Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
JAIL CAPTAIN FOR
MEN NOT STARv|
PenniIeSs Mariner Arrested Be-
cause Two Hungry laps
Escaped from Ship

"Blast me tops'ls and shiyer me
timbers, if I amt through with this
b,asted ship" exclaimed Capt. j. ".
AicAllister of the Alden Bessie, nick
named by the federal officers the "trou-
BILE bark" when he was placed under
arrest yesterday on the complaint of
the immigration bureau in Los Angeles
fo:- allowing two willy Japanese to
worm through port hole and escape.
le aliens, found as stowaways in the
hold of the ship while at sea, were
turned over to the immigration officers
on the arrival of the vessel at San
Pedro and ordered deported. The I'M
migration service appointed Captain
McA lister to deport them, which duty
the old tar did not seem to relish.
Hardly had the Alden, Bessie dropped
onchor than 1t was attached for wharf,
age. Then it's owner, A. w. e. Thom-
ason, was arrested on an embezzlement
charge. With two Japanese possessing
ravenous appetites aboard and himself
ircijred the same way, the larder OF
the Alden Bessie was swept bare of all
but hard tack. The hard tack smackad
strongly of the briny deep and the
aliens complained bitterly of beiug
starved to death. Hungry himself, the
cid British skipper mortgaged his
wa1 drCbe and rode to Los Angeles,
where he pleaded with the federal Of
ficers for food with which to feed three
hungry, men. He called on Chief In
speotor Ridgeway of the immigration
service just after that official had been,
at lTr ch.
Ridgeway could not be brought to see
the captains side of the question and
v armed him that he would be held re-
s-onsible for the safe keeping of the
aliens. &ky8A
HAS SYMPATHY OF MARSHAL
United States Marshal Leo Young
worth sympathized with McAllister,
and after filling the mariners, POCKETS
with apples endeavored to find the
s,np's owner. Thompson, so that he
might contribute to the support OF the
men.
Thomson could not be found. Nc
Allister went back to the ship and
divided his apples. One of the Japan
ese, believing the presence of the hard
tack barred the eating of more sub
star tial food, surreptitiously threw the
bulk of it overheard. The captaiTf
swore and confiscated the remainder of
the hard tack to himself.
The Japanese lost flesh, and when
the captain disposed of more raiment
and INDUCED in another trip to the
from a port hole, wriggled through it
and escaped. When McAllister returned
to his ship he faced imprisonment and
a fine of $1,000 because of the escape.
of his alien charges. The non-payment
of fine would mean further imprison-
ment. It all depended on the leniency
of the immigration bureau
1t is said some of the federal Of
ficers pleaded with Ridgeway to over
look the escape of the stowaways, but
the immigration officer was firm. The
captain had broken a law and the
warrant was issued.
McAllister, who is past so years old,
and who has followed the sea all his
life, has a wife and children living in
Honolulu, who are awaiting his return.
In the event that he is convicted it
probably will be year or two before
he obtains his discharge from the
federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth and is allowed to go back to
the islands and support his wife and
children.
The old captain is much affected by
his prospect of passing many months
in a penitentiary and appears be-
wildered in a maze which fate seems
to have wound about him