The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07

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Also, we are not able TO depend on landing any.
where. and may have TO cruise along tns co ute
and try two or three so,p l"gTsss o Se, .So n wy I them III Into
the boats with the men and scoot. The men ths.
land conceal the arms, and sometimes hunt for
seyersl days before finding the forces "hen an
One Of the mon who had boon on several Of
these trlPs s s,LS, u that H. thy fS, once Ss M lHnaSd Castle aT%s
They take with thcm on their trips two pilots
secrets WcD tsV Of tho shoals around The, keys. These
men have no especial interest In the cause, Out
90 simply for tho money Son rs m, ANAL,
town at the mouth Of the stream, several places
were pointed out whore arms had been stored FOR
other cases the arms had TO be rcshipped to other
places. One Of these places was within four miles
Of Jacksonville. on tho railroad route 70 2 sum.
opened, and %t al the stores put on one % thY
to tna sea s'G and down tho coast. So far All was
AXE Sis' th s@s to Gu. Cuba. '@ III. s ss" w. met By liz
formed The District Attorney, who sent word t9
the bar at tho mouth Of. the river. Tho
Raleigh went south In tho night. and
appeared on the, meeting place e ne
around, and discovered the psuntiess on tho
mouth Of the river there and Just coming mi S, out
craft S,.h 'n Thu iss side O. steamer immediately re-
sSi1od and q brought bro Sset, 70 jacksonville. Thy;
be proved against the bauntlsss, as none Of the
men and arms had boon put on board. me
Raleigh was unable TO- 60 inside tho h bar Su., 70 ,S eaten
so far presented OF catching q nlibuster by being
q little too rapid. An hour lator and a perfect
p fsss TSs.a Gncie Sans ssSn navy navy Is 't too rapid.
There arc unlimited chances for a niibuster II
only hs can cls,r t mdrs get 0S on Sss Of The but Ft tse
latter is dificult. Tho Dapntless, which seems
TO be the one most depended. on, is In hard luck
sisie. but to hold her anyway. and sho &
s sS,d. a., She mint, L lifSS aE VIII Il P Rs1s . Al h.l Sdi'f slmS
and Sy v..sv yfs "e The VsScs.fehlisSt on the V%esuyip.
thrown at a moment notice In her direction, and
thorough An Lighting .Sa ! TIM s I,S Of on the sry Tnsrf i, w msss. sh1
tho Bsatweil has prevented her dspsrtars on
otiiesr. to stay there all night. Il is queer. too,
that under these ciroumstancesth the owner OF THO
Dagntles. places a bunk A. the efhSs5s dis .eo%s
TO consider II as q game where the smartest will
win, and to take defeat as a good joke.
regard to what would be done under certain
circumstances. Ono OF the nrecating Cubahs
put two or three cases.
Suppose" he said, 81 clear with a cargo OF
arms tor tho province where Gen. Gomez is
supreme. and have tho arms c%onsigned TO Gen.
Gomez. I can do that, can't II Wen, take
the arms there and deliver them, and get q re-
celpt from Gen. Gomez, and clearance papers
from Gen. Gomez In tho name OF tho Govern
There Is no recognized Government OF Cuba.
well, what will they do to mol win they
declare me a pirate and hang met Id like TO
see them try II here in Jacksonville. The
crackers would tear the Jail down.
well. they would. You don't know. the
Florida cracker. Well, what else could i do 70
clear from a province that Gen. Gomez don't
mates. could not get clearance papers IRON,
Spanish officials, because there are none there. ]
would like 70 do II, Just 70 see what the Govern
ment would do, anyhow
Pretty hard to tell"
well. what are they going TO do with "
about the Three Friendsi Arc they gong 70
condemn us for pirates and hang US They
must either do That or turn us over 70 the
Spaniards TO hang us. I'd Ike 70 see a spanish
They would never get down again" ,
And 30 on. This IL merely Il sample. III only
! they could get the United States in u row with
Spain tLcy would doit in n minute,
Another man says: Look a. that Spanish spy
pa ing 10 watch u.s.. lilo was forced on the D.s
trict Attorney by the Washington authorities
and Spain forced the Washington ncoplc 10 .ptJ
him 10 watch Americans. II Ia outrageous.
In the mean time, rnmOrs arc thi'k Ia Tie an
about the steamer Bermuda, az mentioned In Tbs
iingly waits and lhc daily routine gO0s Oh
calmly on tho two shipJ watching her, and The
District Attorney is collecting his information
| and the JuntR people arc fretting.