The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-12
SENT TO BOTTOM BY PANTHER
SURRENDER OF GUNBOAT Is DE-
MANDED BY GERMAN COM.
MANDER.
VESSEL IS FIRED BY HER CREW
PANTHER THEN COMPLETES JOB
BY SENDING HER TO THE
BOTTOM.

cape HalClen, f1altl, Sepl. S.-lnc
gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot, which was in
the service of the Firminist party,
has been sunk at the entrance of the
harbor of Gonaives by the German
gunboat Panther. Details of the &C.
currence are lacking. The crew of the
Crete-a-Pierrot left her before she
went down. %
Called Upon to Surrender.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 9.-The
German gunboat Panther arrived here
Sept. 5 and received instructions from
the German government to capture
the Firminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot.
She left Immediately for Gonaives,
the seat of the Firminist government.
The Panther found the Crete-a-Pierrot
in the harbor of GOnaives and the com
mander of the German gunboat in
formed Admiral Killick, on the Crete
a-Pierrot, that he must remOve his
crew and surrender his vessel in five
minutes time. Admiral Killick asked
that this time be extended to fifteen
minutes. This request was granted on
the condition that the arms and am
nunition or board the Crete-a4Pier-
rot should be abandoned when her
crew left her. The crew of the Crete
a-Pierrot left the vessel
Amid Great Disorder.
At the end of fifteen minutes the
Panther sen a small boat carrying an
officer and twenty sailors, who were to
take possession Of the Firminist gun
boat. When the seamen had arrived
at a point about thirty yards from the
Crete-a-Pierrott flames were see to
break out on board of her. She had
been fired by her crew before they
left her. The Panther then fred or
the Crete-a-Pierrot until she was COM
pletely immersed. Thirty shots, all
told, were fired.
There is much feeling here against
the Firminists and their cause is Of
sidered to- be a bad one. Soldiers are
leaving here to attack ST. Marc. Port
au-Prince is calm.
/ Held Up German Steamer.
The German gunboat Panther ar
rived at Port-au-Prince Sept. 5. 1t
was announced from Cape Haitien
Sept. 3 that the German steamer Mar
komannia, Capt. hansen, belonging to
the Hamburg-American Packet COM
pany, having on board arms and am
nunition sent by the provisional gov
eminent to Cape Haitien, had been
stopped Sept. 2 by the Firminist gun
beat Crete-a-Pierrot at the entrance
to the harbor of Cape Haitien and that
an armed force sent aboard the steam
err from the gunboat took possession
of the wal munitions in spite of the
protestations of Capt. hansen and the
German consul.
An Act of Piracy.
The seizure of the Markomannia
has been characterized as an act of
piracy. But a dispatch from Berlin
to the Associated Press, dated Sept.
6, said German government circles did
not take a tragic view of the seizure
of the German vessel, but that salts
faction would be demanded. The for
eign press agrees with the view held
by the foreign representatives at Port
action of the Crete.a-Pierrot was pi-
.racy, but 1t was not then known
whether satisfaction would be de.
manded from Gen. Firmin or whether
the result of the revolution in Haiti
would be awaited.
Reports the Crew Drowned.
Paris, Sept. "a brief cablegram
has been received here from Cape Hal.
tien, Haiti, dated Sept. I, saying the
! F1rminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot had
been sunk by the German gunboat
+ Panther. and that the crew of the
Crete-a-Pierrot had been drowned.
The dispatch adds that Gen. Jean
Juneau, commander of the Firminist
troops in the department of Artibon.