Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-11
Seventeen Year Old College
Youth Tells Thrilling Story.
BRUTALITY AND CRIME
REMARKABLE CONDITION OF AT.
FAIRS REVEALED.
Desperate Methods Of Securing Help
on Chesapeake Bay vessels-worse
Than Servitude.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 11.-Rudolph
IIorre, the seventeen-year-oid Girard Col
lege boy of this city, reached Philadelphia
Thursday last. after having escaped from
the thraldom Of a Chesapeake bay oyster
boat, and tells story of brutality, prlva-
ton, and even indirect murder He was
released through the efforts OF the Phila-
delphia and Baltimore detective depart
ments, and reached home yesterday after
escaping the clutches of three "crimps,"
who attacked him on Light street In an
attempt to kidnap him again, but he fought
them or and managed to elude them. II
went to Baltimore on September 49," said
Horre, in order to get work In the press
room Of a Baltimore paper, but falling to
nnd the man ] was looking for within the
next two days. my money gave out, and
going to a shipping firm there, Bremen Il
McDougal, $50 Light street. I asked for
work.
"A representative Of the firm told me he
couio give me work on the Eastern Shore
az cutting corn for 81 per day, and told
MN would be glad to have 1t. With that
ne gave me a pint Of whiskey and charged
me % cents for 1t, to be paid out of my
wages.
Il don't drink. but a colored fellow who
imaginary cornheId took q taste OF 1t and
said 1t was nothing but cayenne pepper and
water. I threw It On the middle Of LIZZIE
street.
Useless to Disobey Orders.
I'VE We're then put aboard a steamer
named The Virginia. and the next morning
az O'Clock we landed at a place thirty
miles from Cambridge. Nd AS we stepped
OUT on the pier. which was about 400 feet
long, We were met by three men. who told
US 70 get aboard batteau named the
mary A. Tyler. which laid at the pier
we realized then that we had been
kidnapped and the manner OF the man who
oroered us TO get ON the boat plainly in
dicated that 1t was useless to disobey.
SINCE cold weather set in I have seen
Tue ice SIX inches thick on board the hat
teau. The crew suffered terribly hut the
captain Who had three of his grown SONS
on board with us drove lis to our work and
Kept US there, although We nearly froze:
ne always had q shovel or hand spike In
ms hands ready to strike US He told nc
ne would do 1t, and one day he struck an
Itaiian down and famed. him SO that he
simply could not work any more, SO he
put him ashore with only money enoneb to
pay his fare to Baltimore
~ we pore II as long as we could, and
the coiored fellow and I planned to get
away, but our attempt failed
one night while we were shinninc, owe
ters IN Mfnnicks Creek. a fight took MACE
ON boat lying on her port side. Soon
saw a man jump overheard and strike out
foo In g, snore. He was trying to escape
from the sloop, and when he had swan
seEerai hundred yards he began to cali for
neip; they would not let us 20 to hin, a ma
he drowned oA0
Following the COMPLAINT of Rud,,,h
Rorre, aged seventeen years apainst M
treatment he received at the hands OF Raj
ei In. oyster boat agents, the board Of
b bi,y trusts OF that city, on behalf of the
boy. Is making a thorough fnyestiration
INTO the case with the intent of prosecnt
ing the agents who the boy says forced
MN ABOARD an oyster dredge and held him
,,, prtsoller Tor TWO months. Horre was for
merry an inmate of Girard College ana
mas only been out of the institution a short
.ine. IL being necessary for him to leave
tne college and seek employment to sup
port his mother
1t was due to efforts Of rnauhars 40 ~
board OF city trusts that he gained his ub
eFty from the oyster boat. His case was
oorougnt BEFORE the notice of officials of
GiIard College. who notified the United
states commissioner at Washington thai
the lad was being held prisoner aboa I'd
chesapeake bay oyster boat
When the captain of the boat learned
that the government authorities were in
terested In young Horre he sent the lad
ashore on an island from where he made
ms way by boat to Baltimore. He returned
10 Philadeiph1a Thursday last. Horre went
to Baltimore In September to seek emnlovs
1nent and was seized by an oyster boat
agent The young man says he witnessed
an sorts of brutalitIes, and even saw
a QrGdPq
drown, no attempt to rescue him beinr
made. On arriving in Baltimore Horre
says that an attempt was made by three
managed to eIude them.
me Philadelphia police department Is stil1
continuing an investigation into the allie
cations that policemen of the De Lancey
stereet station were implicated with
cflmps In securing men to be shipped to
Chesapeake bay oyster boats.
another complaint against a shippins
agent in Philadelphia who is accused Of
shanghaing was made yesterday at police
HEADQUARTERS by William Washington of
De Laneey street. above 9th street. WASH
ington has just returned after a two
month stay with the Chesapeake BAY oys-
Ter Meet. According to his story, he was
kidnapped bodily. taken to Baltimore where
he was sent aboard an oyster dredge. He
stated that he suffered all sorts of br,,-
tailties and was defrauded out of his
money. warrant for the arrest of the
man VINO took Washington from this city
will be issued TODAY tbrar1oh the Jotoz.,.,s