The Washington weekly post., 1899-07-25
CIext week-An rnloeked.fOr Encoun.er.l
BOUND TO REACH Japan.
Albert Casey Slows Away in Tacoma's
Chain Lncker.
From the Tacoma Eyenlng News.

From the Tacoma Evening News.
| Albert Casey, the nincteen-year-old
| youth who made his way from Chicago ia
| Tacoma hidden beneath cases OF electrical
| machinery loaded upon box car. hoping
| TO reach the Philippines, an account of
| whose journey has already been publish
| ed in the Evening News, was this morn
| ing discovered slowed away in The cham
| locker Of the Oriental liner Tacoma.
An effort had been made TO obtain Casey
chance to work his way to Hongkong
| on the snip. The crew had been signed,
! however, and the articles sealed before
! the British Consul, the endeavor therefore
! proving fruitless. Despairing of reaching
| the Orient in the Tacoma by legitimate
means, Casey evidently thought he would
! follow his first intentions Of slowing
! away, not in the hold, from which he had
| been warned, but in the chain locker.
In either instance death would have re-
| suited. In the hold he would either have
starved TO death or been devOured hv
| ship rats. In the chain locker the first
| turning of the steam winch would have
seen the unfortunate body pouring forth
| through the hawse pipes, as the heavy
| links of anchor chain claRked through,
| the flesh being cut into minute pieces.
'It was a fortunate chance FOR the
young fellow that we found him." said
one of the Tzcom&s officers after Casey
had been put ashore. He was cOiled
down on top of the anchor chain and
crouched in such a position that quick
movement would have been impossible 10
him. With the letting go OF either Of our
anchors the lad would. IN an instant have
been entwlned amid the crushing links of
I A. l.
ground into small pieces. Nothing could
have saved him. for with an anchor ence
started toward the bottom it either reach
IS there, there is a kink and stoppage in
the run OF. the chain over the windlass,
or with the kink the chain breaks. In any
of these events the stowaway was
doomed.
81 have reused up many stoyaways, and
witnessed the coming on deck of many
| more" wen, on the officer, but never
before have heard of a fellow selecting
the chain locker for his stowaway place
The poor beggar plainly knows nothing
about ship. for in his choice OF location
! he was committing what might be termed
! 'uppremeditated- suicide"
Casey was met shortly before noon to-
| day by the News water front man He
was walking aimIessly up the grade from
the water front. Asked as 10 what pos
sessed him IN selecting such a dangerous
place aboard the ship for slowing away
he replied:
Well when you told me last nigh: that
! there was 20 chance FOR me working ny
way across to Japan on the Tacoma. I
determined to go anyway. The News re-
porter had e.deavored 10 gain the lad 4
chance 70 work his passsgeJ went
aboard the steamer this morning with the
/ lcngshoremen- carrying my coat on my
arm the same a. they did. / at once went
10 the front part OF the stsamer-I hal
/ never been on board big boat Ike the
Tacoma beforehand hunted for some
cabin in which / could hide The places
were all filed with Cinnamon who gave
ne - in seven languages when I start
ed 70 enter their cabins. TheI 1 went On
along the alley 20 the very front part o.
the steamer. There / came across a big
wheel with two chains on IL. There was
just room enough 10 creep over the wheel
and IL was dark on The other side
sEcEght 10 was Just the proper place to
hide. 20 / crawled over the wheel 0he
WlEdless draw and sat down on a pile OF
chain that was wrapped around on the
fiCCr. I'd only been there about an hour
when q man came ia on top Of me and
said: You bloody fool. DO YOU ssDpOse
we're wanting to- Kill people even -to.v-
tcok re by the coat collar and pushed ne
back across the wheel. There man vita
brass buttons and gOld-Iacei cap graf
bed me again and passed ne - a Fuar-a'-
war sailor fquaTtermastsr) with orders %
iznd ne on the wharf"
Don you know that II was IN an kind
rsss you were dragged frsm the chain
IoGkerT' was asked.
Il Suppose so answered GaEey I'm.
then you know ! vas never aboard a
steamship before.
About given up The sdea of reaching
the Philippines. haven't your questioned
the reporter
Not much.' Nturiily answered Casey
I'm going over 10 British Columbia ard
Try the boats leaving there And" he adj
- starting Up the avenue, I'm going 20
study up on anchor chain cupboaFG- snd
covers for the steamers dock holes"