The citizen., 1896-01-31

The Suspected Filibuster
Was Not Seaworthy.

Was Not Seaworthy.
Sprung a Leak Soon After Leaving
the Port of New York-Ten Mem.
bers of the Expedition Lost While
Being Transferred from a Small
BOat-Others Picked Up.
Boston, Jan. 29.-Last Sunday night
the steamer J. w. Hawkins, command
ed by Capt. Woodrow, sailed from New
York with party of between seventy
five and hundred men, bound, it is
claimed, for Cuba, where the party
was to enter the ranks of the insurgent
army. When the steamer was off the
eastern end of Long Island she sprung
a serious leak and the water gained SO
rapidly that all hands were obliged to
take to the boats. Monday morning
the men were picked up by passing
schooners, among which was the three
masted schooner Helen III. Benedict,
Capt Brockett, bound from Norfolk for
Boston with a cargo of coal. The Bene-
dict picked up twenty-five of the men
and landed them at Vineyard Haven
late Monday night, from which place
they were transferred by the steamer
Sisie d. and landed at Woods Holl,
where they took an early train for
New York.
Ten Wore Drowned.
The four-masted schooner Alice B.
Crosby, Newport News for Boston, fell
in with another boat from the steamer
about sixty-five miles southeast by east
of Sandy Hook lightship, which con-
tanned twenty-three persons, but owing
to the rough sea only thirteen were
saved, the other ten being drowned.
The Crosby landed the survivors at
Woods Holl yesterday where they took
a train for New York. Another vessel,
a three-masted schooner, picked up
number of the wrecked people and it
is supposed put back with them to
Delaware breakwater. The men were
mostly Spaniards and would say very
little concerning the disaster. 1t was
said, however, that the steamers true
destination was Cuba; that her cargo
consisted of $25, 900 worth of ammuni-
ton, one gun on board having cost
5000.
The Vessel Not SeawOrthy.
The J. w. Hawk kins was a steamer of
1875 tons net and 1873 tons gross She
was built at Kennebunk, Me-, in 1880
and hailed from Onancock, Va The
steamer has been engaged in the fish
ing business, but has been lying idle in
Baltimore harbor for some months
Two weeks ago MIR. Tinsley 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 at hand, but
whatever suspicious the sellers may
have entertained they were very care
full to keep to themselves, and in an in
credibly short time the boat was de-
livered to her new owner free from
debt. She was at once taken to New
York, where, it is alleged, little
band of men were gathered in readi-
ness to get ON board, their intention
D0lnR JO lOiu OuO OuOdA army anu H2IlU
in the ranks. In spite of the vigilance
of the Spanish authorities the steamer
was fitted for sea and the men taken
safely on board. Last Sunday night
she sailed from that port, commanded
by a Capt. Woodrow. Unfortunately,
however, the boat was unfit for sea
and the hasty preparations had allowed
no time for thorough examination of
her bottom, for she had proceeded only
as far as the eastern end of Long
Island when She sprung a dangerous
leak and began to settle in the water.
In spite of all the crew could do the
leak gained with fearful rapidity, and
in short time they were compelled to
take to the boats. There were about
100 men on board.
Seventy Survivors Reach Now York.
New York, Jan. 20.-The ocean tug
Fred B. Dalzell brought to this city
seventy men supposed to be Cuban
filibusters whom Capt Denyse picked
up from the schooner Leander v. Beebe
yesterday morning at point ten miles
due east from the stranded steamship
st. Paul off Long Branch. Capt. Henry
Denyse, who commands the Dalzell,
was lying off Long Branch looking for
a tow, when he sighted the three
masted schooner Beebe. An American
flag, inverted, few from her rigging,
and the Dalzell ran up and hailed her.
1.-The schooners deck" said Capt. De-
nyse this morning, ''swarmed with
men in all stages of undress. Wretch
edness was written in every line in
their faces. Very few wore hats.
Garcia Among Those Rescued.
The tug captain said that none of the
men made any secret about their eff
forts to reach Cuba and there fight for
her freedom. 1.-The most detected man
on board was an old man, who told me
he was Calixto Garcia" said the cap
tain, .'and he was in charge of the ex-
pedition. He was accompanied by his
son Carlos 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 $780,