Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-03-27
WHITAKER'S EXPERIENCE.
He Arrives Home and Tells How He Think
He Was 8uncoed.

He Arrives Home and Tells How He Think
He Was Buncoed.
Saturday the TRIBUNE told the story of
how Stephen Whitaker OF this city was
robbed OF 900, watch and diamonds on
the steamer New Hamsphire while bound
for New York Saturday night. Two Paw
tucket people, James ii. Russell and a
TRIBUNE representative, were on the
same boat that night bonnd for New York
on business. They knew Mr.. Whitaker
by sight. The boat did not leave Stoning-
ton till after midnight. Soon after IL
started they saw Mr.. Whitaker come out
OF his stateroom In stocking feet and hat
and coat OF. He commenced to act queer
ly and was soon hustled back into his
room by his deckhands. That was the
last seen OF him that night.
Mr.. Whitaker arrived home Saturday
afternoon and his story is In substance
as follows:
While the New Hampshire was being
l,aded at ito lington vii h the freig ht frc m
the train Wednesday night, he sat on a
chair and watched the stevedores. While
there he ate couple of oranges, which
didn't agree with him. Near him was
standing a tall, well dressed man of mid
die age. Mr.. Whitaker arose saying: ~
guess I'll go to my room and get some
medicine for this dyspepsia"
The man hearing he remark asked W hat
he was In he habit oil taking. Mr.. Whit
taker replied that 1t was an Asiatic chol-
era cure. The man then said: "I've got
something 10 times better than that" tie
asked Mr.. Whitaker the number OF his
stateroom, was told what II was, and then
said; "Well, you go to your room and I'll
be up In few moments" Mr.. Whitts-
ker went to his room, took OF his shoes
aud coat and sat down on the edge OF the
berth. Soon the man came In with glass
about half filled with liquid Of a red.
dish hue. Mr.. Whitaker drank the stun
and says 1t relieved the pain.
Mr.. Whitaker says he knew nothing
then for some time. He has an indistin Il
recollection OF losing his senses and fur
ther than that he has a dim remem brance
OF scuffle with somebody. He remem-
bers nothing that happened to him from
then until Thursday afternoon, when the
boat was at pier 80, in New York.
AT that time he says he was at the ticket
office on the pier, seeing II he couldn't
make arrangements to get a ticket to come
home. While he was doing this, man
whom he thought TO be the general trans.
portation agent, came up to him and said
why, what are you doing hereY"
"Doing," said Mr.. Whitaker, "trying to
see II l can't get pass to 60 home"
"Weil, don't you remember mef" said
the man and Mr.. Whitaker replied that
he did not. Then the man told him he
had come to the officers of the boat q
little after dinner and said he had lost his
money, and everything OF value, except
a ticket to Bermuda. That as he had nc
money he wanted to go back, and asked
that his satchel be checked back to his
home. They did 1t and expected Mr.
Whitaker to return with them on Thurs
day night.
The next that he remembered was wheu
he awoke In the station In New York. UI
to this time he had been figbty. At times
he would have his complete senses, and
then everything would appear as blank
to him.
After being discharged by the Judge on
Friday morning Officer William q. Nealy
was sent with him to the boat. He had
only go cents with him, and 80 he started
out to find an acquaintance in New York
but didn't succeed. He then went to the
boat, and by borrowing sufficient money
succeeded in getting home all right.
MIR. Whitaker cannot account for q
large portion of the time. The officers
on the New Hampshire told him that
there were two men with him, but that
IL there we're he wasn't aware OF 1t. The
officers also stated that 1t was understood
on the boat that the two men were COM
panions Of his. Those who robbed him
took s40O, which was all of his money
with the exception of go cents, his watch
and chain, finger ring, and even went
so far as to take Is. cent knife he had in
his POCKET.