Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-02-14 | Page 1 | Evans to Rescue of Modern Crusoe

I EVANS VANS TO RESCUE OF MODERN CRUSOE I Washington Feb 13 Rear Rear Admiral Evans when ho lie arrives at Callao will dispatch the Panther or any vessel athis at ot athis his discretion to rescue Frederick Jeffs tho the American sailor sanor who is stranded on Island the wildest and most moat Inhospitable Island of ot the Galla- Galla pa os group of the west coast of dor Fre Frederick Jeffs Jeffa is the tire now Robinson Crusoe H He te Is tho the son of a cloth clothing In merchant In Tacoma Wash Tire The state department received news that he Is a 0 castaway from Its Us vice consul Robert Hobert Jones at nt Gua Guayaquil and Immediately Immediate to asked tho tire navy department to go the rescue Tire Tho official account of the tire Incident Is substantially as aa follows Jeffs Joffs was one ono of tho tire crew of tho the Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- vessel Alexandria bound from New Castle to Panama She was blown ort oft her course by a storm and ana went to pieces near Is is- is land Six of oC the crew made shore among them Jeffs Tho The wreck occurred occurred oc- oc occurred oc oc- on the of ot Ma May 1 1907 1007 07 and from that time until the tire of October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 1907 the six castaways casta lived Ina In Ina Ina few fow fishermen fIshermen fisher fIsher- a cave e There are only a n men mon upon the Island and It Is on only In several years that a a. ship heaves In sight Some time October 28 five of the shipwrecked sailors said that tho they thov were tired of waiting for tor a n l call callon callon an anon on that side of tho the Island and moved to a cn cave ve upon the tho opposite or north side olde Frederick Frederic Jeffs was wag besought to move but ho stoutly that he ho would remain where he Ire was WIlS and he h suffered his brethren to leave leae him alone It happened that an EcuadorIan Ecuador- Ecuador Ian merchantman pa passed sed the tire north side of the tire Island and the tire five castaways s 's slIghted were sighted lIghted taken off ott und and the tho news nowa of ot the rescue and of ot tho the abandonment of Jeffs cabled to the state department On this cable the tho government s Is now