The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-18
BOY LIVED ON WATER
CHARLIE SCHWARZ DIDN'T TASTE
FOOD FOR EIGHT DAYS.
IN SWAMP ON WARSAW
SIX-YEAR-OLD ROY SUFFERED
MANY TORTURES.

Unmarked spot from Crown or
HIS Head to sole of His Feet-Lit-
tie Fellow Managed to Keep Alive
on Rain Wnter-CONered Himself
with Grass TO Keep Mosquitoes
ANvay-His story of Wandering.
Perfectly nude, his body, from the
crown of his head to the sole of his
feet, covered with blotches from the
stings of mosquitoes, and with hum
dreds of cattle ticks clinging to his
flesh, Charlie, the 6year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Schwarz, was
found in a swamp on Warsaw Island
yesterday morning.
Eight days and nights the child was
without food and he was scarcely
more than a skeleton when picked up
by Allen Davis, an aged negro en-
ployed as a caretaker on the island.
For six days he was naked and during
the greater part of that time too weak
to fight the mosquitoes, redbugs and
ticks. Fresh water he secured from
puddles in the swamp, but he had no
food.
Before he became too weak to use
his hands he kept the mosquitoes off
by pulling up grass and covering him
self with it. Then it was that the
ticks and redbugs added to his suffer
ings. All of this the child told after
he had been given cruel in small guam
titles, and had received the attention
of a physician.
The finding of the little fellow is best
told by the old negro known on the
island as PEARSON" Davis. He came to
the city with Robert L. Fripp, who is
in charge of the pavilion. At Thunder
bolt the old negro told the happy
mother and father of the boy, how he
had discovered him in the swamp. The
child had been left on the island and
a naphtha launch was in readiness to
go for him.
How boy Was Found.
at wuz told to me last Monday dat
If anybody bring dat child back alive
dey would be killed, but 1 would
brung him If it cost me my life, be-
gan the old negro.
Il left home this morning, me ana
my wife goin' round de islam as
l usually go 'roun' an l came pom
some pig in de road an l put my dogs
after dem an dey run right an LETT,
an &c dogs brought dem all at one
point at de upper end of de nag pond.
/ hollered to my wife and told her to
turn de cart round and come dis way
1 said to her de dogs is bayed on de
udder side of de pond. An she say
why amt you got dare yet l said to
her I've got to so to de upper end of
de pond to get to de dogs. An when
l had got to where de dogs wuz l
found dare wuz a SOW wild young pigs,
havin' my gun full charge to kill
pig If there wuz ere a one suited me.
/ said then | will turn back to de
cart an cali de dogs off. In returning
back to de cart l found a little stream
of water on my left-hand side an in
going, the further l went the wider
de pond got. To locate where l wuz
hollered TO my wife to find out where
she wuz in de road.
AN den after which hollered to her
j looked on my left-hand an saw dis
boy stanin naked as he wuz born.
Il said, come here son, come here son,
come to me. l laid down my gun hav-
ing it in my hand, thought maybe he
was fraid of it. An at dis time l
thought for a moment his name an
said come to- me Charlie. He did not
open his mouf, nor made no effort to
come to me. l den plunged into de
pond. De water was from one to two
feet deep in mud an water. 1 begged
cross to him an taken him by his
right arm, an / taken him up in my
arms and brought him cross to my cart.
My coat dat / always take long wild
me in case of an accident of rain, l
wrapped him up in. My wife took
her apon an bound his head to keep
de squitoes from bitin' him. Den me
an my wife took him in de cart an
~ i'm On tn y oxrflf
He said to me, mister what is your
name, l said to him my name is AL
len Davis, but dey call me Parson
Davis, cause I'm a preacher.
Il say Charlie, why didn't you answer
me when you hear me hollering.
He said, because 1 didn't know who
you wuz.
81 say didn't you hear my dogs bark
ing at dem hogs.
He said, yes sir, but didn't know
whose dogs dey wuz.
q said Charlie, didn't you see no
roads since you been in de lagoon,
hasn't you heard de boat blow. He
said no. he hadn't heard it.
When we had got to de pavilion we
asked him who wuz his parents He
said SchwarZ, de shoemaker l pitied
his condition an l wuz fraid bout
his condition when l called de little
fellow to me. 1 bust out den an cried,
on " NY WlIe We IOunQ ue
little boy. Wild fear dat de threats
had heard wuz made she said bring
him here Brother David, bring him
An she said Lord have mercy on dis
poor child An she pulled off her shirt
an made pillow for him. He looked
pitiful.
He look as if he wuz nearly give up
de struggle of life. An dare wuz not
a place on him what de squitoes had
not bit him-naked as he wuz born. &"
Mother Fell at Child's Feet.
The childs parents, Mrs. Pauline
Miller, his aunt Charlie Schwarz. his
uncle; Dr. B. Courshon. Detective Ju-
Illus Stark, several friends of the fam
lily, and representative of the Morn
ing News made the trip to Warsaw
The meeting between the parents and
the half-starved boy on the dancing
pavilion on the island was affecting.
Mrs. Schwarz hardly waited for the
launch to tie up at the wharf before
she jumped from the deck and started
across the island to the beach
Ten hours before the little fellow
had been discovered and before the
arrival of the parents he had been
given Cruel, and had been cleaned
OF the vermin that chung to him. Feebly
he toddled towards his mother Mrs.
Schwarz was overcome and threw
herself at the feet of the boy,
Charlie, Charlie. is IL you" she
cried smothering him with kisses.
Side by side on the floor the two
sisters sat showering kisses on the
feet, legs and face of the little fellow