The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1900, Page 11

THE SUNDAY CALL. TAIN SMITH, i THE TRLEZ OF THE BOLD TRICK R YRNKER QRRFT PLAYED THE BRITISH IN THE YERAR 1875 rz‘,gy SXCLUSIVELY FOR THE SUNDARY CALL ol & oo Y al of ™ s littie gers and ish g me mark trong with zeal, but » hand of Great Brit- ed forth and “1 SWUNG AROUND SO THAT THE CATALPA WAS BETWEEN THE TwWoO sMmaLL DOATS ”» town of Fremar that is no m n the woods and hite stone buil ison where lonely elt. It was thither t \nthony of the Catalpa opt ed her off. Anthony I swung arour man h t nothing on. 11l the which is about tle, the prison o call it that, more than an time the con- of sea but. far more, of British displeas- ure, to take them away from a place where the death penalty threatened from a stern wall. Captain Smith—captain now, mate then —does not dwell upon the dangers of the THE LOOKOUT- with the prisoners. “Although Breslin was not at Bunbury to meet us, he kept watch of us, and the day after arrival we received a telegram from him. Captain Anthony replied, with the result that Mr. Breslin came down to us and he and the captain laid the plan o2 far without being attempt at con- atered the car- succeeded in gettin riages and drov Perhaps they were at thelr various working places. One was the pars gardener and another — ~mployed breaking stone, if I remem- 2 1875. » make the captain o i x I was doing. tr dition of those poor fellows llving there. plot. He is a big weather-beaten rover, action t ® It heiped brace up our courage, and we who is brs in cction and modest in the p bn ¥ ese co w that without all the courage in the speech, Perhaps that is why he is a cap- 120 - » call » could never push through our taln himself now ptain who is e & X R mak They had a dreary time of about to t at vessel to northern pring 2 f & » it 1€ were allowed a good waters where he has guided safely before. 1 w » ¥ « . v for m this mask i deal of freedom within the town, as we r the last twenty years I've been for the time and hold 1 : 4n*I'r,.'.u g win Aus f out afterward; they were put to crulsing around Alaska and ‘farther from shore, ready to rec escaping was right. excuse we work at different jobs in the town out- north,” he says. “I've never been to Eng- ‘“_‘_jr p> B bes st K ted side the prison, but they felt pretty sure land since we took those Irish prisoners. FM‘I'_["'[‘:,'. on S o Neoire- ik W) its~ Br When there was no way to escape.” I don't know as I care to. I guess these (;de for use in teie E 8 en’ b » 1 n In the life of John Boyle O'Rellly an waters north of here are about as near as day afternoon day ) pr v T account of his punishment in Australia is I want to get to the power of Great Brit- , we sailed beyond et wa s New Bedford the last described. Here is a paragraph from the RIS e ity R of it ¥ of April C A Book Then he turned back to the voyage once ot 285 oanti 2 his smail Wanted ; ‘The first official function was the read- _more. T e enat e aliccy $DOSSp e sugp n s ing of the rules (of Fremantle prison). “When we got to Bunlury we found no with him and left the bulk of the crew “for we o < truck O'Reilly most in that long one there. You see Breslin had gone behind under me. ek ‘”'L ””“‘ as the startling peroration to the ahead of us to Australia, along with Des- * e very important things hap- “-:, ,’”,'mh"i“ enumheration of S0 many offenses—'the fond—ald Thomas Desmond, you know, Pened on shgre—as quictly ‘llw'“;"h ositaed, 3 : penalty of w s death!” " used to be Sheriff of San Francisco. These |1°¥ W&re (V00 v some DO surrender.’ They must have been a glad group of two had been nosing <|r]nunt| under false carriages drove the twenty-two miles NI nj and we' t. going to Fayal and men who heard the whispered news that names. They pretended to be buying from Fremantle to Rockingham. They pefote he & € 1 there. We had a party of daring seamen had left home land. T believe, and so had an excuse to contained the six prisoners and Breslin. M0 this t ol b et S e A hang around Fremantle and communicate their rescuer. ARG % ‘made our escape, perm ofl when we and were gers not only > SOF 1 u wander 1o mé (hat they ever though the pursued for a little way. In 3 I don’t know. four winds, I suppose. ‘h [ do know—they are all what we left them, free men in & free land.”