Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-27
WHO WAS SAMUEL HAiNEs7
story OF kennebec Mariner of Whom
Information Is Wanted.
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! I4litOIS NtllltDec Journal
In collecting facts for use in a histor,
OF the slaNe-yacht, WanGerer. hay,
! found several references to a man fror-
! Milne concerning whom 7 sbould h,
! glad TO learn something furtbar
he hailed from the neighborhood of RI.
! kennebec, You will obiiga me anil
! serve the ends of hist orical yeritv h,
I printing TINS request for inflammation
regarding him, which may come to tn.
! ey" of SEINE reader who knew him n,
something about him.
! In 1859 the yacht ,Vanderar baxipo
recently returned from a Shaving vow
/ age lay IN the river at Savannah. In
October of that year there aDpeared =,
| Savannah an oStensible purchaser 70.
! the yacht, who sail his name was Pa.
! ten. and that he was from Bath. NJ
He afterward said his name VA
! Martin. Having agreed to buv n shar.
: in the Yacht. Martin proceeded to fit u
! for SCI. When all was ready h
/ Shanghaied Il crew of young sailors
| rl"St of whom We're from a Bath shir
| th"n in rort and set sail from the river
without having paid anything on tn
! yacht. Sailing to the Azores, H..
secured at Santa cruz $500 uorth o
goods on credit. kidnapped two younr
women, and departed. leaving hi.
creditors. and deserving his carpenter
a young Bath man named Donnell, or
tn" island.
off the CanariaS the Wandnrer'.
crew. lei by the mate, ran away wit,
the yacht in the captain's absence on !
7 L,
Martin tried to catch the Wpnderer b.
hard rowing. but failed. ana vas lef
by both vessels to his fate. He ha
! four mon in the boat with him. The,
We're picked up. after some hours. b.
another French vessel and made thei,
way to Liverpool. Here Martin tre
TO- fit out another SLAYER. but failed, an,
proceeding to New York. he was put i
JILL on 4 charge Of stealing the Wan
dercr. Escaping, he made his wa
south, &nG at Key West got away wit
Il sldVe-barK that had been strippa.
and laid up after capture under tn.
, guns # the fort. Overhauled by cut
| ter before getting far, he was sent t.
| SAVE nnah to stand trial in the Wander
| 2" matter. Before he could be tried tn
! trace OF Tim is lost.
Fr"Il the many stories told by this
! interesting character it would appear
! that h" came from the neighborhood of
Path, brunswick or Bcwdoinham. I
have been told his true name was
Samuel Haines. In 1859 he was about
-, WAS described as having reddish
HAIR. ana a white glaze over one eye
Though he had a clustering manner
and was a hard drinker. he was brave
and generous tic a fault. One of tn
men who was with him in the boa
when he was abandoned by tn
Wanderers crew. still lives. in Cleve
land ard has vivid remembrance
his old commander This man recall
that on one occasion Martin took o.
his trousers and gave than TO a sail1.
whose clothes were in rags. Man
years after the WanGerer incident tn
Cleveland man was in Havre. where h
met a man from Brunswick, named
Rowker. or Roucker. who was mate o;
the ship Fannie Fern. Mr.. Bouckc-
said Martin, or Haines, came from his
town.
Martin, or Haines. sailed under many
/ names. sometimes ne calleu nlnSel
Walker, and claimed to he a brother O.
Gen. Walker the flibuster. At other
times he said his name was Dresser
/ If his true name was Haines it is prob
able that someone among your readers
may be able to attest the fact. What
ever his traits. he represented a typ"
of sea rover worthy of historical pre-
/ servation. Any information concern
| ing him sent to me. care Of the Globe
/ Boston. viii be gratefully received.
WINFIELD NJ. THOMPSON.