The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-03
srovAwAYs IN HARD LOCK.

Half a Dozen of Them in jail Waiting
20 be Taken Back to Old Hengland.
Half a dozen English stowaways from
fhe british steamer Drumburlie and the
bark NJ. D. Rucker are shut up In the jail
for safe keeping until they can be taken
back to old Hengland Four Of them are
ragged urchins from Liverpool and Cardiff.
Upon the arrival of the vessels here with the
stowaways, the British viceconsul instructed
the captains that they were required to give
bond to return the stowaways to their
native country, as it is in violation of the
alien contract labor law to bring any but
articled seamen over.
The law is being enforced here for the
first time. Col. Lee, emigrant agent of the
treasury department, who came to Savau-
nah two months ago, found stoWaWays
working here in violation of the Law, and the
enforcement of the law in the present in
stance is due to Col Lees vigilant and
faithful work in the matter. The customs
collector requires bond of $3.50 from the
masters of vessels for each stowawaY, and to
avoid being mulcted for the bonds ths mast
ers have been committing the stowaways
10 Jail for safe keeping until their vessels
are ready for sailing. when they can lay
their hands on them, and thus desertion is
avoided.
Capt. Gillias of the British steams hip
Cairngorm, had Justice Reynolds commit
George Williams, stowaway, to Jail yester-
dav. and while Williams claims he is an
American citizen and does not come under
the law. his broad English accent and his
glib way of talking about ''three pence ha'
benny" is so decidedly un-Ammerican that
his claim TO citizenship is not regarded as
solid as it might be. This makes the sew
enth stowaway in Jail, four committed by
Justice Reynolds and three by Justice
Naughtin.
A MORNING NEWS reporter went down
TO the jail yesterday afternoon and saw the
"stowaways." The youngsters came out Of
their cells grinning good naturally. 1--WE
did not know what ter 'Merica laws were
when we come off,p said one of them.
Their plan was to get over here and go into
business, they said, but just what kind of
business they didn't know.
Matthew Hennessey, Alexander Fitz-
simons and William Reynolds were found
on the Drumburlie. Hennessey is about
four feet high, stout-built and muscular
lad. He had his sleeves rolled up and his
trousers were held up by a girdle around
his waist. His left arm was ship tattoed.
''My father is a shoemaker" he said, but
he don't get anything for his work, and he
amt able to sport me. When / played it
on the Drumburlie / had just got back
from Egypt. I've started out in this sea
business. and I'm going to see the captain
through"
When asked how he hid so that the ships
officers could not find him he chuckled 10
himself II slipped aboard one day" he
said, "when the fellers were busy, and
dropped down to the hold. / pulled all of
the matches down as l went through. and
hid down 'mongst the ropes and chains in
the fore peak. The officers came
down there2 Not them fallers. We heard
them rearing around on the top of us, but
they did not come down to our hiding place.
AS soon as the vessel got way from land,
and the tug got loose from us, we came out.
We could hear the tugs caurning away at
the side of the vessel, and when
we got outside whTe the ship
began to jump up and down the
tug give a long snort and turned around
and started back for Shore Then we
crowded out from under the chains and
'opes and began to climb up the hatchways
% get fresh air. What die the captain say
b us! Well, he blowed and said we had t.
ply for that trip. We began to work from
tat day, and we stuck EN- till We got plum
hre. 1t was pretty tough tell you"
'itzsimons is. bright lad some taller
tim Hennessey, but spare made youth.
IA said that he is an orphan. He worked
onthe Cardiff wharf helping the draymen,
wfre he got 10 cents an hour, but the busy
seaon only lasted about four months in the
yer Reynolds is older than either of thu
othr boys.
lie boys from the bark do not take their
hfen prison as cheerfully as the others do
The will have a roundabout voyage be
forethey get back on England's soil.