Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-26
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a Dfutal Csston OF snall Craft sew
eral Years Ago.


A few. years ago when the smaller sail.
ing vessels used to make frequent voy.
ages to this port for cotton cargoss the
police authorities had trsuhlss os their
own IN trying to stop "skaashAt-ins'' Of
sailors, which was 90 com1sn 6 TIA,
time. It was not an easy matter u p1ck
up crow. and sailor people wers nos
friendlily disposed toward the dew aAips
which came in. Offers Of BIG wages had
to be made, and even this failed sene.
sides. the ship people were not inclined 20
and clever work they could shanghai q
crew for nothing.
In the little barrooms which dourished
along the water front poor unfortunate
devils were drugsed and snussled ahssrd
ship at night to wake up with MlGrusist.
Ing pains when the ship wee NsbaAs hey
way on the deep. That wshins was ns1
q pleasant moment. NeSrsss wa frs.
quently gathered in the nsts. ut tls Gap
taius seemed TO prefer whse osn. The
custom was dropped soGevAat a1ter q
young preacher had been shRuSAa1eo and
carried to st. Petersburg. 10 Aaaagsd
to write home months latss 6 his sdvsn.
ture, when his family asd fs.sods hsd
given him up for dead. Ths pssasA9 told
of his hard life on the chip and the tnves.
tigation 40 to the cause ol his being taken
off frightened the shanghai crowd % that
it was less dangerous for strangers 60
prowl along the water front.
Once corpse was shanghaied. There
was captain OF a bark who came here
on frequent trips and who was consider
ed the most brutal man that ever sailed a
ship. He never hired crew because
they all knew him too well. and he had to
change his customs in order to keep q
few good men. But the recruits had to
suffer. One night tramp staggered In
to Q water front bar and shivered as be
tried to hug the stove. A man who no.
ticed him saw that he was dying. The
poor fellow, killed by drink. staggered in
to the street again and died. Two men
considered the swiftest things known
here in the shanGhai-ing line saw the
chance OF few dollars, and the body
WINS quickly stolen. The bad captain
had already offered them good pay for
recruits. but they had failed to find any.
The ship was to sail the next morning.
AT midnight the two experts walked up
the gangplank with the mufncd figure. It
was slowed away. I'VE gave him q biz
DOSE" said the men, and you must NOT
wake him for SO hours They got their
pay and left the ship.
When the time was up. the captain had
the figure dragged ont. He kicked ii
when 1t did not rise. Other kicks failed
to move it. Then he saw the man was
dead. and the body was tossed overheard
without ceremony. The captain thought
the man had died aboard ship. and moth
ing was snid. But when he got back to
Charleston some months later and heard
of the fake hc-was fighting mad and re-
fused to take subjects from Charleston
ever nfterward.
The business now is not what It used
to be. and larger vessels with more bust
nssslike methods are sent here for cot
ton. With the disappearance OF the
smaller craft there is little or no shans.
hating. and the men who made living
by dragging unfortunates have quit the
field. Charleston Letter in Atlanta Con.
81;