Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
FOUND WOUNDED
AND ADRIFT Off
SAN CLEMENTE
SAILOR ON SCHOONER LOU IN
AWFUL PLIGHT
TELLS WEIRD STORY OF FIGHT
WITH CAPTAIN
Rescued by Launch Juanita, Which
Discovers Him Bleeding ProfuseIy
from oashes Inflicted
with Razor
speciaI to The Herald.

srecial to The Heraid.
4 VALoN, Catalina Island. July a.
| II Capt George Michaelis gasoline
- launch Juanita shortly after mid
night this morning brought to Avalon
Andrew B. Nelson. bleeding profusely
| picked up a dory containing Nelson
from deep cuts inflicted with razor.
After two surgeons had sewed up the
| CHASTITY wounds and stayed the flow of
blood, he was sent to the marine hos
pital at San Pedro for treatment.
The man said he had been attacked
while actin as one of the crew aboard
the schooner Lou of San Diego, and
that her captain, Iverson, had welded
the razor with murderous intent
| In consequence of alleged admissions
by the victim to the effect that the
boats business at San Clemente was
seal catching, and, possibly, taking
some Chinese to the mainland, the
United States authorities have become
interested in the case, as they have for
some time been on the lookout for the
| leaders in the underground scheme by
which Chinese are smuggled into the
J United States from Mexico.
| DR.. j. j. Peckham was awakened by
Captain Michaelis as soon as the latter
landed with his unfortunate passenger.
and the doctor called into consultation
DR.. Godin of Los Angeles who was on
the island. They found that the man
| had sustained two terrible cuts between
the thighs and the knees
Each cut is six inches deep and goes
to the bone, but the main arteries had
not been severed. If they had death
would have ensued in a few minutes.
| Seventeen stitches were found neceS-
sary in each cut, the patient being put
under the influence of an anaesthetic.
According to Capt. Michaelis, he
picked up a dory containing Nelson
and seamate, julius Erickson, some
ten miles off San C1emente, about 10
o'clock last night. He noted the signals
of distress waved by Erickson and
steamed over to the boat, which was
despatched with blood. The injured
man lay unconscious in the bottom Of
the craft, his mate having done all he
could for him.
Capt Michaelis at once made tour
niquet of ropes. which he tied tightly
above the wounds to stop the flow of,
blood.
Then he pushed his gasoline engine
| to the limit to get to Avalon, carrying
what he thought was dying man.
Pencils Farewell Notes
Nelson, believing also that he was
about to die, wrote a few words IN
lead pencil on the back of an envelope
while in the boat. The sentence was;
81 hereby accuse Capt. Iverson OF the
schooner Lou of San Diego OF having
| cut me with a knife.
Seven hours had elapsed between the
enactment of the bloody drama and the
arrival of the launch at Avalon, at
midnight, and only the mans f1ne con-
| stitution pulled him through.
| Nelson wrote a last will also on q
bit of paper to this effect:
IT give my boat Starr OF San Diego
and all my personal property to my
friend Howard Snyder of Seattle.
Wash"
Residents of Avalon who were with
| Nelson before he was taken to san
Pedro report him as saying he had
been at San Clemente three weeks, and.
as he understood the matter, he was
kept there awaiting the arrival OF the
ship Helen from some Mexican port
| She was supposed to have fifty Chinese
stowaways aboard.
| Last reports were that the Lou was
at Mosquito harbor, San Clemente, but
1t Is not known whether Captain 1Ver-
son Is aboard.
There is also report afioat that the
Lou has been sighted near San Pedro.
The launches Juanita, Capt. Michaeiis.
and the San Toy, Capt. w. Mathef, left
here shortly before midnight tonight,
expecting to reach San Clemente at
daybreak. They have men on board
who will take charge of Capt Iverson,
who is reported as being crazy with
drink, and will bring him ashore to
await developments.
| SAN PEDRO, July 24.-The local fed
eraI authorities did not keep Seaman
| A. B. Nelson here long, but sent him
| to the Angelus hospital at Los Angeles,
as that institution takes care or marine
patients for the government.
The federal authorities also got busy
| Immediately to learn what truth, If
| any there was in the report regarding
the ship Helen having clestials aboard.
The immigration officials are using
precautions Just now to keep out orien-
/ tails who do not comply with the admis-
sion laws, and If the smuggling reports
are true sensational developments will
be forthcoming, as several boats have
been under suspicion for some time.