Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-22
SAILORS ARRESTED IN WESTERLY
Charged With Sleeping in Box Car-Tod Straight For ward Story Before Court and Were Given Their Free donn-Local Brevities.

Two Danish sailors. George Stein hert, 25. and Anthi Kalysus, 33. were before Judge Oliver H. Williams in the Third District court. Friday. charged with trespassing on Railroad property and sleeping in freight car. They are both men of good appearance, straightforward in their talk and do not bear any impress of the profess sionaI tramp or even the temporary lazy nomad. Agent Smith stated to the court that the freight yards have been the rendezvous for tramps dur ing the night season and when dis turbed in the early morning by the moving of cars. the fellows deliber- ately stoned the freight crews, so much so, that crews hestitated to work in the Westerly yard unless that element of danger was removed Thursday night an officer of the com pany and a local police officer made search of the yard for that class Of : undesirable intruders, and it so hap pened that at that particular time the two Danish sailors were the only vis- itors and they were found asleep in a box car and placed under arrest.
 The sailors had been together four months as shipmates. but were ac- quainted with each other in the old Eountry. They told the court that Since the war had commenced they were unable to get work and had Epent all the money they possessed Eng they decided to walk to New York H1 expectati of being able to ship at That port, and arrived in Westerly at nine o'clock Thursday night. They were told that they would not be Rdged in the police station and were directed to the freight yard and into box car where they laid down and Bent to sleep until they were arrest Ad, and for the first time, they said. They said they had no money, were Bred, hungry and sleepy and sought Ehe box car for rest.
 \ In response to query from Judge Williams the sailors said they had &othing to eat for two days, except apples. Judge Williams informed the Sailors that the law prescribed a min hnum penalty of six months in the &tate work house for the offence with Which they were charged and Stein Hart replied: We can't help it, we had Mo money and were nearly exhausted; Eye could have done no different if the henalty was six years. We are sim Ely out of work, can't get anything to &o, but we are honest and tramps be- Cause we can't pay car fare, and went Into the freight car because we could Kot pay for lodging. We hope for bet ter things when We get to New York. E Judge Williams after carefully fn-
 
 aAilors and believing in their honesty. Marned them to keep away from rail- load property and released them from Hustody, but not until he arranged Hith Chief Brown to give the men a Substantial breakfast before they K Santa Gabrielle. brought a civil s4lit in assault and battery against her Rrother-in-fAw, Joseph Gabrielle. She daimed that Joe struck her three times and that as a result medical at- tendanee was required. The case was Served decision.
 . Henry B. Joy, of Detroit. Michigan, fs perhaps the oldest summer resident qf Watch Hill, for he came as boy With his parents and summered at the t4bttages were a rarity at that resort. Re is president of the Packard Motor company and brother-in-law of Truman Newberry, former assistant Secretary of the navy, who is also a Watch Hill eottager. MT, Joy, writing rom Watch Hill to LeslieS Weekly Shys:
 s"The establishment of a subsidized American Merchant Marine on a basis Erofitable to encourage the rapid up- HpIding of a merchant fleet of the Highest type is secondary only in inn pSprtance to the restoration of proper Motective tariff principles. The Uni tfd States merchant marine should lave many Imperators, Vaterlands and &lsitanias to carry what was $2,500,- 100000 of export trade, under a pro- tSctive tariff Why pay all our own Height to maintain vessels for the t@e of foreign nations in time of war? 9ould there ever possibly be a more favorable exposition of the wisdom ahd necessity of subsidized mer- chant fleet than the existing condi- ttons in Europe disclose? Heaven pkon1ise us from those ll-meaning, ESod -intentioned people. who have so fir cost American industry more than aay war every cost"
 sThe letter brings this comment: f7Ir. Joy presents a question of tre- ntendous importance. With millions of