The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-06

a free hand will ever be given that officer
again To learn the inside workings or
St Pierre smuggling. one must go TO the
out-ef-the A-oor OF Newfoundland's
south shore and mingle with the fisher
folk. not as detective but as a friend
" seeker after knowledge. The coast IS
indented with rocky hiding places. where
no cruiser can follow. and fog so fire.
quently hangs over the sea that a New
foundland fisherman can slip across to
st. Pierre with load of wood. and, COM
ing back with load which IS not wood
glide right under the revenue steamed's
PROV without being seen or detected
Should the fog loft. two or three oar
strokes or rising breeze carries the fu-
gitive inside the ledgy coves and antici-
pating a division of the spoils. all the
fishermen of the cove are ready 10 swear
TO fasle arrest II the officers try to iden-
tify any particular man as their prison.
er. Religious and supersticious in tho
extreme the fisherfolk absolutely refuse
10 be convinced that smuggling is not a
highly devout, praisworthy and coura-
geous calling
At one cove in BURN on the south shore
is family of Irish stalwarts. twelve bro
theirs. all measuring over six feet. who
are the nightmare OF the tde-wiater's
life One of the brothers had brought a
load of rum to port and was taking his
ease along the wharf when the customs
officer arrived To give the story IN the
words of the redoubtabie Irishman-
which best illustrates the fsherman's
ideas on smugglfng-'B edad," said he;
I sees a fellow come Deerin' down the
hatchway. SEE I to myself loike. now
what's he dom there? An what are ye
lookin' in another mans ship for? sez l.
Then I sees a bras band on his cap,
Howly Mary and all the angels O. hiven
a bras band on his cap, Begor But
catches him by the scum o the neck be-
fore him knows what's up and h'ists him
clane over the ship into the wather. Up
he comes. drippin' and mad. and goes an
gets two more officers; so I jumps into a
boat and h'ists my sail and they after
me. Bedadl They're almost on me. one
fellows putin out hook TO grapple me
boat when the Lord sent a gale that
filed her sails full and away she goes
skimmin' the sea loike a swan; an I'd
loike to see any tide-waiter catch her
then" The smuggler FASTENED 10 his
home cove among the rocks where no
sloop could follow and there were eleven
brothers TO protect him.
What II he'd caught your the Irish
man was asked.
HIM said he with unutterable con-
tempt. "T'was no sin to shoot a bailin
in the land I came from and 'twould be
Meanwhile. the officer, fOiled Of his
prisoner, was determined to prevent the
sale of the contraband; but the twelve
sons of Erin were just as determined not
to be foiled Of their profits. How they
did it. I do not know; but they kidnap-
ped the officer. carried him TO a barren
island. fed him for forty-eight hours. and
sold all the rum. Once ashore again. the
irate officer was worked ID 10 such a
pitch that he was ready to inva Re the
brothers stronghold and arrest The whole
family; but the Irish harbor priest inter
vened. AN what would We be putin
one o. the chilren in jail FRI" demanded
the priest. Sure an 1t didn't hurt a
feather O. y'r head to be there, Sure
an you could go there yourself, alone,
any Nliltt anu NbGlu Nt lllHi A~FiA a AtA9i
for that? Be shame on YOU for a good
Irishmanl" No one would testify which
brother kidnapped the officer and no one
who had tasted proof thereof would tes-
tify which brother had Imported the rum
and the offence went unpublished II the
whole family had been arrested. Il would
have been impossible to secuhe a convic-
ton; for since bank directors-or rather
bank wreckers-Of St ohn's. who sold rot
ten bank stock 10 poor people and des-
troyed the two financial Institutions of
the colony, were acquitted on the techi-
nal grounds there was no conspiracy
TO defraud" A jury Of fishermen sbso-
lutely refuses 70 convict a poor nnrn for
smuggling a few hundred dollars 'yor;h
Of rum.
A case Is on record within the last two
years. when a culprit made "the mis-
take" Of pleading guilty. In spite Of this
he was blandly acquitted by the Jury.
"sir." Numbered the outraged fudge
you confessed you were guilty The fury
SAYS you're a Har' You didn't mean 20
defraudi There was no conspiracy % de-.
fraud the words used in the scau'tal
Of the bank directors Considering these
circumstance. u is not surprising that
iails IN southern Newfoundland have an
empty. lonely appearance. md that pris-
on wards are overgr0wn with weeds Nor
need discredit be thrown on a Joke az The
expense OF the Tailor q e Plocrntia the
leading town ~ the south TIE keeper
was 20 glad ~ The one SOLITARY prisoner
who came 20 him IN the year that after
a.. Frfrfr-H
tha privlledge ~ going 70 the village
dances was permitted 20 the srnuggisr-
presumably in The hope % making his
stay pleasant. but the rascal took al
vantage Of his liberty and stayed out
late one night and the choieric haiiF
was kept waiting I'VE sceundrei 10"
shouted the baiHG. 80 Sc come 80 late
again I'll lock the door on ys.
The existence - s. Pierre Aflq8eioa.
without representative from foreign gov
errrneute. creates other Complication b.
sides those incident % arpugr rR. and -
these. two Instances are sufficient A
man ~ I.auaIlue. On tha south shore. hs4
HE schooner loaded with WOOD 90 take
- s. Pierre VIXEN his vie yell g. BE
remained ~ home and Dst me schooner
IN charge ~ q friend but ~ soorrr vas
tbe schooner n g Pierre barber sha-
was seized ara e7ls hy - Pierre mer-
chaaz FOR a de5t owed ~ ere frisrs Ter
1.aHa'ine rnan'e whole fortune uas la ffe
schooner racrffced sor hss f-ieaa's Saht
ana the injustice ~ tbe ease wss aroag4t
hef1-r both The Colonial ar1 Brlfish ges.
erumanfs. Pat 10 consul g alawsf ~
s. Pierre fhe boat uas 7ot rsz.sters3
ara nofhiaT could - Zone The Tsiae1
zfoun6iauser shsn took fas laS = ne
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