The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-20
DETECTIVES DID IT
THEY TESTIFY IN COURT AGAINST
THE FnIBUsTERERa
How One Of the P1nkereoas Watched tA0
Carriage. storing and Laalng of cersaa1
Boxes IN Philadelphia. They Bsaag
Loaded 81 the Tug Tsarua. end How
Another FAakertoa shsdovsA I've
CuhAns uatai fhsy Arrived ~ the sAne
Destinations - the Bssss, Prssanahay eo
Arms-Cass Of the Chiasss .Asssea"


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Arms-Cass Of the Chiasss .Asssea"
Whining ION. Del. Sept lathe trial
OF the alleged Cuban flibusterers IN the
disrrics court this morning began with
proof Of the receipt for freight on &C.
count OF the boxes OF arms captured
when the men were arrested The box
es were shipped from Philadelphia tu
Wilmington. The receipned freight bsU
was Offered in evidence and the defense.
after obj-ctinS % the admission. noted
an exception.
Henry Seymour. one OF the Pinkertcu
detectives. OK Philadelphia. tesesned
that on August = he was instructed to-
follow wagon from Sixth end Arch
streets. Philadelphia He did 20 and &c
went 10 the Wilmington steaynbcas
wharf The boxes were taken to De-
Soto's stree and later one OF Warmers
wagons came ard took the boxes 10 ,ha
wharf. Seymour stood on the wharf
and saw the men load them on the tue
Taurus
Eugene Scheurie. sno.s<h Pinke~eou
detective. resc5fied to ahadow1ng Pablo
Esteriz and Francisco Navarro. and
the two came to Wilmington on a train.
the detective coming on the same train
Upon arriving IN ciais city they went TO-
peSoto's store and loafed ar.slnd thero
until midnight when with some others
the walked over TO King street and
from there to the wharf.
Edwin :. Gaylor. superintendent oc
Pinke-tons agency. then told about
seeing the boxes taken 10 the steanboae
wharf
District Attorney vandegrift here
asked for an adjournment until tomor-
row morning as he had received soma
papers written in Spanish and desired
to have them translated.
Judge Wales agreed and the trial
went over until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
JUST OUT FOR PLEASURE.
Jacksonville. Fla, Sept. ia Key
West special says: A case OF the al
legged filibusters captured by the reve-
nue. cutter Winona. on Wednesday. was
heard by United States Commissioner
Otto this morning. The testimony &C
the Cubans was TO the effect that they
were on a pleasure ouing. Acting Col-
lector OF Customs 4. L. Knight teeth.
fed that he was informed that an ex-
petition was about TO leave rh- vicini-
~ OF Key West and sent a cutter tor
guard the coast. The captain OF tho
cutter testified that when the schconer
was hailed those on board could not eH
hlbit the necessary papers and that tho
number OF those on board was Creates
than the schooner was allowed to car
ry-
After listening 10 the testimony Con-
missioner Otto discharged the CubanA
as nothing whatever could be proves
against them
ARMS ON THE BAHAMAS.
Washington. Sep. Is.-Ths state DE-.
partment has resolved. through tks
British embassy and referred TO tho
department OF justice. q copy Of a let
ter from the governor OF the Bahama
islands. IN which IL 10 stated that on
August 80 a quantity of arms. arnsnun-
iton. etc, was discovered on an unin-
habited island known as Grassy Key.
of the southern edge OF Andres island
In the Bahama group. These articles
had evidently been quite recently piac-
ed there az The leaves with which thsy
were covered were quite fresh and they
were packed in cases marked with
names, initials. and lefterA which are
given II IS presumed. the letter said.
that the shippers cf these munitions oe
war. apparently residents OF the stale
OF Florida intended To convey them 20
the Cuban insurgents. Tho attention.
OF the state department 10 unofilcia5ly
called 20 the matter IN case the de-
pGrrment IL willing TO inquire and fn~
form the British authorities by whouu
and by what vessels thesc munitions
OF war were shipped from Florida and
Illegally landed Ia the bahamas. Tbs
names appearing on the packages ar9
given but for prudential reasons are
withheld from publication The cases
contained twelve EeTningto c2rNDess
a quantity OF medical stores. loo cart
ridges IS 900 rounds Of Remington am
rnunition and 1900 rounds OF Wipchss-
ter ammunition. The letter has been
referred 90 the United States attorney
1T Key West for invss,fTa ton.
Madrid. Sep. IAN oflcisi dsspafch
from Havana says a court MARTIAL
has condemned the captain Of the Am
erican steamer Mascotts 20 eight yesr1
and tho fireman 70 ave years at hard.
labor for landing cartridges IN Cubs
for the insurgents.
THOSE CHINESE ACTORS
fan Francisco. Sept ls,-Tbs lo>rI
federal oricers are investigating an ale
isxed .rary-.actSon by which two motor
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Chinese iztorers snto CHS country. o~-'
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here FRA: the real actors for he erSso-
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tina. O. "a men ard women hrrss~bs
into the country q. actors tbs women
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