The record-union., 1896-01-29

tween 10 ana 1OU men DOunu, II IL
claimed, for Cuba, where the party was
to enter the ranks of the insurgents.
When the steamer was off the eastern
end of Long Island she sprang a seri-
Gus leak, and the water gained so rap
idly that all hands were obliged to
take to the boats.
Monday morning the men wereapicked
UP by passing schooners, among which
was the three-masted schooner Helen
III. Benedict, Captain Brockett, bound
from Norfolk for Boston with aecargo
of coal. The Benedict picked up twenty
five of the men and landed them at
Vineyard Haven late last night, from
which place they were transferred this
morning by the steamer Susie d. ] and
landed at Woodsholt, where they took
an early train for New York.
The four-masted schooner Alice b..
| Crosby, from Newport News for Bos-l
| ton, fell in with another boat from the
steamer about sixty-five miles south
east of Sandy Hook Lightship, which
| contained twenty-three persons, but
owing to the roughness of the sea only
thirteen were saved, the other ten be-
ing drowned. The Crosby landed the
survivors at Woodsholt this morning,
where they took train for New York
| this afternoon.
Another vessel, three -masted
schooner, picked up a number of the
wrecked people, and it is supposed put
! back with them to Delaware break
water.
| The men were mostly Spaniards and
| would say very little concerning the
| disaster. Tt was said, however, that
! the steamers true destination was
Cuba; that her cargo consisted of $780,
600 worth of arms and ammunition,
one gun on board having cost $5, ,000
| The ]. w. Hawkins was a steamer
| of 125 tons net and 1SS tons gross
| She was built at Kennebunk, Me-, in
| 1880, and hailed from Onancock, Va.
| The steamer has been engaged in the
| fishing business, but has been lying
| idle for some months. Two weeks ago
| a Mr.. TfnSeley appeared in Baltimore
] and desired to purchase the steamer
/ for Mr. Smith of New York. Those
| interested in the sale noticed that
plenty of money for the purchase was
apparently on hand, but whatever sus-
picions the sellers may have entertained
they We're very careful to keep to them
selves, and in an incredibly short time
| the boat was delivered to her new
owner free from debt She was at once
taken to New York, where it is alleged
a little band of men were gathered in
readiness to get on board, their inten-
| tion being to join the Cuban army and
! fight in the ranks.
In spite of the vigilance of the Span
ish authorities, the steamer was fitted
for sea and the men We're taken safely
on board. Last Sunday night she sailed
| from that port commanded by Captain
| Woodrow. Unfortunately, however, the
boat was unfit for sea, and the hasty
preparations had allowed no time for a
| thorough examination of her bottom.
for she had proceeded only as far as
the eastern end of Long Island when
! she sprang a dangerous leak, and began
| tc settle in the water In spite of all
| the crew could do the leak gained with
fearful rapidity, and in a short time it
was apparent that they must take to
the boats or go down with the vessel
r. 1t is believed there were between
| "a and 100 men on board, and they had
barely time to get into the small boats
before the steamer went down.
STORED FULL OF ARMS.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-The tug John
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| city seventy men, supposed to be Cuban
filibusters, which the schooner Lenader
| V. Beebe encountered ten miles due
east of the stranded steamship St. Paul,
| off Long Branch. Captain Harry
Denyze was lying off Long Branch early
this morning looking for tow At s
o'clock he sighted the three-masted
schooner Leander V. Beebe, from Balti-
more to Boston. An American flag in
verted flew from her rigging, and the
Dalzell ran UP and hailed her.
"The schooner's deck,' said Captain
Denyze tonight. "swarmed with men
in all stages of undress. Wretchedness
was written in every line of their faces
Very few wore hats, some of them were
without shoes and nearly all were
minus coats
What price do you want to take sew
erty men into new York;" shouted the
skipper of the Beebe.
II told him, and we made the bar
gain. / ran up alongside, and after an
hours dangerous work got the men on
the Dalzell. After the tug got under
way it was agreed that / put one man
off at Pier g. North River and did So
/ He said he was the gunner. I did not
catch his name. None of them made
any secret about their efforts to reach
/ Cuba and their fight for her freedom
| The most detected person on board was
ar old man, who told me he was Calixto
Garcia, and was in charge of the expe-
dition- He was accompanied by his
son, Carlos Garcia. Garcia seemed
completely broken down. He said that
the Cubans had played one of their
strongest cards of the revolution in
sending out this expedition, and that
more than 100000 worth of arms and
ammunition had been lost by the sink
ing Of the Hawkins.
He then related to Captain Denyze
the story of the wreck. He said: I'VE
loaded the steamer James w Hawkins
for the expedition at Port Morris. All
day the matches were closed and no.
body ever had any suspicion that we
had thousands of dollars worth of
arms in her hold. All the work was done
at dead of night. We sailed on Friday
night, and went out by Long Island
Sound. We had excellent weather un-
til Sunday, when it began to get rough.
Il On Monday morning early the vessel
sRrang a leak. The waves and wind