The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
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saloon, found what was to him a satisfactory
relief In q number Of glasses of liquor.
W..
As It appeared soon after dinner that day,
pier in. North River, for the ;iongshoremon be:
dumping them down on the decks Of tho two
Ugh t RS They They S ESt way; l t9wsd by By CAPT a2t. o dom
aa ali "V an 'ob bssc RYr"r Of the S'S end Of OFT tho s'i picr s"'t to
down with the tide having. the Belinda thirty
Mendes as far astorn Of the Belinda.
As the old harbor sailors recall that trip they
the other noted. 1t was a beautiful day, and the
sun was Just throwing the shadows of.the South
pnsssd s mnser IL T part IN b taH p BsooE MRsg ht thS,so Y
smart breeze made the water dance until the
spray came %siloepphing across the deck Of every
with ferryboats. tugs. and sailing vessels en-.
gagged in the ordinary business of the port. and
Si% o BE nsT 's Ssss, T sao F dY ths se slx s caPti
of the city, growing out their warninglto smaller
spectator would have.stood in awe. SO great was
the seeming danger Of collision and disaster, but
able lighter in tow, was glad to find the hetero-
geneous feet SO large, and with q vanity born
of a liking for his work he headed into the thick
of the turmoil.
That Capt. Jim was justified in his self-con-
fdence under oil ordinary circumstances is un-
who could safely thread the nautical mob Of
Fulton Ferry he was the one. But on this oc.
him in. a way. that no man could foresee. First
Of all the Tugs cook, a colored fellow. Wash
ingt9n Surrey by name, came out Of the galley
he expected to see, on one Of the Sound steamers
and leaning far out that. he might catch her
S wet d. DECK SS'1 and q pSssiY he went %ts tan and i'i Under w Water ter
without even time to yell for help. Neither
Captain noriengineer nor deckhands saw him,
side, leaving him to breast tho tide and the
waves as best he might.
ing able to attract the attention of Capt. Joe.
but as he turned his head toward the new
the cotton bales. leaving an assistant at the
helm, and tho cook at once bawled for help.
The cry attracted Capt. sergins Instantly: and
a number Of pieces of wood, big and little. odds
ana ends of logs and treenails from the shipyard
"GTh1ek me a fender" bawled the darky.
Wort l, thought, replied the Captain; hut
them 'e with all LIS might az lhN 1T tr tSe% stru aad ,ef ne.
gro, One was so we'll aimed that Surrey had to
gins laughed boisterously. and he picked up a
third and a fourth Of somewhat larger dimen.
turned and sp'ashed r the water desperately in q
Swim. ye black devil" shouted Capt; Ser.
iuo u . LSNol u DAihl " mp
you. but III get you yet. Hard-a-starbonrd
'ng Tbc Inst words xero In w,ed IN ,bo man At
the tillcr, and as the lighter swept out toward
i fme no sisoe ss 6f w Se5sia oSa p pnaisad up one o%ox Of The The
Just when the negro was apparently to be
crushed under tho weight of the impending log
him. and, looking up. he saw that one. OF the big
Sound steamers was right on top Of him. SO to
tnr steamer now. |
&C. Ono glance glance was . enough shs ,1 Dropping ct the s, log;
over The rail. but the dhSsiiIi lighter err. crashed END end
on into the bluff of the steamers bow.
For a moment she seemed to hang in a hole
made there. careening swiftly over. the
u whits: T waiter her Ths st"r 4 aoze rail Or aiPpsdb ai Ssw of
cotton rolled overheard, She swung around
until she scraped broadside to along the steam;
along cutting gashes in her side. and then she
drifted clear and lay rocking in a helpless
over the rolling wake.
All this happened off Fulton Ferry during the
lime OF the day known then as the commission
hours-when tho passenger traffic was greatest.
various. persons involved. In the minds of pcr-
haps nine-tenths of the spectators Capt. Ser
they wondered what motive he could have had
wondered w spoke or the matter 10 one another,
minds min sn'I In f fact.p Of ali who ah,eos SAW The d assault th bnt
one man determined to do ANYTHING about IT,
and that was Capt. Joe Ahearn. Capt. Joe, |
mindful of his defeat in the morning, deter
mined to see that Sergius was prosecuted for
an attempt to kill. The darky was picked up
By, q tug that happened along. The driftil&
lighter was again taken in tow after her cotton
had been rescued, and two days later Capt.
Serious Maria Nelson was arraigned in the
old Tombs Court.
There was n very largo attendance of harbor
sailors in the room, Capt. Joe Ahcarn being
well down to the front, ready to servo rs chief
for the prosecution. He told every one
with whom he talked that he was going to see
the offending Baltimore man put where his
new lighter would not BIO of any use to him.
and there Is no doubt about the sincerity with
which this was said. But while the harbor
sailors watched the little Judge dispose OF the
usual fiotsam of the court Senior Don Jo,e
the head of the big mercantile firm,
into tho room and looked around with In
terest. After n minute he espied Capt. Sergius
Nelson in the prisoners pen. and going over
there shook his hand and patted him on the
back In what tho haIbor sailors thought was an
over-effusjve greeting.
The next minute. however. his face lost its
smile. and with q heavy frown he began to talk
In q foreign language, emphasizing his words
With 30 many shrugs and gesticulRtions that
even an ennnied court interpreter had to turn
and listen. while Policeman Reddy, who was
In court with q common case of assault, leaned
over and asked the interpreter:
"What'a his linpo2" |