The evening world., 1911-01-31
SHANGHA|ED SON
OF RICH FAMILY
TELLS SEA YARN
Nineteen-Year-Ol Did E. Vincent
Pierce Says Globe ircling
Was Terrible Life.
LONG SUPPOSED DEAD.
Not Heard of Since Parting
With Father at Reno
After Big Fight.
LONG SUPPOSED E A

"' if''"A htI'Ft Hll'NffH year.
old. college student. prize nsht en-
thusinst. able seaman and rope weavc-.
IL seeing New YORK; to-day wi,h 81
that h" earned on q voyage OF ia days
from san Francisco to the Bush Tc-.
ninal In Brooklyn after being shang-
haled several months ago.
With his shaggy hair covering the
tops OF his ears. his face tanned by
tropical suns and his hands rough and
tar-staincd. the lad will sail to-rnor-
row for Savannah. where his father.
Richard Pierce. has n big distlllery. and
lives in one OF the nnost homes In the
section.
Pierce's young sister and his mother.
who once considered him the best look
ing boy In Savannah. haze been In.
formed by wire that the scion OF the
house. long supposed dead, vii, be home
again In three days.
Instead OF the imma culate, well-bred
youth who was once a prominent figure
in the younger society circle of sa-
vannah they will behold a lanky. un-
calmly. roughly dressed lad who bears
many marks OF his terrible experience
before the mast OF one Of the largest
fun rissed sailing vessels that comes
to this port.
shsnghaied In Oakland.
shanshaiei by a boarding house keeper
In Oakland. Cal. he was ado a literal
slave by the master of the ship, no
declared. as he old OF mis- adventure
10 an Evening World reporter.
Last June" he said. my father de.
cided to take In tire JefYries-Johnson
hxht at Reno. and told me to come
along with him. July 2 found us In tho
town. With the hotels and boarding
houses all filled up. ne slept In a park
at night until after tho night, and my
father. having lost q. 100. hurried home,
giving me his last 500 and telling me to
visit an uncle In Oakland. Cal. before
returning to Savannah.
MY uncle. Ralph Woodward. was
afriad to dvance me money when my
funds were exhausted. for fear I would
not 20 home. and when he offered ma
. ticke grew angry and ran away.
] got a job ne painter At e2.75 a day,
and one morning while ] was going to
work ! was introduced TO . boarding
house keeper known a. Shanghai
Brown. He told me IL I wanted to get
, homo he would send me on q fine trip
on . sailing vessel, and promised I
would have to do no work. He drew
up articles. signing me ~ an able sea-
J man. and without knowing II I agreed
to give him Q months wages as COM
mission.
Soon Was U~ndeeeivsd.
Z " was sent to the ship 8. d. Carle-
4 ton. tho captain of which is James Nc
Lachian. and a half hour after we put
out I was undece!ved as to Just what
, would have to DO. I was to climb the
masts and unfurl sails. and was put to
, tarring rope. The captain called me
+. Lizzie ana Agnes and all the crew
y made fun Uf me and dubbed me
!. mammals darling
PADDY Gorman. the second mate. told
me to mount TO the topGaiiant mast
one hundred and nifty feet in tho air.
and loosen the sail. Afraid I would
fan. I promised him the rest OF my pay
= u he would not send me 10 far aloft.
a "For answer ! got q curse apd was
told I would have to care for the top
, s~allantsails the rest Of the voyage.
And I did.
"once when Alan steppe. an able
seaman, and I were on the topma =,
o steppe fell to the deck. and II he had
not landed on some 70. no would
l. have been killed. He escaped with a
j. few bruises.
II got In many Nights. and was be ater
10 every time. Once I was knocked OH
.e NoTrpletelv NJ Ben Martel. third mate
m who wanted me to clean up the mes,
room.
st while W. were passing the equator
a on the west coast OF South America
d saw a big whale that followed us for al
o hour. spoutins water on the decks anC
lie making a great splash with his tail. W,
fed him '~salt-horse' to keep HIN In gu
trail.
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