The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
CyBa,s FIRST WARSHJP.
Tue story Of Cot. Prrn'sss nsrshsm
Hornet.

while there Il a good deal OF talk the-e
days about, cuba said the man who hse-
to converse. -, -hould not IL forgotten ,ha'
IN. man who was nr.t to float ~" tupah nag
over an armed deck l. In New YORK 'i,y anu
1. not bloviAting about Il. either he i. ,o'
prenti., In,raham. author. traveller, soldier.
sailor and 4 lot Of other things. In the sum
mer of 1909 Iol lnsrahAm bought IN New
FORK city. for the larg" sum OF ", the steamer
Hornet, when had once been the Lazy SUI,
linz. a blockade runier captured BY the United
states Government and made a despatch ooa'
for the service of President Lincoln =.
wealthy Cuhsn living In N~w YORK hsd
boueht l.r from "a. Government. and he
sold her 20 Col lngrahan for o. because N"
wanted to You .cc she had 10 belong 70
somebody and COL lnsrHhan was the oes'
man because he know his business. she his"e
two trim. TO Cuba, A. n nlibuster carrying
arms which she took on board Al sea 80 ss
no, TO implicate the United states w sn'
at against a friendly Government spain
being on terms with "a At ia" t'ne -"
Ingrahsm was IN 49,,
In October Of 1893 she cleared rom fhh-
.dclphIa for Liverpool and put In al haii'ai
under stress Of weather. or 80 u was -'ateu
Here she wa, met b. Al iral kdward hik-
gins. an ey-Confcdernte officer aud formerly
OF the United States Navy. The hofhet ",
mainad AZ Halifax until suspicion poih'e'
so strongly her way that the English auth"ri-
ties we're about 20 seize her n second 'lin".
,hourh sh. had already bscn search ed and
,o,hiue hhd been found OF her which she hAd
ma ,iybt 20 carry She left Halifax IN such a
hurry that She was fired on from w" Ioi,.,
hu' got away al right. mssihs t Hnnr ru" A.
sout and IN" fnrty-nve sailor. on
lizard muttuied. aud Their. Vas = Ifht Ior
I vI,ncSyn,iTld d t The .hip va. me-, by .evergi .mall
vessels CARVING arms ana hirn, ,.cam.
a fully -uutI pal vessel OF war. hANihs y
Officer. sac mon and o guns ! pounI
hoN chaser, : co-pouuder-, Honhu' anu
,,.,t t.l Ir.rpham. who had been Ia com
Ulnd oil her -tnce her purchase ,ntnrn ~
o., ea ,p.If ."mmission-. COL lnsraham be
comm -,oumardAnt OF Msnn"S, her iains
w., changed to the ,uha ana 10 Cfuh,S sss
o,er hcr. bHlug the nr-t cuban nag ever 70
go AZ over an armed deck OF a cuban Nees.''
and. bv "a, way. there has not YET oeeh an
Not long after this, = month nj, 40. 'he
Cubs va, caught lna hpfrl'Ai" anu
had hard co,L. which would not make steam,
aud .oit Wa necessary. The spanish NAL
eteImcr, With three millions In treasure ana
200 spanish officers from Cuba, had got away
from her on tii, account ava thl- VS. woI
than = hurricane she N.s susp.c,..n x
the authorities ~ Wilmington. ana tIoufn
eVr-v EFFORT ~. mad" to get away before she
could be- searched. II was Impossible. as her
engines had b'-"n uucoupled iof t.uA.s.
-urrcnd.red her 10 90! Frank OF tn. I Ad,~d
-, ,tes Amy, but refused to pull down ms
rr1Iv ,orn.c.tcd IN. trial lasted a month
and rc-ul,"d IN the acqulttal OF Higgins ana
Iusraha no.. tie other orio"rs r"re seht 20
Ws-hiu.ton under bond. and released later.
and lie men we're paid OF and discharged.
Ths Cuba. however. was held and s:nt 20
N.~ lotk. under command OF .apt Manltt'
t..y..vl. ~ Tho -. nus Confederate tflNS-
,ier,man Florida. aud she was later takeI
10 Baltimore where she wa- let TO ROY J
uud.f.t.nd sh- IL lying Ia the mud down
there nov. md II shr T.. the CubSns ought
10 r.surTe,t her and take her home.