The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-30
THE STEAMER GUIDO.
Another Rich Prize Captured by
United States War Vessels.
A DISPLAY OF FINE NARkSNAXSHIP.
The Monitor Terror Proves a Terror Indeed
t. the Enemies of the Country Every
She Told the Guido it
was Surrender or Sink.

New YORK, April ga special dis
patch to the Evening World. from Key
West. recounting the pursuit and cap
ture Of the SpanisI steamer Guido by
the monitor Terror. says that two solid
shots struck the Guido. The first, i g.
pound missile. carried away The pilot
house. the second a boat and the third
the compass. The Machias cred her +
inch rifle.
His ships steering gear disabled,
Capt. Alegin. according 10 the Worlds
correspondent. hurried his men ait to
the wheel. But in the momencary de-
lay the Terror had gained upon him,
while ahead ready t. intercept him
should he continue his fight, was the
gunboat Machias.
Then only did the Spaniard give up.
The Guido wa bound from Corunna
to Havana, with Il cargo of provisions
and money, thought to he for the
Spanish troops. The Terror first
sighted her and began the parSuit by
sending Il blank shot across her bows.
The Spaniard promptly put out all her
lights and started in a desperate at
tempt to run away.
The monitor then brought her g.
Founders into play and Sent three more
shots directly at her, all finding the
mark. She also trained her big .2-inch
guns on the Guido, prepared to sink
her if she did not heave to.
Meanwhile the Machias had come up
and sent a shot from a 4-inch rifle at
the fugitive
Capt. kichiondO. seeing hat he had
two such powerful enemies to combat.
surrendered. Lieut.. E. +. Qualtrah,
Ensign J. +. Hubbard and two marines
were put aboard as a prize crew and
brought the steamer mt Key West.
As soon as Capt. kichiondo and his
crew learned of the conditions existing
in Cuba they asked to be landed there.
The Guido is Il steel, screw steamer of
BIB tons gross and 3S72 net. She was
built by Harland Il Wolff, of Belfast.
and is registered by Lloyds as Al. She
is owned by La Frocha." is $50 feet
long. Il feet wide and has a depth of
90 feet. Her port of registry is Bilboa.
She carried a crew of Sc.
All of the prizes still lie in the har-
Dor. and. according to instructions re-
ceived by United States District-At.
torney STRIPPING yesterday from the
department OF justice. will remain
there indefinitely. These instructions
were to the effect that the crew and
passengers of the Panama, which car
ried four ~14-pound guns, and which
was captured by the Mangrove, should
be held as prisoners of war. The
crews of the other prizes are also to be
detained aboard until further orders
and have been allowed no commune
cation with the shore.
1t is conceded that whatever the re-
suit of the presidents proclamation
may be, it will not affect the Panama,
which was an auxiliary cruiser.
Mr.. j. Il. Patterson, who resigned as
head of the prize court of inquiry, will
represent the owners of the cargoes
and various ships, and not the Spanish
government. as at first stated.
1t was reported yesterday that a box,
thought to be from one of the maya
zines of the Maine, had been found off
Southeast point, % miles from here,
but nothing is known of the circum-
stances at the naval station.
The Indiana arrived yesterday after
noon from the Tortugas, where she has
been cOaling.
The steamer City of Key West, which
arrived here yesterday afternoon, re-
ported that she sighted yesterday the
missing schooner Saco, captured by
the monitor Terror, and carrying a
prize crew under Pavmaster q. Simp-
son. The Saco was theu at Rodriguez
Key, off Key Largo, 20 miles from here.
She had been blown out of her course
while making for Key West. All on
board was safe.