The New York herald., 1878-10-06
Twelve Days in Ships Hold
Without a Morsel of Food.
A STOWAWAYS EXPERIENCE.
The City Of Chester Carries a Living
Skeleton Across the Atlantic.
A TALK WITH THE WONDER

terrible experience. The mammoth vessel lay al her
dock at the foot OF Charlton street the centre Of
busy Scores Of psrspirng 'longshoremen were
hurrying to and ro with boxes, barrels casks and
other articles of cargo The shouting OF sversscrs
they gave their orders, the rafting of trucks
the dock, the creaKing Of tackle aud occa-
sionaily tho loud thud of some unusually
heavy article landed from tho ships sids made
up the incidents OF the unloading Of the great
steamer. When the HERALD reporter called the busy
work men haa almost completed the removal OF the
cargo from that part OF the hold in which the living
skeleton had been found The view. therefore, OF the
place was comparatively unoostructed. The hold Ia
situated the forward part of the steamer, and Is
dark and dismal compartment into which the light OF
day penetrates only occasions of the ships load
ing uniosdins.
The night before the steamer left Liverpool tho
matches were fastened and remained fastened until
some hours after New York reached. The hold
tho time about three-quarters filed with cargo
Memo OF the sailors who had in It bad the
stowaway, and Is supposed that he crawsd In there
ooly few hours before IL finally sealed. On the
fastened hatchways were placed some boxes, guam
tity OF rope and tackle and q number OF boards The
hatches themselves were exceedingly thck and
heavy, and even without tho encumbrancss placed
upon them would prevent the cries of any unfortu-
nate person imprisoned beneath from being heard BY
tn0ee on DECK ABOVE all was tue main deck
LIvf sc SPECTRE.
The discovery Of the stowaway was made on Friday
afternoon, when the patches were nrss opened after
the ships arrival in New York. The food OF light
that streamed into the floating dungeon revealed 10
the stevsdores q sight that caused them 70 In
horror. There, stretched between two boxes, was
living skeleton whose tivd features, a. the light Of
cay snons upon them, told palmer than words tie
terrible suffering he had undergone during the
long voyage. AT frst the stevsdores thoughs
ne must be dead, but soon they heard .
feeble moan and saw him slightly move.
Tnen they heard q feeble voice calculate, "Thank
Godi" Some Of the stcvsdorss jumped quickly 10
his sds while others hastencd notify the ships
enicerz In few minutes the held swarmed with
persons and the emacated man was tenAsrly lifted
deck. The ships surgeon not board at the
tins but DR.. Dore, OF the steamer City Of ichmoud,
lying near by answered the hasty sum for aid.
REsroRArIvEs APPLIED.
when the Doctor arrived he sswa young man about
twenty years Of age y,ns %os,onsss M h.. eyes were
tongue lcsd out his cheek bones were almost devoid
Of nssh; his hanas and neck were snrunksn and the
cords oil the latter were prominenty visible. Large
black ana blue spots were upon his arms and Dody;
his breath came with apparent difficulty The Doctor
hassened TO administer rssl0ratives Brandy and
water were frat given small quantisiea A lille
milk next forced down the mans .hroat.
eyes and feebly moaned. The treatment was
continued, anu after u while some beet Tea adj
q. X.
Hts voice wss nusky hts words isw. In answer
to questions BY the Doctor hs gasped his James
snip eii Liverpool during which time he mad tasted
neither 1000 nsr drink. He Then rslapsed into
and he Was conveyed to 81 Vincent's Hospital
From the investigation made by tns ships ofnosrs
II appears that the aniortunate young man s naive
Of scotland and a mechanic BY occupatsoa- IL 10 be-
nevea that he went on board .ns vssssi on ths 2zd
uit., the day before she lett Lvsrpoo and that ~
lhs time he under tns influence Of Iiqusr, and
wandered into mold where he lay down sIeep
Oh The effects OF his debaach. HIS horror on waking
mp and finding The heavy natchways secureiy fast
encd, copaning him In living tomb. can OF course
RsvEIHr ABOVE, DESPAIR BELOW.
Almost directly over his prison the quarters OF
the N Maplesen Opera troupe, ana IL IS not improable
tns. the soanas Of ,ns .asicai iss.iva:: in whlch
efforts ne made to make himself heard can b
told eniy by himself but certain u is thai NO sound
from The sealed dungeon was heard during The voyage
by sny person on board
THE INSTINCT or DOG.
On several occasions during the voyage u was
noIiced that the ships dog, intsgent animal,
the second night after she vessel lett Liverpool tho
animal chained 60 the bschway that I'm prtsoped
nis he the dog Sc, up furous barking ana the wach
bastcned 10 sec what was me master. rne animal
wasgsa ms & .an 70. .ppresSn en- o. zoe ,naOr' .sa
nothing TO excite the animal and concluded that rat
must nave eccasioned the alarm He therefore turned
away, alter having pcted the animal, and bade MIN
stop barking Soon again, ho~ever. Inc dog renewed
MS barking, ard al length II was ioond necessary TO
MIN 10 the upper deck ms the noise disturbed
the passengers. The next DAY the dog was again
chained near The hatchway and again be began howl
ing. when removed TO other part OF the steamer
ne became quiet. TINS conduct the animal was ne
ticcd By several but no person suspected ths true
rHs PATIENTS CONDITION
Or. Mclaughlin, the steamers surgeon yesterday
visited - Vincenps Hospital and examined tho pa
tienL He iouno him a very weak coadtion, but
win hopeful signs for recovory. HIS stomach could
retain only the mildest iosu OF noarlshmont HIS
~.A md na frsn ttv
mos ned and occasionally moved hs head resIcssly.
No attempt was made 20 converse with him, and The
they ali concur In the opinion that asother day OF
starvation would nave resulted 10 ths mans death.
An Investigation Of tho hold and the character OF
tns cargo showed that had absolutely nothing
In tne way oil food or drink by which 70 sustain lilo
whssksy which he had ia his POCKET when he bearded
the vessel That fresh air entered The place
ssr0oS nns is., ss'.S that the supply va. msssr.
as the crsvices are lev. The imprsoned
was not crowded by me cargo - there Was
black and blue spsts on hts arms aud body sup
posed have been caused BY his being tossed about
~ the rolling Of The ship wnen he became TOO weak
y A''. the srrrrros's STORY
Late last night a HERALD reporter called AZ ST.
vincent's Hospital found Doanslly io bed, very
cnesrfuI anu communcative. In response 10 In.
uriss he gave story In pretty much the following
isnxusge :--"I Isl my home In Dumbar,os, q village
nine ana a hall miles from Glasgow. on Saturday
sSs .oea s WIN paid .sS aSa on ~:
steamer 70 Grssnock, when took the owl tor Liver
pool landed the dock at TOUR p n. on sunday and
AZ ed there until Monday n iour y. N. In all this
tina had not eaten mouthfuL asked To
hide me on the vessel, ~ wanted TO 60 TO
America 4 have two unces and three
sunts here. Ooe OF my uncles, Jonn Brown,
n captain of the police IN Oneyvile. X. !.
Tne other John Collins, lives In the same village with
tvo of nv aunts, Catherine and Rosa ny other aunt
is married 10 Mr.. william Taylor, a cabinet maker
somewhere on Long Island"
Gas A was sayingv he added, al asked man 70
hide me on the vessel bot ne would not do u unless
rave him giIi OF beer. 1 had bottle OF beer with
me and passed IL over to him. dob't know
whether he belonged 10 tho vessel or not
wben got In tue hoid OF the steamer the threw
the empty beer oottlc down TO me and caught u.
About ave mnutes sitcrward the hoio was closed
and was left IN utter dark ness.
.As near as can calculate u was Ave or six days
sstore faint ted away. could tell the days by the
noise on deck ana the ringing OF the bells In AL
lhts time l suffered dresdiui through hunger All
/ sre IN that tine was some salt and dirt which
,crap.d IRON the floor OF the hold. II was horrid
noatnIui, but 1 swallowed IL How long remained