LIFE OF JOHN CAFFREY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 3438, 29 October 1886, Page 2

LIFE OF JOHN CAFFREY.

iJolmCaffrey "was Wmat.Panmure in .';., 1850,. arid is therefore in lu3:'-iHith year. .. ■His parents who were of Irish/ birth are •»?.:■ both'dead. He'stands abbut'v.iive feet -~. seven inches, has a fresh'.'complexion, ..v. .light/browii; hair and blue 1 'eyes.',. He is ••-. a powerfully-built man, artdjean, it is siiid swing'and'carry a 2001b bag of flour v with the greatest ease. His occupation has always been that of a coasting sailor. A man named Eggurton, who has sailed with him on several previous trips. of the L Sovereign or bli-j Urn, \y.ia fortuuately detained- forgive- ovtdeuce below the Court, atirl Pt'iia took his place as mate. According to Eggurton's account, 1 is entirely ignor.uit of navigation., undv' any charts ho may have had on' buiird ' would ba quite useless t<> him. . For soais .. time past. hoffovM, hi has baeii'-'studying "-- theteHngsof the dift'meut Groups of isUndsjn .She. South Pacific, and' enquiring also about the course"he ; would have to atusr in order t<i,ui:>ko'tib3 .'vAuatraljari .'■•'. etast.' ',. ~.-'.,., .'•. ■\v-v.--. .: ■ , '•' He is described as being a man rAJHjbndle4; pißrio'ns aua tion. Btiin'd'fonr years ago be shipped m a barquo fijr.aij.AusfcValian: port, uud on arrival required the master to pay him immediately.- On this boingi'ofuscd,. he procured, a revolver and went:. ;after the; tuaster,. whoniho at tauglh'eucotlutered in , a cab with his wife.'.;-Sensing the reins, aiid stopping the cab, Caffrey levelled bin revolver at ths-master's head, threatening to'shoo't. both liiin and,'his wife if his ■ wages wore not.at oiico paid, .whioh they wore without moro\delay,' lie; lias up. pearod before the Police MwiHtriites here several times bu various '.cliargas-the. first on"the? Ist Jauuary, 1885, ho was sentenced to throe mouths' imprisouvj'.' munt for obsseno language .ami'aaaaufr' on coustables, one, on Constable O'Briort, being of a vory savage' nature;. I '"His last appearance was ah. tho 20th;u! : last May, whon ho was. fined for drunkujiess,. lie has several times stated that ho would' like to havii'a 'brush with the [police, and I that if ho ever again got into trouble jhe would either seize, tho Customs I cutler Uatt'k'i'.-iiillinj imyoiio'tJisit might |beon board,.and-.inako forone of tho | Islands or for Australia, or thaijie. would i get off in...the Sovereign of. the Beaa, | Poopln of tho Eanier who knew him well. | state that his leisure moments for some ! time past havo been occupied in'studying ;, ! the' American Police Gazett'.; that.Ned . ; Kelly ;vaa his ideaf as a hero';' atHMthab ; there;also he- : dtarJ;frequoiitly.»i)iiwinced j his intention. ot'.&oii!tns! a orutt some day, \ and makfuit'for Australia to joiu or to •. Kgjti* '"titupajßtfiifCitSrey..lias for'souio timo I been varj' rostlaj's'. and .unsettled in his ' mind; that he esfcrnefl nsvar to sloep; ! rind that Hie-kust,- tlrop'nf intoxtcatinj} rliquovsenthiio beating hig head against jwall6,aiid ol.hetTissVdiimeaning ; likij a'raaduvin,;. .He'furthsrotatqaiii his. - : last viiyage but one o}' tha Sovereign of ; the Saas, Cafftey'jmisjiissd Lo worth | ainnianitMn,-iifltfln3ib!y for settlers ok fch« j Barrier, but that none of it .was over ; landed Jftoni the cutter. Although tho i boat was well sttwkod with pravisions. it j had when it last siilod but ona barrel on boirf that Would hold%ater, and that but. I imperfectly, as it leaked.r-Notf Zoaland JUarald.