Connecticut western news., 1896-03-19
BERMUDA GETS AWAY
THE FULleusTER SAILS FOR CUBA
 WITH MUNITIONS OF WAR.
General Garcia Reported to He With the spanish Soldiers Fight with Each Other by Afistake-Insursents Cap ture n Town.

Expedttion-tpnntsh Soldiers Fight Wtth
 Each Other by Afis,ake-Ipsursents Cap ture n Town.
 NEW YORK. March i6.-Aftcr bidlng for more than fortnight in the lee of Bedloc's island, apparently dismantlcd and useless, tho flibustcr Bermuda made her second attempt to leave the port of New York with arms and men for tho Gu. ban insurgents.
 This time she succeeded. Flying the British flng at peak and stern, the sup- derlapd ship, as she Is labeled. raised ans ohor and passed unchallenged through ths Narrows into the open sca. Sho was lass seen from tho deck Of press tug, which accompanied her down tho bay and as far southward as the roadstead opposite As- bury Park. At that point a sudden and blinding snowstorm swallowed tho Bcr- muda mp. She was then holding her course for the south.
 The Bermuda cleared on Saturday for Vera Cruz aud other Mexican ports, bus nobody doubts that her actual destination is Cuba. She carries in her hold all the arms and ammunition destined for hcr first abortivo venture, which were captur- ed on the tug Stranahnn by United States marshals, and whose ownership has since
 
 She has crew of more than % mon. Her cabin is filled with sympathizers in the insurgent cause. How great or how small Ia their number is a secret known only to the leaders of the enterprise.
 The Bermuda's forchold Is filled with arms. ammunition and coal. Her after hold, up to the hour of her departure, was scaled against all inquiries. It may be stored with arms. It may hava been place of concealment for scores of men. In any case tho successful filibuster of the Bermuda was larger in It's scope than that whose success was prevented thrcc weeks ago by federal interference.
 Daredevil Johnnie In Command
 It is said, but cannot be confirmed, that Calixto Garcia is on board the Bermuda. The vessel la in command of John o' Brien. a Hell gate pilot. known as Daredevil Johnnie, owing to his previous exploits as n daring and successful nlibuster. He is said 10 have received Sb. 900 for his sharo in the hazardous venture. The ves- sel Is conled for a journey of at loast 90 days
 What follows is correct record of the Bermuda's movements during the day and night preceding her disappearance In the storm off Asbury Park.
 signs or actiSity were obeerved In the peigbhorhood of tho Bermuda early Satur day morning. When Daredevil Jack o'Brion came out to the ship from South ferry, accompanied by the British vioc consul, he was all prepared to sign tho discharges of IS members of tho old crow of the Bermuda
 In their places 1b new sailors werc at hand, and their contracts were duly sign cd This had all been prearrangvd To was part of the programme of Daredevil Jack. Ho Is an experienced hlibustcr. He took the famous yacht Rambler to the Mosquito coast ib years ago. 1t was be who, in lssT, ran the blockade at Halu with tho Caroline Miller. carrying arms and ammunition fortbe insurgents of that island. Captsin o'Brien's special field of operations has of late been Hcl gate. but he chcrishes prodilection for adventures involving danger to himself and his Asso- ointea