The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-25
CARRIED OFF IN YAWL.
Strange Tale About n sick Oyster
DrcdEer's Disappearance.

BALTIMORE. Md. oct Prank But
Ter 1852 AIic,anUa Street Joseph Petrop-
ski. St,fs Sayitski and Andy Rudolfski.
an % whom board at the sane address.
and Frank Smith. 1886 Lancaster Street.
called M the Eastern Police Station yes
tgrdav afternoon and told Captain League
"a remarkable tale Of cruelty They were
accompanied by Mr. Tony SchIoss. Of az
South Broadway. who acted as iuterpre-
ter. as only one OF The men could speak
English. and not very we'll
Ihe men, who are Poles. stated that on
October l. last they shipped on an oyster
punEy called the Andrew J. Bradshaw
The crew consisted Of the captain. mate.
cook and three men besides the FIVE al
ready named The name OF tho sixth man
i'm the party who shipped from Baltimore
was not known TO any OF the others.
on October Is this unknown man he
came ill., He was sick for three days. so
iii. in fact. that ne was unable TO eat any
thing OF raise his head.
That night. being Sunday. while the
Poles We're sitting IN the furecastIe the
rest OF the Bradshaw's crew. together
with men from the schooner Walter Lily.
which was lyinG alongside came down
and at the point Of a revolver drove the
the vessel The white men had their faces
DiackeHed so as 20 appear like negroes.
y rope was procured. placed around the
SICK man as he lay in mis- bunk. grooming
with pain, he was dragged up on deck.
bundled into a yswIECat and rOwed away.
Meanwhile the cook on the Bradshaw
had placed his revolver close 70 Buffers
SIDE and fired the bail passing within 2
Few inches Of the body. BY this time the
five men were almost paraIyzed with fear.
not knowing whether they were going 10
be killed or not
The next day the captain called the
crew aft and told them h. intended TO
steal out that night This had reference
10 dredging Illegally On -he forbidden
grounds Butler who speaks a little
EuSllSu, told the other men what was in
tended, and also Of the result If caught.
As consequence the men refused 10 90.
The captain then asked them 60 sign Of
on the payment Of 3 eaca. accompanying
the request with threats -Four Of the
men signed. but the fifth refused. claim
ing that twelve days pay was due. This.
al the rate Of So month. a. which they
shipped. would amount o. about 81 each
The captain d is alleged. landed the
men somewhere on the Potomac River.
After walk OF aboGt ten miles they
reached small town. the name Ct which
they dit not know. where they took q
boat for washington, getting 20 EaIti-
more bv train
Tie sDiriting away a. the sick man.
they SAY. occurred IN the Potomac River
opposite Colonial Beach.
Mr. SchIoss said that they bad gone to
nIted States Comm ISSi0u-r Rogers and
stated their case tp min. b.r- uD told them
that he had To Jurisdiction Unless the
vessel was DID ;JItimDra. Captain League
also Informed them that the matter was
outside Of his authority and advised them
10 see John G. Rose. United States Dis
trict Attorney. They win do so today.
4 r,porter went 10 If3o Aliceauua Street.
where the missing man boarded. and
there learned that his handbag had been
brought 20 the city by one Of the men.
when this was oOened I'm order 10 learn
the man 8 name bank book Of the Saw
iurs Bank OF Baltimore was found The
book is numbered 5S0l06 and shows the
following entries in the name Of Simon
JauitslDI: July %. 1901. SI,g, August p 1901.
withdrew SO. total. Sl2D, October 5. 1901,
IS. grand total sl55
The missing man is described as being
either Of Polish or Lithuanian birth. thir-
ty-eight years Old about 3 feet inches in
height and as weighing about lf1 pounds,
with dark complexion. hair and eyes