The Seaforth News, 1960-02-25, Page 7x'.y J�
ANYWAY IT'S A DECK CHAIR — Lord Carrington nonchalant y
takes his ease in a deck chair reading something marked
"secret." When' this photo was taken• he was British delegate•
to q U.N. economic conference. Since then he's been appointed
firstlord of the Admiralty and made his first trip. an a Royal
Navy `vessel — 400 yards on a minesweeper. Lord •Garring!ton
had military service but with the army;
Defied Sharks To
Flee Devil's ' Isle
Not many of tbls vorld's most
famous penal iitfitituti'ons have
been able to n'latcTri an hard fact,
their sinister ifet e'ty-"in• leg-
end. Fol fust=liar;• information
of prison life tavehnust rely on
the testimony either, of former
donates or warders — and both
source s, ,for Obvious reasons,
find it difficult to free them-
selves of prejudice.
It is, however, almost impos-
aible to exaggerate the horrors,
the spine -chilling, primitive sa-
vagery of life in the French
penal colony of Guiana one
of the most fiendishly conceived
prisonsof all time, ranking In
bestiality with Belsen.
Between the' beginning of the
nineteenth century: and 1938,
more than a hundred thousand
French subjectswere s e ri t. to
serve sentences in this hell on
earth for crimes ranging from
theft to murder. The settlement,
commonly known as Devil's Is-
land, was established on the
principle of colonization by
transportation.
When the convicts , finished
their terms, they were obliged
to remain in the colony for a
further period.-- corresponding
to the length of their sentence
— in the hope that they would
marry and settle down.
Unfortunately, only about
seven thousand of the hundred
thousand lived to complete .their
sentences. Although an average..
of nine hundred prisoners:iarriv-•
ed from France every year,
there were never more than six:
thousand convicts' alive at any
one time.
Escape 'is the 'number one con-
versation topic in any prison
•in Guiana, among the handful.
of men who had somehow man-
aged to retain their spirit and
sanity, it was an obsession. '
Almost without exception
every convict there ,had made•at
least one attempt to escape; only
a few had succeeded. The rest
were shot; recaptured, or weak
ened and killed by the merci-
less jungle.
Together with .the islands of
Royale and St. Joseph, the grim
Devil's' Island belonged to ; a-
group -called, with. monumental,
Inaccuracy, the Isles of Salva-
tion.
With most prisons, the' prob-
lem of breaking out is the one.
with which the inmates, are most
concerned. In contl•ast, Devil's
Island -was comparatively easy
to escape from; the real prob-
lem was, having escaped to sur-
vive.
To make for Dutch Guiana or '
Brazil by land was to risk death
from hunger or exhaustion in
the impenetrable hush; to at-
tempt an escape by sea was to
court death from exposure,
drowning or sharks. Further-
more, even if a convict managed
to reach Dutch Guiana or Bra-
zil he would invariably be fir-
.rested and handedover to the.
French.
There was but one really sate
haven for fugitives — Trinidad,
eight hundred miles away.
This was the goal of ten con-
riots who planned a daring .es-'
cape.bid in September, 1934, Led
by a man called jean Duvernay,
the ten were scattered through-
out the penal colony - four of
MERRY MENAGERIE
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thein were imprisoned on ;Roy.
ale, four on St. Joseph and two
on Devil's Tsiend,
Th e y' communicated, to lay
their plans, by means• of the
food delivery boat which trave'
l_
led among the t h r e erislarids, -
Duvernay had managed to ob-
tain some money and conceal it
on his,persont: With it he bought;
a sixteen foot canoe from a'fish-
erman — negotiating the trans-
action through a' reliable trusty.,
on the food' boat =. and, arrang-
ed for the fisherman` to- row
out at night to a' point•off Royale
Island.
At midnight on the. appointed
day the four: men on St. Joseph
and the two. on Devil's Island
swam across to Royale where
Duvernay and the three, others'
were waiting for them. Then all
ten swam out to the point where
they were to sleet, the canoe.
Each of thein knew he was.
risking his life by swimming in
those dangerous'' waters. Apart
from th e treacherous currents
they were full of sharks and, -
barracudas — vicious brutes'
which had put• a bloody; end to,
innumerable escape, attempts.
All the convicts on this cocoa-
s i o n, : however, survived the
swim. • '
The' boat was waiting for
them. 'They clambered in; and
rowed for., the mainland. They
put the fisherman' ashore and.
after obtaining food and water.
set sail for Trinidad.
Then followedone of the most•
hazardous and terrifying voy-
ages in the history of small
craft. None of the ten knew
anything about navigation. They
merely pointed the boat in what
they thoughtwas the rightdi
rection 'and hoped. ,
For thirty-two days they en-
dured storms and turbulent seas,
drenching, downpours' of r a i n
and the scorching, ' agonizing
heat of the tropic sun, On the
twenty-seventh daytheir water
ran mitt. on' the; twenty -ninth
they ate the last, of their food.
Exhausted, they lay'on'the deck,
and waited'for what seemed•cer
thin death.
Just when they seemed doom-
' ed a British freighter spotted,,
them. The fugitives were in.poox!,
shape; they had been far; from '.
-fit when they started —• now '
they were little more than frail
sun -blackened shadows, 'Thank-
fully, they clambered , aboard
the freighter and gulped down
the water they were given. It
seemed their troubles were over.'
Then their' hopes crashed. The
ship's captain informed them..
that the freighter's destination
was Cayenne, French Guiana.
Taking on fresh supplies they
returned to their frail craft and
somehow reached Trinidad,
where they rested for thirty
days. But the ten convicts did
not plan to stay in Trinidad—
their destination was Mexico or
Panama, where fewer questions.
would be asked:
They obtained another craft
and set out again. Winds buffet-
ed them and they were drenched
by squalls. On the twelfth day
their little boat was driven on
to a coral reel offthe coast of.
Curacao, and smashed to pieces.
Miraculously, all the ` fugitives
survived, They stumbled ashore
and were cared for by local re-
sidents. When they recovered
they were given yet another
craft. - a fourteen foot- fishing
boat — in which they set sail
for• the third time.
The first night out their yard
parted and they had to fight
their wayto Salt Nicolas Bay,
Aruba. ere they were given
shelter a n d' they stayed long
enough for their boat to be re-
paired.
Even after their nightmare
experiences so 'far ,they were
still prepared to brave a further
Voyage, With fresh clothing,
food and cigarettes they set off
again. Three miles from Aruba
their boat capsized and sank.
Flow none of then, drowned,
Will never be, known. in • tura•
bulent sea they somehow man-
aged W lceep afloat until a Dutch
pilot boat rescued them and
hrought them back to Aruba,
Still they were not 'defeated,
The colony subscribed. funds' for
a bigger boat and at daybreak
on November 9th, 1034, the ten
put to sea for an unknown des
tinatipn.
What became, of them after
that is unknown. •The ten were
tough convicts, but when one
considers the hell they endured
it is difficult not, to hope that
they reached their goal —' and
freedom. They certainly earned
it.
Who Killed This
English King?
Down in the forest—a beauti-
ful glade in the green heart of
Britain's New Forest—historians
have' been trying to trace the
flight of, an arrow which sped
thrdugh the air on August' 2nd,
1100 and killed a 'King,,of: Eng-
land, William' Rilfua.
They are Investigating a mys-
tery which has' puzzled' histor-
ians all over the world,,: during
all 'the years -"which. have .passed
since the arrow struck Rufus
just below the breastplate, •cans-
ing his instant death.
Who 'shot him? A stone to -clay
marks the spot where ' he died
while en a hunting expedition
and records` thatan'arrow fired
by Sir Walter Tyrrell • one ofhis
party, glanced off a .stag'', and
struck the king.
• But was it an acoierent? No,
say many historians. They think;'
that Tyrrell took' steadyaim at
the monarch while the beaters
were not looking and shot him.
There' is no doubt that imme-
diately. after the tragedy Tyrrell
made a very rapid getaway to
the 'West',Cdbntry. and beyond.
At Avon- Tyrrell there; is a
smithy where he stayed for a
few minutes while, the smith re-
moved his .horse's' shoes and re-
placed• them back to front. to
baffle his ,pursuers.
Why did he do this? "It points
to a prearranged' assassination,''
declare seine. Others,have it that.
Tyrrell never. shot 'the' arrow at
alland that anotherman, who
calm' from Aix; was the assassin.
Certainly' Tyrrell, from a safe
distance overseas, strongly pro-
tested ,hit. innocence.
A poor charcoal burner named
Purkiss, walking in ,the forest,
found' the richly dressed the,
of
Rufus and ;pulled -' the, arrow
from his, • breast., He stunmoned
help and it was then foundthat
the dead man was the king. His
body was put into. a cart and
taken to Winchester Cathedral, -
where it was bulled.
Pigeon- Fanciers
Hate Falcons.
Peregrines, favourite falcons. of
kingci and princes in the Middle
Ages, swooped 'suddenly into the•
news;, recently when ornitholo-
gists 'staid that these magnificent
birds of prey' were breeding.
more plentifully,' on the high
cliffs around the British'coast.
Peregrines have killed so
many racing pigeons in Wales
that pigeon -breeders there are.
pressing for. removal of, the. Pro-
tection- Order which makes it
illegalto kill the falcons.
Pigeon fanciers hate pere-.
grins, "the pirates of the, skies"
— and _ no wonder. They know ,
that a •peregrine, the • largest of
the ,British falcons, can make a•
"grand stoop" from four or five
thousand feet at a speed of not
much less than 200 miles an •
hour and kill a racing pigeon.
After a headlong swoop it has
also been seen to seize its vic-
tim with its claws and. either
force it to the ground or carry
it swiftly away to one of the
nesting ledges, called aeries,
some of which have been used by
peregrines for centuries.
To profit from good advice re-
quires more wisdom than to give
it.—Churton 'Coiling.
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