The sun., 1895-01-06
ROUSED THE MEEK OLAF.
FOURTEEN KNIFE cU7s nv ABLE
SEAMAN BURKE,s BODY,

Two Are Deer nnd Dangerous Burke Had
Huiiied the Forecsstie All the Way
nor, ToEohamn-so Drunk Iii- First
Might Ashore and Provoked n Little
Swedo Into Retaliation with - Knife.
Bill Burke was looking for fight all the way
from Yokohama. Bill is n big fellow. q feet In
his stocking feet, and very ugly when he gets
started. Most of his life he has spent on the sea
and that hasn't improved his temper. Bill is
particularly ugly when he gets q chance to
drink.
The last ship Bill Burke was on dropped him
at GAkoham,. When tho KambirR came along
short of men he got a job At tho time he was
hired he had his temper concealed In such n
fashion that the Captain who hired him did not
see It, The Kambra hadn't been ont from Yo-
kohnma moro than n day whenq3lll displayed
his temper to some OF the men and to the mate.
The mnte had travelled the sea all his life and
knew something about tempers.
He took Delaying pin to this one. aud he was
just on the point OF using it when Bill Burke
put his temper away temporarily. After this
when he showed his temper 1t was only to the
seamen. He was such big fellow that none of
them cared to tackle him. The result was that he
lordcd 1t over the forecastc. He got the best of
the mess and II his own bunk for any reason
didn't suit him he got up and yanked somebody
out and took another.
There was one man among the crew to whom
Burke took n particular dislike. lie was Olaf
Larsen. n little Swede not much more than five
feet tall. Olaf was rs hard nails. but he
couldn't stand up against such big fellow as
Bill Burke and he knew IT, Olaf had no temper.
At least nobody had ever seen 1t. and all his
mates liked him. That may have been the rea-
son Bill Burke didn't like him. At any rate. IL
anybody was ever hit by flying plate II was
Olaf Nine times out of ten it was the bunk
Olaf was in that Bill Burke wanted and It was
Olaf who was yanked out in the cold. Olaf pro-
tested less than the others.
Burke's temper kept getting worse the longer
the ship was out, and dozen times before the
Hook WAS sighted the Captain and the officers
seriously considered claiming him up for u time.
But the Kambira is big ship. and 1t takes
good many men TO handle her. An able seaman
could hardly be spared. and that fact nonc
saved Bill from the chains He knew about the
talk, and he sulien and uElier than ever.
He even yanked Olaf out OF bed twice in one
night, and he drank Olafs share OF the grog as
well.
The Kambira rounded Sandy Hook on Friday
afternoon and was towed up to Pier ~, East
River. II was the first chance for n day on land
that the men had had for months, and In the
evening they all went ashore except Olaf Larsen,
and another Larsen who is bigger than Olaf.
The two Larsens were lett on watch. Olaf taking
into thhi his bunk about ne mdnishs and soms tne
after this BIZ Burke came back to the ship He
WAS PRETTY I'd q9ni to e for
of the smoky oil lamp he saw Olaf Larsen in his
bunk.
him on deck Olaf was hardly awake. Burke
started up after him. swearing he'd break every
. wReEs hnd a.s
rushed at h III. swinging his mighty arms. Olaf
went down before him like n shot. Then Burke
INN htvp tra afn hnIv
pleaded, not for mercy. but for a fair show to
from under his assailant and stagger to his feet.
but Burke was on him again and bore him down.
The Temper that Olaf had and that nobody
had ever seen before showed itself then: He
became little fury. striking, kicking biting,
yelling with rage. At last he succeeded in toss
ing Bill Burke over. and he dashed into the fore
castle. When he came back he carried short.
tack. With n yell Olaf bounded at him. His
knife, uplifted was plunged into his tormentors
breast % and as duiGHy witadTawn m bqrSe m Sa"E
the little fellow But Olars knife arm swung
again. and the blade r was buried in & Bll Barkss e.,
He clung to the biz fellow. the hand with the
many wounds. 1t covered Olaf. it ,spiashed
He laughed as he piled the knife. Burke stag:
gered back and forth and then he fell. Olaf
leapcd upon him, cutting ana slashlnR Wildly.
At this moment three others OF he crew of
the Kambra cambered over the rail. and two
policemen who had heard the cries in the street
came after them, They rushed at Olaf and held
him. He struggled fiercely with them a mo,
ment and then the passion left him. lie cried
like child. He told in broken tones the story
of the fight up to the time he had first cut
Burke. What lie had done after that he did not
remember.
An ambulance came ana took Burke to ths
Gouverneur Hospital. The policemen took
Olaf to the Madison street station. The
doctors at the hospital found fourteen wounds
on Bill Burke's body. There had been
many more slashes. but they did not 60
further than the clothing, which was cut into
strips. The first two wounds. the one in the
breast and the one over the hip,were he most Sc
rOus. The doctors said that either might cause
death. The other twelve were slashes, and
reached no vital part.
Olaf was arraigned in the Tombs Court. His
eyes were red. ana he was all of n tremble. The
policemen told how serious were Bill Burke's
wounds. and Justice Burke said he would have
to holu Olaf to await the result OF his assailants
injuries. The others Larsen and a sailor named
Taylor were also held AZ witnesses.
MRS. HEINE'S FLAT ROBBED.