The news boy., 1896-05-16
NEATLY oUTwITrED.

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spaaish spsss Sent o. Foors Errnnd
while Cubaus L1ad Their Vessel and
Bend Her on Her Way with Arms and
Munatioss for the Patriot Army OF tbs
New Republic.
New YoRK, May 11.--1f the British
steamer Laurada took arms and ann
munition for the Cuban Insurgents
Saturday night the persons who engi'
ncered. the expedition very cleveriy
outwittcd the Spanish authorities who
watched her down the bay from tug.
The tauarda arrived here from Phil.
sdelphia Saturday afternoon and
dropped anchor Of Liberty island at
ave o'clock. At half-psst Ave o'clock
the Dalzell tug Raymond took Capt.
John O'Brien from the Battery land.
ing and put him aboard the alleged
Rlibuster.
Capt. Dickman Of the latter craft
came ashore ON the Raymond and went
to his home in Brooklyn. At seven
o'clock another Dalzell tug, the f. b.
Dalzell, tied up at the Battery land.
ing. She had orders to walt until
Capt. Dickman came back with
party, then to proceed to the Laurada.
Half an hour latcr Capt. Samuel
Hughes, Capt. Dickman, q Sandy
Hook pilot and an engineer came down
to the little dock. With them was
John D. Hart, tall, slim, we'll
dressed Cuban, about sixty years old.
The latter carried q satchel, and was
accompanied by 15-year-old boy, who
might have been his son. The Dalzell
then steamed out to the Laurada and
the party climbed aboard.
On board the steamer all was quiet.
A few sailors paced the deck anxious
ly, but there was but little sign OF ac'
tivity on board. At that time It is be-
lieved there could have been no arms
on the vessel, ,as she was only drawing
12 feet of water. Finally, Mr.. Hart and
his clerk climbed down the Laurada's
side and got aboard the Dalzell which
took them to the city.
All this time there was an interest
ing hunt for the Laurada's arms going
on. A steam lighter had been lying
at Pier II, East river, during the
early afternoon. On the Spanish
line Pier 10, party of Spanish spies
watched the lighter while a tug with
steam up laid down at Pier 8, ready to
give chase in case the lighter loaded
and started down the bay. A little
after three o'clock the lighter began to
load cases and boxes at Pier II. The
spies made dash for Pier 3,
got aboard their tug and waited.
Slowly the lighter moved out into the
river. Her head was turned and she
started at a fast rate of speed up the
stream until she was opposite Cor
lear's Hook. Then she tied up at a
pier there and took on more cases and
boxes. The tug with the spies on
board followed and steaming up the
river short distance stopped and
waited. It was getting dark when the
lighter again steamed out into mid
stream. She turned and when she got
Strengthened out her screw began to
churn the water into a white wake.
The tug with the employees of the
Spanish government on board took nc
chances. The tugs engine was hooked
up and the chase began. Lighter and
tug sped down the river dodging the
ferry boats and other craft. The
former took the Brooklyn shore ano
going across Buttermilk channel
rounded Governors island.
| The tug was right in her wake, and
was just about to turn back and cal
| for the United States revenue cut
ters Chandler and Hudson, which lay
at the barge Office with steam up
| xuhar, Tho 1srhtnr cs,N1nr1vy Hico r,
peared. She had gone around Gov
ernor's island instead of across thu
bay to the waiting Laurada. The tul
followed and saw their quarry glide
through the gap into the Atlantic
basin and tie up. A few men disem
barked, and in few minutes her light
were put out and the basin was il
silence. The spies on board the tut
were thrown entirely off their guar,
by this maneuver and steamed abou
the bay, around the Laurada and thel
back to the barge Office, where it i
said they reported to the Spanish con
sui, Senior Baldasano, who was await
ing the tug in company with Unitet
States Marshal Mccarthy and severa
assistants. They were ordered bacl
to Atlantic basin. When they go
there sight met their gaze tha
dumfounded them. There was tn,
lighter still tied up, but he
decks were innocent of singl,
box or case. They had bee
removed while the spies were chasing
about the bay on another errand
The tug o. v. Coffin, and it is also a
legged the Excelsior, made three mys
terious trips from the vicinity of tn
basin to the Laurada before half-pas
eight, when she lifted anchor an
steamed out through the Narrows.
was announced about the battery tina
four Gardiner guns, 400 cases of ammr
milton and 1e long cases, supposed t
contain Winchester rifles, compose
the Laurada's cargo, but this coul
not be verified. II could not b
learned for what port the Laurada ha
cleared.
Conditi Of Fall Wheat Poor, with r.
duced Acreage.