The new era., 1910-06-09
Mr.. James Hunter.
Dear Sir: Here.

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- ' '''N''> anu Yours truly; truly
The friendly faces of Uncle Sans greenbacks
gave him courage. He made plans and acted on
them then and there Meeting that English mate
in the street, he gave him most artistic beat
ing. paid q fine. and took the next boat for Lon
don town Incidentally. he forgot all about his de-
sire to travel six or seven thousand miles and kill
the saiortown kings What spasm of virtue caused
them to give him back his money he never knew.
They were not noted for doing such things.
That the kings SO continually escaped punish
ment was small wonder The injured never
had chance to tell their stories until they
ashore In some foreign land. Consuls in foreign
ports could not libel ships detain captains
their unsupported word. The ships papers
always straight, at any rate on the face of them
The most that could be done was to report the
case and there 1t ended The Sherman boys on
the other side of the earth heard even an
echo OF It, The witnesses against them scat
tered over the seven seas and prosecution could
not touch them. rnAH
The United States district attorney and his statf
did their best to keep the Shermans within the let
ter, at least Of the shipping laws, but they had
hard shedding. In one case the kings were indicted
Charlie Marsden the star witness for the prosecu-
ton. was locked up in Jail for safekeeping Charlie
Marsden disappeared. The TALLER told a story of
masked men. guns and general confusion, but could
identify having taken part in the Jail
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 a ship Just as she
sailed. When released at sea, he was told that
he had been regularly shipped and led sorry
life aboard In foreign ports he appealed in vain
to consuls. who showed him his name-forged, of
course-on the ships articles and laughed at him.
When he finally worked his way back to Irvngton
his story awakened interest and new prosecutions
were begun. The Sherman boys had well-paid
lawyers who dragged out the with adjourn.
ments and legal tangles. Irvington too busy
to be long excited the wrongs of a few sail
ors. Prosecution faltered and paltered along its
usual dismal way. and what at last brought the
united public opinion of Irvington directed against
them.
Irvington suddenly walked up to find itself blot
on the map. Unexplained dead men no good
advertisement for any town; neither are mysteri.
GUS dsappearances of strangers within Its gates to
be desired. II their friends make fuss about them
Captains who refused to be held up for extrava-
giant blood money, and to play villain at small
profit, avoided the port Business falling of.
Upper Irvington hit where 1t lived ard the
Sherman boys were notified to quit.
The kings of saortown have abdicated. Steam
notes" no longer prizes. Seamens unions
have given measure of protection even to desp-
water Sailors who to have fewer rights and
more hardships than most men. The bullying cap
tain. the bucko mate and the boarding master have
all been singed by the feeble and tardy fire Of
United States maritime law. The railroads had
their share in the revolution. But what really
caused the Sherman boys to become private citi-
zens was the wrath of upper Irvington. When It
was hit In Its pocket and its self esteem-that up
set the kingdom of the saiortown tyrants
ON HER DIGNITY.