Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-24

stern of the big liner. and off into "a
blue-biack sea. The boat was withouf
a light aboard. without a feather of al
oar to disclose Its presence in thai
vast surrounding field to which the
hundreds aboard the Titanic looked fol
hope.
There is talk of the "~millionaires
boat which got away early from the
side. but this is the history of the
sneak boat. which left without this
knowledge of a soul not in it.
Half a mile back of the ~wallowing
struggling liner. this sneak boat lay
the crew of stokers at their oars and
the card sharp passengers lying at
their feet. They watched the liner as
her row of lights, string by string, fell
below the waste of water, as though
a carnival was nearing an end. Finally
they cav the liner-not part in the
middle, but buckle like a giant jack
knife and Their go down BY the head.
swing under and disappear, her stern
straight up above the sea.
Lay Off commanded the steersmar
of this man-manned ship. If they see
us they'll shoot us sure!' b
"Oh, the walls and the mourning;
the cries and the gurgling shouts |
heard while doubled up in the bottom
of that boat" said Bradley. How
long they lasted There "a room for
many more on our boat, but the crew
-stokers, begrimed and streaked--
simply lay on their oars n demanded
silence. II | could only have an
swered a call; a cheering 'halloa,' or
a false reply that we were coming.
Nothing of the kind. We sat, mute and
dumb. until the cries. like an easing
pain. ceased, and then the daylight
came
From midnight until s o'clock in the
morning the lifeboat, with It's paltry
crew of stokers and card sharpers, lay
far away from the other boats. Then
the Carpathia hove in sight. she was
a long way off. But still the stoker
other lifeboats for fear they would be
found out and killed.
Picked Up By Carpathin.
When. five miles Owe the water, the
stoker crew, with the gambler passen-
gers. saw the Carpathia had picked
up the last boat afioat, and hat they
were yet unseen. the stokers bent to
the oars and pulled with bent backs
until the lookout on the Carpathia,
then under way, picked them up and
steered her course to take them
aboard.
At the conpanionway the stokers,
who We're the first up declared them
selves the last of the sinking ship.
rrl,o tl,a. ~, ;o1na4A uaJl pax-ar n x,1,l
The passengers on deck regarded them
with wonder. They did not belong to
that toiling crew.
Once aboard the Carpathia these
three raincoated men, with their eyes
to the inevitable chance-headed for
the barber shop. They knew by their
experience at sea that the barber kept
in stock toilet accessories and clothing
supplies.
These three. in sweaters and caps
over their evening clothes, went on
deck and mingled with the passengers.
They suggested a relief fund for the
frst-class passengers that had come
aboard in their night clothes, and the
Storage and crew below. They tool
off their caps, Clipped In the bills and
coins they had in their pockets and
went through the ship.
Two of these men, on their collecting
tom arrived at the door or the cabin
of the ships surgeon. They saw there
a sign. Don't Knock 1t was an un-
usual mission, SO they paid no attention
to signs. They went in. They found
in there j. Bruce Ismay. They told
him of their mission.
silly said Mr., Ismay. why The
White Star Company will care for all
these people when they land in New
York. Don't worry yourselves about
them"
But they are without clothing and
money" persisted one of the collectors.
They'll get all that when they get
to New York. Don't worry me fur
Their said Mr.. Ismay. waving them
out of the Don't Knock cabin.
The three deep-sea gamblers, the
jockeys of the "greyhounds," collected
$500 in cash and $4,000 in signatures
and checks. They bought out the bar
Der and gave sweaters and shoes and
stockings to men, women and children.
The card sharpers aboard the Titanic
escaped with their lives on a gamble.
j.. Bruce Ismay also escaped. The card
sharpers gave their money and atten-
ton 70 the passengers. Mr.. Ismay re-
manned in his cabin. and the sign hung
on the door read. Don't Knock"