The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-28
maverick STORY
FULLYCONF|RMED
Connection With Schooner Annie
Larsen Related In Log |
OF Latter Vessel i

4 tuAOOncluueu from rage SeVen)f ~
in the afternoon Of March ~, fifty
miles away, and San Benedicto rose up
ont OF the sea at five o'clock the next
Afternoon.
Anchor was dropped in Bra;thwaite
bay, SocorrG, March rs. The Mayef.
iek was expected week after, but,
through some great blunder, abe di,i
not sail from San Pedro until April ~.
March 81 was spent by the sehoon
er's crew in exploring portions Of the
island, which Is desert, some thirty
.six miles around and having high and
steep crags and hills. AZ
Nothing To Drink 'vtt sss,.
They sound wild sheep and birds, but
no water; but the sheep can climb
where men cannot, and probably they
find water because of that. Monday,
April 5, the schooner's water began
to run low, and the men started 70
| dig a well and they went 10 eleven
feet by evening, but got nothing
Now here enters the schooner Emma
Of which Camaliche told. Friday,
April 9, the Annie Larsen picked up
two sailors from the Emma In that
ships boat; they were A. Anderson
and Winston Langdon; and the two
masted schooner herself was sighted
in the early morning Of Saturday.
April IL, fifteen miles southwest Of
Braithwaite Bay.
Capt. w. w. Clark of the Emma,
tiny ship, had lost his position and did
not know where he was. He was in
deep distress, and Captain Schulter and
Mate Pope put OF in boat with
provisions for him. The four aboard
were Sin dire straits for water and
food, says the Larsen's log. The
Emma was aided in, and she dropped
anchor in cove. She had sailed from
San Jose del Cabo for port, Afty
miles up the Mexican coast, with the
captain, mate, cook, two sailors and
two Mexican customs officers; but the
mate had died, which left six, two Of
them had been found in the ship .
boat. The Emma was eighty-Rve days
ont. 'Dire straitsn was saying Il
mildly
Digging Was Futile ,&. et4
Another search for water was be-
gun Monday, April l2; in all three
wells were dug, one twelve feet deep
and two thirty feet deep, but there was
no water More supplies were taken
Ito the Emma, and she was towed TO
another anchorage. Some Of her men
aided in the digging. Z Nfg =! +,
I ''Tools 70 ship" says the log of Fri
| lay, April l6. Digging was aban-
doncd, and the Annie Larsen was com.
PEELED to sail for Mexico. shortage of
water made her departure imperative;
and that Is why the failure Of the
three wells caused the Maverick TO
misc the schooner, and, perhaps, may
have considerable influence on the dis.
position Of German colonies, 4 is :,
Preferred TO stay Behind
Both the Emma and Annie Larsen
got away April ~, but Anderson and
Langdon and the two Mexieansref
utterly TO 90 in the Emma, saying they
preferred y 10 take their chances and
face starvation. After eiehty-fiye days
at sea, their choise may not seem
strange; and, moreover, they had heard
Of the expected arrival Of the Nave
rick. These were the four men tof
whom Camaliche told, and Of how they
had letter for Captain Nelson Of the
steamer. Captain Schulter said he
could not take them because Of having
the munitions, but he left provisions.
Captain Clark Of the Emma appears
to have been an unflinching seaman
for, although there were only himself
and the cook, he set sail for Mexico
and il was good to hear from Captain
Schulter that the doughty mariner ar
rived at Manzanillo in safety.
Just Missed Capture 49,. 20. S.s 4
! Yet the Annie Larsen's fortune wal
not all bad, as. shall be seen. After
the schooner reached Gray's Harbor
and POppe went TO San Francisco, hs
met there the two Americans left al
Soeorro by the Emma, and they told
him that a British man-Of-war had AT
rived there only one day after ths
schooner had sailed. II was not states
whether she merely happened there d
whether she knew of the plot, but ona
days delay would have ended every
thing for the Annie Larsen. If tn,
warship had information, then there \
I an interesting possibility as 70 how thu
p, British learned of it; and II she haS
3 none, then there is a great opportunity
b. to ponder on the freaks of chance. I
81 Camaliche also said that the fou
I men reported that British warshiI
Q had arrived at SocoTro. p. INF
D Mysterious Radio Station A ~
Il And, in all this tangle Of romance, O.
0 halflights on strange and curious, far
, of things, there is another glimpse, al
together alien to the munitions of wa
$ adventure, but -. II Is that tn
: Japanese cook of the Annie Larsen toll,
: Captain Schuiter, when the ship wa
9 at Socorro, that the Japanese had hsl
81 a radio station on the island, but tina
Q II had been removed. The captain sai'
. he paid little attention at the time
r and he could not recall how long th
cook stated 1t had been there, or whel
1t was dismantled. He saw no trace
!, Of it, but, as he said, it might hav
been in place where he did not pene
8 trate. r. VIZ *. y.
2 Land was sighted by the Annie Lar
s sen at fVe,ffteen O'Clock in the morn
ing of Tuesday, April 20, northeast b,
I east, sixty-fve miles away. Thursday
y April 20, boat was sent ashore "a
!. water, the Annie Larsen entered port
/; AcanulcO = Friday, aud again Saturday
( this time anehoring. She found ther
9 the United States gunboat YORKTOWN
q which was to save her from the raven