The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-25
FOUND LIFE HARD ON WHALER
iuERIC avs PREFERRED JiIL
TO CONTINIIN8 era ISE.
sung Men Arrested ln the Azores and
Brought Heme on Nar~hips No,
change seemed Ihe Heaven Are
clad 10 Get sa-L. t:,ea Z nder arrest

Change seemed I.ike Heaven Are
clad TO Oct Ba-L, q, "a Z nsier Arrest.
BALTIMORE. Aug - With the bring
ing To Baltimore Of TIA. seven young men.
five 81 whom were arrested at the instance
Of the Portuguese Government az Fayal.
Azores Islands. and two others held a.
witnesses. a very different light - placed
upon the crime they are alleged To have
committed on the high seas A. first II
was announced that charge ~ conspiracy
would bs made against them
According To the men they purpos-ly
dana cd the whaling schooner Pedro
varelo. upon which they set sail At New
Bedford Mas. so that sh" would
have to ran tn port. ani they sought
arrest 10 escape IN. hard-hipS aud mis-
treat ln.nt which had been accorded them
10y the capt ain 81 the schooner
The men are william Albert New
Bedford Edward Lilly. lowell, charles
Turner. New York. John Haddock. Fall
River. and Jere McCarty. Boston The
two who are held as witnesses are George
white. Boston. aud Charles = Mitchell.
Worcester
Despite their b-ing shsckled together
the five lads az they rode toward the city
jail from Ferry Bar were cheerful, and
ellghted to b. in God = country. as one
Of them expressed 1t
Honestly. said Haddock. I'D rather
serve ten years IA jail than 10 he on that
whaler- and he laughed With delight al
the idea 1 have been on whAler
before. but I never had any such "xper-
enca said Albert From the very start
the conditions on the schooner we're not
pleasant The afteTguard and many Of
The others Of the crew were Portuguese
negroes and they made II mi shty unpleas-
an, for us
Albert then told % the had treatment
they received. saving that th. food was
unfit 20 eat and that the water was inn
pregnated with oil. Just think of start
ng % sra for Q two year voyage with
three har- % soap IN board he sa,d.
for that was all there wss on her our
allowance 81 water was scant. especially
for clothes washing We got enough
~ drink hut u wasn't ht 90 drink Still.
We had nothing else Every SUNDAY
We were allowed one pint for shaving
and washing. and on Mondays we were
allowed . bucket apiece In which o. wash
our clothes Besides this ne were worked
like dogs There was no rest for any %
~ and when were nos working With
the whales we we're in the crows nest
On the lookout for hour~ at time
Finally We Just made M oar minds
that vie could stand u M longer and We
thought % some plan hy which We might
force the skipper ~ max. port 90 we
could e@c1pe FINALLY one 81 the boys
suggested that We throw over the wind
Lass bars 80 that We could not hoist the
blbber on board
The first step IN thai direction was the
dropping overheard 10 rrowbsr that
was used IN breaking out the stores in IN"
hold The captain was mi ghty mad when
lie learned tha' tho ba- vas gone bIt "
vas nothing 20 hls rage when h. found
tha- the windla%- bars had disappeared
end tina, some ~ hes gear 81 the windass
was missing
-The way he raVed Was more like =
madmPn than anything else and he
ciapIad every one uf us Americans into
irons and threw ~ into the hold. feeding
~ "a nothing but bread and water FOR
davH and DAYS
The out break came ON July : and
from then until the ship reached Fayal
IN July 81 IL was hell On board and no mis-
take Al night all Of NJ we're chained 80
that 49, could scarcely sleep. and the worst
part Of II came when We reached Faya'
For two days and nights We we're chained
together all the time, got little Ia eat and
hardly enough WAFER. and we're piled TO-
ge,her in a hole hardly hig enough for
two Of 10
When We reached fAyAl We Ssr" taken
ashore and hen Ne began 20 receive civil
aud decent treatment The United States
Consul vaa very nice 20 Us. and when IN"
xa-shp. came IN aud Wa we're told that
Ne were 10 he taken back 20 the States
tell YOU II was like being promised a trip
To heaven
While bringing the men 90 Baltimore
on the revenue cutter. whore n pr.limi.
nary hearing vas held Ivy United States
Commissioner Bond, District Attorney
Hill secured signed statements from all
n them which he says will bs sufficient
10 send them 10 jail