The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-09
THE SILVER HEELS TRIP.
SOUTH STREET TALES or A FILIBUs-
TBR's TOW down THE COAST.

Barser TuG y. n. Wise nee tho Worst or ut
when . Now Came Up on the VtrEtnfa
C~apes-CarEo Finally Landed on One OF the
Bahamas to Ne Forwarded-Britons Get n.
This 10 the yarn of tho ilttlo two.masted hli-
buster silver Heels, as spun by tho shellbacks
of South street. Tho Silver Heels, as everybody
who reads THE Sun knows, slipped away from
this port before daylight on Sunday, Dot. IL, in
tow Of the iron tug r. II. Wise. which usually
does duty In the peaceful waters Of this neigh
borhood,
The Silver Heels was laden. It is supposed.
with arms and ammunition for the Cuban revo-
lutionists. She cast Off her lines from an East
River pier Just az the revenue cutter Chandler,
full Of United States deputy marshals, with
clubs and guns. left her slip at the foot OF White
hall street to overhaul the little schooner. There
was q stiff westerly breeze blowing, and 1t 10
surmieed that tho Silver Heels dispensed with
tho services Of the Wise in her run up the East
River and the Sound.
Whether tho Wise waited for her off tho
Hook, while she was rounding Long Island, or
whether they kept company all the way up the
Sound, does not appear in the South street yarn.
1t 10 certain, however, that the two boats n few
days later were going down the coast together,
a%stout hawser between Tho wise's after bits and
the flibustcr was in the neighlorhood Of Cape
Charles. Then there came a blow the like Of
Wnlch capt. Cutlor OF tho Wise had mover been
In on so small a craft. The seas reared to Al.
pine attitudes and the Wise pitched and rolled
as only an cighty.four-foot craft can In q big
blow. Things & I loose on deck and every door
slam-banged until the ferment subsidized. which
was not until II had made all the harbor sailors
wish they had never gone outside the Hook.
One OF tho first things the men on the Wise
did when the skipper saw that he was in for real
weather was to cut loose from the Silver Heels.
The little schooner promptly hovo to under
a. shred of canvas and waited for tho
blast to let up. 1t blew twelve hours
and in that time tho Wise lost herself
In the spoondrift and driving rain. Sho simply
wallowed In the riot, every body hanging on for
his life. The door OF the engine room slanmed
on the engineers fingers and cut the ends of the
fingers Off. Thereafter. according to the South
street yarn, he became ad visory engineer.
When daylight came the men Of the Wise
found themselves within sight of the island of
Chincoteague, which is off the Virginia coast.
The Silver Heels was taken In tow again. The
Bahamas. 4. party of Cubans was on this island
to receive the cargo Of the flibuster, which
made sail for some port, OF the West Indies after
her cargo had been discharged.
A steamer from Florida, supposed to DO the
Dauntless. took away about q fourth of tho war
material. Its hiding place was then discovered
by the British authorities and the rest of 1t was
seized. The Wise returned to this port several
days ago, and it is said that all of her crew got
ashore in q hurry and never showed up again.
declaring that they had had enough Of ocean
towing In . gallo on n harbor tug.