The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-30
AHYDROPHOBIA DEATH.
An Old Sea Captains Most Ten1pcstuous 1:x-
1ierience-A Charlie ltoss Story Told by II
Dying Man Between his SItassns:

An Old Sea Captains Most Tenpcstuous 1x.
1'er:ience-A Charlie Ross Story Told by Il
Dying Man Between his Sras,ns:
From the Norwich, Conn, Bulletin.
News has been received Of the safe arrival OF
Captain Nelson Huntly, Of Buenos Ayres, after
apassage Of sixty -four days. The following
will be Of interest to good many, and We will
let the captain relate it in his own graphic
style: "We had one boy on the passage OUT,
tempestuous times that ever experienced at
sea that beat them all For two days there
was not a thing done on board the vessel ex-
cept the steering, all hands being required to
take care of him, and sometimes the united
strength Of four or five able men was INSULT
lash him fore atld aft When the spasms
fuil~erown hurricane. lie Would howl like
Uncle Jerry Bush's hounds; only thousand
times mere savage1y; would bark; snap; snafl;
yelp, froth at the mouth, and bite everything
before him. The concentrated agony Of hun
drod ordinary death-beds would not equal the
was dying dozen different times and during
sane interval he thought so himself, and called
for me, saying he had something to tell me- and
now comes the funniest Part Of the yarl, for l
cannot conceive Of any one burdenins his soul
with such an outrageous lio at time when he
supposed himself drawing his last breath.
''fIe said he was Charlie Ross; said he ro-
membered at the time of being taken away of
crossing ferry with lady, and, as the chain
was let down and she was leaving the boat, think
ing he was behind her, two young fellows that
he knew. brothers, he thinks they were, by tho
name Of George and Henry Stephenson, ,snatched
him away In the crowd, and he remembered be-
ing taken on board steamer and into state
room where there was man waiting for them.
They played an accordion, showed him pic
lures, and gave him cake to eat, after which he
fell asleep, They we're some time on board the
steamer, and he remembered their landing at
Hampden on the Penobscot From there he
was taken in market wagon covered with
blankets to farmhouse in the country. where
they. remained through the night fhe next
day he was carried hidden in a load of hay to
Frankfort and to the house of man by the
name OF Butterdeld, who kept a hay and gro
Gerry store. Here he said he was kept for
some years, shut in a dark room at first and
never allowed to 60 out except for ride some
say this much in favor of the beys yarn that
he has weak eyes, and, although he is intellli-
gent looking, and has nothing of the appear
ance OF one born Of ignorant parents he can
neither read nor write. He says books and
papers were kept from him.
they cut it off and rubbed Something on his
head every day to keep it from curling. But
tcrfield was very cruel to him, and gave him
the name Of Pinkham, by which he has since
been known. He finally ran away and has
since taken care of himself Now, whether he
knew himself to be lying or was still doing it
unconsciously, cannot tell. I merely know
he was perfectly rational at the time, and was
lying, ~ We supposed, at the point Of death,
and was 80 weak thsS he could only gasp out
one or two sentences 1T q time. If there was
truth in it and the boy was correct ~ to dates,
there il one way that think he might be iden-
titled BY his parents. He said he was not GER
tain 40 to names, but thinks it was George
Stephenson-at least the name was George
that was setting out some flowers,
using sharp knife, and he enraged him by
catching Of the flowers, 10 that George struck
him, first with the knife on the wrist, and then
struck at his breast, and AZ he put up his left
hand to ward OF the blow the knife cut his
hand between two Of the fingers and struck his
breast, aud there are the scars on his wrist and
hand and breast, and any one that ever knew
him could recognize him by them Since he
got well l have asked him about it. and he says
he knows he 10 the original Charlie Ross, but he
would tell me nothing more about it I sup
pose he il lying, but wish that his parents
might know of it. He 10 20 bleesedly honest
lo'king that have given him up N conun,
drum which cannot make out ~ 80