Show I. I c GERMAN WARSHIP SINKS REBEL EBEL VESSEL FOR ALLEGED PIRACY CAPE Sept 8 The The gunboat gunboat gun gun- b boat at Crete A which was In the service of or the tho party has been heen sunk Bunk at the entrance of ot the tho harbor of or B Haiti by hy the German gunboat gun sun r IV boat Panther Details of or the tho occurrence occur occur- i- i irence rence are lacking The crew of the b Crete A left heft her before she sheI S 4 I went down Th Tho German gunboat Panther arrived cd 5 at Port au u Prince Sept September It ItY Itt Y t was waa announced from Cape r S September r 3 that the German steamer r t r. Captain her beI he- he r I longing to the Hamburg American r t Packet Co having on board hoard arms arm and ammunition sent by the pro h provisional government to Cape ha had been heen stopped September 2nd by hy the the- Firmin- Firmin itt gunboat A Crete al at the fn- fn trance o of the harbor of I Cape Cile and that an armed force forr sent lent on board I th the str str amr the gunboat took j II Possession of or the war munitions in of ot Captain I unite spite of or the protestations consul consul- I German Hansen and the has I l I The seizure o of the 1 characterized ns as an act of oC piracy been heen Berlin to the As- As Associated But a 0 dispatCh dated from September said Press circle did not take German the seizure or of the or of view vie a 1 tragic but that satisfaction German vessel es cI demanded Ih The foreign of- of would he be with the view held h by the flee nce n lee representatives at nt Port au foreign Prince said laid the dispatch that the acI action action ac ac- I tion of or the A wa waft piracy then known knon whether I hut it was as not I satisfaction would be he demanded from Crom I General Firmin or whether the tho result of the revolution re in Haiti would be awa alte a awaited I ted The Panther received In Instructions from the German government to capture capture cap cap- gunboat Crete A Crete ture the Pierrot She left lert Immediately Immediate lot for Go- Go Go Go- naives the t tc seat at of oC the gov JO eminent The Panther found th the A Pierrot In the harbor of oC Go Go- and the commander of the German German German Ger Ger- man gunboat Informed Admiral Almiral on the Crete A that he must remove his crew cre and surrender his vessel esse 1 in live five minutes Admiral KIllick KUlick KU- KU lick asked that this time lime be extended to fifteen minutes This r request fuest was granted on the condition that the arms an and and ammunition ammunition on board the Crete Crete- A Pierrot should be bo abandoned when her cre crew left her The fhe crew of oC the lie Crete A left that vessel amid great disorder At the cn end of oC fifteen minutes minute the lie Panther sent a small mall bout boat carrying ono one and 20 O sailors who were to take possession of ot the gun gun- boat When hen these men had luid arrived at a 1 point about twenty yards from froni the Pierrot Crete flames were el seen to break out on hoard board of oC her She had bad been tired fIred by crew before they left her The Panther then tired fired on the Crete A until sue she was wu completely com corn immersed Thirty shots all told were fired |