The Columbus journal., 1910-06-08

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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 a fine. and took the next boat for Lon
don town Incidentally. he forgot all about his de-
sire to travel six or thousand miles and kill
the sailortown 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 continually escaped punish
ment was small wonder. The men injured never
had chance to tell their stories until they
ashore in some foreign land Consuls in foreign
ports could not libel ships or detain captains
their unsupported word The ships papers were
always straight. a arJ rate on the face of them
The most that could be done to report the
case and there it ended. The Sherman boys on
the other side Of the earth never heard even an
echo Of II. The witnesses against them were scat
tered over the seven seas and prosecution could
not touch them
TIE United States district attorney and his staff
did their best to keep the Shermans within the
ter at least. Of the shipping laws but they had
lard Shedding. In one case the kings were indicted
Charlie Marsden. the star witness for the prosecu-
ton. was locked up in Jail for safckeepins. Charlie
Marsden disappeared. The jaler told story Of
masked men. guns and general confusion. but could
identify no one as having taken part In the Jail
delivery With the witness gone. prosecution halt
ed Long afterwari Charlie Marsden came back
and told a 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 led a 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 wellpaid
lawyers who dragged out the cases with adjourn
nents and legal tangies. ITvipgton was too busy
to be lSLg excited over the wrongs of a few sail
Prosecution fatered and paltered along its
usual dismal way. and what at last brought the
sailortown kings up with a round turn was the
united public opirion Of irvinston directed against
them.
Irvington suddenly walked up to find itself q blot
the map. Unexplained dead men no good
advertisement for any town: neither myster-
disappearance OF strangers within its gates to
be desired II their friends make fuss about them
Captains who refused to be held up for eytrava-
CANT blood money. and 10 play villain At small
profit. avoided the port Business falling off.
Upper Irvington hit where it lived and the
Sherman boys were notified to quit
The kings OF sailortown have abdicated Steam
vessels make voyages so short that advance
notes" longer prizes. Seamen's unions
have given a measure Of protection even to deep
water sailors. who seem to have fewer rights and
more hardships than most men, The bullying cap
tain. the bucko iate 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 tie revolution. Eut what really
caused the Sherman boys to become private citi.
zens the wrath of upper lrvington. When Il
hit in .ts pocket and its selfesteem-that up-
Get the kingdom Of the sailortown tyranta