The daily sentinel., 1908-08-01

4 When fully loaded. the Goldsboro
sailed out of New York harbor, ny
/; ing the British flag. Very little no
| tice was taken of the vessel by the
other craft, and apparently there was
nothing wrong in vessel bearing the
British flag sailing out of New York
harbor.
The sailing took place along about
the first of April. The head clerk of
the Export Shipping Company, when
he found that the heads of the firm
remained away continuously, be-
came suspicious that something was
wrong, and along about May 3 he
mentioned the fact of the continued
absence of the brothers to a note
broker, and then it was discovered
that the Bailey. brothers connected.
with the firm had sailed away with
another individual known as Myers,
with ship load of unpaid-for goods,
their whereabouts for the time being
unknown.
Proceedings in bankruptcy were at
once started against the firm, and
gentleman by the name of Edward
B. Boise was appointed receiver for
the Export Shipping Company.
1t appeared also that a Captain
Oxley" had made purchase of the
steamer in Philadelphia from the
Clyde line and claiming to be Brit
ish subject had received registry for
the vessel from the British consul in
that port and thereupon sailed it un-
der the British flag. AS soon as this
was known, the British government
was notified, and 1t at once notified
all agents of the government in Cen
tral and South American ports to
keep an eye open for the vessel. The
I,;N;
proposed that no vessel engaged in
contraband trade or piracy should
sail under its flag.
The brothers, together with My
ers and Captain Oxley," in laying |
their plans to steal this great amount |
of merchandise, reasoned to them |
selves that the merchants would be
ashamed to acknowledge that they |
had been so cleverly hoodwinked, and |
that they would just charge the mat
ter of the merchandise obta ned
from their respective houses off their
books But they reasoned very
Concerted action was TAX
en- by the New York Manufacturers
Association to appreheId the =: 9Th
ers.
Process of law was begun a:5i in
iictments followed against the broth
ers Bailey, the man Myers and this
Captain OXley." The man of whis-
iers in the state house at Albany
Governor Hughes-requested extra
lition papers from the state depart
nent and also enlisted the friendly
)ffices of the Hondurian government
md on the 18th of June Peter w.
Berry, one of the New York district
attorneys, sailed for Honduras and
n Puerto Cortez he found the Colds
,oro calmly floating in the bay with
,art of her cargo gone, and the four
who had endeavored to
initiate Captain Kidd, in the custody ,
If the Hondurian authorities. ,
There is no treaty of extradition I
With Honduras, which the Bailey .
,rothers seemed to know we'll, and
hey thought that they were perfect ,
Y safe in that country. But the au-
horities seemingly desired to over
ook that little matter. to cultivate
relations with this country, Z
nd the men were delivered over to /
lieutenant Berry to be brought back s
o the United States.
Officer Berry engaged passage on I
'oard the fruit steamer sailing the ,
flag, Utstein, which had
Tearing papers for New Orleans.
After boarding the vessel, Lieuten-
mt Berry placed his men in charge
4 an Hondurian officer and one of I
he crew of the Utstein. Bert Bailey ,
and went below. Fran
Is G. Bailey. after finding that the a
fficer slept, was Joined by Bert Bal .
ey, who complained greatly of the
leat and he was permitted to go up I
N deck The member of the crew /
vas sent below for some coffee. and
hen Francis G. Bailey performed a
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