The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-08
Schooner Seized Friday
Off Cape Ann.
The Captain Has Not Yet Been
Located.

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garrett Mather which arrived at this
port Thursday morning took French
leave the same afternoon. She disap-
pearsd completely from view and her
whereabouts caused the greatest anxiety
among the authorities and the parties
directly interested in her and who had
claims In her. She left port contrary to
the strict orders of the officers OF the
law and for this breach her
master, Captain Almon ID. Mallock, may
have to suffer the most serious conse-
quences. His case is one that Is quite
likely to come both before the state and
the United States courts.
Soon after the Mather had anchored at
the end Of Union wharf she was visited
by Deputy Sheriff Melville f. Trefethen
and David f. Harmon, one of the baliffs
of the United States courts who had been
employed as keeper on the vessel.
Deputy Sheriff Trefethen notified Cap
tain Mallock and the crew that he mad
two writs OF attachments TO serve on the
schooner, that Benjamin Thompson,
Esq, and Bird & Bradley, represented
the attaching creditors. He then served
the attachments and left the vessel in
charge of Mr.. Harmon. AS the deputy
started to go up the wharf he was fol-
lowed by Captain MaIlock who said that
he was also going up town and would
walk up with the officer. The deputy
ana the master proceeded up the wharf
and along Exchange and Middle street.
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street to talk with a friend and then the
captain went away. Meantime Mr..
Harmon was enjoying an unusual expert
ence aboard the vessel. Within a few min
utes after Deputy Sheriff Trefethen had
LETT, the crew under the charge of the
mate began to hoist sail. This seemed a
queer proceeding to Mr.. Harmon and
he asked several of the ten or twelve men
what they were doing that for. They re-
piled that they were doing what they
liked and that IL was nobody's business.
Next they made move to cast their lines.
4 forbid you from doing this said
MIR. Harmon.
Under what authority do you give this
order?'' asked the mate and one or two
OF GQb members b0o crew.
Il was placed aboard Of. the vessel by a
deputy sheriff and instructed to act as
keeper" replied Mr.. Harmon.
This brought out an oath from the men
who at once started out In earnest to
cast their lines and go out to sea. 1--WE
are going away to the Georges Banks,
explained one OF the crew to MIR. Har-
mon. You may either stay aboard with
US and go out or leave the vessel. But
at any rate we are going"
They meant what they said, but Mr..
Harmon did not care about going out
with them and concluded to get ashore.
So when the Mather had proceeded about
100 feet from the end of the wharf, with
the jib and sforesail set and going along
at a pretty stiff gait, Mr.. Harmon low
cred himself down into one OF the life
boats astern of the Mather and hailed
pedlar who was in row boat and who
only a few minutes before had been on
the Mather trying to make a sale of his
articles. The pedlar rowed over to Mr.
Harmon who was then picked up and
taken TO the wharf. Then the Keeper
went up to the city and Immediately no
tilted the sheriff's Office OF the occur
renee. But by this time, thanks to the
breeze, the Mather had got out far be
yond Portland Head and it was useless to
try to catch the vessel. Deputy Sheriff
Trefethen hunted the city high and low
to find the captain but was not success
full and after running bout for several
A.
y ssterday morning and went to Boston
and then to Gloucester to learn If he
could of the whereabouts of the pratt
cal crew. Early last evening after he
had called at many of the shipping off,
ces in both Boston and Gloucester, he re-
turned to the city, having obtained no
clue of the missing vessel but confident
that he would hear from her within
short time.
The Mather had left Portland with 300
barrels OF mackerel valued at $500 and
Deputy Trefethen felt reasonably sure
that she would probably turn up at
either Boston or Gloucester and that she
would not go to the Georges Banks as
soma of her crew told Mr.. Harmon.
During all this time, however, Mr.
one Of the representatives of
The attaching creditors, had not been
Idle. He had notified the agents along
The coast and last evening received word
from Hon. John f. Flaherty of Glouces-
Ter whom he had retained at that port
Iozlook after his Interests that a tug boat
from that port had seized tho Mather off
for several hours Mr.. Thompson COM
inundated over the long distance tele-
phone with Mr.. FIaherty and requested
him to notify the crew that unless they
at once returned with the vessel to Port