Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-03-03

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All them rifles an the ammunition is
cased an in my basement at the pres
eDt moment-and the government.
agents knows they're there. But thar
amt troubling me. rent the saloon
next door an I'll cut a hole through
the wall from my cellar into the saloon
ceiiar' carry 'em through the saloon
into the backyard, an out into the
alley half a block away. Tn watched,
/ Out l got the watcher spotted-only
ne don't know It, Our only trouble
Is a ship. How about the Maggie?
I'D have to spend about two thous-
and dollars on her to put her in condi-
tlon for the voyage" Scraggs replied.
Can do" Scab Johnny answered him
i briefly, and Senior Lopez nodded ac-
quiescence. you discharge on a light
er at Descanso bay about twenty miles
| below Ensenada. Whatll it cost us?'
Ten thousand dollars, in addition
to fixin' up the Maggie. Half down
and half on delivery. I'm riskin' my
hide an my ticket an got to be we'll
paid for IT,"
Again Senior Lopez nodded. What
did he carer 1t wasn't his money.
I'll furnish you with our own crew
| just before you SAIL" Scab Johnny CON
tinued. Get busy"
| Gimme a thousand for preliminary
expenses" Scraggs demanded. AFTER
that Speed is my middle name"
| The charming Senior Lopez produced
the money in crisp new bills and, per
feet gentleman that he was demanded
no receipt. AS a matter of fact,
ScToggs would not have given him one
The two weeks that followed were
busy ones for Captain Scraggs. The
day after his interview with Scab
Johnny and Don Manuel he engaged
an engineer and deck hand and went
up the Sacramento to bring the Mag
gle down to San Francisco. Upon
her arrival she was hauled out on
the marine ways at Oakland creek,
cleaned, caulked, and some new cop
per sheathing put on her bottom. She
was also given a dash OF black paint,
had her engines and boilers thorough
ly Overhauled and repaired, and
shipped a new propeller that would
add at least knot to her speed. Al
SO she had her stern rebuilt And
when everything was ready, she slipped
down 10 the Black Diamond coal bunk
ems and took on enough fuel to car
~ her to San Pedro after which
she steamed across the bay to Sar
Francisco and tied up at Fremont
street wharf.
The cargo came down In boxes, vari
ously labeled. There were "agricul
tural implements" "cream separat
or" a windmill" and half dozen
sewing in addition to a
considerable number of kegs alleged
to contain nails. Most Of it came down
after five o'clock I'm the afternoon
after the whartinger had left the dock
and as nothing but a disordered brain
would have suspected the steamer Mag.
gle of an attempt to break the neutral
ity laws, the entire cargo was gotten
aboard safely and without a iot OF
suspicion attaching TO the vessel.
When all was In readiness Captain
Scraggs incontinently fired" his Leck.
hand and engineer and indicted aboard
a new crew. carefully selected for their
filibuster virtues by Scab Johnny him.
self. Then while the new engineer got
up steam, Captain Scraggs went up to
Scab Johnny's Office for his final in
structions and the balance of the first
instalment due him.
Briefly, his instructions were as fol.
lows: Upon arrival off Point Dune
on tie southern California coast, he
was TO stand In close to Dune cove
under cover of darkness and show two
green lights on the masthead. A man
would come alongside presently In a
small boat, and climb aboard. This
man would be the supercargo and the
confidential envoy Of the insurrecto
junta In Los Angeles. Captain Scraggs
was to look 10 this man for orders and
to obey him implicitly, as upon this
depended the success Of the expedl-
ton. This agent Of the insurrecto
forces would pay him the balance Of
FIVE thousand dollars due him lmmedi-
ately upon discharge Of the cargo at
Descanso bay. There was q body Of
| insurecto troops encamped at Megano
rancho, a mile from the beach, and
they would have a barge and small
boats in readiness to lighter the cargo.
Scab Johnny explained that he had
! promised the crew double wages and
a bonus of hundred dollars each for
the trip. Don Manuel Garcia Lopez
paid over the requisite amount Of cash,
and half an hour later the Maggie was
steaming down the bay on her perilous
| mission.
The sun was setting as they passed
out the Golden gate and swung down
/ the south channel, and with the wind
on her beam, the aged Maggie did nine
knots. Late in the afternoon Of the
following day she was off the Santa
! Barbara channel, and about midnight
she ran In under the lee OF Point Dune
! and lay to- The mate hung out the
green signal lights, and In about an
! hour Captain Scraggs heard the sound