Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-08-07
A CRAZY SAILOR.
He Deserted His Ship and Told wonder
fuI Story Of His Adventures.

he Deserted His ship and Told a Wonder
fuI Story Of His Adventures.
The bark ArkloW, the strange esca-
pades OF whose first mate, J. B. Olsen,
have been widely published, arrived In
port recently, writes Montreal cores
pondent OF the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The ArklOw is a wooden craft, zoe tons
burden, commanded by. Capt. Pye. That
Olsen was partially deranged there can
be little doubt. He managed to have
himself set adrift at sea in one Of the
ships boats with provisions for four
teen days, a chart, a quadrant, and bag
of clothes. Being eight days out, eZ-
posed to every danger incident to his
position, he was picked up by an Ameri-
can vessel, the PendletOn, and taken to
| Queenstown.
His story to those on the Pendleton
and at Queenstown was that the ArklOW
had been sunk with all hands but him
self, and that he, having escaped in an
! open boat, had undergone the most
! severe hardships until picked up. On the
| tale Of horrors becoming nOised abroad
at Queenstown, he suddenly disappeared
/ leaving a letter stating that his story was
U a
/ he had not undergone the slightest suf-
fering when adEift in his boat. The bark
ArklOw sailed from Manila January %
via Macelesfeld and Jaspar passage and
/ arrived In the strait Of Sinda February
/ 18th, where a seaman named Partridge
| deserted, and the ship was consequently
shorthanded. The ship passed the Cape
of Good Hope April 9TH, and anchored
at st. Helen on Easter Sunday and left
about midnight. May 7th, the mate de.
serted, taking provisions and nautical
| instruments with him. He was assisted
/ by. the men Of his watch, and ne told
them that if he went to Montreal he
would be arrested.
The following is the declaration by
| Capt. Pye, and entered in the log May
/ 8th, the day after the occurrence: Brit
ish bark Arklow, Of st. John. Between
the hours Of 10 P. NJ. and midnight on
May z, 1886, j. d. Olsen, first mate ol
the bark ArklOw. assisted by part OF his
watch, VIZ, Robert Baker, able seaman
and Constantine Dumid, able seaman
/ put overheard a small boat with oars
mast, and tarpaulin for a sail, and bread
meat, and water sufficient, as the mate
/ said, for fourteen days. The mate then
/ deserted the ship, leaving the watch In
| charge. Said watch struck eight bells
at midnight, and called the watch below
who turned out. ". O. Whitley called
! the second mate, officer OF the watch
! then on deck, and reported to him that
| the mate had deserted the boat. The
second mate called Capt. Pye, who cams
q.
| to. The mates watch was then called
aft and questioned, making the above
statement The mate mentioned tc
Robert Baxter the position Of land bear
/ ing w. W. by N, and the ship was kept
IN that position, steering occasionally,
| hoping to pick the boat up.
''At daylight, 5:45 a. H., the second
mate was sent on the royal yard and one
man was put on the fore-rOyaI yard tC
| keep a lookout for the boat The captain
was on lookout In the mizzsntop. The
row. If you'll 90 out by the barn with
your revolver Phi come out and hunt FOL
you with the shotgun. If you git the
drop on me don't let 80, because I shall
shoot to kill
1t took the DetrOitar some time TO con.
vince the farmer that he didn't care fol-
/ eight inches Of land, and that he Wouldn't
have the fence moved for $50, and when
he succeeded the old man drew a long
breath Of relief and replied:
''Ihat's kind Of you, end If leaves my
boys a chance to fit and fit after Pm
gone. I hope you amt coming out her,
tOlve alongside o. me?'
HNO"
"Glad ont. If you lease, get som'
man who'll want them other eight inches
The boys and I Is lonesome for excite