New-York tribune., 1911-02-01
"L|zz|E' NO SAILOR BOLD
Victim of Blow Struck at Reno
Tells of Long Trip Home.
FROM NEVADA VIA THE HORN
Earl Vincent Pierce, Georgian.
Absorbs Hate for the Sea on
Voyage from California.

The blow that sent Joffries spTa"hng al
Reno on July also sent the b'ue-eNed son
Of 4 wealthy distiller Of savannah "a
around Cape Horn in sailboat The hoy
name is Earl Vincent Pierce. nineteen years
old. son Of Richard Pierce, OF the whiSKeS
di.tillinC hrm known as Pierce Wood
ruff. In Bull street. Savannah. Jhe PIERCE
home is az Florida avenue and ENefs'ee"
street.
Young Pierce came 10 town on sunday
as an able seaman on the full rlGGed snip
s j. Carleton. l4i days out from san
Francisco Yesterday the boy received S44
from MI Elting United States Shipping
Commissioner, and SAYS he will Spend II
all IN seeing New York City. this being his
first visit He is staying with friends IN
Brooklyn.
arrived here safe. VIII he home soon,
he wired his father yesterday. lie did NOT
ask for money from home. He says he VIII
work his way there in a few DAYS on
boat Il IS understood that the boys father
IS worth $4,000.
Tie boy is rosy checked and thoroughly
alive The mate on the 5. -. Carleton
said Yesterday that he had refused lame
man and a deaf man jobs at san Francisco
and taken on young Pierce in their stead
'Tn, mate said II ne lad i to do again he
would ship a blind man before he would
sign Earl Vincent Pierce only the mate
referred to him as Lizzie.
The story of the boy showed, however.
that his berth had not been any too COM
Portable
"Mv father took ne to Reno to see the
fight" said the boy. and We slept under
the trees because the hotels were crowded
Dad bet $4,000 on Jeffrics That left him
with one ticket % Savannah and 500 He
went home and gave me the 800 Hc told
ne 20 20 20 Oakland. cal. To my uncle,
Ralph Woodruff did so. and then wiied
my father for money 20 take me home
DAD fixed Il with mv uncle 10 Eive me
railroad ticket instead ~ sending the money
for the fare 20 me ! got sore al that and
got Job with Al Woods, q sign painter,
a, & 30 day.
II had It only two DAYS when I asked
chauffeur knew 20 lend me money enough
20 get home The chauffeur took out roll
OF bills in the street, and was willing 70
help me out. when a man who was stand
ing by said You want 10 20 70 New York,
sonn!o Why don't YOU 20 on a Sailboat"
said I Gidnt know ANYTHING about sail
irs You don't have TO-. said the man,
= mo I have since been told was Shanghai
Brown.
Destined to Rise Aboard Ship.
Shanghai Brown took me- on board the
Carleton. and J shipped as an able seaman.
I was the main attraction. YOU might say,
or that boat FOR tho next lN davs. old
shanghai told me I wouldn't have TO work.
and ! didn't know until afterWard that
when ] signed the papers 7 had allotted my
first months pay TO shanghai
We sailed in half AL hour after | went
On board. september 9. II wasn't long be
fore The first mate tod me 10 20 up high
on one Of the masts. ia never been up
ligh i'm my life. and. although | VAS
brought up i'm sea town having anything
10 do with the sea never crossed my mind.
Grauzco tho first mate kept shouting for
me 10 70 up iie called 'em skysails and
they we're two hundred feet from deck. |
told the mate I'd give him the rest Of my
paw when We got TO New York If he wouldn't
send me W He swore. and said would ne
the one to 20 up every time there was any
going up done the rest II the tlir
And ro kept his word. lie said. SHAKE
e. leg now OF G'I start a fire under YOU
We had any amount of weather that would
make YOU say Your pray ers, TOO. one
night al 7l5 O'Clock Allan Stepp. who was
fn the fore topsan working with me. fell
ffty-four feet hut ry cccident didn't get
xii ed
Everything that won't wrong tho cap
tain and crew blamed II either on Agnes or
Lizzie. meaning ne 7 was in all kinds If
flhts I was the Youngest member Of the
crew. and always got licked Ben Mar
tell and had q run in Ben has been fol-
lowing the sea forty-two years. and told
me 90 clean VI the dishes told him
wouldnt be mess boy Ren licked me In
three rounds He's an Enelishman.
we saw a whale off the west coast of
south America. II sprayed water on the
deck We fed il canned Australian meat
that mad been canned twenty-five years
alywav We figured if tn" whale ate II
~ wouldn't have TO.
The crew had three slperstitionS-the
black cat named Winkler: the dog. named
C~anzeo after the first mate. and the cap
1ain's pife The Karaka on board worried
himself silly about the dresses the captains
wife wore \ rel dress. ne said. meant
bad blow: blue dross. waves on deck, and a
~ hite dress clear weather. He got Us all
70 thinking that wa. Her name WAS
Ncttie No matter What the cat and dog