The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-11
A HORRIBLE ADVENTURE.
TURTr DtTS dND FOTR NIGHTS IN
FITzfBETHPO RT SEWERS.


parkness, Terror, Hunucr' Noiso"cho'N'
Ri.inr Tide, an Influx Of smothering
steam Fatigue, aud Terrible Injuries.
ON little cot In the brick almshouse OF
elizabethiown, N. J., lies Michel Gilsemann'
German who has had a horrible adventure. For
shree days and four nights imprisoned and lost
IN the unlghtcd caverns Of Elizincthport
sewers, he wandercd through the labyrinth oi
winding chambers, with nothing 10 e'' W W
srink except the Nth Of the CUTTERS uh'il ON
Sunday morning last he traced MS way D"os W
the upuc- world On Wednesday AFTERNOON '"s.
= stranger. roughly dressed and unshaNen' anu
h.v,n, the accent Of n German entered the
T.vlor House, kept by Mr. Jackson III LhzA-
bethport. and asked for glass oil beer Aiter
n. had drunk he seated himself at lunch
table and called Tor dinner. As he ate he talked
In broken English to the walters, ana by smiles
and fayors sought to insratate himself in their
confidence. After dinner he drank freely, and,
walking up and down the dining room,
talked TO every one, AMI as they IauAhed
Al bis unntoil giJle words be laughed toJ' ana
shock hands with them. Al length he went
through the hail and into the cooks room aud
rave her a quarter OF dollar. Then lac went
Mp stars and through many chambers. aud was
n Last ordered down by the proprietor, who
thought that the mans behavior was suspicious.
10 the salODa down Stairs he ate aud drank
.es,n ana became so familiar VITA the EN-
ployces That Mr. jackson ordered hln inlo vie
street After that he was not seen until even-
Inf when he returned to the hotel. and while
tho r, ants wetc not u.Ni = ht li'h unl9 's.d
.he htll duur- on uHh 10 a H WInd'N. In the
.yenin, h. made free with EVERYONE and every.
thinr in the stlDon. ANA spent munos freely.
When the uptci VS. closed .i lly' cl9ca lie went
out and walked w the stree. toward tne centre
Of the town.
Asut,NGE ROBBERY.
E,rlv,hpt cycnin. Nr. Jackson went with hi
WIFI ner tom IN " i1t'ctn. lle returned on
tue ll.lJ 4. ". train. and a, he approached Tie
hotci from tue dcp't pc tclri ueei.hr rat-
tim souni from the interior of the house. ITO
ran 800 tine stcii-. nd a. DO. c'osstd IN Nrrnniah
he heard TIE rafting noise gain ne 'rr,v open
lie front coor. and. entering the saloon. fhted
the s.. EvcfytN.ug W. ~ c'nli- lh. lic- II
coats and otner ciutues. loNe- If cigars anI bot
tc. Il vine TERED the u ior near the q. ,inier
AMI the mDne drawer That Il q c.utainci ssv'
erai d.lltr- was oYcn and the money gone. Gao
Of the rear windows hid been thrown half
Mr Jackson'. house "a on tive out liits OF
Flsneth orr. at Irumrul and First streets.
aid is not moro thuu twenty ruu- ir iu tlls ~A"l
Of N-w,rk iav. RIGHT acro-- iuup.ll street.
Machine Company. Just - Mr.. j. ckson lighted
snops ran up to the hot, window and shouted.
"What's the trouble - "1ntt'swhsi ia Ike 20
know" was the answer Then MIR. jackson I'D
that there had been ours 10. aud the watch
man I'd that lie bad been vaichiugas uspicipus
person who bad teen pro"ling around Tor sew
trl hours. The two men ent out g. the Vcraii-
dan. and they family ats rn"d the figure of
uan. VINO was mAkinc down Ir,m9uli street
they gain q ON him he lr-i y "a Aenel uis pace
sud then hr1 he into quick uot. Down the
ana as they nearcr the edge Of the by they
were only short cists' ce from the fugitive.
Nnirf e1,onds Tar out INTO tue water. Al t!.c
tn-e of tni~ wharf. Oh tao southern sile.i, a
are The mouths 4 the Large III 2 beth -cwe. and
nat II the SINGER Compan,'s workshops. BON
mere within Il lew lee, Jftnc Offset wal. running
Al flh s2ocl. the fugitive di-ap.,aild.
IL rHr srwrV.
II was tow tide. mud the retrea'ing waves had
stf Nat OF WuU. dati, std tf'4cuc.ulis. ihat
reached from tue sea ~ enfr ices iur AnHu n. u
-.i- oui t. the water Across the SHINY uu.
ted the watchu AZ G r-fUhy crcut go IN" en-
3. ure ( the Liiz Zoe h scwr. and ii"ie hc
-a.utei ~ iin and asain iHt1 is silent a.rli-.
d ne h"-'d u" ahs"t Js'~s "a s!vn J'li. u
d.. companion. uiil uIih men - nd % q 10
tie unc,r,sin fHoinc Tor hilf hous a. vain.
uin l.nu his ivtreAt 1t Vas u.ioHien. a.. tee
~ truunu was @ he'd a. r.tI4u 80 bl. I.i-lt
'sos, I'D ao rdcrs. and VITA in~'n ma unir,I
y h.pu ur went tack 60 ga VITA e.. iu. officer
~'t. itipt tue i-ii1,hrtnstN l.t.it ui ID. ,.I.'f
81, th.ticiat beard 1, otateps ln tie d'icr inn
e. the singer sewer.
a.i4,. t,o, i'fs darN ntc'n "n ni- arm. a"u -..,
u-. "I'uhaNo that man now or ! % lose iuN .lr,'
ir.r-lrs through too ia .tNy sirca % tLst tDIi j
ut MS lee. often ptU- iug Co., tea tIe .t.4a I
q fuoi i4u aud turHiaE D., e" upward go D..
distant piasn. ami linen "c went on l,lie
footsteps sroved that tire man ne sought u.s.
loug turther Hud further into the sewer.
Iniceei AMI thicker grew tne heavy miastuAtlc
ayr, lie VOLS OF thc DisoiIe dungeon seemcG
tn ne contracting. q cold cLit arose from tho
SIZE 10, the onig'r- trHln lerlcd, aud tutaiue
about ne made MS way ns st A. possible lack
To- t4e entrance. While hc was t'inIn- around
be- heard the waters NJ La. h aiar ~, Though
the fugitive was Fastening away, aud theh al
was silent.
Iuc onioer was so weak after his long stay In
e." lrtid air of the sewer that he reciei Ike d.
oturSrn man. The party stay % iohE az the
O. 4tn Of the tunnel, but as inc stranger hau
L.l come out atS or o'clock. all went hume
eK eps the oGlcer. lie remained until after q tY-
hrrt, ana soon stierward, the Using ude wing
filed the sewer 70 that thers could pe no pos
siit as ape ior tie uiau, the tinc,r went away.
Airr ih'- toe subject WIS dforped ~ khz 4
t-tnuort, aud the stianser whO had been c..- ed
thio.l tine night into his probable tome was
ailuosi lolEJiten.
THE FUGTIvr's STORY.
As flr as can be learned from the runhling
sen'nre, and broken English 81 the uan who
now les 10 pa Il d~iifiam on his cot M tie
zl. ethtown an sho4se, his - ry - SUP
ti-hua!lN that after hepcactrated for a
snort distance INTO tue sewer, he heard
ths footballs Of hls pursners' aud fe'nni
thef 400. lie was unable to stand upright on ac-
count Il the low walls. ana rs he went b.lndly
on, De- often fell and lruised ms arms aud knees
ou the solid pavement. At length lie h gone
- "a that he could hear no sound from behini ,
NJ whole pas AGO seemed an incxlrcaule tui-
gie, and thenit flushed upon him that he was host.
The mau channel was inter ected by crossing
he knew not which way To turn Suddenly ne
heard n mccarthy sound. The SOLID wall
trrmo.ed and swayed. aud there WAS duli,
tcayy roar a rush. ana then the noise grad iall}
ol'i out the swuAlnE rce-cd, md ~ ia all was
tuen'. lie cIuriudrd tnat the great roaring lad
te'n caused by the UpWoech and passage OF "A
l"'yf 'Gau OH the tcutiai it'ditoad, whose
trH * Is me- the sewer. lie cannot tell how
is "a wa before the sounds u life Gboye,
I"n'} dl.lr tod hln tuat 1t II "a become
nay Nui tue INST and that he heard after the
lnr - the train, VAS That OF the distant
81 ,''"5 a. DO chinery. IL, thought int the
su"Hu 80. Size Disc Of the lie Wy machinery n
luc lhct"N. lie dropped ON ms hands
alll Ah-t7 in The I'll as water and prob
huY became unconscious. lie WAS awuE-
tueI ~ strange, cold, creeping sen
SAuoh th"ut the knees, and he noticed Ia
sldI'.i} 10 Zee Watrr0u me BED Of the Gu tmber
W. hu'n deeper sud then he knew That the tiQe
wa 'ilAiii1 40. tie st aLu watched IL as n rose
lAh'ft % tu-n gradually up L. his Wals, then Ii
tlnea an9ut his throat, ana a. length he mad t.
"IN As 're UPWARD 10 Keep his mouth "ut OF
NW'E lac gave tImstlt up IN DESPAIR ana
thilrhel ahd rhnutcu for help. He next noticed
hLladuil uu evident decrease IN the II 1od, and
5000 Hl "r"' rd re WIS lett 10 wander a-Hin