The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-19
NOTHING BUT LuMBE
lne Slea1n Barge J. ]. Ward Gives Gaisl
Iecfor Shields a Sunday Hunt. !
NO cOATRA8AHD GOODS WERE FOUND m
n"e She viii lie Kept Under Cicss
f's''iHnce The Collector svizs-
i""t-fhisi is The Same yesses; IsessE
ported " Fiiibustcr somc Days Age
he hermndaIs Expected.

~, n,iteen ., miles above Newport Eewrl
y oii ,,. We opposite side of James river a.
a., Htsit S,. me. known as Burweli's bay.
n,,,o,.n ~ wei IMeti pay is Turner's wharf,
or tbo sears IL has been the CUSTOM
t.e 'ne farmers and planters OF the lyIcIn.5e
NY 10 leave their tobacco. corn. wheat
anu other larm products to be Ina def}h
upon the Richmond or Norfolk boats SDrS
phia. - aA1's-it1fi
About five miles above Turner,ai v,,ar3
is Scotland wharf, much such n niann
us turner's wharf, only trihe busIer.3
as II is the river terminus of n ira all;
n iail,oau from the little village of Wakes
leiu' on the Norfolk and Western raii-
way. few miles away. 5sl-g}5s' Ss{
THE SUSPECTED WARD. s5
Lying off Turner's wharf Is the barge
.: .. Ward, mentioned in The Vlrginian
several days ago MS being ot Nawnnrf
News under the> suspicion OF having
Drought into Hampton Roads n cargo! ofc
arms and munitions to be transferred te,s
niipusterng steamer In the lower bays
and sent away to Cuba Fss'Sis
Hon. L. II. Shields, the Collector az
the Port of Norfolk, has had his eve nm \
the vessel for some time, and Saturday
night received an official request from
Mr. a. lS. Humphreys, the jealous Span-s
lsh Nice-C0nsul at Norfolk to Inspect
the ward at once, as he had reason to-
suspect her OF preparing to slip out q.
cargo for Cuba. Owing to the dense fog.
OF Saturday night the Collector could
not at once comply with the request,
but bright and early Sunday morning.
ne boarded the revenue cutter Hamilton
Captain Mitchell in command, and pro-
ceeded In search of the suspected craft,
THE VESSEL SEARCHED.
The Ward was found lying. as stated,
OIL Turner's wharf. and the Collector at
once wentSaboard, The captain receixAgS
MIN cordially, stating THAI he was salonesss
oil his men being ashore. In RESPONSE
to the questions of Mr. Shields, he stated
that his barge was from PhlladelphiRsa
that She had brought a cargo Of coal
from that city to Newport News. and
after having discharged It at the latter
port had proceeded To her present loca-
tion TO take on q cargo of pine lumber
from the A. l.. Shepherd Lumber conn
pany, of Richmond. for Philadelphia
lie stated that the loading of the barge
was under way and would probably be-
completed by the latter part of the week,
when he would return to Philadelphia by
the inside route.
The Collector inspected the barge
thoroughly and after assuring hlmselts
that there was nothing aboard the Ward
except a few thousand feet of pine lum-s
ber. he Informed the captain that his
vessel would be kept under close surveil-E
. Ssf'Ss~S
ed to Norfolk
WILL WATCH HER CLOSELY.
1t IS evident that Mr.. Shields doeB
not think the Ward q fllibuster but
from the fact that he proposes to keep
such close watch over her while she Is,
in these water. 1t Is also evident that
he is aware of n possibility, or even pro-
babili,y that the vessel Is not exactly
on the square. He realizes the ease with
which cargo Of supplies shipped over
the Norfolk and Western to Scotland:
wharf could be brought down the river
In lighters to Turner's wharf where thas
Ward Is lying. and slowed away in .her.
hold and then taken down about the
Capes and transferred to the Dauntless9
or Bermuda
THE BERMUDA EXPECTED. VI
A naval officer told representative OF
The VirginIan at Old Point yesterday;
that he had heard 1t stated on good au-
thority that the steamer Bermuda IS ex-l
pected in port shortly. and that her
former fllibustering exploits would make
her an object of suspicion.