The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-13

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 And a full two years Before there was any armed intervention" the Three Friends" had begun her life of danger and of adventure, and full two years before she had begun to strengthen and steady the little army of hopeful Cubans.
 Two Difficult Problems.
 When we undertook to carry out the contract for our first trip, we were faced by two difficult problems. The first was how to slip the Three Friends" away from her anchorage at Jacksonville. watched as she was by Pinkertons and agents of the Wash ington and Madrid governments. The second was how to get aboard the Cn- ban officers who were constantly watched and shadowed by Pinkertons, although they were in semi-hidirg at Tampa" said Governor Broward. as he sat in the Bienville lobby and called up the exciting events of ten years ago.
 we had engaged to carry to Cuba General Colasso and his staff, who were then in Tampa. We were to take them aboard. fly down the St. Johns and steam for the Southern Florida keys. Behind one of thSee keys was the little schooner Ardell filled with seventy-five Cuban patriots, who for several months had been fighting mosquitoes and impatiMet1y awaiting a chance to set foot on Cuban shores. We were in addition to this to tow over the swift little schooner stephen R. Mallory loaded with arms and anu nitions Tn this, third problem pre- sented Itself. The arms ana ammuni- ton with which the stephen R. Mall lory was to be loaded were stored in a warehouse at Cedar Keys and close ly watched by spies and .Pinkertons."
 But the expedition was now ready to move. We would make the trial. do our best and providence would look to the rest. We dispatched a mes senger, z. P. Freeman, to the Ardell to tell the Cuhans to be of good cheer and to be ready when we arrived. Two attempts from the port of New York had been made to reach the Ardell and carry her men to Cuba, but the rev. enue cutters had been too swift for the tugs and both had been intercep- ted.
 The MaIIOry's Part.
 The word of command was sent to Captain Elliott lowering around Cedar Keys in the schooner tSephen R. Nal Iory He was to slip up on the water side of the warehouse, take aboard the munitions of war and meet us at a certain point in the keys. This difficult task he accomplished admira- bly,. On d rainy night he slipped up to the warehouse so carefully watched by the Pinkertons, and with his crew and Cuban sympathizers he safely got aboard his cargo of arms and armmu- milton. He sneaked out. but when near Tampa he was sighted by the revenue cutter McLain and by close chance escaped capture. smaller schooner accompanying the Mallory was cap tured and lowed back 10 Tampa"
 In the meanwhile Captain Broward had sent the word of readiness to Gen eral Colasso in Tampa And here s ho whe had his staff escape the watch ing Pinkertons. On dark night GeseralColasso and his stan entered a closed carriage. The detectives jump ed into another carriage and followed, As they suspected the expedition was about to start. But the driver Of the first carriage whipped up his horses an at a dark place in the road General Colasso and every member O his stan but one stepped out of the carriage asd hid themselves in the woods. The first carriage, with the other carriage following down rapidly to Port Tampa The one man of the Co., lasso party boarded vessel headed for Key west and the detectives saw the carriage emptied of one man, They immediately wired the Jacksonville Pinkertons to look out TOT HchetaI Oo- lasso and his party,
 The party in the meanwhile had en- tered another carriage in hiding, a short distance away in which they were driven to Plant City, where they boarded north bound train.
 They left this train at orange Park, twelve miles from Jacksonville, where the Pinkertons were impatiently cooling their heels, Filibusterins was tickiish business and had to be done carefully. .-,-,.