The evening world., 1890-08-09
working hard to secure evidence in the case,
and are hunting diligently for the two un-

working hard to secure evidence in the case,
and are hunting diligently for the two un
known men.
LIVERPOOL JACKS CAREER.
! Fitzpatricks exploit is fully in keeping
with his brutal character. The story OF hi,
! having kidnapped seventy.two laborers and
consiEned them to living death IN fever.
laden lucatan, is one Of the most remarks
bic events in tile history OF shanghaeing.
fttzDatrick, or as he was generally known,
Liverpool Jack" conducted for fifteen
years an alleged shipping and seaman's em-
| The place was known as Little Castle Gar-
den. Fitzpatrick made business of secur-
Ing, unskilled labor for railroads. farmers
bureau was devised tn deceive, and
IL secured many victims. His place
was licensed by the Mayors Marshal IN
au employment agency, aud this authOrizn-
tion, led His customers TO believe. that he
conducted a legitimate business; but az a
matter OF fnct Fitzpatrick va. not lot
made AT all m6aei osei'n'r His rayorts TO how trick sf
was to accept fee to secure employment for
an applicant ct q distant point, with the
promisg of generous wages. When the lupe
reached tue place he found that he had been
tricked. The expected employer. either did
not put ~ an appearance or. II he did, the
pas lie Offered was too meagrc To warrant
liverpool Jack" got into trouble fire.
Quently because " these operations, and his
manner OF getting out Of IL was. as rule, TO
hOOnuIN tDlNNL tliC COnil4AlnlnE victim. nc
is n bury fellow. possessed OF great strength.
His feruciOus expression OF cOnnteEance
was sufficient usually to terrify intending
comniainants. On one occasion lie threw
ont ot his place q POLICEMAN who came to
arrest him, and II required the united
strength Of three policemen to take him IN.
In 1850 he assaulted customs officer and
was sentenced to years imprisonment. An
other time he took fee from u newly
arrived emigrant, the return promised
being employment OF farm in Connect.
H.. vtN H,,.l tNNo austt. Il
got back TO New York the best way lie could
and made complaint to the Mayors Mar
shal. Fitzpatrick was summoned before
that official. and when he appeared ex-
pressed the utmost regret that the emigrant
had failed; that the contract was made III
good faith and that he was quite willing
To- refund the fee. as well a. TO make good
The victim was asked to accompany Fitz-
patrick to his ntlise, where the money
would be retundsd. Once outside, outside the
terrible beating that the poor fellow He'd,
gla to escape with his lite.
These Incidents were common enough.
Some one was being robbed or beaten al
most every day, but strangely enough
Liverpool Jack" always escaped punish
%s9i positon or Of Phm'Rsh ma %a. at about ali % he
had to fear. Early in Nav, 1880, he
undertook an audacious operation which
resulted disastrously for him. He protested
of laborers to assist in the building OF
new railroad in Progreso and Merida, in
lucatnn. lie promised $50 month. and
board for about Sl3 a month. Men Hooked
to his Office. He secured aeventy-two and
shipped them to Iucatnn. He received 50
head from the ,railr" ad company.
In few weeks complaints were received
from men who had taken the trip. in which
it was asserted that the contract made with
Fitzpatrick was not being carried out; that
instead of being paid in American money.
hn NJ "a q n Maxirau dollars. and that II
took all that was received to pay board.
Later these complaints became more bitter
and there were more OF them. The, food was
absolutely unfit to cat, they said, and the
water unfit to drink. The intense heat and
the long hours OF work were driving the
men mad Refusal to work meant imnris-
onment in sitting cell. and rather than
suffocate in confinement the untortunates
were willing to die i'll the streets.
The appeals for help became 80 pitiful and
the description of the tortures endured 30
horrible that THE WORLD sent a reporter TO
Yucatan to make an investigation. He
found that the picture presented q hy the SUI
dition was most deplorable.
THE MAN-CATCHERs SLAVES.
Progreso is located on O. sandy beach
where the sun shines with burning power
and the air is full Of fever germs; Fitz-
patrick had repress1ted T. a Ss Lovely S !rop,
on railroads the men were set Mt handling
freight, transferring merchandise on long.
narroW-RauRe tram cars from the steamships
10 the railroad trains and storehouaes.
They were kept hard at work from q o'clock
in the morning until o'clock at night.
with an hour for the noon meal. Usually
this consisted of weak coffee OF. poor
quality, a small quantity OF bread and
perhaps a little smoked ham. not quarter
enough to nourish q man engaged in
exhaustive manual labor. At night they
slept on bales of merchandise or ON
the bare door of stone huts infested by rats,
mice and poisonous insects. There was no
sort of amusement or recreation to be had
in the evening and. without any knowledge
OF the native language, the Americans
were in anything but an enviable state
victims did not possess the op.
tion OF working or resting. 4, company OF
soldiers. armed with. bayonetted
guns, drove them from their wretched
places OF shelter every morning and COM
pelled them to go to work whether they
we're sick or well. This was the state OF
affairs that the reporter found at Merida,
and his efforts. to free the white
slaves met with such opposition
that nj one time he WAS in
danger of imprisonment. Perseverance,
triumphed, however, and sixteen OF Liver
pool Jacks victims were brought back TO
New York, A sorry-loOklng lot they were.
The pay they had received was not suthciept
to clothe them and the majority were In
rags.