Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-03-19
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By ]. BERRY cRAPo
BY ]. BERRY CRAPo


false indentures to the amount of $780,
900, sailed today from Nice or the steamer
Alorc. bound for New York. His destina-
ton 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 If any one answering the de-
scription was on board his vessel. The
first and second cabin passengers were
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
steerage passengers reported that tall
man apparently weighing something
! less than 200 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
| err 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 even If he had had the wherewith-
| al to float himself without being seen.
| Gottlieb did not reappear on the Alor-
| &c and when she reached New York
he was not found aboard.
What had become OF him?
| Ii Is true that a man answering the
description given of Gottlieb sailed
| from Nice on the Aloric. and he was
the man the request from Berlin re-
ferred to. But his name was not Gott-
| lieb, nor was he German citizen. He
was a 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 II 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,, 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
eraI sails appeared on the horizon, and
all turned their prows toward the
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 or
Greenwich u degrees 40 minutes, ana
would pass Madeira about fifty miles
south OF Funchal at IL 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 ex-
cept the ships watch had turned in,
stole along by 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
er opening by a spring upon pressing
on button. Both these cans were at
tached to his body by small chain.
Blamlsky reached the stern of the
ship unobserved and found no one
there. The night was clear and the
sea was smooth. long swell only pass
ing from southeast to northwest The
fugitive looked up to the stars. mutter-
ed a prayer and, mounting the taffra1l
| 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 upon boundless
waters he saw her recede with 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, ieav-
ing in the box some food and bottle
of water With the instrument, hold
ing the other tin box above his head. he
! cut a hole In the tin. took out rocket
| and a 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 response.
but none appeared In half an hour
he sent up another rocket. then another
till he had fred 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 fred brought response.
thin streak of light appeared perpen-
dicularly on the horizon just before day
broke.