New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
TELLS OF SINKING
 0f LIQUOR RUNNER
"I'm Alone' Captain Says He Deied Coast Guard Boats

New Orleans. April 1e.-Early on morning late III March the Canadl- an schooner In Alone. bearing seN- eraI thousand cases of liquor in her hold. dropped anchor of the coast of Louisiana and awaited the motor boats that were t> A0me and relieve her of her contrAiaand cargo.
 Captain John thomas Randell, British war hero who commanded the craft, was quiet and unemonon- al as he gave an interviewer the first detailed story of the events that began on that March morning He and his ship, which now lies at the bottom of the sea. have since become the central figures in an international argument; but lhls worries the captain not at all He IS used to excitement.
 He remembered that as the ere" went below 10 breakfast Leon Main ioy, the French quartermaster, got out his fishing tackle.
 I'm goin' to do some fIshin. while We wait for 'em to come, said the quarterma master.
 But the poor devil got no fish ing" said Captain Randell sadly, Malnjoy a few hours later lost his life when the I'm Alone Was shened by the |. $, coast guard cutters Dexter and Walcott.
 Just as Malnjoy prepared to start fishing, little cloud Of smoke appeared on the horizon. Captain Randell knew that the people he wanted to see would come in smokeless gasoline yachts not in steamers; so he had the anchor raised and the I'm Alone stood off to the southNard.
 Al trls time, declares Captain Randell. his ship was some l5 miles off the Louisiana coast. The coast guards, on the other hand insist that he was within the 12- mile limit This discrepancy in testimony is what has made the whole affair an international ln- cident.
 hIltN " 6o '' '4i Se'NS'NA~ limit" said Captain Randell, but we prefer to have no arguments Il we can help 1t,
 So the I'm Alone sIantod off to the south. The cloud of smoke resolved itself into the trim gray steamed Walcott, a coast guard cutter with a wicked looking gun gelamins on the fore deck. A string of colored fla ss danced from the signal yard Of the steamer; IT the command "heaNe to'-"hlch IS sea language for stop
 Captain Randell had flags, too He broke them out; and from the I'm Alone's halyards there flut- tered the response, T am on the high seas outside of treaty waters l cannot and will not hoare to-
 Guns Open Fire
 A puff Of smoke drifted up iron the Walcott's bows, and sharl report came across the water. I'm coast guards had fired a blanl shot in warning.
 Captain Randell stood on rh' poop beside the quartermastef Nainioy. who was at the wheel. Keep her as she is" he said. Captain RandeIl had been unde fire many. many times before-il South Africa, in the North Sea. a Gallip9li and other places S' had Mainjoy He held the cro', de guerre for hls wartime bray cry, The I'm Alone held 1t course.
 Then the Slue-uniformed sailor . on the cutter removed the tar 7 paulins from a machine gun, als s mounted forward, In momen the men on the I'm Alone hear the staccato rat-tat-tat of tha weapon. Bullets slashed the wave alongside: then, as the coas guards got the range. they pep pered the hull, masts and sails c the fleeing schooner.
 Captain RandelI Wounded
 Captain Randell was wounded i the right leg.
 Just flesh wound 1t didn bother any" he explains,
 The chase continued, Night cam 7 on. and RandelI thought perhaps | might elude his pursuer. But Whe dawn came. with the I'm Alone st1 racing to the south. her gray sal distended and the spray rising undf her forefoot there was the Walcot not too far astern. Beside the Wa cott was another coast guard Ness :. the Dexter.
 As soon as 1t was light enoug the coast guards could be seen cas ing off the lashings of their rspif D fire guns. Once more the bright colored signal flags shot up 10 1T Walco-t's signal yard. Captain Ral deli 'humbed his code book. Surrender or Ue sink you" sa the flags.
 Captain Randell turned 10 his fls