The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-18
THE YOUTH
CAME BACK
Big Ship Seeks for
Very a Small
Boy.
LITTLE WILLIE
NOT DROWNED
Blown Out to Sea He Tolls at
the Oars All Night
Long

fourteen-year- boy named
William Forrest kept the town inter-
ested yesterday.
Bright and early in the morning
Willie's father paid visit to Marshal
Ray, and besought his assistance in
finding his boy, who, he said, was lost.
The marshal referred him to United
States Attorney Baird, who passed the
matter on to Attorney General Dole.
The boys father said that his son
had last been seen on Tuesday even
ing cruising about the cnanneI In
small boat. He feared that the Lad
had been blown out to sea.
Willie had shipped day or so ago
as a cabin boy on the w. H. Dimond
Various stories were current ac-
counting for the boys disappearance
A number Of natives stated that they
had seen small boat carrying a sal
made out of sacking, at the entrance
of the harbor about sunset on Tuesday
evening. Another story was that the
youngster had taken a boat from the
Dimond and rowed over to sIoop ly.
ing off the leper wharf, at Kakaako
He is then said to have boarded the
sloop and cast the boat adrifts The
sioop with the boy in it was last seer
at the mouth of the channel, headed
seawards.
The tug Eleu was sent out at
o'clock yesterday morning to searcl
for the supposed eastaway, and dit
not return until 9 o'clock last night
| The Iroquois coaled and got up stean
yesterday afternoon, and was place,
under orders to continue the searcl
at daylight this morning.
| While all these elaborate prepara
| tions for a rescue were going on Will
4, was in town and bnssfully ignorant
/ the stir that he was making.
| The lad had. for several weeks past
worked for the Peoples Ice Compan.
| in the capacity of delivery boy. Las
Sunday he told ]. A. Trieste, one
! the company's drivers, that ne wa.
going to San Francisco on the barken
+ tine w. II. Dimond, as cabin boy. H
did not put in an appearance on Mon
day or TUESDAY morning. but yesterda.
morning he walked up to Trieste ant
asked to be put to work again.
He said that he had fed from tn,
Dimond because he was scared of th
cook. Trieste told him to go worf
/ today. He says that the boys clothe
We're wet when he came up and SPOKE
/ to him.
| Willie Forrest, on being interviewed
/ last night, said:
II ran away from the ship pecaust
the cook was no good. Last night
thought I would go for row, so abou
i5 O'Clock 1 borrowed Billy Mason:
boat, which was anchored near tht
! Quarantine wharf, and rowed to the.
mouth of She channel
when 1 tried to get back 1 couldn't
! for the tide was so strong and the
wind blew me out. I went about
mile from the harbor and tried to row
/ back, but it was SO rough and cold
| that it took me all night to get back
! 1 came in this morning about 4 O'Clock
and anchored the boat where I took II
from. Then I went home. l didni
see my father, and didn't know thai
anyone was looking for me-
The boy was taken to the police sta
! tion last night and held for investiga-
! ton. He is well known among the
newsboy fraternity, and has figured liz
Judge Wilcox's court for disobedience
! to parents.
! The Eleu went forty miles out, and
/. followed the wind. The crew rorgot te
provision the craft, and on returning
a raid was made upon the pantry OF
t the Andrew Welch.
The prolonged absence of the Elel
caused much discussion along the wa
lterfront. The general opinion was tha
the bottom had dropped out of her.