Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-10-07
CAPTAIN BULLY HAYES.
A MODERN BUCCANEER WHO
VISITED HAWAII LONG AGO.
How sheriT Treadway Of Maui was
Outwitted-A hold Rascal who
Met the Fate re Invited.
Bully Hayes's first appearance

was III bhO ldtt VI iocOt "hN' 80
and his first officer were put
ashore at Honolulu from the ship
Orestes. He was at that time &C
companied by his wife, who was
lately living with his children on
the Navigator Islands. In all his
travels he was accompanied by |
women, whom he picked up and |
dropped as the fancy took him.
He left Honolulu in the early part
of 1859 for San Francisco. and
some two months after he APP
peared at Kahului on Maui, in
command of brig bound to New
Caledonia. While negotiating for
a load Of cattle there, he was
taken in change by the late Mr..
Tr,adway, the sher fl at Maui, for
violating the revenue laws by en-
tering closed port. The captain,
who could assume the manners OF
a perfect gentleman, protested to
be highly indignant with his first
officer for telling him that 1t was
necessary to enter at the Lahai.a
Custom House. He treated the
sheriff with disting lished con
sideration, invited him to dine
with him, and after dinner per-
suaded him to pilot the vessel to
Lahaina. The brig was got under
way, and when clear of the land
Hayes dropped his suavity, and
told the sheriff that his destination
was New Caledonia, that he could
have a passage there for con-
sideration or 60 ashore in bis boat.
The crest fallen sheriff gladly took
the alternative, and witnessed his
late prisoner shaping his coursefor
the setting sun. By the next mail
from the coast news arrived to the
effect that Hayes had landed in
San Francisco with capital
of fifty dollars, which he
borrowed in Honolulu from the
Rev. DR.. Damon. With this
money as basis for credit, he
bought tie brig, fitted her for sea,
stole another mans wife, shipped
crew, and went to sea, paying
for nothing but his water. The
Consul at Honolulu was autho-
rised to SEIZE the brig aud arrest
Hayes. The vessel was wrecked
off the Wallis Islands, some of the
crew landed by means of raft,
and Hayes and his passengers,
who were mostly ladies' made
their way in a boat to the Naviga-
tor Islands. lie was next dis
covered at Batavia in barque
chartered for Europe with load
of coffee. The Dutch East India
Company, however, got wind of
his history, gIndly paid him the
charter money, and ct the coffee
ashore again. lie then under
took to take a load of Cinnamon
from Nongkong to Melbourne. On
the way he was Informed by a
passing ship that he would have
to pay 50do's head before he
could land his passengers in Aus
tralia. But this did not disturb
Captain Hayes. lie Kept on his
course until he arrived Of Mel
bourne, when he choked both his
pumps, started all the fresh water
in the hold, and hoisted the
signals of distress. Two steamers
came to his assistance, add
offered to tow him into port, but
the captain. displaying that
humanity and unseIishness which
always captivates seamen, re
piled, "Save these people, for
Gods sake, and lot the ship sink.
If she is ahoat when you return
we will try and get her in" The
Cinnamon were landed, bat when
the steamers returned for Hayes
he was not to be found, and they
had to pay the head-money. He
got another cargo Of Cinnamon,
made them all British subjects,
and managed to land them with
out trouble in Australia. He
was next heard of striking Tahiti
like comet, and disappearing as
mysteriousIy as he came. Eventu-
ally he commenced his career as
trader among tho South Sea ISL
ands. After raiding and robbing
stations for a couple Of years,
Bully Hayes was arrested by the
British Consul at Upolu. Just
then Captain Peace, another