The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-17
CARRIED OUT 10 SEA
TUG ELEU SEARCHING FOR THE
MISSING BOY.
Sailed Alone in Good-sized Sloop Out OF
the Harbor Last Evening-Missing
Ever Since.

The government tug Eleu is now out
on special orders searching for a IA
year old boy VINO is thought to have
been carried out to sea IN sloOp.
William Forrest or Foster is the name
of the missing BOY ana he is a son of
! the carpenter who has charge of pre-
pairing the dredging scows for the sew
er people
1t is regarded as very probable by
those on the water front tnat the boy
has ere this been lost but every effort
is to be made to rescue him. On the
18th, he shipped as cabin boy on the
barkentine W. Ii. Dimond whicn was
lying at the quarantine wharf. Yester-
day afternoon about o'clock he took
boat from the Dimond and rowed
over to a "a foot slOOp which was lying
moored off the leper wharf just off OF
Kakaako. The sloop had originally be
lOnged to the Sailors Home people but
had lately been sold to a couple of ma
tiVeS who were intending to retit IL tor
use in fishing. Young Forrest got into
the sloop and to Japanese said he
proposed to go outside Tor "A sail The
japanese demonstrated with him and
sald that the boat was too big for one
man to attempt to handle The youth
was obstinate and after providing him
self with an oar and row lock sailed out
of the harbor.
! This was the last seen of him or the
boat This morning when the natives
went to repair their boat they found
! it missing. Inquiry then developed the
cause of its disappearance. The faith
er of the boy was notified and he inn
mediately went to the office of the Unit
ed States Marshal to ask for assistance
in searching for the boy. He was re-
/ ferred to the AttOrney-General with the
! result that the tug Eleu was dispatched
| Immediately with Captain Harry Flint
of the harbor police on board her.
1t is not thought very likely that the
4 tug will be able to locate the missing
soop. There has been strong north
east trade wind blowing since yester-
! day and it is believed that the slOop
! has been taken already full 75 miles to
| the westward If it has not been cap
sized. Attorney General Dole sent a
| communication to United States At
! torney Baird acquainting him with me
circumstances of the loss of young
/ Forrest or Foster, as his name is given
/ both ways. Attorney General stated
| that the tug would scarcely be able to
/ oVertake the sloop and that the only
other chance of his being saved lay
in some other ship which could make
a long cruise being sent. He asked Mr..
Baird if the naval authorities did not
have some such vessel which would be
dispatched in the attempt to save the
| life of the young man.
/ Captain Pond the commandant of the
local naval station was communicated
with on the subject and asked if the
government tug Iroquois could not be
sent to aid in the search. Captain Pond
4 started coaling and getting up steam
this afternoon to be in readiness to
start tomorrow morning after the miss
ing sloOp. The Iroquois will not start
however until the Eleu returns. In
case the smaller tug returns tonight or
tomorrow without any trace of the
missing boat and boy then Captain
Pond will sail at an early hour. He
will out two or three days searching
for the young man.
1t is not difficult for the searchers to
know in what direction to go as the
trades have been blowing very steadily
since young Forrest or Foster sailed
out of the harbOr. The danger lies in
the fact however that the strong
breeze may have capsized the craft as
the young man was not able to handle
the slOop.
Meanwhile the authorities will make
careful search of the city in the hope
that perhaps the boy may have return
ed unbeknown to any one. He may
have been capsized VIXEN near shore
and made him way back leaving the
sloop in the water.