The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-23
LOCKED UPTO FREEZE
awful TORTURE OF TWO
sToWAWAys.
sarsred Cruelty ~ Thir.s Caught the
Drors Of water Friesiinx Down ,he
Masi Noss Dead sAan alive wien
Rs.eled.

From death Ia a sklpwrcck 70 death
BY starvation and thirst 10 steamers
co.l-rlclasa ICON. sseuss stretch.
Jacobaun and Harry Chrisfiausen near
ly mex their DOOM from both such
causes. and that within the las, few
weeks. says the San Frlucisco Call. On
Dec 10 the schooner ves;a xas totally
wrecked near the Carmahll light and
had h not been for the herioam OF the
mate all souls on board would have
peTished. he carried line through
the boiling surf 70 the shore. and by
means Of il the shipwrecksd sailors
reached a place Of safety. The wounds
and bruises jacobson and Christensen
received On that occasion can still be
seen on their bodies AFTER reaching
sfatiie some Of the men came home
overland, but the sailors In question
slowed away on the steamer umatiiia.
They 20; In the c0ld-s;osage chamber
on Dec 80 at sac a. NJ. were sealed
up ai Port Townsend and did not get
CUT 81 their prison until Jan. 3 % AIS
p. 10. They were then more dead than
alive cnd had 20 he carried on dee
Their tongue were swollen al1 llCer-
atod from licEiug DE sweat ,roD the
mast In order 70 ailay the.i thirst. and
they were 20 weak from hunger that
they could not stand. Ths chief steve
ard saw 10 b that nsy GA 10th food
and drIlk. and wlea ial lmaf'la
locked yesterday morning both the
men we're able 90 30 ashore. "Ai that
we suffered during oar llye1 go not
compare with wha, vo had 20 endure
during the past three DAYS said ia
cobsoa on board the steamer The
vesta was caught 10 the gale that
wrecked the steamer Cleveland and we
had a terrible time Of Il. Waves were
washing over the boat continuously.
and had It not been for the mate who
swan ashore through the breakers, We
would all have been drowned. As II
was. Christensen ard have been In
the hospital at Seattle. From where
We went ashore We walked 10 the light
house. where our clothes we're dried
and food given Us. From there We
went TO Neah bay in a rowboai. and
from there 10 Port Townsend. where
we were paid on Christiansen and !
then went 20 Seattle. where we were
sent to the hospital. When We were
discharged we could not &c, a ship and
no sailor boarding house would take
us In. so We resolved 70 stow away In
the Umatila We got into the fore
peak and hid among the cargo. but on
the way 20 Port Townsend Il got SO
cold that We crepi into place where
we were protected from the wind That
was the freezing chamber and there
were a lot Of trunks and valises In Il
We went to sleep and we're awakened
by the crew closing up the place II
which We were hiding. The baggage
was being sealed up by the custom
house officials In order TO save search
ing when the vessel got 20 San Fran
cisco. But We did not know that fac
and went 10 sleep again. intending
10 show ourselves on deck when thu
Umatilla had left Victoria and was OF
her way 10 sea. You can imagine oul
feelings when We tried to get out o.
the chamber and coulc not. Then W,
kicked and yelled. but no one coulC
hear Us and Tor awhile We gave up
Then We got hungry. but the hunger
was soon swallowed up In the raginl
thirst. Whether ! was cold or warm
hungry or full. know not. al car
remember Is that all-consuming thirst
A certain amount OF moisture gathere,
on the iron mast and that We licked OF
every time II gathered. when Il woul,
an be licked from our feet as high Al
our heads We would pile up the bag
gage until We reached the roofing an,
then We would begin at the bottom
again. Finally. when the crew Of th'
steamer was getting ready for the com
ing docking OF the ship We made our
selves heard and the seals were broken
We were taken on deck and coul,
barely gasp 'wateg' Il was given q
Us and then in a little while We go
hungry. That meat they gave as tast
ed better 20 me than anything I eve
ate In my life. We are all right nov
but I never want TO 20 through an ex
perience like that again"
Luckily the cold air was not turne
into the chamber or the two me-
would have been frozen to death.