Evening journal., 1916-04-19
lone PIRATE DRAWS
LIFE IN PRISON
Continued from First Pace


was because ! did not want to kill
anybody When I first took charge or
the ship il was so rough that il would
have been murder to have made the
crew get out in small boats. as I had
al first intended them to do And
after the roughness I would like to
Nay that Captain Bergner could have
had charge OF the ship II he had his
wits about him. / was in a pitiable
condition and hardly knew what to
do. ] felt that the plan had failed
and so tried 10 get back TO the
United States, thinking that ! could
tell friends in New York what I had
done and they would then be willing
TO help me in another enterprise"
His Own Story.
In speaking Of his hatred for the
English Government. Schiller said
They arrested me for singing Die
Wacht am Rhein' in a restaurant In
London. They handled me. made
up my mind 20 get even. When /
found myself on the Matoppo and knew
that those other fellows had deserted
me ! decided that you can turn mis-
fortune into good fortune any time.
Technically. I'm a British subject.
Therefore they'd accuse me Of treason
and shoot me II I we're freed here on
his charge.
Il lay in the Maioppo's lifeboat four
DAYS ] thought ! had four other men
slowed away in other parts Of the ship.
Finally ] felt the ship start. I waited
al day and on into the night and at
last ! felt the sea rise and fall 7 knew
We were out and ] went at the Job as
soon as ] wan able to got my legs
working After held up the captain
In his cabin. the first officer came in
and ] covered him.
Who in hades are you?' he snap
pet. a German said I. He nut his
hands up and then I made them sing
die Wacht am Rhein.'
Captain Not Coward.
"iho captain thought all the time
that ] had a lot o. confederates aboard
the ship who were ready 20 bomb her
81 q signal He wasn't so oowardly as
som, people have made him out.
didnt want "a make war on any work
ing man. We arc all together in that
His wifc's picture was 0n the wall. III
never forget the captains voice when /
asked him what he'd do IL I sank his
ship.
"'Go back and be 1ongshoreman,
he said. It's o lie 10 ray that he beg
ged for his life He begged for moth
Ing. We were two men--alOne on the
sea. The officers didn't amount TO any-
thing. Sink her.. said the captain
and be damned to you He called me
a sneak and a spy
I'VE talked it out. You couldn't help
thinking Of the captains wife. Her face
was very calm and sweet in the pic
ture on the wall. and there was a very
pretty little girl IN the same picture,
the captains daughter.
"I don't care whether ! live or die !
had it all framed mp that morning. sit
ting on the bridge with my guns on the
wheelman. 10 wreck the ship by run
ming her into the first British mer-
chairman ! saw. thereby doing double
service
Then lie Shows Pity.
But ] thought OF the. captain losinf
his place. and his wife and his daugh.
ter. and said I'd quit il he'd nut m,
ashore without any fuss. He promisee
to row me ashore. He ordered down
boat and put four Chinese coolies an,
the second officer in it and we starte,
ashore below Lewes. Then he hoiste,
a piracy signal after giving me hi
word OF honor that he wouldn't. So
was caught.
'I1l take a life sentence in thi
country without worrying. I'd as 500
be shot, but I don't want to be shot b
Englishmen.'