The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-03

hut the clothes on my back
nee Captain O'Brien gave out word that h.
" sick and confined to his bed and that \.
not be able to be about for several days Tn.
WAS published by the Newark papers and the de,.r
kept guard on the house, waiting tn follow him ..
as he recovered. Needless to say, the Captnin VA.
in the house. but got away that night on hi. :,
ind set sail for the South with full cargo. At..
sleutbs had waited patiently for several days ~
'Brien told them that her husband was bonra !
Cuba.
Another time the Fran was being fitted a..
nm expedition, md although the authorities ruc,s.a /
truth they could not be sure. could they oba,, /
direct evidence against her One day she sailed 81,
out past Governors Island, and Dynamite Ioh,
was not aboard her, The Secret Service men ,V
They were comforted by the thought that he,
been mistaken. The next day the City of Mexico =,
with Captain OBrien ms passenger Then tina +
Gals prickcd up their again What could ,.
mean? Once outside the harbor the City Of NJ
overhauled tie Fran. put her passenger on hoard
other ship and returned TO New York. while tho n,
continued south with Captain Johnny on the bridv
supplies in her bold for Southern revoutionist,
"How did you get the nickname of 'Dynamts
I questioned. The Captain smiled.
oh il was some Of the newspap pers tina, va,.
that 1t was in 1887. had the Rambler ,hp,
was loaded with sixty tons of dynamite consisnsa
Colombia. She anchored out 10 He'll Gate n
about the biggest cargo of dynamite tina, had h
been carried on vessel at that time hui An.
think of there being any danger, The pcopl9 NJ M
York didn't ike the idea OF having so much e.uLo.
close, though and they asked me to move n.
farther away for their sIfety Ever since
they called me Dynamite Johnny and don't sun.~
I shall ever get rid of the name"
You don't want 10, do youi' I said
NO don't suppose it makes any difforencs N
but | lost some good jobs account of it, As1
chance to become skipper of racing yacht and +
well recommended. too, but when the owner heard 4
was Dynamite Johnny be shook his head aud as5
didn't want in charge of his boat"
The Captains blue eyes twinkled as he added:
He thought belonged TO of those anar,A
gangs and would probably blow up his boat"
! asked him if lie enjoyed his hlbusteriny err
tons.
Yes" he said somewhat regrettuy II enid.
! them. There excitement while they lasted n
kept you going You had TO keep your eyes opeu
the time TO keep from getting caught either at ous
or the other. When l had boat ready TO sail I h
to find where the revenue cutters were. II 1.
cruising around off Governors Island didn't n
go out that way. Then was when my training n
Hell Gate pilot helped out. for I'd Simply sllp
by the way of Long Island Sound and they wouf
| know anything about it until it was too late. M
| we gor to Cuba il was hard TO avoid running ho
| Spanish biockader. They were always cruising ard
| the island You had 10 be the watch all the %
| It was easiest TO land the cargo Sunday night
cruisers usually went into port Saturday afteruodf
coal and lay in provisions and almost always D.
stayed there Sunday and left the afterr>1
| So the coast clear Sunday night, and m,'
| succeeded in landing the supplies then without n
bodys seeing But had 10 steam lip and 4
clear of there by Monday afternoon for the Spas1
men-ofwar came and got busy then 10 .late
| for lost time Monday and Tuesday nights wsls
worst in the week. You couldn't do n thing
| Spaniards watching too carefully. Oh. yes
! joyed those expeditions. They made life worth III
! 1t puts red blood into mans veins 6ght opa|
awhile. And besides all that you have the gradfy'
sense Of duty done when you've helped some oppt@
| nation TO get free from dominecrjng master"
I'D Gons," Saa ,''s0' TO ut out any more ''S'
mo. III have to leave 6ljbusterIng 10 the ycd'
| men I'm "a years old now, That kind of work
! over for me- I guess I've had my share, anyu
Somebody else will have to take my place. cs1l'
| it any more"
DO you regret itF'
"oh, no. he snid quite cheerfuly. "lt isn't ~
while to feel sorry about it. can live them al
| agnin In my memory, and that's much better for ~
man like me-"
And so Dynamite johnny" OBrlen pints
| chant vessels into Havana Harbor and thinks %
\ time when be used TO make his own landings o.
bpaIm-grown coast of Cuba while running the pM
! Of the Spanish feet.