The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-01-30

Here Is grim story Of the sea
whose tragic verities transcend In fas.
cipAtiug interest the most thrilling
tale Of fiction that was ever pcnned
by = Joseph Conrad or = Clark Rus
sell, and which presents problem IN
eaauistry, the solving Of which 10 ones
entire satisfaction will BE- found ~
prolific Of psychological rerp' !. ties
~ the mystery Of Frank X. o,kion's
Lady and the Tiger" It Is a story
whose every detail OF gruesome fact
and unembellished narrative wis laid
bare, under oath, in court Of Justice
before Z judge and = jury sitting IN
Judgment upon the life OF man
charged with the manslaug.er Of 10
persona on the high seas, ard yet the
Jury returned y sympathetic verdict
and public opinion was divided Ms to
whether the man was hero or q muir
derer. The story was dug out OF an
old volume Of law reports UNITED
States vs.. William Holmes, Wallace's
United States Circuit Court Reportsl
When you have read the story ask
yourself: What would you have done
II you had been in William Holiness
place What would have been your
verdict IL you had been member OF
the jury that tried him?
ON the 18th of March, ls4i, the
American ship William Brown left
the port Of Liverpool bound for Phila-
delphia. She carried passengers to
the number Of 65, mostly poor Irish |
emigrants, and crew of II. Among |
the latter was an athletic young Swed- |
ish sailor, William Holmes, very much |
liked by the passengers. There he'd
been sickness aboard during the voy-
age and Holmes was specially consii-
crate and helpful to those who were
ill., He was kind and o''iginy in
every respect to the passengers, to his
shipmates and everybody" lie was
noted also as man of considerable
decision Of character" When the
ship had reached a point $50 miles
southeast from Cape Race, Newiorri.
land, she struck an iceberg in -'lt mid |
die Of the night. Morn peop'c than
tould be safely carried crowded into
the only two boats the ship had-"the
ong boat and the jolly boat" Thirty I
me persons, all passengers, went down b
With. the vessel. Il
As the boats were pulling away
rom the sinking ship there rang out 9
,yer the dark waters from the long
,oAt the Agonized voice Of mother q
:alli1g for her daughter, who had been b
eft behind, i'll and helpless--"Isabel, s
sabel! Come, comet" The boats were t
n great danger Of being drawn into d
he vortex Of the sinking ship, but '
William Holmes, the young Swedish ?
ailor, sprang suddenly from the long c
,oat, ut great risk of his life, climbed b
he ihip's side, ran astern ard hoisted n
he sick girl upon his shoulders. /
wung himself and her over by the o
ackle into the boat below ard placed h
er in her anxious mothers arms.
The ship disappeared beneath the &
raves. IL was midnight, dark and Il
old The overcrowded boats were Ii
ufrounued by driitlng Ice; In the G
ing boat were the second mate, eight j
eamen. of whom Holmes was one, and u
passengers Al persons in all. The C
lily boat carried the captain, the first A
iate. seven sailors and one passen- L
er The passengers in the long boat, q
amy Of whom We're young women, o.
ere half naked, "all crowded up to- IN
ether like sheep in pen" in the m
IRE part Of the boat If there had tn
zen qioderate blow from some OBJ IN
ct in the water, she would have lii
samped quickly" and ''if she had WI
ruek piece of floating ice she would sa
evitably have gone down" So ran WI