Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-10
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John Moran. Who Deserted; From u.
Cruiser Talks Of Ills travels Il

John Moran, the deserter from the
United States navy, whom Sheriff Bel
ford had as q guest during the Christ
mas holidays, ( told an Inter Ocean reps
resentatiye a most interesting story l'5
OF his travels IN the navy Of Uncle
Sam He is a most, interesting talk lls- |
81, intelligent and good boxing. He
was born III Boston, he said, and rs /
now SO years Of age. in response to
~ telegram received by the sheriff he
] from the naval authorities at Wash. y: |
ington, Monday morning, he was ts.lf TAX
5.en to Puget Sound, Wash, where he
( was turned over. to the United. States !
authorities at that place, -
Moran enlisted in Junet ~ sasstn Bos.
/ ton He went .to, II. reeeeNine ship.
Wabash. where he stayaAas 4: for eight
days: He. was then assigned, to the
dynamite cruiser, VesuvsSs, as a boiler
!. man, in which vessel he: cruised all
! around the West indies for a period Of
|, nine months. From the < as,.savius he
went wei to the .hrstclass: cruiser, Colum-
i biaE, and in tnar vessel spent thirteen
months, in which time all the Euro
!. pean ports were visited, At the ex-
+ piration of that period he was trans
;ferred to the battleship & Illinois,, at
Triest, France. The Illinois went on
the rocks at the Straits OF Gibraltar,
4 necessitating her going into dry
docks at Chatham, England, for q
period of seventeen days The vessel
then sailed back to the United States,
I where .sH engaged in target practice
II at Pensac6la, Florida, during the win
81 ter and at: No Mans Land, Mass, dur
~ ing the summer months. Extensive
7 cruises were also taken around Cuba
and Porto Rico during this time: a
che Brooklyn navy yard Moran was
A transferred to- the Hancock, on board
which vessel he received HIS discharge
/ his first term q dof enlistment having ex
pired + 80
! Moran was ont 90 4fshe navy for
3 { month and q hall, when the old crav
4 & ing for the SEA returned. ana he rein
5 listed on, board the 3 receiving shil
s5 &: Franklin, at Norfolk, Here b,
.s waited Tor the Minnesota, to WfiIcl
vessel he Was assigned as q first-clas
painter, FOR ffour months.
In cf 1907, he deserted th
II Minnesota at 4: hampton Roads. a
which port: tile vessel was statione
during the ,,5aInesto exposition
q Moran was then receiving . salary Q
NJ $65 per month, and gives no reaso.
# Tor his dese1tllon except that he wa
! i: } 'stttised, and wanted a chang "a He sal
that at the time he deserted fort
others pff the crew also left anon
3S5 them the chief master at arms, ~
seems that no strenuous Efforts ar
made on the rarts Of the naval depart
Inent 10 trace up these deserters, bu
standing reward Il sac Is offere
ss3S ffor their apprehe ension. u:
3s,sss s. Afftar ne deserted, Moran says h
and oiled on ,li iffferent vessel
plying between the Roads and BoatoI
one of which was the Paul Jones, th
largest tug afIoat. S.sss58:sss n.
bout 4 month ago he shipped sou
fs $ from Philadelph phia for IIIIarve, Mont
Tor the Great Northern. at which plac
he he was sto work the shops as II
boiler maker. fIIee found the trade no
at All TO hts liking his comp Ions uI
congenial, and appI wing TO the maste
mechanic, received ransp tation II
Devils lake, at which place heWas 4
go TO- work in the boiler shops 1T
arrived here On the afternoon
christmas and going out To- sth
ahops. saw the master ,nech chanic VIII
bid come ~ work the next day
But The old sea long had returned
Nj: no matter what ishment was 70 u
81 Ileted ont tos him ne decided to retnrl
Y, his old love, Uncle Sam navy AM
sS:Es orninsg IN 10 the city, gave himself III
10 me custody of Sheriff Belford
Moran thinks he will i,e tried 10
Leave Without aIsenee, rather than 20
daaert says the shnen
far the forIner ofeenae is y sentenc
from one day a year 4, solitaE;
s0nian neinent on board the Ibrig Maror
TIE San cisco navy IN
Cigarettes Drove Them Out
me new stunt of having n lliyerie
tizan 4 brilliant scham
stand IA the 1eoyer. Of tie ITaral
Square theatre tn New York sssty, an