The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-11
Special to The Journal

Special 70 ne JolFh2E
Mobile. Ala, Aug. 10.-The Mobile
Register says today:
Tne steamship GoIdsboro, Captain
/ William Swatridge, commanding, ar
rived at this port at S-35 O'Clock last
night and anchored in mid-stTeam be-
( tween Beauregard street and Mobile
/ & Ohio pier No +
The steamer, it viii be remembered,
I is the one which left New York on
/ May ., with Francis G.. Bailey and his
! brother, Albert w. Bailey. and a mix
/ ed cargo valued at over $3.50. 600,
which it is alleged was illegally OBJ
| tanned. the steamer having left the
/ port under cover OF darkness without
/ having obtained clearance papers
| Captain Swatridge, when seen by a
Register representative last night. inn
/ mediateiy after he came ashore, made
! the following statement
7 was sent out from New York city
! by Mr.. T.. d. Boise, receiver for the
estate of the Export Shipping Com
pany of New Jersey. to bring back the
pirate ship GOldShOro- 7 had under
stood that her crew were mutinous.
/ and expected considerable trouble
/ with them when ] came to take
| charge. l arrived at Puerto COrtez.
/ Honduras on June q. and after
]
1 information 7 could. 7 boarded the
vessel and within sorty-eight hours
! ] had succeeded in making satisfac-
/ tory proposition to the crew. 7 agree
/ ing to pay them one-half months
/ wages in cash and the balance in
drafts on New York banks On June
- 7 paid them Oft in the presence of
/ the British consul. and IN the pres
encc Of the United States consul
a-E--
ing Puerto CoTtez 7 have had no trou-
bic with the crew. they being willing
at all times 10 obey nv commands
! II received all possible assistance
| and every courtesy was shown 70 me-
I by the United States consul and Brit
ish consul at Puerto COrtez. as well
as from the natives in general. but
| 7 had some little trouble with the
/ HonduTan government in obtaining
/ clearance papers. ! notified the state
! department at Washington. and Act
ing Secretary Adee notified the Aver
lean consul at Puerto Cortez 10 give
me clearance papers for Mobile. as
well as a permit 10 hoist the Ameri-
can flag
| Upon receipt of this telegram. the
consul complied Herewith. and the
/ HOndurau government did not make
any further effort to delay mo The
crew which 7 shipped is the same
crew which left New York with the
/ boat on Nav .. the first mate being
! u. Berki: J. Osborne second mate;
J. Graham first engineer. and A
! Moore. second engineer We encoun-
/ tered no storms during OUT trip to
| Mobile and reached Fort Morgan Sat
urtay afternoon. leaving there at 2:15
! o'clock this afternoon"
inspectors Take Charge
| Tho steaemT is CLYDE liner of 45t
tons. and Is about twenty years old
/ Just what her cargo consists Of could
not be learned IS the officials are
very Teticent on that point Customs
/ inspectors have taken charge Of the
! steamer and will allow no one to
| come ashore or board the steamer
until further orders from Washing
| ton are received, which viii proba bly,
be today.
just what disposition will be made
| Of her cargo is not known, but il is
| thought that il viii all be landed in
| Mobile and the boat locked for re-
pairs, there being a small leak in her
/ hull and other damage done
/ Fred NJ. CZai. counsel for the re-
/ ceiver of the Export Shipping Com
Dany, Bailey's concern when he was
/ in business in New York. said in
/ recent interview that he tad reason
/ 10 believe that Bailey was in Guate-
maIa. and that although he could not
state II as a fact, he had information
/ to the effect that Bailey's escape had
/ been aided by the captain Of the Hon
/ duran gUnboat T2tumbia and the col
/ Iector of customs at Puerto CorteZ-
/ The federal government has agreed,
at the solicitation Of Mr. Czaki, to
/ permit the GoIdsboro-s return on the
most favorable terms. waving all port
/ charges, etc. on the assumption that
/ the stolen goods making up her cargo
( have never left their Tightful owners.
I Even So the costs of recovering the
merchandise are heavy. and of the
/ 81 30, 600 or 100000 involved il rs
said to be hardly likely that the OWL
eFs viii be able to get back more than
a quarter
/ Aside from the merchandise which
/ they had purloined the Baileys had
with them. Mr. Czaki said. about
{ $50. 900 IN coin and bank notes. in
/ GLIDING 300 English sovcreigns- The
price paid for the GoldsbOTO was S17.-
500 Bailey secured at Puerto Cor
/ tez Honduran registry for her AID
| papers for himself as a Honduran cit
/ izen- He further obtained permission
/ for the landing r the steamers cargo
/ on the ground that the goods were
| The property Of Hondursn citizens.
and he had already purchased ba-
mana plantation Of Il 600 acres. Of
which 5000 acres were under cultiva-
| ton. paving $4,000 IN gold for the
! the land Then he sailed for Ceiba