Rock Island Argus., 1895-08-31
WITH RED HANDS,
As It Were, Twenty FiIibusters
Are Caught.
sHIPLOAD OF MUNITIONS OF WAR

sams Neutfaity Laws and supply Men
and Arms to the Cuban RebeIs-News
from the Island of spanish Origin-Home
Rulers Becoming Active.
WILMISGToN, Del, Aug. 3l.-Twonty men
were brought here yesterday from Penn $
Grove, y. j., and lodged in Jail charged
With violating the neutrality laws in hav>
ing organized "a hostile expedition to Cuba.
They are still here in custody of the United
States authorities, and will be arraigned
on Monday. 1t has been suspected for sew
cral months that Il Cuban 1ilibustcring
party was at worl; in this city. Last night
it was learned that they have headquarters
n. III Market street here. and that at least
one, if not more, expeditions 10 Cuba have
been dispatched from this city. On Mon
day the United States authorities here
were notified by Detective Gaylord, of the
Pinkcrton agency in Philadelphia, that
another expedition was about to take its
departure. Detective Gaylord and several
oi his associates came the next day.
Kept Close Watch on the Enterprise.
United States Deputy Marshal Hcwson
i. Lanncn and several assistants, together
keeping a close watch ever since. They
noticed number Of suspicious charac,
tcfs lettering about the cigar store in the
urighborhoOd OF the headquarters of the
junta. and discovered that one of these
had gone to the office Of the Charles War
ncr company and chartered the tug Tau
rus TO carry freight to pcnn's Grove. They
shadUwcd the tug until she left her wharf
in this city at midnight Thursday night.
IL was known beforehand by the author
itics that the alleged flibustcring party
was to wait at Pcnn's Grove for steamer
to come from Philadelphia to take the par
" to Cuba Tho name of this steamer is
not known, but il was learned that sho
was not expected TO arrive 1T Penn's Grove
until midni ght last night. The pursuing
party, therefore, permitted the men they
were watching to load their freight and
embark their passengers without molcsta-
tation and saw them sail in the direction
of P,hn's Grove, whittier some of the tie
tccJivcs had been sent to await develop
mcnts.
Had n Lead of Gun. and Lead.
At 5o'clOck yesterday afternoon Mar
shall Lanncn with several assistants, De-
tcctivC Gayord and two of his associates,
and a squad of police under Captaia Kane,
boarded the tug Mcdia and steamed to
pcnn's Grove. There they found the party
which had chartered the Taurus, loung,
ing nb'.ut the railroad station anu put
every member under arrest. When they
ovcrhaulcd the freight in the hull oG
Taurus they found that it consisted Of
twenty seven cases of arms, u large quaint,
" Of ammunition, provisions, clothing,
etc. MI OF this was seized and the party
returned 10 Wilmington. None Of tho
prisoners has been permitted to- make any
statCincnt, and it is not thought that any
will be- until they are arraig:ncd in court.
I'm expedition very similar to the ono
which came to grict yesterday put to SEA i'll
the tug Bertha about three weeks ago. and
it is uHdcr,toul that its members were
safely landed in Cuba.
The men under arrest arc from Phila-
dclphia and New York, and were arrested
under orders issued by the TREASURY dc
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