The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-31
TO HELP THE CUBANS
A FILIBUSTERING PARTY OF
TWENTY MEN ARRESTED
IN NEW JERSEY.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION SEIZED

They Chartered Tug Boat to Take
Them From Wilmington, Delaware,
to Penn's Grove, New Jersey, Where
They Were to Await Steamer Which
was to Take Them to Cuba--Pris-
oners VIII not be Allowed to Make
any Statement Till put on Trial.
WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 30.-Twenty
men were brought here to-day from
Penn's Grove, N. j., and lodged in Jail,
charged with violation of the neutrality
laws in having organized a hostile ex
pedltion to Cuba. They are still here in
custody of the United States authorities
and wi be arraigned on Monday.
The names of the accused, are:
Pedro Belaucour, Guardo Laudo, Antonia
Ruiz, FREDERICK Mootalvo, Frank FOullo,
Pablo Esteben, Frank Navodo, Uincente
Caullo, Ysmael Cejos, Braulin Peno, Edward
Sauri, Manuel Loyalo, Edward zero, Jose
X. Gomez, Justo Caveno, Gerado NJ. Dom
emo, Maritime Marienen, Fable Monocal,
Romono Perasa, Casone Toronto.
They are from Philadelphia and New
YoIk, and were arrested under orders
issued by the Treasury Department. A
hearing will be given them to morrow
morning.
It has been expected for several months
that Cuban filibustering party was at
work in this city. To night it is learned
that they have had qua. ters at III
Market street, here, and that at least
one, if not more, expeditions to Cuba have
been dispatched from this city.
On Monday the United States authori-
ties kere were notified by detective Gay
lord. of the Pinkerton agency in Phila-
delphia, that another expedition was
about 10 take its departure. Detective
Gaylord and several of bis associates
came the next day. United States De
putty Marshal Hewsen z. Lannen and sew
eral assistants, together with the police
authorities, have been keeping close
watch ever since.
They noticed a number of suspicious
characters lettering about the cigar store
in the neighborhood Of the Junta and
discovered that one of these had gone to
the Office of Charles Warner Co., yester
day and chartered the tug Taurus, to
carry freight to Penn's Grove. They
sha6owed the tug until she left her
wharf in this city at midnight last night.
1t was known beforehand by the au-
thorities that the alleged flibustering
party was to wait at Penn's Grove for
steamer to come from Philadelphia to
take them to Cuba. The name of this
steamer is not known, but it was learned
that she was not expected to arrive at
Penn's Grove until midnight to night
The pursuing party, therefore, permitted
the men they were watching to load
their freight and embark their passen-
gers without molestation, and saw them
sail in the direction of Penn's Grove,
whittier some of the detectives had been
sent to await developments.
At five o'clock this afternoon Marshal
Lannen, with several assistants, Detec-
tive Gaylord and two associates and
squad of police under Captain Kane
boarded the tug Maria and sailed to
Penn's Grove. There they found the
party who had chartered the Taurus,
lounging about the railroad station, and
put them under arrest. When they over
hauled the freight in the hull of the
Taurus, they found that it consisted of
twenty seven cases OF arms, a large
quantity of ammunition, provisions,
clothing, etc.
All of this was seized and the party
returned to Wilmington. None of the pris-
oners have been permitted to make any
statement and it is not thought that they
will be until they are arraigned in court.
An expedition very similar to the one
which came to grief to-day, put to sea in
the tug Bertha about three weeks ago,
and it is understood that it's members
were safely landed in Cuba.