The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-18
IAN yHE G&NHNR WILLIE SAVED AGAIN WILCOX NOT FAVORABLE PASSING The COUNTY ACT makes S
THIS TIME IT is FROM A TRIP
ROUND THE HORN.
The Boy for Whom the Eleu and the
Iroquois Steamed Up Yesterday Es-
capes a Longer Voyage.

capes Longer voyage.
An attempt to get rid of Willie For
rest the IA year old boy who disappear
ed with a boat day before yesterday,
was frustrated this morning and the
result is that instead of having been
practically impressed on the American
ship Arthur Sewall the boy will remain
where his home and friends are.
When the police discovered that
young Forrest had returned safely to
land they took him into custody last
night and detained him over night in
the police station pending an investiga-
ton. This morning the father saw Cap
tain Gaffrey of the ship Arthur Sewall
and asked that the boy be taken on
that vessel on her present voyage to
New York via the Horn. He represent
ed to Captain Gaffrey that the boy was
perfectly willing to ship. Under these
representations Captain Gaffrey decided
to let the little fellow go. 1t was claim
ed by some that the boy would go as an
apprentice while the Captain said that
the boy would have to be sent before
the mast.
Young Forrest was questioned by
High Sheriff Brown this morning about
the plan and asked if he wanted to go.
The boy was badly frightened over be-
ing suddenly questioned in that way
and the character of what he was call
ed upon to decide did not dawn upon
him. He was literarily scared out of
his wits and when the officers said that
| if he remained in town where he had
| been getting into trouble repeatedly
and would probably have to serve four
years in the reform school, he began to
| cry and between his sobs said he want
| ed to go on the Arthur Sewall as cabin
boy.
! If the boy did not know what such
/ Ii t..lur a
| but so anxious did the elder Forrest
! appear to be rid of his offspring that he
! was perfectly willing to have him
| ship almost anywhere in order to get
! the boy off his hands. Last week the
| father tried to get rid of the youth by
| sending him away on the barkentine w.
| H. Dimond to San Francisco. The lad
| ran away however SO this plan to get
rid of him failed. Apparently the next
| proposition which came up was the
Arthur Sewall. This vessel is to go
| on a much longer voyage than the w.
| H. Dimond. The Dimond is in the
! trade between here and San Francisco
but the Sewall is about to go on a
cruise that is both dangerous as we'll
| es long. The boy is a weak slender
| fellow and 1t is doubtful If he could
stand the rigors of such voyage as his
| father tried to send him upon.
AS soon as the lad gave his ignorant
| consent 10 DelHS Snlppeu away, d snip
ping which amounted practically to
| shanghai, he was released from the
| police station and sent in the custody
of an officer to the water front to join
! Captain Gaffrey. While the boy waited
| to meet his new master the father
| hurried away to bundle up the clothes
of his offspring and turn the entire
outfit bag and baggage over to the
| ships master.
There was one other important de-
| tail, incidental to the shipping of the
| boy, which had not been attended to
| as promptly as usual. The boy had
not been taken before United States
Shipping Commissioner Boyd to sign
the ships papers and be regularly ship
| ped as one of the crew. This was to be
done during the morning.
! There were three people present when
the consent of the boy to ship on the
! vessel was practically wrung from him
at the police station. These people
waited upon Shipping Commissioner
Boyd with the intention of acquainting
him with the circumstances of the case
and advising him that an injusice was
| being done the boy in shipping him on
the Arthur Sewall The little fellow did
not realize the nature of the trip be-
fore him. 1t is probable that the ves-
sci may not come back to this port for
a year or more, and to take a half
white boy away from his surroundings
and send him to cold climate under
rough life seemed cruel. Captain CAT
frey happened to be in the Office of the
| commissioner and to him was stated
the circumstances of the case, Captain
Gaffrey declared that If the boy did
not wish to ship he certainly would
not think one instant of accepting him.
Mr.. Boyd stated that he too would pay
particular attention to ascertain from
he boy when he was brought in to ship
| w
! he was being made q seaman. Subse-
quently however Captain Gaffrey saw
the boy and declined positively to take
him along on the ship so no application
! for shipping papers was made. The
. child was then taken back to the police
, station to await the action of the elder
Forrest over his disposition.
The elder Forrest is quite well known
TO Police Judge Wilcox on account OF
his attempts to get the boy into the
clutches of the law. Three times the
elder Forrest had the boy arrested or
account of alleged disobedience but the
third time the Judge positively refused
to commit the boy to the custody OF
: police restraint. On that occasion
Judge Wilcox told Forrest in effect
y that he would not be made a party t
the attempt to get the boy out of the
way. The Judge had taken the trouble
to investigate the claims of the fathe
and discovered that instead OF refusing
to work the boy was continually beini
nagged at by the father who nevel
seemed to be satisfied with his efforts.
The boy says that he has been pro
missed work with the ice company wher
he was employed before his fathe
shipped him on the Dimond. The bo
is said to be quite a nice little char
His mother is dead so he has not re
ceived the care and training that
| Vouth Of his age should II is hope
that some charitable minded person wi
come to the rescue of the lad and Civ
him some employment so that he nee
not be in daily fear of being shanghale