Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-08-08
.FILIBUSIER SHIP
HAD MUTINY
Women Said to Have Aided
Honduras Scheme.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-(SpeciaD-
Mutiny broke out last week on the
fIibusterer GoldsbOro, the steamship
which sailed away from this port on
MAY with Francis G. and Albert w.
, Bailey and a mixed cargo of arms,
ammunition and machinery suitable
for the establishment of an up-to-date
colony in Honduras This news
came yesterday to Frederick NJ Ca
XII, counsel for the receiver of the
Export Shipping Company, the con
Germ which was operated by the Bal
ley brothers, and through which they
obtained the Goldsboro's cargo, val
ued at 100000.
The steamship which was seized by
the Honduras Government on advices
from the State Department at Wash
ingtOn, and held pending the indict-
ment of the Baiieys on charges of
grand larceny, is now on her way to
New York, having sailed from Puerto
Cortez on Saturday 1t was just be-
fore sailing that the mutiny occurred
Tho crew had received no wages
since sailing from New York, and the
twenty men in the crew wanted their
pay.
The Assistant United States Con
sui, who had been instructed to hold
the vessel and cargo on behalf of the
creditors Of the Export Shipping
Company had no power to pay off
| the crew. Capt William Swartridge
was sent to Honduras a few weeks
| ago by the receiver to take charge of
the GOldsboro and bring her to New
York. When he arrived at Puerto
| Cortez and boarded the Goldsboro he
found the crew in mutiny. They had
broken open a number of the boxes
| and cases of merchandise and had
| free access to all the ships stores
When Capt. Swartridge attempted to
assert his authority he was laughed
at by the crew.
Several cable messages were ex-
changed between Capt. Swatridge and
| the receivers and the crew finally
consented to keep peace until the yes
| sci reaches New York.
The receiver, during the recent in
vestigation Of the affairs of the Bal
leys, has learned that they were aid
ed by two women whose names are
known to the receiver and his coun-
sci. One or both of the women gave
material aid to the Baileys.
On May 2, the day the Goldsboro
| sailed from this port, the Baileys left
the offices Of the Export Shipping
Company after telling the office force
they intended going to ST. Louis for
few days to look out for some legal
matters there. They left a few hun
dred dollars in the Office for running
expenses. Instead of going to ST.
Louis they boarded the Goldsboro in
Brooklyn and sailed away. Two DAYS
later, on May 4, the following tel
| egram from St Louis was received
at the Office of the Export Shipping
| Company:
Impossible to return before Tues
day night or Wednesday morning.
F. G.. BAILEY.
This telegram, the receiver and his
counsel say, was sent from st. Louis
by one of the women confederates
who had been instructed by the Bal
leys TO send it after the Goldsboro
was safely away
The United States Consul at Puer-
to Cortez has been requested by the
State Department to make a full in
yestigation of the facts concerning F.
J G. Bailey's escape. The fugative is
said to be somewhere in Guatemala.
A partial report has already been
made to the receiver by the Assistant
United States Consul at Puerto Cor
tez. This report says that Lieut..
Berry of District Attorney Jerome's
staff attended a banquet given by the
United Fruit Company during the
evening of the night Bailey escaped
and that he returned to the Norweg-
ian steamship Utstein about II
o'clock, going to sleep in the pilot
house, leaving the two Baileys on
deck in charge of a sailor and ma
tive whose last name was Barriose
Albert W. Bailey pretended to be i'll.
Francis G. Bailey asked the sailor to
| go below and get the sick man some
refreshment When the sailor re-
turned he found Bari.iose asleep and
Francis G. Bailey gone. The cap
tain's dory was missing. There was
a search and the dory was found on
the beach quarter of a mile away
but no traces of Bailey.