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Show 'has made his way to Kingstown, where he laid before the authorities au astounding story of tho seizure of the Carrie D. Knowles at a Venezuelan port, where she arrived live years ago in distress and of. the imprisonment of the crew, a speedy Investigation will be made. On January 27, WOi, the Carrie D KnowIes: sailed from Provincetown, Mass., on a whaling voyage. She was supposed to have been' lost In a west InJiau storm with all hands. Some of the men belouged in St. Vincent, and after all hope was given up of their i return, their relatives put on mourning and tho local insurance company eon-tnally eon-tnally pal.l claims on the assumption that the sailors were dead. Payne's story caused great excite ASTOUNDING STORK OF SEAMAN i j American Whaling Ship, Seized in Venezuelan Port, Crew Imprisoned Kingstown, St. Viuceut, May 3. It may be that Captain Colin Stephen-ton Stephen-ton and the crew of the American whaling bhlp Carrie D. Knowles, long since thought to have been lost at sea, aro tlli alive in a Venezuelan prison. An American seaman named Payne, fin escaped prisoner from Venezuela, imru. noi umy uecause ol the seriousness serious-ness of the charges against the Venezuelan Vene-zuelan authorities, but because li added ad-ded another to tbe many tales reaching St. Vincent of the high handed meth-ods meth-ods adopted bv the Venezuelans under un-der Castro. Puyne declared that the whaler had been dls-abled in a storm off the Venezuelan Vene-zuelan coast and had made port in distress. She was at ouce seized and the captain and crew were made prisoners. pris-oners. He siati'K that all the men are alive but still closely contlnod. j j The details of Payne's escape from J prison are not known. It Is possible, however, that he is one of the score or more prisoners who escaped from the penitentiary at Maracaibo, about two weeks ago. |