The evening times., 1901-10-29

| Claims to Have Been Thrown Into
Shallow Water and Compelled to
Crawl Ashore When UI-Went
Home by Why of Washington.
BALTIMORE. oct. ze.-Simon Janitski.
l the dredger who. according TO the state
ments Of five comrades, was spirited
ashore from the oyster pungy Andrew J.
Bradshaw. Capt. Joseph Thomas, on the
night Of October 20, has turned up. and il
now at the nome Of Frank Butler 1852
AIiceanna Street.
I It viii be remembered that Janitski. to-
gether with Frank Butler, Jospeh Petrov-
ski, Stefe Savitski, and Andy Rudoifs1i
all Of 1872 Aliceauua Street, and Frank
Smith, of l146 Lancaster Street. shipped
/ on the pungy October Z to engage in
dredging.
( Six days later Janitsld became in. and
for three days could not leave his bunk
/ Sunday night, October 20. 50 the five Poles
In good health said. they were driven out
/ Of the forecastle at the point Of a pistol
/ by the Bradshaws crew and some men
/ from the schooner Water Lily. living
( alongside. and Janltszi was dragged up
/ on deck and bundled into a yawI This
was the last seen Of him by his friends
/ on board the pungy.
A reporter went 70 see Janitsh. and
with the assistance OF Tony SchlOss. who
/ has been active in behalf Of the men OBJ
/ tained the story Of Janitski's wanderings
| during the past week Janitski cannot
speak English, and Nj SchIoss acted as
/ Interpreter.
1t was about 10 or II O'Clock Sunday
/ night. said Janitski. when four men en-
( tered The forecastle with rCy0lvcrs in
( their hand and drove my friends uu on
. deck They
I toned me 20 get Up. EtOld them in Polish
I that ! was sick ana cosadu't move. a.d
wanted 70 know what they were going
10 DO with me at thar time OF night or
course. they didn't understand NE They
were all black. whether negroes or yyhIr-
men with their faces biackeued 1 don't
know. They talked among themselves for
a time and then the four men cauxbt hold
1 OF me by the mead and feet and carried
me uD above
/ This caused me a great deal Of pain.
but they had no pity on me As thew
/ carried me along the deck / grabbed "A
rope, Dut thy Jerked that out Of my
. LdHdS- Reachlng the side Of the vessel.
they threw me bodily into yawI and
F they started for the shore. which was
. about 80 yards away. When thev reach
/ ed the beach the boa; drew too much wa
J ter 60 reach the land and they dumped
I me oFeFb1atd IN ABOUT foot OF q foot
ana a halI OF water. They said something
. 10 me ard motloned for me TO gct ashore
. j supposed, the best way I could.
was so weak that I couldn't stand
+ uprEhJ and / was compelled TO crawl
. on my han ds and knees 10 reach drv land
/ Was thoroughly soaked and covered with
mud Dragging myself a little Way from
the water, / lay there for some time and
theh cfaWied slowly to a patch Of woods
near by, whore ] lay the rest Of thar
D night and until the next afternoon The
. distance that l covered from the water
( TO The woods could ordinarily have been
. walked in five OF ten minutes but II took
me nearly three hours 90 make il. At
least judged ii TO be about that long
I All this time 1 had nothing 70 eat. and
J my condition was much worse. That aft
I eruOOn ! found road. and By slow stages
Z followed IL % q small town. where / was
/ fortunate enough TO find q Salo0nkecDcr
] who could speak 4 little Polish 1 told
+ him my troubles and he gave me written
directions how 10 get 10 Washington.
/ Il bought . cents worth of bread and 10
cents worth Of sausage and ate The first
lunch ! had had for over tWguty-IJur
hours The town was small one. about
the size Of Curtis Bay. / don't know its
name.
( THAT evening ] started out again ro-
. afnl '~>on- and ssJpt en- the woods that
night For three days ] kept this 7.D
! making possibly, four or five miles "a dav
Al last I could 60 no farther. and on
Thursday afternoon i lay down I'm the
middle of the road hoping that somebody
. would come along and pick me up All
J this time / had seen no one.
Soon afterward q farmer OF the vicin-
lly came along, ana, seeing that there
.
me I'm his wagon and carried me TO his
home This kud-hearted man took care
of me shat night and Friday. He nave
me FOOD and medicine Friday afternoon
felt so much better that ] resumed nv
way 70 Washington / rode this time
though. in the farmers wagon He took
me 10 Washington and there left me The
card which the salOOnkeeper gave me in
. formed him where I wished TO 20
Il spent part Of Friday night ia wan
dering about Washington until "a police
IN. ID fHrFN FHT IN .rfs4
ing they asked me. through an tutcrura-
ter, whether ! wanted to go 20 a hosDi.al
OF come 10 Baltimore. ] told them RaI-
I timore, as I had no friends in Washing
1 ton. They kindly purchased me "a rail-
I road ticket took rEe 10 the depot. and I
I arrived here Saturday afternoon
/ Janistkl will see John q. Rose United
! States District Attorney. as soon as ne re-
/ turns To the city.