The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-11-24
HAD A LONG Walk
Story of Claudine Stow.
away Now Given.
lied" Higgins Was His Name-Came
on Deck Too Soon-Another.
Sneak Thieves Worked.

Not much has ever been said about
the haole who slowed away on the
steamer Claudine when she left this
port for San Francisco and who was
caught before that vessel got past Koko
Head
1t seems that it was Ted Higgins,
man who had been knocking about the
town for some time and who felt that
it was about to get out. He went
aboard at the last moment and slowed
away in safe place. The steamer had
just been searched before his appear
ance or rather, disappearance, aboard
the Claudine.
There was a man in the crew by the
name of Thompson, otherwise known
as the ''man with the iron jaw" He
was aboard. When the steamer was
approaching Koko Head he thought
everything was safe and called to Hig-
gins to come up and get something to
eat. The men of the steamer were then
in the act of searching for just such
people as Higgins for they had been
given explicit instructions to the effect
that if they happened to find any stow
Always aboard the vessel, they must
put them ashore, even if it be on the
Island of Molokai. Higgins was put in
boat and rowed ashore. This was
oh ~ in tho QftarnOOn He
walked toward town and arrived at
Thomas Square at about 8 o'clock in
the night. He stretched himself out
on one of the benches Of the park and
went to sleep. In the morning he
walked into town and went around to
see some of his friends. He was stiff
and tired and told some confidentially,
of his experience. A few days after
wards, he DISAPPEARED and it was soon
learned that he, had taken passage on
one of the vessels for the Sound.
1t seems that Higgins was not the
only man slowed away on the Claudine.
There was a young native who had a
great desire to see some part Of Ameri-
ca. He knew that there was no chance
for him to ship according to the regu-
lar method, so he hid himself in the
hold of the vessel. He, however was
little more careful than Higgins and
did not put in appearance until the
morning of the next day when the ISL
ands were out of sight. 1t was a case
of necessity then to take the fellow
along However, he was willing to
work and proved to be one of the most
Industrious of the crew. He was as
signed the job Of passing coal. He
had good time in San Francisco and
returned to Honolulu on the Claudine
as one of the regular crew.
The men who went up on the Clau-
dine complain that they were robbed
while in the dry dock. They were in
the habit of leaving their things all
about the ship and going to their
meals without locking up anything
Of course there were a great number
of men employed at the place and these
came and went at random. During
their walks, various articles disappear
ed. An agent, having heard of the
complaint that the men had lost vari-
Gus articles, came aboard to make in
quiries and found that there was not a
man on the ship who had not lost some
thing. Nothing was returned. Some
factory hands were searched as they
| left the shops and it was found that q
number of them had upon their per-
sons articles that they had taken from
| the shops