The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-19
SQUEEZED
OUT OF 13
INCH HOLE
Stswawly Weighing l64 P,ulds
ESCAPED and CAPTAIN Escaped
Paying $500.

New York. Dec. 1s-Here IL a burning
problem for mathematicians. Can a man 5
feet inches tai, Weighing lA pounds.
well-nourished, thick-shouldered. deep
che.ted, with most OF his weight carried
aloft, squeeze through smooth, iron
bound porthoio thirteen inches In diam
eter? Remember, he is q stowaway an
xious 10 escape from a ship and become
a free American; that he has two buriy
companions pushing him Through and va
rious longshoremen hauling him out; al
80 remember that l3 inches. multiplied by
s,lll6 according TO the good old formula OF
school boyhood. shows that the circum-
ference OF the porthole is 70. s5sS inches
United states Commissioner r. p. Morle
decided Thursday In Brooklyn tnat the
man did get through the porthole and ac-
Quilted Capt Arthur Brown. OF the tramp
steamship Hypatis. who thus escaped
paying a fine or 1900 for allowing an AMEN
oredrcd deported 10 run ashore
The alien was william Campbell
stowaway, who with two others was
ordered 10 the River Plate last Septem-
ber The three had lodged aboard snip
at Liverpool. They were confined In a
small iron deek-house on the Hypada-
"I don't understand yet how the fellow
got away" said Captain Brown. only
two voyages ago We carried N,zo,Voo IN
gold bullion in that deck-house. or course
I remember the case OF little fello~
who got half way through port-hole
on another ship but ne swell up ano
stuck and them had 10 saw him out-sa~
the portfolio / mean.
limited states District Attorney William
T. Youngs cut a circle l3 inches I'm di-
ameter in a big sheet Of blotting paper.
MAN WAS CREASED.
"sss here" he said 1T weigh ltt
mounds. I could squeeze through that
hole but Il would be mighty hard. How
could a stocky man OF is4 POUNDS get
through"
"If he got out the door. why didn't
the other two stowaways go too! asked
the captain.
Assistant District Eugene r.
Oroynor now rushed In from the Hy-
patia and reported that the portfolio OF
the escape was only l2is inches In oi-
ametcr.
.'Whee-ew.' cried Mr.. Youngs, Worse
and worrei"
well. think Campbell did go
through" testified Hugh Govern, Jr.. an
immigration inspector. Still, the mate
OF the Hypatia tried to palm on a mem
her of the crew on us after Campoei Got
away. Nevertheless, i remember that II
was hot weather. and Campbell had on
very light clothing; besides, he was
creased
"Oh. CREASED his way out?" Mr.,
Youngs interrupted. -,
mo. SIR replied Mr.. Govern j
mean that he slushed himself with lot
OF real grease so that he wouldn't be api
TO stick The two other stowa~ays. TAT
and without hope of escape. were KIND
enough TO grab Campbelrs legs and push
for all they were worth. gang OF
'longshoremen out on the deck heavec
on Campbelrs shoulders with all theii
strength. You know 'lonsshoremen are
pretty powerful"
Commissioner Morie decided that Capt
Brown had used due diligence under the
circumstances. and dismissed the com
plant against him.
"By spruce!' excla imed the captain
1.-THE next fellow hear OF trying TO ge
through that port, I'll chop him into bits
and feed him out through the hawse-
hole"
Just the same. I'll never believe
Campbell went through that portfolio,
said Mr.. Youngs.