made fast to the tug, and taken In tow.
A few moments later the sloop
"Francis Lake" was taken in charge,
and little later the sloop Ida and
May" and with these three boats and
eighteen prisoners, the tug made its
way back to Fortescue where land
ing was made shortly before seven
o'clock.
The prisoners arrested were these:
Zeb. Polhamous. John Seymour. John
w. Sharp, Theodore Welden, Walter
Fisher, Saml. Ladow, Isaac Carson,
Richard Chirch, Thos. Carlisle, Rob-
inson Lummis, w. Gean Roley, Rob
ert McQuiggan, William Willis, John
I. Howe, Samuel Loper, Samuel Lake
and Robert Jeffries.
Hacks were In waiting at Fortescue
and the prisoners were bundled into
these and driven off to Newport and
this city, nine of them having been
arrested on warrants of Justice Appel
gate. These men arrived In town
shortly after ten O'Clock, and were
committed to jail until this morning.
Down at Newport last night when
the nine prisoners who were arrested
uponl warrants issued by Justice
Compton, arrived in the village, the
whole populace was out awaiting their
arrival, and quite a scene was pre-
sented when the crowds filed Town
Hall.
Justice Compton sat at a big table
inside of an old, broken down railing,
and surrounded by mass of legal
looking documents. The constables
brought In the prisoners, and sat them
about the desk of the Justice. The
complaints were read to them, and
they pleaded not guilty, and waived a
hearing. Each of them was put under
$1,000 bail for their appearance at
Court. Friends from all over the
lower part of the county3were present
to become bondsmen.