The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-11-20
Ono Voyage Cu.'cd Him.

mulberry street police station, San Fran
CISCO, for lodging. He limped painfully
ss he walked, and his clothing was old
and much worn. He said he had arrived
IN Now York on hesteamer Egypt. To
a reporter he told this stsry:
'My name is William Keene md am
Is years old. My father is Capt. Charles
Keene, music dealer and proprietor OF
a music hall ut Elurket and Third
streets i'll San Francisco. Wo reside at
| 1915 Tartar street. ? took a notion TO
to 20 to sea, and my father finally let
mo go, saying enc voyage would cure
me. shipped as an fpprentice on the
Snow u Burgess; that -, was cabin
boy, aud worked out on deck, too. AS
soon as we got out to sen I was treated
dreadfully. especially by Second Mate
Lewis, who beat mo many times. and
worked me until my feet got so sore T
couldn't wear shoes, and could hardly
tep on them. He only allowed me to
sleep between four and five hours out
OF the twenty-four, and on many nights
made mo work right through"
HE gave me that punishment once
because L hadn't found time to grind
the coffoe, he had kept mo 80 busy at
other things. That night he made mo
grind coffee all night. He was lust rs
cruel to the sailors and other boys, I
saw him give the sailors black eyes two
or three times. The first ma O was al.
most as cruel, hut didn't do 80 much
striking. The steward, George Chase,
who lives somewhere here i'll New York
was as bad rs the second mate, and T
don't know what the sailors would have
done to either one of them ii they had
found the chance, -
"Harry Brown, another boy. 1G vears
old, had worse luck, though, thon
for tho mate pounded hIm ius, as much
and finally knocking him overheard
and no was drowned. Harry Brown
was from some place in New YorlE
otate. 10 told mo he gavo some mon
in San francisco some money to put
MN ON board the Snow j. Burgess tho
Gay sue sailed. Both the mates were
mad about it, and they made it as bad
1of him as they could Eut he had the
advantage OF me one way, for he was
four hours OH and four hours Oft. md
could get plenty Of time to sleep, while
was never sure ofgetting evon my four
or hve hours, and was sleepy and tired
oil the time.
"One day Harry Brown was upe II the
rail- liking sail when the second mate
came along, and, finding fault with the
way he had fixed it, struck him a blow
III tho stomach and knocked him over
board, William Smith, the bo'sen.
sprang over after Harry, One of the
TG9 bbrsoK IL lifa,b ,bnaR. oyoy ..sftey. him,
to get the life buoy, and drifted abouta
mile away from the ship. They put out
O boat for him, but he didn't get Harry.
though the boat went right over him
once Just as he went down, Bo'sen
Smith never said much, but ho was kind
to everybody, and never saw him
strike blow. The Captain hardly ever
came out. Sometimes ho stayed in for
days 1T time. Ho had n st ck of
novels, and was reading them all tho
time,
when we got to Liverpool the mate
put me in irons below. 1 s'pose he
thought would get ashore and tell on
him. But some of tho sailors told mo
they got even with him, for one night,
when he was ashore, they got him into
some scrape or other, had him arrested,
and he was fined thirty shilllngs.
'The night before the ship sailod the
mate took me out OF tho irons and put
me ashore. He put my chest off with
ME. Some OF tho sailors had told me
about the American Consul. I went
first to a boarding he use, but it was
burned in day or two, and 1 lost my
chest, with my clothing, snd what little
money had. Then won't to tho Con-
sui. He took my story down in a book
with all about Harry Brown. Then he
arranged for my passage in the Egypt.
l was treated We'll while 1 was on board
OF her. J. stayed for two or three days
at Castle Garden after I got here"