The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-12-06

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A dispatch ifom Lewis, Del says The
ihfee.masied schooner Helen T. Angel,
from 0eorEetown, \ e., ior Baltimore,
brought lnio port yesterday Pilot Marshal
bedfand aud Alfred swanson, . Nor
wegian, two oi the three men who 90
Monday morning left The pilot boat
Tufity In skin for iho purpose u
putting Thomas Marshall, another plot,
on board the steamship Pennsylvania,
which was bound for Philadelphia They
succeeded In performing this duty and
started back 10 regain the Tufloy. The
weather was very rough, and they never
reached their vessel II was supposed
they were lost Several pilot boats were
sent In search Of them, aud one oruised
800 miles on the coast without finding
them, bertrand tells the following hor.
rlble story
Soon after leaving the Pennsylvania
they found that In the darkness they had
lost their bearings They had no com.
pass on board, and not one Of the Della
ware lights was visible. Their fmil boat
became unmanagcablc, aud Tie wind and
sea rose higher every moment. When day.
light broke they were drifting rapidly to
sea before a strong northwest gale, and
then abandoned all hope except that they
might be carried within sight Of some
fessel. This was but forlom chance,
as Bertrand knew that only by some lucky
accident would their craft, which most Of
the time was In the hollow OF the seas, he
sighted from the deck Of any vessel. All
they could do was TO keep her rs much as
possible before the wind.
All Monday, Monday night and Tues
day they drlfted aimlessly about, suffer.
! Ing the extremes Of hunger thirst aud
cold. Toward dusk ON Tuesday evening,
both the Norwegians became dclirious,
and before Bertrand could control them,
they lost oars and everything else that
was loose In the boat.
Thus left without means OF handling
the skf Bertrand can hardly explain how
II escaped from filling or capsizing. lie
says that he occasionally sank into a
stupor In which the raying Of his ship.
mates, the roar OF the wind, and the lash
ing OF waves, were curiously mingled
IN whatever remained with him OF con
seriousness.
lie supposes that II was about midnight
OF Tuesday when one Of the Norwegians
whose name neither himself nor Swanser
knew, drew his sailors knife from IL
sheath and made several plungcs at him
declaring that he would kill him ant
drink his blood. The demnged man wal
too feeble 10 carry out his intention. Tx
hausted by his long fast, and clad In biz
ley garments rs In u coat Of mail he fel
shriekng and gasping across the thwarti
at Iertrand's feet, and in few minute
he was dead
To add 10 the peril Of the remaining
men, the boat shipped great deal %
water. The bailer was among the thing
that the crazy men had thrown overheard
and Bertrand was forced 10 take of on'
of his rubber.boots TO use In It's place
Thus be freed the boat from water, bu
his unprotected foot was frozen. Swan
son was 80 near death as 10 be incapable
OF rendering any assistance, and excep
when he was raying he lay like log.
When the sun rose on Wednesday morn
Ing Bertrand eagerly scanned the horl
zon In search OF sail, but saw nothing
As his glance fell upon the corpse of tn
dead sailor, II occurred 10 him that I
might be the means Of prol0nging life un
III rescue came. Horrible as the Idea o
canniballsm was 10 hIm, he realized tha
nothing else remained between them an,
! death. lie reused Swanson, and wa
happy 20 discover that his mind had
comparatively cleared aud that he under
stood what was said 10 him.
The cold had not abatcd, but the sci
had gone down, and the day WAS bright
Bertrand knew II they could keep aliy,
until nightfall, they would In all likeli
hood be picked up, as they could not b'
out Of the path Of the coasllng vessels
Then came the supreme moment. Ber
trand indicated 10 Swanson what he pro
posed TO do. and the latter agreed Will
him. With the small remnant Of strength
left them they tore the stifened oilskin'
aud the underclothlng from the dead man
and left portion Of the body exposed
} Into his breast and shoulder they plunged
their knives, and eagerly sucked th,
blood from the wounds. They inmedi
ately felt refreshed, and the torturc'
which they bad experienced were allayed
Pauslng for 4 moment In their work, thej
returned To II, and cut strips OF hesl
: ON the corpse.
Each deyourcd a little, though Bertran,
saws Il was with loathlng which only thI
conviction Of sclf.preseryatlon could On
able him 10 conquer.
They then laid back under the gun
wales Of their craft, occasionally ralslnl
their heads TO scan the waters for a sail
They were scarcely conscious OF the pas
sage Of time; but when the sun wen
down, Bertrand saw passing H. disk
vessel not more than a mile distant an'
heading almost directly toward them
The welcome vision animated him, anl
sprlnnlng to his feet with some yig0r h
stretched himself 10 his full height In th
stern.sheeis, and drawing off bis oilskil
coat, swung Il high above bis head.
Just at this moment fortune aide
him; the boat mounting high upon th
crest Of long roller, 80 that u wa
thrown into full view Of the lookout o.
!. the vessel. For a moment she held be
course, and he feared that In the iadln
. light they were not seen, A m"ni"n
more and be knew better, for she can
around before the wind and headc
straight toward them.
Tho rescuing vessel proved 10 be III
Helen l.. Angel, which In the storm hn
missed making the eapes Of the Cho.u
peakc. As she nearcd the casiaways sh
launched boat, aud by six o'clock Wel
; nesday evening they were comfoftsbl
resting in her cabin and eomfortcd vii
food and drink.
- 49,
A Sensation In Court.
Jackson, MicH.. NOVEMBER 2.