New-York tribune., 1910-10-03

one of the liberty party that was return
ing on Saturday evening. but wnen the
steamer and launch were called away 10
g for the liberty party ne requested ana
was granted permission to go along as
one Of the crew of the sailing launch.
Karl was something of an enigma TO
his shipmates. who seemed to know lit
tie about him. One of them said yester-
day: II don't rightly know his name, but
we always called him Dutch and that
was all the handle he ever had. They
say ne hailed from Ohio-nnaybe Cleve-
land. He most always kept to himself,
but that lad could swim like a duck
When the launch shipped the first
wave, and the men forward in crowding
back pushed some of their fellows over
board Karl was the first man to jump
to their rescue. without the slightest
/ hesitation, and without taking time to
shuclz any of his clothing or to kick off
his shoes, he dived overheard and swan
toward a fireman who was fioundering
| heIplessIy about in the dark waters.
/ He caught the man by his hair and
swan with him to the side of the
! steamer. where he was pulled aboard
! The men on the steamer reached down to
pull him in also. but he shook his head
and with powerful strokes started up
| stream, where he heard another man
/ calling for help. Karl got this man. too,
and carried him safely to the side of
! the steamer. Five times this enlisted
man did this. each time losing his
strength little by little After his fifth
rescue one OF the crew of the steamer
yelled to him to come aboard himself.
! He saw that the painter was nearly
/ "all in" Karl again shook his head. and
| as the man made a grab for him dived
and swan away, looking for another
man to help. They saw him on the
/ launch for a moment or so as he started
upstream again Then he disappeared
| He was missing when the roll was called
on the quarterback of the New Hamp-
shire that night, long after all the sur
| yivors had been brought on board
! How he died will never be known. but
/ the theory is that in trying to make an
! other rescue he was grabbed by an ex-
! hausted sailor, and, having himself lost
! his strength, was pulled down In the
/ struggle that followed. Any way the of
ficers and men of the New Hampshire
! will always remember him as a man
who met his death with high courage
in the faithful performance of his duty"
and, according to the philosophy of the
! service, no man could ask a better end
/ There are doubtless many acts of hero
!
There was nothing in the behavior of
officers or enlisted men which their ship
mates feel can in any way blot the rec
ord of the ship Here is the story told
/ by one of the men in the steamer:
| AS Seen from the Steamer.
| AT first it was all confusion. We
could just made out one black, strug-
Cling mass when the sailing launch
/ swamped. There were cries for help
! from the men who couldn't swim, and a
! large percentage of those overheard
could not. but there was no wild panic.
Those in the water were not hitting one
another over the head in their efforts TO
save themselves, nor was there sin
! gle case of one man trying to shove off
another who had got hold of the side of
! the launch or steamer Nothing of that
kind at all.
IF a man who could not swim saw
another in the same fix holding on to the
side he didn't try to save himself by
knocking the other fellow off. The men
who could swim, as soon as they got
clear from the tangle, made no effort to
get aboard the steamer or to hold on to
: il or the launch. They either went to
the aid Of some Shipmate or else just
swan around in the water to give the
others a chance to get aboard, trusting
! TO luck to being picked up later on
themselves. The New Hampshire has
nothing to be ashamed of in the conduct
! OF her men.
All day the New Hampshire's dock. at
the foot of 157th street, was crowded
with throngs of the morbidly curious and
! relatives and friends of the battleship's
crew. who were anxious for news Of the
accident.
Owners of steam launches and craft of
! every description reaped a harvest by
charging anywhere from 81 to 90 cents
| To TAKE ptlSOlS out 10 tiit SAiibS- Inc
officers of the New Hampshire showed
visitors the utmost courtesy, and did
everything In their power to answer the
| inquiries of relatives of the men who
might have been on the launch. AS the
crowd of visitors steadily increased it
was eventually decided to allow only
| the relatives of these men to come on
board.
! In the afternoon the crowds ON the
wharVes opposite the battleships stead
| lily increased, and no adequate arrange
ments were made by the police To handle
them. A steamer from the Louisiana
made landing at the New Hampshire's
wharf in the afternoon when the crowd
seemed the largest
There was an officer in civilian clothes
in this launch. and as he ran up the
gangway the crowd swarmed by the two
J policemen on the wharf, apparently
without any attempt on their part to
stop Il. and poured like torrent down
the gangway. The officer saw IL COM
ing and instantly ordered u hie OF en-
listed men standing in line on the wharf
to clear the gangway. The sailors did
not recognize the officer and made no
meve.