The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-03
A. the Mercy of a Crazy Man-Four
Fishermen Adrirt Five Days
freed BY a Boar.

was severely wounded by knife fas.
tened to the end of shovel handle,
and while the crew was wasting am.
munition in vain attempt tc reach
the man with shot he waited behind
his barrlcade and when the firing
ceased began his work of slashing
those of his shipmates who were with
in reach Of his terrible weapon. On
the third attempt to dislodge him
there was no resistance, and it was
found that he had cut his own throat
with his knife. He had provided a
supply of biscuit and water, and had
a pipe and tobacco and plenty Of
matches, and 1t was not until his
body had been dropped over the side
and the cargo restored that the cap.
tain and the crew of the Granite State
felt easy.
Insanity was the cause of another
case OF death at sea, which was
brought before Judge Lacombe seven
years ago, when Captain Justus A.
Bailey and Mate Donald A. Nicholson,
of the ship Southern Cross, were held
in bail for having caused tho death of
All Low, the Chinese cook OF the ship,
In the testimony it came out that the
Chinaman. in a fit of insanity, had
barricaded himself in the galley, cut
hole through the deck at a place
where he could reach alot of ammuni-
ton which was in the cargo. and then,
being fully equipped, began fusil-
lede of shots through the after win.
dow Of his little fort. Attempts were
made to force the door, but the cook
threatened to blow up the ship, and
as the hole he had made in the deck
opened directly over a lot of nitro
Gycerine, gunpowder, gasoline and
cartridges, it was no Idle threat. The
captain ordered his men to protect
themselves with boards from the shots
of the cook and break in the door,
but their attempts were unavai1ing,
and as last resort the captain took
heavy rife and began firing shots at
random through the door of the gal.
ley. For some time the shots were
answered by the opium.crazed China.
man, bat finally the answers ceased,
and when the place was entered the
cook was found to be dead. The
Southern Cross brought into port the
galley untouched after the fight, and
the doors and walls were unmistakable
evidence that there had been q hot
war on small scale Oh board.
York Tribune.
Two Fishermen Adrift Five Days.
John Powers and James Ring, two
of the crew of the fishing schooner
Norma, of Gloucester, Mass, arrived
there recently after being assray five
days and six nights in dory without
food or water. When they strayed
from the schooner they had nothing
with them but half Jug of water and
q little bait in the bottom of their
dory, which had been shaken from
the travis in hauling the day before
and which was in decomposed state.
They pulled until midnight and then
rugged drag which was thrown out
to keep the boat headed to the wind.
The men laid down in their craft and
went to sleep, while the boat drifted
before the wind at sea.
As the morning dawned, fog set in
again. Toward evening they heard
the fog horn of steamer close by.
They rowed toward the sound, but the
vessel passed without discovering
them. They then again headed for
land. Their stock of water had by
this time become exhausted, and,
thirsty and hungry, they ate the bits
of bait in the bottom of the dory.
The next day their boat was almost
crushed by an iceberg that drifted
down on them, but relief was afforded
by a piece of ice which they managed
to take from the berg, Herewith
quenchlng their thirst. The sea con-
tinued rough, with wei, foggy weather.
On the fifth DAY they were nearly ex.
hausted, and with their cramped con-
dition and blistered hands they we're
hardly able to row through the night,
but did so the best they could in order
to keep warm.
On the sixth night their frail craft
drifted while the occupants lay in the
bottom with the intention of remain
ing there until death relieved them
of their suffering. The weather
cleared, however, and they were
sighted by the British brig Dione,
Captain Bowden, from Cadiz for St.
John, N. F.. which picked them up
and landed them at St. Johns. At
the time of their rescue they were l6O
miles from land. The United States
Consul sent them to Halifax, whence
they we're forwarded to their homes
in Gloucester.
freed by Monster Boar.
Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, of New
York. is fond of talking about his ex-