The New York herald., 1873-10-20
HUMAN SHARKS IN NEW YORK.
How Men Are Kidnapped
for the Sea.
Slave Trade Of American Ports-How the Ship
Baltic Got Her Crew in New York-Story
Of Boy Kidnapped in Broad Day
light in New York Street.

The HERALD has already published some details
OF the sShanghaeng at this port OF sailors for the
ship Baltic recently arrived at San Francisco. but
the following deposition, made before MIR. Marrow,
Assistant United States District Attorney, and
published in the San Francisco EUentng Post OF the
10Th, exposes such case OF outrage on the streets
OF New York that 1t Is given nearly In full, the
immaterial parts only being expunged. George +.
Staple, the lad who makes the charges, is native
of Rome, N. Y, and having worked as q carpenter
in New YORK city some time ago, after spending
few weeks with his mother In Rome in May, 1872,
he returned here to get work on the Brooklyn
bridge. Failing In that he worked for Hugh
ONeil, stair builder, corner OF Columbia and Con-
gress streets, Brooklyn, and W. f. Furey, on Van
Brunt street, Brooklyn. About last Christmas his
work gave out He again went home, taking his
aged mother $500. In May he returned here
and his experiences are thus recorded
For some days he walked around from carpenter
shop TO another without finding anything 70 do, when
afternoon, he found himself on Water street street having
SIDE S q the city had up ii;
Sa s 5 and m
iamarly On the s6Sudsrs: swOuidnt You like some
Yes sirn replied the iad' that is just what have
sweli think you will suit me- have Just been look
ing for put in the Of rsS job Uw
out there, and want to get smart young fellow to
nSss @ hs g. IT. ts as are S
win s2s per month and pay a.. Of your you sx;
viii be in gold too and you nice little sum
whsn sa y %
MADE Ss. there .r By @ smart "a a man VIII VII yoa g9;
eve shall have to get of BY Monday q frthsst q was
SS
Well can Ds ready though should h like to s,h haye
cant DO @ 60 to Bo0s E wssrs hs
me- as IS pretty near supper time talk it
street, into which they turned and the kind stranger
who had the big advertising contract for California led
looked fike sailor boarding house, and a small sign
CHARLES GLEASON, soARpINc AND LopcIsc"
nss an Ing a Gpas the dsr who %
who Ss Charles himself
Sn!ns %aS Where table ~''A on
sSS 81 Ss5
and give yourseld, 4, g, good wash" 81.
hm a began st
When he had concluded he turned around for his
Never mind 2 said Gleason, Il sent them to the bag
this tn after we get SUPPER he added producing an
Ths Soy though somswaa. w;onasrns put It and
and who seemed AFRAID to say WORD, though he COM
ssafinS
SoS had s down The Cap p
@ g us s m a y n5e e saoa yo @
sap in him Inv tst for amt sailor h.ve
sn M s: ana as
the boy, who retreated toward the washroom sYoa
and sSs Ss e. my
Hear me ~ Numbered the man. You've been TO
four years. years..
"Dye hear mes shouted he again. hitting the boy >
your striking him another heavy blow with bis lett
that you have been to sea four years. or will knock the
hsfa % sa d ySe ye Soy horouy and
feeling that he could have no chance for escape until he
After some more threatenng Language sailors
side and runner the other. he marched
% no sn % % Hs he %
would cali policeman and have them arrested.
e s.a III s ns ss
lis hss sded @ the f.
lord 1.-THE best thing that can do is to keep quiet
friends, and if you call III give him couple of
The boy made no reply: but looked as keenly as he
W no
s To who ss e pnd sa
boy IN spite o. threats made up his I'm mind to cali to him.
@ nodded each ootSeT and he
s saN
of s asns S an S
ss any o GLEASON he o
not do he not heavy enough and he might as well
all Or
and marched ONCE again On the way back
h n 10 TAKE h to os and
going TO send him voyage where he would not
small room at one end where there was .s cot and
to try 70 escape during the night it would be at the
peril Of his life -
the boy cautiously felt the floor and the bed for he had
dropped men, through traps; and then finding nothing
hs @ ha h he st down on the bed and
posonIa prisoner night in the heart Of the great city,
tate to murder him. and threatened with being sent to
China without even having chance Of letting his mother
hts disappearanceb tears to his relief and he
sfi whe Se
succeeded in picking the lock his door There was no
y whose thsSe ss @ nc ne
into which his opened and BY e saw an an larger
MxEssE BLooDaouND
low grOw gather himself to spring on NTH the IN
and feeling that there was no possibility Of escape COM
The long nsht passed and morning came and he
permitted 70 get some breakfast but during the whole
day was kept secure prisoner either Gleason himself
or one OF his runners being always on hand to check
attempt to In the evening the captain of the
Baltic sent up word that Gleason could
would take the who had been refused the night be-
fore.
A SEA OUTFIT
Thereupon the consderate landlord fitted out the boy
for sea. The pea-jacket he had been wearing Of
some little from box of old clothes long swal
ow-tailed coat or what was left of what had been
the property Of some shanghad hummer was selected,
and he was made 70 exchange. This. with old Quilt
two imsy check shirts three clay pipes pound plug
tobacco and sheath knife and belt constituted the outfit
dead OF the southern winter Making the boy carry his
as on tho night before the landlord side and the
runner on the other.
was paying any attention 10 him. He was marched up
to desk AMI ordered 20 sign his when the clerk
pointed 10 piece OF paper. sign, you -" whis-
percd the runner.
sign, OR WILL You,"
said the landlord, iting the action TO the word and
striking him heavily under the Jaw The boy wrote his
aud hurried out and down the wharf with
drunken man whom he had noticed in the shipping
Office. on the he ventured ask when he
get the $50 which had been promised him the