New-York tribune., 1902-06-23
AMERICA LONG HIS GOAL.
A GRITTY DALMATIAN BOY SAILS
TWELVE THOUSAND MILES, MOST
LY AS A STOWAWAY.

After journeying nearly twelve thousand miles
in an endeavor to reach the United States. and
experiencing innumerabe hardships, Bozo Ga
Gina, sixteen years old, a Dalmatian landed
here yesterday a stowaway. He was re-
leased and given in charge of a friend who
promised to take of him
The boy comes from the town of Sebenico.
Dalmatia. a little over year ago his father.
finding himself unable to support his son, gave
Bozo 100 forms. about $50. and told him to seek
his fortune in America The boy only too glad
TO get away from the slow life of his fathers
farm, started out. and, after spending 80 1orins.
reached Trieste While there an obliging stran-
ger offered to procure the boy passage TO
America fog the remainder of his small store Of
money The stranger then disappeared with the
money and Bozo never saw him again.
Dlsheartened. the boy returned home and got
a place in a drug store. After working there
eleven months Bozo again made his way TO
Trieste and succeeded in slowing away
steamship, which took him to Alexandria.
Thence he worked his passage on to Liverpool.
There he slowed himself away on the SaXonia.
of the Cunard Line. which brought him to New
York. where he handed over to the Ellis ISL
and officials No one was found who could speak
the boys native language, and he was deported
to Liverpool
Eluding the immigration officials on the other
twenty days living by begging and eating out
of garbage cans He finally boarded the Umbria
at midnight on June Is Going TO the upper
deck Bozo was confronted by of the ships
officers who roughly ordered him to go below
The boy obeyed, descending into the boiler room
The manhole top of the boiler which fur
nshes steam to the donkey engine, used for
distiIlng water open. and the boy, un-
able to find any other hiding place, crawled in
fJ,r
was not used on the voyage the lad would
have met a horrible death. For six days the
stowaway lived in the boiler. eating food given
to him by friendly stokers.
On Thursday the refrigerator engineer saw
head bob out Of the opening in the top of the
boiler He reached inside and grabbed the boys
clothes but was severely bitten The engineer
reported to Chief Engineer Hardy. who. think
ing he had madman to deal with, called for
volunteers 10 descend into the boiler Two of
the stokers got inside and found that the boy
had crawIed underneath the tubes top of the
furnace After a struggle and some tight
squeezing past the tubes they managed to get
their prisoner up through the manhole. He was
locked up in the steamships hospital.
The lad had nothing but pair of well worn
oyeraIls and a soiled cotton shirt. The passen
gers took up a subscription and purchased,
from the ships locker, seaman's suit consist
ing Of a blue serge blouse and trousers. One of
the saloon passengers from Toledo, Ohio,
promised if the boys release could be obtained.
TO give him a home and otherwise look after his
interests The stowaway was sent to Ellis
Island however. and placed in the detention
nen When immigration Commissioner Williams
heard of Bozos experiences he became inter
ested and sent for him. Any boy who has the
,,I,,CIx TO go through what that boy has said
The Commissioner. deserves to succeed. Let us
GOO if we cannot do something for him"
Tnsnector George f. Schubert, who was for
roerIv an Interpreter. was called Hungarian,
Polish Russian and half dozen other lam
pua.ras were tried. but without result. Sud
deniI, Schubert exclaimed. Il think that boy is
q DaImatian!" and he uttered few sentences
thar brought a smile to the boys face After
some more questioning Schubert learned that
tba bov had friend named Felix, who was
annlcved in a gaShouse in the city Schubert
nIeaded with the Commissioner for the boys
release ., ..... .,. -,
comes from the same town that l was born in.
T TOO am a Dalmatian, and L think L can ind
his friend Let me take him to the colony in
Harlem" The Commissioner agreed, and the
bov was released in Schubert's charge. Schu-
bert went to no. 2.099 Second-ave- When
dcor on the second floor opened the boy
reya q glad cry and threw himself into the
erms of a man inside, who proved to be his
f-IaDd Felix Gacina, q distant relative. Felix
raad,lv signed the discharge papers.