The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-23
Charles Bedell, From South At
RIGA, Loaded With Money
and Jewels.
ARRESTED, He TELLS HIS STORY.
Bauman, Jameson Raider, Shadewsd Him,
and, Mistaken For Him, Was Knocked
Out By Thugs.

A sailor garbed young man has
walked the streets of Brunswick for
the past few days, carrying, in belt
about his person, five thousand dollars
in golden English sovereigns, besides
many diamonds and a rich lot of gold
jewelry.
This fellow, who took a small for
tune about with him, had come from
Cape Town, South Africa, as a COM
mon seaman on the schooner Ella M.
Wiley, and, during the entire voyage,
bunking in the forecastle with rough
sailors, climbing rigging and hand
ling rope. lending his hand in all the
ship board labors, yet all the time
keeping his treasure safe, and keep
ing his mates from learning his secret
except one man, who "peached"
when he arrived here.
The young mans name is Charles
Bedell. He shipped as "consul's
man" on the schooner, which is but
another term for working your pas
sage" "Consul's men" receive nom
inal wages of 81 per month on vessels
There was another "consul's man" on
the Willey-E. M. Bauman, of Chi
cago, who had been IN South Africa
for four years, an interview with
whom was published in Sundays
TIMES.
When the schooner arrived here Be-
dell and Bauman were discharged.
Bedell drew $1.57 from the custom
house for his work on the voyage and
Bauman 50 cents, advances deducted
The sailor who knew that Bedell had
the money and jewels, with intent to
do service to the cause of Justice,
notified Deputy United States Marshal
Emmett Taylor OF the fact, and also
told startling story that opened the
officials eyes.
The sailor said that Bedell and his
chum, "Liverpool Jack, had murdered
a rich resident of Cape Colony, divided
his money and jewels, and that Bedell
had sailed on the schooner, while "Liv-
erpool Jack" started for the states by
way of Australia.
Mr.. Taylor accosted Bedell and
placed him under arrest. He searched
the suspect and found $1,000 in gold
and diamonds and jewelry of inssti-
mable value. The opening of the sail
or's belt disclosed a treasure -trove
that made Taylor's eyes blink. When
a statement was demanded, Bedell
said: 81 have been a conductor on the
South African railroad for a number
of years and accumulated this money
by hard work. A murder and robbery
of wealthy mine owner occurred and
myself and thirty-three other railway
employees were placed in jail at Cape
Town, charged with the crime. After
several months imprisonment myself
and three others were released, an in
vestigation having established our In
nocence, was given a discharge by
the government, which l here exhibit
to you,"
The officer read he discharge, which
seemed to be in proper form, and hav-
ing no positive facts to warrant de-
tanning Bedell, released him. Bedell
sailed on the Colorado for New York,
much amused at the discontinue of
his sailor accuser. The facts in the
case have been wired to New York.
Bauman's part in the story is, partly,
an amusing one. Bauman is the son
of Z. Baumau, prominent and
wealthy merchant of Chicago. In his
interview in THE TIMES he stated that
he had been connected with the Jame-
son raid, and had to get out of the