Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-29
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On SNEAK U|F[D)A1
cANp aHAAKo FLEE TITANIC
WITH sTokERe WHILE PAS.
sENoERs 90 70 DEATH.
cAmEsrEas TAKE DEspERArE
CHANCE 70 SAVE LIVES
NAV %h. Gam. Square and Help Wo-
men and Children Into 8eats-Take
ADVANTAGE Of ouro Thins and lsaP
20 safety 40 Members Of crsw Cast
on From Shaking Ship.


New York, April, 2s.-when the H.
tanic went down there were sevefa'
card games going aboard tho boat
Three cord sharps escaped. 'rney
were Harry Homer. Harry Romano
and Boy" Bradley.
The three card sharps named were IN
terested in . bridge whist game. Two
were playing cards and the third
BRADLEY. was acting as the ou's'oe
man.
The poker game. eight handed IN
which at least four men whose wives
are now widows, had participated
was aside from the sharks ousi-
ness. They no longer deal WIN ILLS
branch OF the game. nj
There were eleven men In the II
4..;... .,roke room when the ship
struck. The smoke room steward "AAo
lx,,ex AL Of the men, is dead.
,rhe bridge whist game and the
,oker game were not interrupted IN
~ the smoke room steward had gone
outside and returned to say: Gen.ie-
y,en the accident looks serious. Iney
..a nov, lowering away the boa1s 1of
women and children.
The "sharps" mounted to the poa'
deck deck 3 and there they founo
suuirming lot Of men trying 20 VIZ
rasten the lines holding a hteDoa..
,rhesa three gamblers. men VINO "efe
supposed to take \ chance. but never
went in unless the edge was IN t.sn
yavor. helped to launch these Ire
boats.
"rhere was a chance to play the
,.r,e sonare" says Homer. land we
..,ar. mn to tho test. We helped 10
,aunch tho lifeboats and put the WON
on and children aboard.
while the crew Of the three caro-
.harnars were playing the game
square" on the boat deck. aaa a Hs
-the t,,.ta on the starboard side were
,,.trr LAUNCHED. their sharp eyes saw
motley Grow 1T work on lifeooa'
on the port ode. They went over
together to find out why the ooa's
were being launched on that size De,
sfore all the boats on the starooasu 4
+ side had been launched. and founo -
stoker.. who had just worked .neir
way up from the firercom AT "o1A1 o''
the boat
Don't launch that boat" cried 10
maine, "there are women ana
dren still aboard. go.
"You keep your face closed. was
~. rasnonse. as a giant fireman raised
nis han6s to strike down the speaker
Tsks oambIsrs' Chance.
~. dayits swung outward and the
blocks began to creak. 1t was gam
h1er,s chance. a chance that these
".nre thing men probably had never
+aken before, but by common Impulse
they ran 10 the cenpaodonway anu
down TO the next deck. The BOAT
was 10 or IS feet below them anu q
f.I,,n1 rabidly, hut these "sharpefs
took the last turn of the cofds OK
fate for their lives and jumped. iney
landed amongst the stokers.
Gle down, you ours. and don't move.
~ we'u brain you!" commanded the
stoker who was at the rudder OF the
boat. IS re.
,rg sides Of the liner. this boat, with
only fifteen men aboard and three OF
them surercargo. sneaked back past the
stern of the. big liner and of into the
,i,e sea. The boat was without light,
or the feather Of an oar.
r5a1f a mile back Of the wallow1ng,
struggling liner this "sneak" boat lay.
the crew OF stokers at the!- oars, and
the "card sharp" passengers lying at
their feet. Finally they saw the liner
20 down by the head, swing under and
disappear.
cav o0."'cummanded the steersman
8 Of this man-manned ship. IF they see
MS they'll shoot us. sure:"
From midnight until 8 o'clock in the
morning. this lifeboat with its paltry
crew Of stokers and card sharpers. lay
far away from the other boats. Then
the Carpathia hove in sight. Once
aboard the Carpathia. these three rain
coated men-with their eyes to the in
eyitable chance-headed for the bar
Der shop. they knew by their expert
ence at sea that the barber kept in
stock toilet accessories and clothing
supplies.
The three In sweaters and caps over
their evening clothes. went on deck and
mingled with the passengers. They
suggested = relief fund for the first
class passengers that had come aboard
in their ni96f clothes. and the Storage
and crew below. They took OF their
caps, clipped in the bills and coins
they had In their pockets, and went
thru the ship.
The three deep-sea gamblers. the
Jockeys OF the "greyhounds," collected
s7O0 In cash and $1,000 in signatures
and checks. They bought out the bar
her and gave sweaters and shoes and
stockings TO men, women and children.
Survivors Land At Plymouth.
Plymouth, England, April 29.-One
hundred and sixty survivors Of the
crew 81 the Titanic disembarked from
the IapIand here Sunday. Crowds Of
people on the docks and heights around
the town witnessed the arrival Of the
steamer. Relatives greeted many Of the
seamen. OTHERS were there to inquire
regarding those who were lost.
Two big tenders took or the passen-
eers ana mails. A third carried several
representatives Of the board OF trade,
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