The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-16
" Mystery" F."
ShipFound;
Crew Gone
Hundreds of Empty Cart
ridges Give Mute Evidence
of Terrific Battle-Cargo
of Liquor Missing.
Believe Crew All Slain
BY Universal Service.


New York April l5.--A bootleggers'
battle. in which the entire crew Of a
big two-1nastad schooner vas prob
ably slain. and a sizeable cargo Nof
rum pirated, is an explanation of the
remains of the mysterious ship dis
covered today.
The schooner. abandoned with its
sails set and its anchors ont. was
found two miles southeast of Whist
Ing Buoy. off Point Outlet. and
boarded by Capt. j. u. Ryan. Of the
United States coast guard cutter
Manhattan.
Captain Ryan found the deck Of the
schooner strewn with evidences OF a
cartridges gave testimony of the bat
tie which had ragged aboard.
/ 1t is believed that every man
aboard the schooner when il was at
tackled was killed.
Indications were plentiful that the
boat had been engaged in the rum
running industry between Nova
j Scotia. Nassau. Cuba and New YORK
and the New Jersey coast. but no
liquor was found on board. On the
deck was found lashed an exception
ally seaworthy moforboat. well equip
ped. upon the stern Of which was
rainted the name maid Of Canada.
Ia Harve. Nova Scotia
No Trace Of Crew.
! On the stern of the schooner was
the original name. Edith Helen Bush.
with no port of sail discernible. over
this was painted patricia Behan.'
| Iloyd's register fails TO list this name.
The nearest approach TO I is TIE
Patrick Behan. which left Halifax on
November Il. for Nassau and has not
officially been reported since.
In the captains cabin on the table
was found a box containing about
thousand cartridges and indications
someone had helped themselves hur-
riedly to them. No weapons We
found on board.
In the crews quarters in the fore
castle were found clothes which ap-
pear 10 indicate that the schooner
complement Of men was between 10
and Is. all Of whom. including the
master. have disappeared without
leaving a trace.
Vessels Log Missing
Captain Ryan OF the Manhattan
was proc, sdln. siesis .alo rss.t s-iea'-
IL before daybreak when his look
out aroused him with the cry that
a suspicious-io looking vessel was seen
off the bow in the half light of dawn
he made hssty suarvey. Of the
schooner The vessels ohronometer
and log were gone
Scattered about the floor of the
masters cabin were found several
leaves which had been torn from
notebook. and these related 10 the
whisky smuggling enterprise IN which
the schooner was engaged
There was a memorandum relating
TO the sale Of 3,s1s cases Of whisky 70
a mysterious Ralph" although there
was nothing 10 show whether this
: was the name OF a man or boat
There were also scrlhled details Of
other transactions. the last entry be-
ing on Tuesday. April 10.
Vessel Taken ID Port.
Captain Ryan ordered several a.
his crew aboard the mysterious
schooner and had It taken 10 the
barge office at the Battery. where
there was considerable speculation
among customs men ard seamen as
10 the fate Of its crew.
One conclusion drawn from the ap-
pearance OF the craft is that X feb
in>wiih the rum pirates known to he
active along the coast and that the
crew were slain IN a battle
There was no mark on deck which
would show that the schooner carried
boat other than the motor boat. II
was also declared BY seanaen that .
abandon vessel 81 such a type vas
against all traditions of the sea. 80
reciaily a boat Of British registry
and in all probability commanded hv
a British skipper. in whom tradition
is strong.
The similarity between the case Of
the mysterious schooner and that
other noted case OF maritime mystery.
the Marie Celeste. which WAS found
{ in midacean with al sails set. focd
on the table for the captain. his wife
and crew. but no che on hoard. was
rSnarked The case Of the Marie
Celeste is one of the unfathomed mys
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