The Forrest City times., 1910-06-03
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 The friendly faces of rneIe I Sans SieaAS e4eea6zek, gave him courage. He made plans and acted on them then and there Meeting that English mate ln the street. he gave him a most artistic beat. ing. paid a fine. and took the next boat for Lon. don town Incidentally. he forgot all about his de. sire to travel six seven thousand miles and kill the sallortown kings What spasm of virtue caused them 10 give him back his money he never knew They were not noted for doing such things
 mat the kings continually escaped punish ment was small wonder. The men injured never had chance 10 tell their stories until they were ashore in some foreign land, Consuls in foreign ports could not libel ships or detan captains oo tAelf unsupported word. The ships papers were al@ays straight, al any rate the face of theus The most that could be done was 10 report tfs case and there it ended The Sherman boys on the other side of the earth never heard even an echo of IL The witnesses against them were scat tered over the seven seas and prosecution could not touch them
 The United States district attorney and his staff did their best to keep the Shermans within the let ter. at ieasi of the shipping laws. but they had hard sedding. In one case the kings were indicted Charlie Narsden the witness for the prosectI. tion. was locked up in jail for safekeeping Charlie Marsden disappeared. The jailer told story Q, masked men, guns and general confusion but could identify no having taken part in the iail delivery. With the witness gone prosecution halt ed. Long afterward Charlie Marsden came back and told moving tale He had been bound gagged and carried aboard ship just as she sailed When released at sea. he was told that he had been regularly shipped and was led sorry He aboafd In foreign ports he appealed in vain to eonsuls. who showed him his nane-forged of coa5se-on the ships articles and laughed at him When he finally worked his way back 10 Iryington his story awakened interest and new prosecutions were begun. The sherman boys had welpaid 4a#teFs who dragged out the cases with adjourn. IHeats and legal ta1gies Irvington was too busy t2 be long excited over he wrongs of 3 few sal oFs Prosecution fatered and battered along i.s lsHa- dismal way. and what al last brought the satorteoFn kings up with round turn was the united public opinion Of Irvrgtoa directed agafnzt them
 IrvingtoE suddenly walked up to find itself 2 bln+ on the map Unexplained dead men are no good advertisement for any town: neither are nvstar ous dsappearances of strangers within it's gates o be desired II their friends make fuss about them Captains who refused To be held up for extrava. ganI blood money. and to play villain al small profit. avoided the port. Business was falling of Upper Irvineton was hit where f lived and Inc sherman boys were notified 10 quit
 The kings of sailortown have abdicated Steam vessels make voyages SO short that advance notes aTe 10 longer prizes Seamen's unions nave gwen measure Of protection even to deep water sailors. whe seem to have fewer rights and uere hardshlps than most men The buIIvfng can tan. the bec6o hate and tHe boarding master have all been s.aged b The feeble and tardy ire n, United states maritime law The railroads had t-eif snare in lhe revolution. But what really caused the Sherman boys To become private citi zens was tae wrath of upper Irvington When il was hlt ID is pocket and is self-esteem-that up- set the kingdom Of the sailortown tyrants