The morning call., 1892-02-29
A STARVED ST0WAWAY.
The Frightful Fxper .ence Of a Cooper on
- :.s- the steamer I'll Monte.
49," Nav- y ora- ggacrrflar

the Steamer FL Monte.
%. New YORK Recorder.
.SwaE-ering- with weakness, induced by
Li:u-er ana thirst a st0waway on board tie
steamship FL Monte was helped from the
.old # the vessel TO an ambulance The
mans name was Charles BGrsel, and he
had been O. prisoner beneath tie FL Monte,
- deck for seven days. He suffered horribly,
. a-J.Elay die from the effects Of his strange
experience.
lam starving" be said. as he was pulled
from tile dark hold. and then tainted dead
away.
Burseli is about D years Of age. tall and
gc0L looking. He is . cooper bY trade, and
MS family live ia Rockland. Me. The dull
Less # trade during the early winter months
Induced him.to g South to seek employ
ment He went 20 Charleston, Savannah,
Nashville and ether places, and finally
fund himself in Tennessee. He procured
WORK for awhile but some time ago was laid
- ttE- lie searched about in vain Tor employ
meut until his funds gave out and he was
unable t0 pay fare 10 another city. On
February lie visited Alglers, a little town
aCrHss tue river from New Orleans, and
early u the afternoon took o stroll along
= tLe docks Tie E Monte had just COM
p Tlejet taking on her lead between decks,
s.. eore5wer5 longing ont tie noon hour and
.Jall n9 attention d the stranger.
-GuTsel thought he saw means OF get
J. ing h. N-w \ ok and quietly dropped into
tte.I.ld. Cotton bales were piled up in
side close 10 the top. He found space
enough between two Il them to move about
easily and 1T tie same time conceal himself
. sfr-al Tie Watchman. He could wait he
Thought the vessel Mas out twenty
1[lr lCurs, and would then Chamber out and
De- make .shis presence known. When the
-teyedUr-s returned to work after dinner
st.ey put I'D position the Iatcb-c0yer Bur
Sci. heard them Juggling about heavy pack
81 ges-0u She deck and was curious t. know
'. What v As going on
suddenly 1t flashed upon him that the
- deck was being also loaded with bales Of
cotton and that thousands Of pounds were
a.ready crowded just above him on aud
.--aJ0Te the hatch cover. He remen beTed
e.pictuUed horror OF a. Gordon PIN under
similar circumstances, but IN this instance
there was 10 captains son and no dog TO
SctTch.f0L and care for him.
-. be Fan about on top OF TWO cotton bales,
but he could get no further. He was walled
up.with cotton on all sides and above was
The stout deck OF the ship.
=. lie place quickly grew warm, then hot,
then sutIJcat!ug. There was not a ray Of
light nor q draught Of air seemingly. He
tlreCDeE his shirt collar and thought he
would stlle He beat with his knuckles
! and an. Old. knife lie had in his pocket
. against the roof Of HIS prison. il was Ike
tapping a stone wall with "a tO0ihpick. lie
foalc of his shoes and beat against The
wO.d He tried to cut his way out, but the
knife blade had 10 effect on the hard plank
ing
once IN a while, as. the hours wore on, he
could hear the people on deck calling 90
eaCli other, and catching Il word n0F aud
ethen-cOU,d guess whether it was day OF
ID GIT. II seemed to him tremendously
long time when the vessel began to roll
frigLtlully, 20 plunge bow foremost and
= then seemed to stand up straight on her
stem. They were in storm at sea, he
knew By the tones Of the men on deck.
o.. HIS hunger and thirst were horribly
poignant. lie tried 70 chew some Of the
cotton, but it almost cboked him. He
picked his SLOUGH hat and found that the
leather band inside was pretty well soaked
with OIL He SAYS that. IN his desperate
condition tie find seemed promise Of life
-ald release. and tears Of joy came 10 his
.:eeyes he tore out the band and divided il
into small pieces, thus placing himself on
AN allowance. He cbeWcd the leather ex-
tracing the oil, until-it was pulDy.
" This really kept life In his body. lie was
e "a strong, healthy man when he left Algiers,
but when lie was lifted out Of the hold he
was Ike a skeleton.