Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-30
HEARING OF HORsA's OFFICERS.
They all Deny Any Sort or
EttihusterinE.


PHILADELPHIA, PA, November p
United States Commissioner Bell gave n
hearing to-day 10 Captain J. n. ). WI
borg, Chief Mate Jens L. Petersen, ana
Second-Mate II. j. Johansen, of the Dan
ish frut-steamer Horsa, who were arrest
ed yesterday on warrant sworn out by
Jose COngosto, Spanish Consul in this
city, on the charge of carrying a CUBAN
flibustering expedition when she left thls
port on November 9th. All the. witnesses
denied that there were any ADDITIONS 10
the crew Of twenty-five at any time du-
ring the voyage. They also stated no iili-
busterers were aboard the steamer. ana
further that the only persons on board
from the time the boat left Philadelphia
until her arrival at Port Antonio were
the members of the crew.
TESTIMONY OTHERWISE.
At the afternoon Session of the court
Carl Arnston, a fireman on the Horsa,
testified that the steamer took two addl-
tiOnal iifebOatA aboard when she LEFT
Philadelphia on November 9th. After leay-
ing the Delaware BreakWater the steamer
proceeded nOrthward, and at noon Novem-
ber 10th the anchor was dropped. After
lying to for about an hour "A tugboat came
alongside and unloaded number OF cases
and thirty-eight men on to the HOrsa.
The party remained on the steamer.
Arnston said, until Cuba was reached.
Guns, rifles and a machine-gun, which
and once during the voyage the machine
gun was fired in order 10 test II. The tug
came alongside OFF Barnegat. the witness
continued and after the ammunition ana
the hlibusterers had been taken aboard
the ship started for Port Antonio. The
funnel was repalnted before the destina-
tion was reached.
When the coast Of Cuba was reached on
the following Friday lfebOats were lower
I'd and ammunition was placed In them.
\ number OF the flibusterers then got
into the lifeboats. and the steamer started
10 tow the boats toward Port Antonio.
When an approaching light was seen,
however, the small boats were cut adrift,
and forty-eight boxes OF ammunition,
which were on the Horsa, were thrown
overheard.
The witness stated that John ID. Hart
was on board the Horsa, and that he re-
manned aboard until the ammunition ana
men boarded the steamer. He then board
ed the tugboat which had brought the
hlibusterers 10 the HOrsa
Arnston testified that each member OF
the HOrsa's crew was 10 receive 50 FOR
keeping silent about the expedition, and
that he understood from one OF the Cuban
ilibusterers that John -. Hart the owner
Of the vessel, was 20 get $1,000 for land
ing the expedition.
on crOss-examination the witness stated
that he was not 10 receive any cOmpen-
sation for making these disclosures and
that he had no desire 10 get the accused
into trouble by giving the testimony.
Arnston repeated his narrative OF the
landing OF the flbusterers, there being
six bOat-loads, and admitted that he went
ashore at Jamaica without leave, and
became intoxicated. He further admitted
he told hief-Engineer Nelson, after he
had been placed In irons for misconduct.
that he would cause trouble TO the ships
officers
Commissioner Bell refused TO place the
defendants witnesses under bond, as the
District-AttOrney requested, but held the
witness Arnston under 500 bail, and con-
tinued the case until Monday. December
ball each.
IL was agreed that in the event of the
HOrsas not having returned from Port
Antonio by the 18th proximo. the case
the steamer arrived.