The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-18
50 DAYS IN IRONS, HE SAYS.
u,c1trro SAILoRMAN PAINTED
DING EROUs MANIAC.
mat .ses Down tho nay with = Strong
-. IN rake Hiua from tho italian Rark
-.n,-They rake Him on and Feed Hin
pin. or Tobacco Mah Him Weep.

.,.. Down the nay with = strong
-. IN rake Fntua from tho italian Rark
S.~-.-Tbey rake ais or ana Feea Hin
pine or Tobacco Makes Him Weep.
c.., Wartime Frayega Of the bark Spems.
,I,s arrived at Quarantine on Wednesday
N from singapore, and Michael Ricco,
- 20 ,hs Italian Consul ut this port, went
u. bc,11uarters OF the harbor police on
Yesterday afternoon and told Capt.
,'s,,,, that one OF the sailors on the Spema
~ ,,,,,,r. The mans name was Stefano
r...u,-,. Ct,t. Fravcga said, and he became
-. n, Aug. 4. So violent was he that It
-ss necessary 20 put him in irons. Capt. Fra
w.. beryri Capt. Schultz to take the sailor
'sSo-e to an asylum. The man was sim vio-
lent, he declared
C,rt schultz ordered the police boat Patrol
=, ouarartinc with eight policemen and Rounds
~. Mccarthy on board. When she got to the
srora Cant. Fravcga said that the maniac
-. confined in one OF the small compart-
-.r,. Of the forward cabin He advised the
.olics TO be cautious. so the policemen I'D
.,rred clrrumspcctiy with Capt. schultz at
.h.ir head. They found the heavy door Of the
.ounartnent in which the sailor was confined
.lossd and fastened with a capstan bar. Capt.
scbultz ordered it opened. and. advancing still
cautiously, discovered u young mhn Win long
Nal hair and matted beard crouchinS on the
soor His face was pale and emaciated.
,nund his ankles there was fastened u heavy
r.iurn iron chain. which was made fast to the
deck.
ranarled sailor begged to be released: He
saS5 he had been IN irons fifty days and WAS
.f-aid he would die of exhaustion. The COM
narfmcnt in which he was confined was about
ssht feet by i've. The place was lighted and
49,. 80 a -tnplp pnrfhnla nrtOfn,sTRI nv n
Navy grating. There was no bed or bed
sothes IN the place. and Ptagmaro said he had
Seen obliged 10 sleep. upon the bare iron deck.
Re was dressed in a thin cotton shirt and a pair
A. trousers, through the legs OF which the chain
S.S cut ragged holes. HIS feet were bare, and
Ss hair was six inches long. He declared that
ke vas III. nor crazy.
Can't, schultz ordered the chains struck from
hs ankle. The other sailors brought AN anvil,
MrCarthy went to work at the letters. Every
fine he struck a.blow with the: hammer Ptag-
marc shtvered and groaned. He said his
las were ~. sore that he could scarcely bear
MARI was too weak to stand up. One Of the
policemen brought him n cup OF water and
ne others carried him out Of the cabin and put
MIN on the Patrol. where coffee and u sandwich
we're prescribed. Ptagmaro devoured thefoodrav.
gously. and when one of the policemen gave him
a pipe and tobacco he wept. He said he hadn't
hd a smoke in hfty days. AL the food he had
lad, he said. was a biscuit and q plate Of soup
every Jay at noon time.
The Patrol steamed to the East Twenty-sixth
street dock nnd Ptagmaro WAS taken to Belle
me Hospital. He was placed in the pavilion.
where ne will be examined as 10 his sanity. He
aid that the other sailors had complained
that ne was Striking work, and that thereupon
the Captain had put him in irons. His head
bad achei badly. he said, and that was why
be couldn't work.