The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
 GOLDSBORO
 AT MOBILE Pirate Steamer Puts Into
 Port. CAPTAIN SwATRIDGE TALKS Crew Were Paid ons-Half MOnth's
 Wages. The federal Government Permitted the Goldsboro to Return on Most Fs- vorabie Terms, waivins All
 Port Charges.

Mobi1e Aug. Io.--Captain William swatridge of the steamer Goldsboro, that arrived in port late last night from Puerto cortes in an interview with the Associated Press represents tive today, here said; .,.,, bv E. D. Boise, receiver for the estate If the Export Shipping Company or Nev Jersey. to bring back the pirate ahfn (soldsboro I had understood that her crew were mutinous and expecteo considerable trouble with them wheu came to take charge. l arrived q Puerto Cortez, Honduras. on Sune xs' and after looking around and gamer ing all the information could, board ed the vessel. and within forty-elsnt hours had succeeded in making sat Isfactory proposition to the crew, agreeing to pay them one-haif montns wages in cash and the balance In arahts on New York banks. .r.xu.
 ~On June 27 shipped from MopAle and since leaving Puerto Corte1, nave had no trouble with the crew.
 .1 received all possible assistance from the United States and brlllsh oonsuls at Puerto Cortez and from the natives in general. but had some httle trouble with the Honduran government in obtaining clearance papers. l nol- fled the State Department at Wasnlns- ion and Acting Secretary Adee noti- aaS the American consul at Puerto cortaz to give me clearance papers Tor MobIIe as well as a permit to hoist the
 aTJpon receipt of this telegram, the nonauI complied herewith, and the HondurAn government did not make any further efforts to delay me. me cree which I shipped Is the same one
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 The steamer Is a Clyde liner of 4sl ions. and Is about twenty years oio' Custom inspectors here nave takeh charge of the steamer and will allow no one to come ashore or board tne steamer until further orders hro" Washington are received.
 Port Charges Waived.
 The Federal government has agreed In hermit the Goldsboro's return on the most favorable terms waiying all port charges. etc. on the assumption that the stolen goods making up her cargo nave never left their righful owners. Even so. the costs of recovering tne lnerchandise are heavy, ana or the siS0,0oO or $2oo.0oo involved Y IS saao i,, fo ba hardly likely that the owners VIII ha able to get back more than qnar- ter Aside from the merchandise which thev had purloined, the Baileys nad with them about s5o,000' In coin and hank notes. including 5000 English sovereiRns The price paid Tor tne Goldsboro was $17,600.
 Bailey secured at Puerto Cortez reg islry for her and papers for himself as a Honduran citizen. He further ob- tained permission for the landing or inc steamers cargo on the ground that the goods were the property of Hon- duran citizens. and he had already pur- chased A banana plantation of 12,00O acres of which 5000 acres were under cultivation. paying $20,o00 in gold for the land. Then he sailed for Ceioa and Tela. where a little later, the Goldsboro was overloaded by the Ia tumbla. She had begun to discharge cargo. but 1t is said that the whole cargo with the exception of 400 cases. about thirty tons, had been recovered, ana that these cases were under guard and would be brought north later.
 Captain Swatridge of the Goldsboro eald that he had orders to sail for New York. but by permission of the Secre- 4ary of State, who gave him permis- sion to fly the American flag he came to Mobile. The trip from Puerto Cor tez required nine days time which was due to a leak in the vessel.
 No one but the master of the vessel has been allowed ashore. There Is about $2Oo.o0e worth of cargo on board the Goldsboro now, which includes fne jewelry, general merchandise and a