Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-21
Dominion Cruiser kestrel Cap
lures American Schooner
Charles Levi Woodbury..
CRUISER MEANT BUSINESS.
Captain Would Not Surrender
Until His Boat Had Been
Boarded.
IGNORED Three shots Fired 90 Draw
His Attention bat Hove To When
One Went Through Rigging.

vancouver r. C., April 2l.-The do
roluion government cruiser Kestrel an
rived IN port today having ia ,nUgs
she American hslibut fishing n onec
Charles Lcyi Woodbury., which She cap
tared after firing four rounds f,om
her Nordenfeldt machine guns aHI
threatening to sink the alleged poacA-
ing vessel unless sho surren -"-
cl Three OF the youeys were
intended as warning, bat as no attcn-
zion was paid 20 them. 81 fourth was
directed at the Schooner which struck
and slightly damaged her. Tho cap AIN
Of the American weasel did not surrau-
der. however until his schooner was
boarded by q force from the cruiser
The action took place sunday ter
noon In northern waters. ALLEGED to be
contiguous 20 Canada. Five bu let's tore
through the air IN the direction OF thc
Woodbury. Each time the machine gun
was fred as the vessels headed at fun
speed from the west cost OF Ndacouv sr
island and pointed towards the middle
ur the Pacific.
Three Of the rounds wcrc merely in
tended 90 call attention 20 the COM
mend 10 heavo e., which had boon -
sued 60 the American schooner. But
tha last series of shots meant business
Tho gun was pointed at the fish boat
which was then 81 q distance 81 about
-ol yards and San masing FOR the open
sea az rapidly as possible Tho bull
lets were ain ed hieh, ripped the main
sail Of the schooner and one or two
Knocked spiinters on the main mast
Capt Sinclair feared that he vouid
le sunk right there II De- aid not stop.
al the same moment the secoud gul
uf the kcstrc Was swung across ner
deck to get into range OF the fishing
tolt. The Woodbury. engines Nsr1
thcn stopped and her sils, gnyhcd by
British bullets hauled down But even
then she American captain would not
willingly surrendcr. he declined to
fasten a hawser aboard his ves SCI. Lu.
o. few minutes later an officer and tArea
men froal the Kostrel boarded the
Woodbury. and took charge.
CLAIMS A CLEAR CASE.
Capt Ncwcomb of the Kestrel de-
c.ares that II he ever had clear case
against am American vessel that IL the
one. Early Sunday afternoon he de-
clayes the k,st,cl was canning north
from Quatsiuo on the Westcoast when
ha espied an American vessel fishing
between east and west Haycock
islands. These islands Die about 10
miles of Cane Scott the northeruost
point OF Vancouver Island. The island
themselves are Eve miles apart so that
from capt EeNcombs figuring. it is
Impossible that the American boat
could Doe more than two and q half
niles from either shore. As a matter
.t fact NeWCumb says that when he
FIRST observed her. the vessel was with
FOO mile Of East island. by the time
she had picked up her dories she was
within q short distance ~ West island.
Clpt. Sinclair. Of the Woodbury. ap-
Iaucutly did not notice the arrival OF
Inc kestrcl ON the scoue untn the
government vessel was within about
three miles.
Then the American ran along his FIVE
dnrics tha fishermen cutting their
gear without Wasting time to pull a
f'tom 81 it iu Within 20 minutes of
tho tmc The lNestrel was sighted the
last d0ry had been picked ur and the
schooner where motor power working
t1 ts fun capacity and hes sails spread
10 a fine western breeze. turned to-
wards The highlands OF the Pacific
The cruiser gradually overhaulcd the
WV. iN.N'N 20 iA'N.flAfN NItA UN INC NAIIlN
IntF were four and n quarter miles
or the shore the kcstrel was along
SIDE the captains OF the two vessels
were Cunyerslng.
capt NewcOmb had signalled several
times for The Americans 10 stop but
they kept on The first gun was fired
when the race had but well begun aud
ine next two Were directed 10 send the
bullets across the bows OF the Yankee
L4. he
made no attempt 90 stop. When capt
NeWcump got abreast the American he
opened communication through "a
ffcaung trumpet.
stop, or I viii put q hole through
you, called capt Nowoomb.
y don't think so.' said Sinclair. in e.
Tepy thar came plainly over the rag
ing water
PLIGHT USELESS
Then tho BIS gun went on ana a littlo
section of the Woodbury. sail was bon
Fhrrds when the second gun OF tho
k#trrl had been uDsWiyeled and
trained ou the schooner Capt Sinclair
realized that further Eight was useless
end surrendered 10 refused. however
10 help navigate his vessel to port and
would not even niaFn fact h4wser
iis engineer declined to turn over tho
EH'.lue equipment Tile W1rship then
i''k tnD Woodbury. in COW ana headed
fnI Vancouver arriving thiH morning
when tha prIcz Uae lied mp at n wharf
The Woodbury. Is schooner about 100
Feet Ions ana o. of i-l toms burden She
BIAS beon fishing ont 0f Seattle for "a
number of years 3ho had about 1000
mounds of hsh on board when taken
There was ul timC to cl m tho Ash
ana ila cargo war strorra.