Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-06
Bv !. BERRY CRAPO

tirrr:an Gut1i:eb. charged with issuing
fa!sv 'nd~n'ules to the amount of $1,000. :
oo1. a..iird today from Nice on the steamer
Aioriu. houi! tor New York. His deStina-
tion is New York. Arrest him and hold
HIM Waiting eNtrudition papers. He stands
SIN tv"t two. mas red hair. light complex
ion ana Weighs 700 pounds. Supplement-
arg description by mail.
The above cablegrum WAS Seut from
Berlin to the police Of .>ew York and
received tive days before the .Aloric
was due in New York. y. wireless WAS
also sent To the captain of the ship
asking II amy one answering the tie
scliptlon Wa> on board his vessel. The
first and second cabin passengers We're
looked over and those in the Steerage
were lined up and examined critically
No person answering the description
was found among either the first or
second class passengers. Some OF the
Steera2e passengers reported that Il tall
mai apparently weighing something
less than 300 pounds. but with black
hair and olive complexion. had been
among them. but had disappeared.
The wireless was received by Captain
Davidson Of the Aloric when the steam
er was in midocean. She had not
touched at any port. She had passed
Gibraltar in broad daylight in the mid
die Of the strait, and it would have
been impossible for any one to leave
her yer if he had had the wherewith-
al to float himself without being seen.
Gottlieb did not reappear on the Alor-
1c and when she reached New York
he was not found aboard.
What had become of him?
1t is true that a mar answering the
description given Of Gottlieb sailed
from Nice on the Aloric, and he vas
the man the request from Berlin re-
ferred to. But his name was not Colt
lieb, nor was he a German citizen. He
was q Russian Pole named Blamisky.
wanted by the car of Russia to work
in the Siberian mines. An officer of
the secret Russian police had traced
him to Berlin. and it was he who had
done the forging, sending messages in
the name of the Berlin authorities.
The usual passage of ships between
Gibraltar and New York is to the
southwark of the island Madeira. On
the 10th of November, 49,, a yacht
bearing the name Mill on her stern
left Funchal, the principal port OF
that island. and steered eastward. She
had made some fifty knots when sew
eral sails appeared on the horizon. and
all turned their prows toward the
Mill. When they came neal together
the captain of one Of them signaled
that the Aloric was in latitude 80 de-
grees 20 minutes. longitude west Of
Greenwich - degrees As minutes, and
would pass Madeira about fifty miles
south of Funchal at 10 o'clock that
night. WhereupOn the captain of the
Mill signaled the little fleet to steer
by different courses to a point south
of Funchal fifty miles and east of the
Funchal meridian thirty miles.
That same night the tall steerage
passenger on the Aloric. after all en-
cept the ships watch had turned in.
stole along by a route that would
render him Unseen toward the after
deck His size since he had turned in
had increased so that his girth meas
ured some twelve inches more than be-
fore and proportionately on the other
parts of his body. He carried two tin
cans -one Theoretically sealed. the 9th
err opening by Il spring upon pressing
on a button. Both these cans were at
tachEd to his body by Il small chain.
Blamisky reached the stern OF the
ship unobserved and found no one
there. The night was clear and the
sea was smooth. a long swell only pass
ing from southeast to northwest. The
fugitive looked up to the stars. mutter.
ed a prayer and. mounting the tatfraiI
Jumped over into the ocean.
He sank but a few feet. for under
his clothes was an india rubber encase
ment which he had blown full of air.
He took no action whatever. merely
watching the lights OF the receding
ship. Though his escape depended upon
her leaving him alone upo boundless
waters. he saw her recede with a kind
Of awe. An hour later when the last
glimmer had gone out he pressed the
button on one of his tin boxes and
took out an ordinary can opener, leav-
ing in the box some food and a bottle
Of water. With the instrument. hold
ing the other tin box above his head, he
cut a hole in the tin, took out a rocket
and Il patent cigar lighter. Holding
the rocket in his hand. he lighted the
fuse with the latter. The rocket went
high in the air.
He watched eagerly for a response.
but none appeared. In half an hour
he sent up another rocket, then another
till he had free six rockets. After that
, a breeze sprang up, the waves fresh
ened and his remaining rockets were
drenched with sea water. But the last
one he fired brought a response. A
thin streak Of light appeared perpen-
dicularly on the horizon just before day
! broke.
Within twenty minutes a sail ap-
Feared from out the gloom of receding
night, bearing nearly straight toward
: the man in the water. When he saw