1885 - Drowned While Fighting

GLOUCESTER, Mass., Jne 22, 1887 - A drunken row took place on board the schooner Finance this fore-noon between Henry Otto and Herbert Jellows, two of the crew. The vessel was bound to Georgia, and as the crew came on board the altercation began. During the melee Otto and Jellows fell overboard. Three others of the crew succeeded in saving Otto, but Jellows sunk and never rose. The police took Otto and the others of the crew to the station. Jellows was a native of Tracadie, N.S., and a hard character, having served several terms in prison, while Otto, it is said, is of a quiet dispostion; he hails from Philadelphia. Both men were well under the influence of liquor. The drowned man was about thirty-five years of age and unmarried. An investigation will be held to-morrow.