The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03

the matches. The cages were OF iron' OF
course. and made as strong IN in pris-
ON. There were hunks for the prison :
ers. and portfolios gave them light and
ventilation. In the rear OF the third
cage was fitted up what is known as
..briQ. - or dark cell, for the confinement
Of refractory prisoners. The remainder
of the hold was taken mp by storage
rooms, staterooms and cabins.
In the days Of which I write q con-
vict ship sometimes carried out as
MANY A $50 men and women. Inc
law laid its hand heavily upon every
wrouqdoer. Offenders who would not
Get more than three months in Jail to-
dav were then sent away for five or ten
wears. The embezzler and the muroerer
were treated alike until they arrived at
the Bay. Then some, little dlnerence
was made in the favor OF the former
though the place was he'll ON earth
for all, according to every mans tesu-
mony. Where big batch was taken,
the government sent along from to IL
marines and an officer to take entire
charge of the prisoners, In our case the |
contract only bound the government 10
finnish a doctor. We must ship hands
} enough to guard the conyicts and land
} them safely at Botany Bay, and the
ship must provide its own OUTFIT OF nre-
arms.
We went about these things in good
: faith and with an eye as to what might
: happen OH the voyage unless we were
! fuily prepared for trouble. There were
Q hundreds of men looking for an oppor-
| thnsr
e barpaiued with seven very decent look
. ing fellows to pay their way by acting
s as guards. The odd man had peen
u sergeant of infantry and was TO com
o mand the guard. We bought dozen
p muskets and plenty of ammunition, and
3 one day. when almost ready to receive
r the prisoners aboard, the captain said 20
10 me:
"Ralpb. there's no knowing what
NAV happen to us with 60 desperate vii
la;ns aboard. understand that all our
prisoners are long termers and over
ne half of them are going for life. am
III going to arrange the main cabin 80 that
ut we can turn it into q fort II necessary
n Presenting that you have never been
er aboard of sailing craft, make bold
To tell YOU that our quarters comprised
= a main cabin, q dining room and three
i'm staterooms. Forward of it and reached
III by the same entrance or companionwa.
IT, were the quarters fitted up for the pas
[or sengers. The roof Of the cabin was eie
waited about two feet above the deck am
u.s. was lighted in part by skylight IN IN
center. Each stateroom had smal
IT, window looking out on deck, ana Tn
IT'S. dining room had three or four The Ell
the trance to the cabin was in 'front.'
ade Well, what we did was to secure lro
ced sbutters for all the windows looking OF
mp forward, each shutter having portho
pom for musketry firing and likewise nc
, a mates which could be clamped OIL p
be meath the skylight if the emergen'
arose. Then the bulkhead between cat
bad No. 8 and the passengers quarters WI
provided with portfolios and maze pu
we let proof as we'll For the cabin defen
the we bought four double barreled she
of Guns and two rifles. This would q
be rs. in case of a row, six good arms,
mt. saw nothing of the officers pistols al
,ips what firearms the passengers mig
top- bring. You will observe that nave 1t
EN-. the seven guards entirely out III
wd figuring.
rom When the Hindu was ready to recei
and the convicts, government inspec'
reat came aboard to see that everything
been lating to the prisoners was shlpsnal
shot There was nothing to find fault WI
1t is and he named the date when the ga
would he sent aboard. Our passeng
Why, came first-exactly 20 of them. Wh'
the do you suppose the first three we
yard When / first clapped eyes on them
All was 80 taken aback that stood OF
with monthed and could not utter wo
Tbev were Mr.. and Mrs. Williams
, the the daughter, Mary. 1t had been
bit. weeks since left Dudley, ana nad
and cejved no news of them whate'
, &C though was every day trying TO pr
RS as mn the courage to write direct 10 nj
am herself. =,
long, "Well, Ralph, it's this way,
good the father as I expressed my aston'
ny at ment. Everybody knows the gal is
since nocent as a babe, but she cant al
Is out notoriety. Well go out to Austr'
,orta- and have a look around, and If thu
an as don,t snit we can return after a COT
d, to If wears. I'd forgotten the name oil y
" COL craft. and it's pleased am to ma
prop we are to sail with you.
Set of can't say that Mary seemed o
camp. pleased to find me there. Indeed,
wo or acted as if considerably put out al
ID and il. While may not have been dlsta
a. 1t ful to her personally, yet the sign
,urths me kept all the past in mind ana
share had taken her troubles very mucI
island heart. She shook hands and MAD
ok to effort to be friendly. however, ana
was all could expect. OF the othe
ing to messengers there were four married
from niles. two young women servants
were single man and six children Ihes
nts, q all middle class people, tidy ana
was q spectable, and we could not have
go by for better lot.
half rrho ,assanoers came aboard In