Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-24

widow had to stand by and see them re-
turned to the earth. Then she returned to
Philadelphia. and, upon the advice Of some
business men hearing her story, she re-
ported the case to the federal authorities.
Given Knockout Drops.
Some "crimps' employed in the nefarious
trade in Philadelphia about the same time
administered knockout drops to Jacob
Grenim, poor German, fifty-four years
old. After his daughter had been we'll
nigh distracted by his mysterious absence
Of eight weeks he managed to get word to
her that he had been forced aboard one of
the Chesapeake oyster PUNCHES, and had
since suffered horrible cruelties. William
Washington returned to Philadelphia a
couple of weeks later and reported to the
authorities that two months previously he
had been kidnapped bodily, taken to Balti-
more and placed aboard an oyster dredge,
where he was defrauded out of all his
money and subjected to all manner Of bru-
talities. Another of last seasons cases was
that of Feley Bella, a Hungarian, who by
various tempting promises was lured from
the Baltimore docks to boat which event
ually landed him on the oyster beds off
Westmoreland county, Va, where he was
forcibly detained. Instead of the generous
wages which had been promised to him, he
found himself allowed only S14 per month.
He was brutally beaten and otherwise mall
treated, and the captain of the boat de-
tanned him on board by force and strenu-
even for exercise. This unfortunate Hun
garian managed to smuggle letter to a
countryman in New York. who Forwarded
It to the Hungarian vice consul in Rich
mond.
Fate of Three Boys.
Three boys in their teens were shanghaied
from Philadelphia last season and subject
ed to similar brutalities by these Chesa-
peake slavedrivers. W. NJ. Rodford, seven
teen, was so cruelty treated by the captain
of the oyster boat, on which he was forcibly
detained, that ne tried to jump overheard
and drown himself. Being prevented by his
master he slashed his wrists and arms
with an oyster knife. Now frightened lest
the lad should exceed In killing himself
and casting suspicion OF murder on him,
the captain bandaged Rodfords wounds,
gave him 81 to leave the neighborhood
and put him ashore on the west side of
Chesapeake bay
Lured by promises of easy work and big
pay in restaurant, Edward Casey, nine
teen, was taken to Baltimore about the
same time. Arriving in the Monumental
city he was given liquor and awoke to find
himself on an oyster pungy in the bay.
He and his comrades were brutally. treated
by a negro mate and even after sustain
ing a broken arm in this way Casey was
forced to continue shaving with the others,
although each movement caused him eXcru-
ciating torture. Finally he managed to es-
cape to shore and to return, with his arm in
sling, to Philadelphia, where he accused
several policemen with aiding the "crimps''
Of the shipping agent to help lure him and
his comrades.
fatherleSS lad of seventeen, Rudolph
Horre, attended Girard College, Philadel-
phia's great charitable institution, until the
financial needs of his poor mother necess-
tated his seeking employment. So, last
fall, he left the college and went to Balti-
more to get work in the press room of a
newspaper. But he failed to find the man
who had promised to get him the work
and his money gave out in a few days.
Meanwhile. he fell in with the representa-
tive of shipping firm, who promised him