Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-02
STEAMER BERMUDA.
1T is REPORTED HER CARGO HAS
BEEN SEIZED
ny Honduras Authorities mt Puerto
corter-course Laid Out for
the vessel

New York, April 1.-The Herald says
locally concerning the report of the
seizure OF the Bermuda by the Spanish
authorities:
The cable message from La I.ibertad.
San Salvador, received by the Herald
stating that the arms on the steamer
Bermuda OF nlibustering fame. had
been seized at Puerto Cortez, on the
north coast of Honduras, would APP
parently indicate that the Bermuda
had been intercepted while attempting
TO make landing in Cuba and had
been compelled to fly. with at least
portion OF her cargo. to avoid capture
by Spanish cruisers
There is reason to believe that the
expedition reported by Havana special
cable dispatches to have landed at Muir
lei, or on the north coast of Plnar del
Rio was not the Bermuda, but another
expedition. Cargoes Of arms and am
munition. carried by small. fast sailing
vessels are known to slip across under
cover OF darkness from the Florida
coast to the Island OF Cuba at intervals.
The successful landing of at least
five Of these small expeditions has been
announced during the last month.
These small ADMINISTERING parties have
north coast of the island and some
times close to Havana. The sailing
of the Bermuda from New York with
Callxto Garcia on board was OF course
known to the Spanish officials. All
eyes were on the lookout for her and II
is not strange under the circumstances
that the small expedition which landed
In the dark at Marlel on the north
west coast was mistaken for and re-
ported as the Bermuda.
When Capt O'Brien picked up Garcia
End his party Oft the Jersey coast and
steamed out to sea II was not his In
tenton TO endanger life and property
by steamlng down the Atlantic coast,
thus running the risk of intarceptlOn
and capture by Spanish cruisers. which
were known TO be on the watch for
him
The experienced old blockade runner
laid his course almost south-eoutheast
which would take him hundreds OF
miles from danger Of interception. He
left the Bahamas Wen to the west,
sighting land first on their extreme
western edge, Watling's Island would
have been made in about four days, as
the bermuda steams easily at eleven
Knots on hour.
From this point toward Cape Maysi
on the eastern end OF cuba the course
Is almost due south and on the coast
of the province OF Santiago de Cuba
tneTe IL every reason 10 believe the
Bermuda attempted to land As the
Bermuda Approached the Cuban coast
great caution was. of course. neces-
sity. To pick n safe landing place and
to avoid the patrol of Spanish cruisers
consumed time and necessitatcd delay
and II Is quite possible that as In the
case OF the steamer Horsa, which IL
said 10 have landed AguIeire and Cas-
TWO neer Guantanamo and the steamer
Three Friends which recently landed
Enrique ColGzgo near Cardenas, the
BERMUDA may have been Caught in the
aet,'1 and after, perhaps, taking Gen.
Garcia's party may have been chased
away from the coast across the Carri-
I bean sea toward the southwest.
Flying the British flag, with so much
notorety ns a fillbusterer attached 10
her name. she would hardly dare to
/ put In any port on the island Of
/ Jamnica. Toward Honduras she either
I sailed Of her own accord or was chased
thither by Spanish mer-of-war.
| The Cubans In New York have heard
nothing from Bermuda since her ar
| rival was cabled to them from Puerto
! Co-iez They were greatly surprised
| TO hear that her arms had been seized
/ by the Honduras authorities,