The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-30
Disappeared
By !. BERRY CRAPO

600, sailed today from Nice on the steamer
Aloric bound for New York. His destina-
tion is New York. Arrest him and hold
him waiting extradition papers. He stands
six feet two, has red hair. light complex
ion and weighs 200 pounds. Supplement-
AIRY description By mail.
The above cablegram was sent from
Berlin to the police Of New York and
received five days before the Aloric
was due In New York. A wireless was
also sent to the captain of the ship
asking II any one answering the de-
scription was on board his vessel. The
hrst and second cabin passengers were
looked over and those I'm 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
stceruge passengers reported that tall
man apparently weighing something
less than 200 pounds. but with black
hair aud 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 I'm the mid.
die of the strait. and II would have
been impossible for any one to leave
her even II he had had the wherewith-
nj 10 hont himself without being seen.
Gottieb did not reappear on the Aor.
ic aud when she reached New York
he was not found aboard.
What had become of him?
IL is true that n man answering the
description given OF Gottlleb sailed
from Nice on the Aloric and he was
the man the request from Berlin re-
ferred 10. But his name was not Gott-
lleb. nor was he a German citizen, He
was n Russian Pole named Blamlsky.
wanted uy tac ear Of Russia to work
IN the Siberian mines An officer OF
the secret Russian police had traced
him To Berlin. and IL 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 II 10 the
southward of the island Madeira. On
the 10th OF November. 10, n yacht
bearing the name Nihll on her stern
left Fuuchal. the principal port ot
that island. and steered eastward. She
had made some tifty knots when sew
ernl sails appeared ON the horizon ana
all turned their prows toward IN"
Mill. When they came near together
the captain OF one of them signaled
that the Aloric was In latitude 30 de-
grees 20 minutes. longitude west OF
Greenwich ~ degrees - minutes. ana
would pass Madeira about hitN miles
south of Fuuchal AT - o'clock thnt
night. Whereupon the captain or the
Mill signaled the little fleet 10 steer
by different courses 10 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 Ia,
stole along by route that would
render him unseen toward the aiter'
deck. His size since he had turned III
had increased SO that his girth meas
ured some twelve inches more thah pe'
fore and proportionately on the other
parts of his body. He carried TWO un
cans-one hermetically sealed, the oth'
er opening by spring upon pressing
ON n button. Both these cans were at
toched IN his body by n small chain
Blamisky reached the stern OF 'he
shin unobserved and found no one
there. The night was clear ana the
sea was smooth. long swell only pass
ing from southeast 10 northwest lhe
fugitive looked up To the stars, mutter,
ed prayer and, mounting the thurai'
iumped over into the ocean.
lie sank hut few feet, for nnuer
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 receuihs
shin. Though his escape depended upon
her leaving him alone upon bouhuiess
waters. he saw her recede win hlhu
of awe. An hour later when the 'as'
glimmer had gone out he pressed the
button on one of his TIN boxes anu
took out an ordinary can opener leaN'
ing I'm the box some food ana a poltle
of water. With the instrument hold
ing the other tin box above his head, lie
cut hole III lhe til 'o"N ""'
and Il patent cigar lighter Holdils
the rocket I'm his hand, he lighted the
fuse with the latter The rocket went
high in the air,
He watched eagerly for response
but none appeared. In half an hour
he sent up another rocket, then another
till he had fired 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 ne fired brought "A response
thin streak of light appeared perpen'
dicularly on the horizon just before day
broke.
Within twenty minutes a sail ap-
neared from out the gloom of receding
niybt bearing nearly straight toward
... a., tbn N1ntnr Whnn he SAW