Evening journal., 1889-10-26
EATING THEIR FRIENDS.
Clark Russell's Sea Stories
Pale Before Facts.
SAILORS WHO BECAME cANNIBAEs

lThe Horrible Tale Related by Survivors
of the III Fated Steamer Earnmoor-
Drinking Dead Mons BIood-Ths Liv--
ing Evea Hurderousiy Attacked.
BALTIMORE, Oct. GA horrible story Of
cannibalism was told by two Of the sur
vtvors Of the British steamship Earnmoor,
which foundered near Hayti several weeks
ago They were Carl Crane, fireman, and
Ludwig Loder, seaman, both Of Germany
After describing how tho eleven men passed
fifteen days in the boat with no food or
water, except aying fish and a few small
sen birds eaten raw, Loder said:
Attempted Murder.
"On the sixteenth day out William Davis,
a seaman, caught me by the throat aud mnds
a dash at my head with knife He cut me
on the right cheek, the scar from which still
remains, ns you will see. He was told To
kill me By August Plagge, a fireman When
Davis hegan 70 cut me some OF my compau-
ions caught him, but others shouted. kin
himt Kill him We want something to eatl
We are starvingn 1t seems that Plagge.
| Davis and others in one end OF the boat had
decided that should die, as | suppose, Be-
ing pretty fat looked inviting. Plagge was
| placed ON watch that night, but he was
| missing next morning. No ono saw him GO
overheard.
| Sucking Robinson's Blood
/ On the seventeenth day In the boat poor
| William Robinson, seaman, died A con-
| siltation wns held and il was decided wa
| would have to eat the flesh Of our dead COM
rade. The first thing done was TO smash i'm
| Robinson's skull and from the fracture each
one sucked the blood as long as IL would last,
which was but little while Then the cook
stripped the flesh from the ribs. The nexa
lay this flesh IN strips was placed ON top OF
he watertght compartments and dried in
the sun. After taking out Robinsons liver.
heart and other parts which would furnish
blood 10 be sucked, we threw his mutiiated
body into the Sea. Some Of the men watched
ii out of sight and then began to eat some Of
the flesh. We felt revived, but slowly in
deed, for we were all fast losing our minds.
Another Man Devoured.
1.-TWO days after Robinson died Third En-
gineer Thomas Hunt was found dead. Even
in the agonizing condition we were, we
hailed the death OF the poor man with de-
liCht for he, too, afforded us subsistence
without recourse 10 murder, which would
have been willingly done by several Mr.
Hunts head was crushed in, but little nour-
ifhment was found in him. His blood was
! thick and too sluggish 10 yield freely TO
those who attempted to draw it from his
skull His body was also cut up. When il
Z would yield no more nourishing flesh it was
thrown overheard. In about three days the
limbs and feet Of all began 70 swell and
several have since broken out IN ugly sores
We think 1t is poison from the human iiesl
4 and blood
y Davis wild Actions.
Loder then described how they were res
!: cued by the schooner Mesquite and how Sea
: man Robert johnson fell overheard at thl
}. side OF that vessel and was bravely rescuet
!, by a colored man jumping overheard aftel
: him. Loder says William Davis, who
wanted TO kill him, is in hospital in Phila
delphia and offered him all the money hl
Z had on Monday last TO say nothing about it
Loder added that in the boat, after attempt
ing 70 kill him and being thwarted, poo
Davis cried and then kissed him.
+ The Taste OF Human Flesh.
k Crane, Loder's compnnion, was given u
n by the hospital physicians at Nassau, wher
Y the Mosquito took the rescued. He hum
# between life and death for three days. Whel
O. the seven men arrived in New York, tn
ie steamer they came in was met by a tug witt
a. representatives OF the owners of the Earn
j. moor on board The men were taken Z
p Philadelphia, where all the horrors of thei
experience were detailed in the daily pres
with the exception Of the extremes to whic
they were put when they ate the flesh O
G. their dead companions. This is the first tim
D. the true story has been told. Both men ar
e being comfortably cared for by Mr. and Mr.
ie d. A. Buesing, No. 9li Fells street. Bot
10 men said that they have no recollection o
ct the taste Of human flesh, SO great was thei
ID mental anguish at the time. Thor only n
q collection Of taking the food is feeling thei
own blood quicken as IL couisei throug
their veins