The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-03
A S.t:ry of Luck and the Worst Kind
of Luck at That.
CAPTAIN AND PILOT KILLED FIRSTv0YlGE
a Fever ScSt carries or Part ofthc
Grew and Nutiny Follows In
The NutiucerS unn. "A Succeed.
'ns Career oil MYSTERY.
trhs philndelphln rlmes.,

tnSS usifG cpHtTllicd py plipc chance
the same sreat minds are being influenced
by such a belief. The first Napoleon
founder 81 thS Rotnschi,id dyi.asty d. d.
v.ded men into classes-fo fortunate and
etherTiSs--lnd Tefra!Encd from do ns
lucky.
In 1883 there was built at Portland. Me-.
topsail schooner, chrtstynsd the Lunia-
H. From the Internal fittings In the hold.
ii was evident that she was Intended for
SLAYER. y man named Stogver, of rather
Shaky reputation, was appointed captain.
The day she sailed for Havana Il sailor
dropped tail block from aloft. 1t struck
same Gay tho hawser broke and cr!pnied
the pilot. and the vessel left the wharf
with the rcpntat on of being hoodou.
When she arrived at Havana ii new name
came out on her stern and as the Malek
Abel her reputation became cosmopolitan.
The hrsi voyage was to old Calabar
Rivor coast Of Africa, for slaves. y
cargo was secured and the Alalek Abel
was OF Ike = swordlish for Cuba. for she
was n very fast sailor Inside of three
days Il most v!rulcnt fever broke out
among the slaves. and three OF the crew
caught II and died in few hours Mad
W tn fear. the men urged the captain TO
throw the slaves overheard and have IL
clean ship. lie refused and shot one OF
the petitioners. That night the crew
rose in mutiny, killed all the officers and
threw their helpless cargo overheard.
men, women ana children. in number 80.
They agreed To nuke the AIalok Abel y
pirate. They had seven guns and an
abundance OF small arms So they ran
back 20 the Calahnr River and captured
the Spanish SLAYER, Golconda. W tn $780,
op on board Several Of the slaver's crew
joined the pirates and the schooner start
ed Tor East India. hoping TO take n trca-
sure shin. Il landing was made on the
South coast OF Madagascar, and n divi-
sion of the anollS called TOR. OF course
there was GuaTlEl and a mutual slpugh-
ter. Thirteen of the survivors got aboard
OF ne vessel set "a and next day was
oNerlnuh2d by tho British corvette Gran!-
nj ~
cook. Lundy, all were hung at Cane
Town few weeks afnr. claim was
a years delay they got back their vessel,
r rne evidence s,i,. mat she had been SLAYER
After sailing on several successful slave
ventures her owners sold her to Chill an
Englishmnn named Groves, and here the
history of the Malek Abel became almost
as mysterious as that of the Flying
DutchmaB. when the South American
rIepnblics.were fighting Spain they issued
letters OF maIQue and these were taken
advantage of 10y priVateers that in crfcct
We're Ghly pirates and plundered all alike,
ara the n Elites disappeared under n
mug OF th.s chaiaclcr one OF these vcs-
sells known as the Condor. sailed under
Chiltnn cominisson commanded by a
desperate EnSlishmnn named Garry, with
crew TO match. many OF them Ameri-
cans ken Pr Zes were made In the In-
dian ocean. and finally the Condor trrr,sd
her PROV eastward with supcrsiitinus
millions on board.
One thing is known-the Condor stopped
ana here the rev and officers fought until
there were only few left. SIX weeks
a 1ld, n vessel ca M ashore N Talcahuana
Say rbout 1919. This was on the west
coast Of South America. near the Ctv
OF Conception. Three wounded mon and
mad woman were the crew The wo-
man ana TWO men died. telling nothing
but SURVIVOR II Maltese, was more com,
mun!catlvs, and gave the log of the Con
dor. and this the authorit es kept to them
serves anu sent a vessel after the iron
sure. iiut while finding abundant proof
ia.ied; ms many others have done. TO To-
cafe the treasure. THIS was beyond doubt
the Inspiration of Stevcnson's Lost Is
In 1872 Gillian naval officer named
IL, mr. 70 got MT The information held back
ana 'icS nuInoi'ties ana went TO Acapulco
now, the scamcn OF ali nationnIi,i"s
That that are to be found IN south American
them { possible. but Ramiro made ,in his
crew among them and sailed for the is
lands Four months later a ships launch
came into Valparaiso with two men nearly
uend from hunger and wounds ana thev
, TO- this story: The Malek .Adcl got to
some of the treasurc-cnough any wn pH' "a
set the rutlinnly crowd IS lid They ros,
la ms in ny the rhG oiieGr, fortified them
tual killing, until one of the niItinnars
got into the hold and putting kcg Of
and the men in the launch who We're
the SAL ng master and the steward, alone
escaped.
The Chilian government sent wal,
armed vessel to look for the mutine@rs
There were, according to the naiiSas'
twenty-one left ana half of these woe
cut OH by war party that landed h..
n!ght from the Marquisas and attac,,oa
the cIsaw while sleeping. The others fi,tcd
UP ,heir long boat and sailed for tho Snnd.
wen Islands. They were never heard Of
again. THAT some of the buried snoi,a
came into the natives hands Is truc To-,
years afterwards "A magnificent diamond
ana ruby ring was bought from won,an
by whnler ""'""
The Malek Adel was brought IN v,,,,,
raiso. reiittcd and became n smiIroier ON n,,
the coast OF California During tho NJ
Gan war our government seized nor a.
monterey for supplying arms 10 tho Me-
leans, and John Grady, who dioa On
swanson street in 1890. was ono Of IN
prize crew. Her Mexican owners got IN IN"
pack, and in 1888, with large cxcureion
party on board she caps zed on a nnrCn.,
~ clear day off Morant Point InroaGco,
a hsning smack. half a mile away ,Sos
not disturbed. and on coming 10 -
schooners assistance the captain was ~,
paileo by the numhar of sharks tho w.o, a.
pelng alive with them. ONLY Two or ~
Sixty men and women escnppd 49,
crowned or eaten, and so the AIaIe,, SdSi
LETT her wicked old bones in the oc,ea :, ~
Iast All this may seem like n saiio "a.
yarn, but there Is still living in Say,.nrI. :
gentleman who knew Rocco tt.S No.
n Gnu, and .conversed with him ahom;
this fated craft. ''A ABOUT