The San Francisco call., 1896-11-10
Overhauled by a Steamer AM
Towed Into Ensenada
Harbor.
CREW OF ONE GET AWAY.
Reach the Shore in Boat and Are
Hiding From Mounted
RuraleS.

SAN DIEGO, CAL. Nov. 9.-After carry
ing on a piratical business for over three
years in stealing guano off the Lower
California islands in defiance of the Mexi-
can Government the crews of two San
Diego schooners now repent their illicit
traffic. The schoone-s are the Ellen,
Captain Jensen, and the Peking, Captain
Goodlin. Captain Jensen and his two
sailors, McAllister and Anderson, are in
Jail at Ensenada, and Captain Goodlin
and his two sailors are in hiding some
where on the peninsula, with the chances
ten TO one that they do not escape.
The steamer Pacheco, which sailed from
here Wednesday night, was under orders
10 take on Mexican custom officials and
armed guards at Ensenada and hurry
down the lower coast after guano snug
glers. The headquarters of the gang has
been at Elida Island, $50 miles south of
here, where there are rich guano deposits.
The steamer found nobody there and
came up the coast looking into the little
coveS where guano schooners occasionally
put in. At Santa Rosaia Bay, 300 miles
south of San Diego, five schooners were
sighted.
The Pacheco found one, the Ellen, Just
putting to sea, the skipper having seen
the steamers smoke. Under full steam
the Pacheco soon overlook the schooner
and threw lines out. 1t was rather excit-
ing. as the guano poachers are men of
daring, and they had declared many times
that rather than lie in a Mexican dungeon
they would fight to the death, but the
show of cooked rifles over the steamer 8
rail overawed the guano men and they
surrendered. Captain Jensen and his two
men were transferred to the steamer and
placed IN irons, and the custom officers
took charge of the schooner.
Then the steamer gave chase to the Junk
Peking, which was hosting sail and pre-
pairing to run out to sea. The crew. see
ing they would be overtaken, abandoned
the junk and took 10 the small boats,
reaching land and running and hiding in
the brush before the steamer came up.
The guards took charge of the junk.
The Pacheco put about and gave chase
to the other three schooners that were
scurrying out to sea. They were the Alta
Hongkong and Wahlberg. Captain Far
well of the Alta has his wife on board.
The schooners had good start and man
aged 10 get over the three e-mLe limit before
being overtaken. Their crews sent up
lusty cheer and Haunted their flags at the
officials on the steamer. The officials were
so excited and anxious to capture the
schooners that they urged Captain Col
burn OF the Pacheco to put on more steam
and take them anyhow, but the captain
knew his business and said he would not
modest anything on the high seas.
Returning to the bay the Ellen and
Peking were taken into Tow. The Off
Gals did not stop to search for CAPTAIN
Goodlin and his two sailors of the Peking
who escaped with little food and no water
The Mexicans said that they would starve
or be compel ed TO surrender. Upon ar
rival at Ensenada to-day the three pris-
oners were turned over to the authorities
who placed them in Jail.
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Ellen, which he lately purchased. The
vessel, as well as the Peking will be con-
hscated by the Government. The Pekine
is rich prize, having been in number of
ugly scrapes at Ensenada and invariably
getting away. The Msxicans have sworn
that they would get her and place her
crew behind bars.
Mounted rurales were dispatched from
Ensenada to-day to seek for Captain
Goodlin and his two companions. The
authorities are confident that the men
cannot escape, as settlements are few and
far between and there are no vessels pass
. ing that way. The only way the men can
escape will be by hailing one of the guano
fleet. but that fleet is probably keeping
well to sea while the Pacheco is in those
waters.
1t was the junk 'Peking that carried
Garratt, the gold bar thief, 10 Ensenada
in quest of his buried booty, and il was
the Peking that had trouble at Cedros
- Island two years ago. After the gold bar
episode the Peking sailed southwark and
her skipper, Frank Colbert, and the Mex
can cook deserted her after looting the yes-
sci. leaving the rest of the crew to reach San
Diego as best they could. The men almost
starved before getting back, but they
turned right around and started after an
other cargo of guano. The Peking is
owned by c. w. Beermaker of National
City.
The lightest sentence that can be I'M
posed upon the prisoners, it is understood,
Is two years in prison. Owing to the ae.
gravation of the offense and the fact that
the poachers have persistently violated
the law of Mexico after repeated warnings,
it is probable that the extreme penalty