New-York tribune., 1896-01-29
HOWTHE MEN WERE RESCUED
STORY or THE CAPTAIN OF THE TUG
DALZELL

PEOPLE on HER a HARD-L0oKING LOT
cantain Harry Denvse of the tugboat Dazell
which landed seventy OF the survivors Of the
! w. Hawkins in this city yesterday, was seen
by Tribune reporter last night. just after ne
had n,oored his tug alongside Pier No lS on the
East sRiver So far as his knowledge OF the
affair went, Captain Denyse talked freely. ne
said:
''I sighted the Beebe yesterday morning at
o'clock about ten miles east of where tne -N"ei'-
can Liner ST. Paul is now beached on the shore
AZ Long Rranch She was flying the American
flag in her rigging. and in response to the sig
raj l rar up to her. The captain or the Beepe
asked me to come alongside. and after had
worked to within hailing distance he tod me
he had a shpwreclsed crew aboard that "isheu
10 be landed In New-York. lie wanted to Know
low much l would take them for. We settled
q price ard then l prepared to get the ere"
aboard When saw them took in the situa-
tion at once knew 'em by their mugs Gosh
they were the toughest looking lot of fellows l
ever saw There was quite a sea on. and Doth
the tug and the schooner were laboring hard'
No I didn't transfer the men in boats just
worked the tug alongside the Reebe, and IN less
than an hour I had the whole or the snip
wrecked people aboard. and was OF for TINS
port
Were YOU instructed to land them at any
special place." Captain Denyse was asked.
"Well. no." he replied. but one young man.
who | was told gunner-he was snort
fellow with black hair and mustache-wan'ed
10 60 10 the Junta in Broadway. ana !anoeu
him at Pier No. g. North River. and the others
I put ashore on the pier at Forty-secohu-s'' at
about O'Clock in the afternoon landed sixty
nine men at the latter place. and with the gun
hNay Of
people"
Now can YOU tell ne wnether Gehera Na'lN'o
Garcia was with you?'
."yes General Garcia was with me-" the cap
tain Of the Dalzen replied with, emphasis. i
know General Garcia by sight and talked 10
him while he was aboard the tug. He IS me
militnry-looking man-tall. stout ana win ialsT.
fierce bushy white whiskers He had ms son WIN WIN
him also. but did not learn WHAT '''' 'e
mans name was.
A POORLY CLAD But JOYFUL LOT.
Asked II the men saved any OF their effects
from the wreck or brought back any KIND OF
,uygope with them he answered: "No, the men
had nothing with them except what they stood
IN in and that was hardly worth the speaking
about Some had shoes and some no mats out
notwithstanding they seemed pretty )oEiu' anu
light hearted But General Garcia mad WIN "ii"'
however two valises stuffed full with greenoacKs'
How do know? Why saw them myseii Gen,
oral Garcin showed the contents to me. shouiu
he we'll satisfied If had only part Of what one
Of those vallses contained
No WONDER SHE FOUNDERED.
Cantain Denyse. ir reply to inquiries as to the
founder,ng of the Hawkins. said the mate OF the
later informed him that the filibustering snip
weu, down forty-fve miles east, southeast Oh
Barnegat shortly after noon on Monday. Anu
in ANYTHING like a sea-" the captain cohtihueu'
"I don't wonder in the least that she ala rouhuer'
knew the Hawkins well. and she was nothihs
more than an old ratte-trap. one was d" o''
menhaden fshboat. or what we call an oid hu"n-
er and for my part wouldn't cross 10 "'dtei
Island with her. In the heavy sea that preVaheo
off Barnegat Yesterday her seams began 10 open
and let the water n and then wnen the! tiiei 49, W
,se the pumps they were useless because iiey
were blocked UP with coal The mate Oh .ns
Hawkins told me every one on ooaIa ious % ,ham
10 save the ship but the water gained Oh l"e,', ,
easily They had to resort 10 bailing the snip oul
with buckets think most OF the HAWKINS
crew Americans at any rale ',e ne. "ae h "niv
He s a Brooklyn man This mate was m tme U,S Sr
one of the crew that had on the Dalzeii me
others including the captain. were rescued Dy ,,ie
other two schOOne:s that were near the ma" h''''
in addition to the Peebe. when the founuerlhs @ oc
landed in Boston did not near tne MAJ a
mentioned but he seemed much disappoHte1 d,
the result of the venture because he SAID ne hao
been promised rig stake II they lahueu .ne
shin were transferred to the three schooners IN
Ave boats. two OF these containing seventy men men
making their way to the BeeDe. rms was 's. Jus.
before mid day yesterday. and about nan an hou
later I am told the Hawkins made lurch ana
went to the bottom. >-.,.
"Then the Beebe put her head toward ,1,s,, New.
York intending to pick up tug IN Inc Nci,h.y
OF Sandy Hook Lightship but / managed 10
fan in with her before she reached there ana
got the job Of bringing the men on 10 'n'S
Now, do you know anything as to where the
Hawkins was loaded? 1t is reported that the
arms and ammunition she carried were put
aboard her outside the Hook 1t was then sug-
xested to Captain Denyse.
WHERE WAS SHE LOADED?
Nothing Of the kind. l was told. and my
information was true enough, that she was
loaded at Greenport Long Island. According
TO a conversation i had with the mate on the
Journey home dfculty whatever was en-
countered in slowing away the ammunition and
arms aboard. He said the whole thing had
been carried out in the easiest possible man.
ner. and that no American official seemed to
have the least idea of what was going on. Al
together they had 100000 worth OF stun on
hoard When she started the Hawkins went
through the Sound and then made a bee line
for Cape Hatteras. The captain knew perfectly
well that he dare not attempt to get through
Tho harbor The mate in describing how they
got away. said it was the slickest. slipperiest
piece of work that had ever been accomplished
by anybody or any ship in similar circum-
stances"
Then Captain Denyse was asked his opinion
"a 10 the slight suspicion that prevailed In some
ouartcrs as to the possibility Of foul play. or
in other words whether having gained certain
ends II was not TO the interest of somebody
nurposely to cast the wornout ship away.
NO MONKEY BUSINESS"
In tone that carried conviction the mariner
replied that he did not for moment believe
IN such a probability "The place where they
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