Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-08

or and | got scared Nav, I don't
T. ow whether she iibed or not All ]
nnOw is that the sails Hoped over,
I'd | thought | had had enough, so
II AIDED for the shore. Thought we'd
20 on one of the other islands, and
&c could ship out on some vessel
"Whcn we was little ways from
land we dropped the anchor but the
cable broke and the Lady drifted on
The reef so we swan ashore. After
whi,C we went back and got the sails
.cT Gll some Of the provisions and
p. lwlcl up in the lantana and made Il
.tclt. And then last night the police
men came and found us and now we're
here. Funny. amt it,
That Is the story Of the pirate
cru sc of the schooner Lady. II might
.h',c been glorious cruise, but II
w snt. The names of Stephen Smith
md Charles Ducsbury might have
been enrolled with those of glorious
fame. like Captain Kidd and Black.
beard and the rest but the only places
they are likely to be enrolled for
some years to come, NJ any rate, are
INC VI lt'plh0 w lllf TfuNlb at
Court and the list of prisoners at
Oahu Jail
To steal vessel is serious Of
Tense against the laws of the United
States, as we'll as of every other civ.
lillzcd country, and the matter was
promptly been taken up by the Unit.
led States District Attorney. Just
what charge will be laid against the
prisoners Ia still a matter Of doubt.
Breckons says he does not believe
that he can charge them with piracy,
as his understanding of the piracy act
| Is that the offenders must have stolen
the vessel upon which they were en-
IployCd. But he says there must be
some law that will cover the case,
and he will find II.
Meantime, the schooner Lady Is
piled UP on the reef. total loss. She
has gone all to pieces, and all that
can be saved Is what may be picked
up along the shore or found on the
bottom. The Lady had been newly
rcnttCd, and was worth between $4,000
and $4,000. This loss Captain Miller
will have to stand. The vessel was
Hl'Nlol W. UNITY 'hsps NlliNll
made the plan of the men who stole
her feasible, If they had known any.
thing about navigation. They might
very easily have made their way to
some Of the islands of the South Seas,
where they could have lived indefinite.
lly without much danger of ever being
| found.
As it was, however, It Is probably
lucky for the thieves that they did
run ashore. Otherwise, having no
knowledge of navigation and being
therefore unable to find out their pO'
lsitiun, they might have gotten out in.
to the broad Pacific and wandered
about there without ever sighting
land or another vessel until they
starvGd to death or their little craft
was wrecked by storm or sunk by
some hidden rock. They may have to
spend ten or twenty years In jail, but
they will probably consider this pref
lCrablc to becoming food for the fish.
The capture of the two men by
Deputy Sheriff Gilllland and his men
is somewhat Of joke on the local
police. Yesterday, when word was
Il'''lNNh llliN Nl' eNll''li'l Nsto l'hiNA'
| ing herself to pieces on the reef and
that her crew had taken To the brush
! Assistant Chief Of Police Leal and OF
ficcr Reeves climbed into an automo
bile and headed for Waianac to catch
them. But they didn't. Sometime IN
the night they came to deep gu!cl
which they could cot cross, and they
were Obliged to stay there all night.
| Meanwhile, Gilliland had heard that
the men were wanted, so he went gu