Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-26

that portion was being read which de-
tcribed the struggle for life in the cabin
silence OF desth Teigned in the court
rooD!5 every one being anxious
Is hear eve2y-zword that told
| of the way That .Er. Garner
! lost his life in the noble effort TO save his
/ wife. When the colonel had resumed
his seat it was evident that he had Won
the day for Rowland, and his acquittal,
which soon followed, ives q foregor e
concluion. When the jury brought Ia
their verdict, gi7ipg hiEi his freadom,
Rowland walked over to Colonel Crosby
to shake hands with him, but, it is said,
that the colonel refused ID take the prof
fered haad, saying: although do not
think you were eriminaIly negligent,
DO believe you were negligent" There
was 40 excitement when the inquest
wss ended, and Rowland walked out
into the street without any one, even Of
those who were anxious TO hang him on
Thursday night, uLtering word against
him. The moment be w8s acquitted
Mr.. PendlstOn, friend Of Gamers, re-
instated him es captain OF tire Mohawk.
Rowland's fist act vas to dismiss Fer
eusgen, who had tCstifisd against him.
COLONEL ]. s. CRosBY'3 STATEMENT.
New York Herald of Saturday.
Colonel Crosby, whom the Herald re-
porter met at the Garner mansion, gave
the following thrilling description Of
the death-strnggleO on the Inflated yacht:
1.-THE party WAC went cut on the yacht
on Thursday consisted OF Commodore
and Mrs. Garner, Miss Adele Hunter,
Miss Edith May, Mr.. G 3rGner Rowland.
Mnntanf
brother of Mrs. Garner, and myself
We took the MOhawk's steam launch
from the yacht club hCu5s and went on
board the Mohawk about hali-pssS three
O'Clock. AS soon AZ we got on board
the commodore gave the captain dlrec-
tiOns to get under way. At this time
tbs Mohawk WIS lying at anchor, with
her fOrs and maintOp 1ail, staysail and
jib get. There was every apt egTance Of
u squsll coming up from the westward.
JusG as We broke the anchor, and az the
vessel ives paying off, bat before We got
under auy he dWay, the rain began to
fall very heavily, which drove the whole
party OF ladies and gentlemen who were
on the deck into the cabin. In about
three or four minutes we felt that the
squsil had struck us, and very heavily,
too; for the fGrnitUrs IN the cabin begsn
to move down to leeW8rd. When Com
mOdOre Garner, Mr.. ThOrne, MIR. How
land and myself ran up the gangWay to
the deck to sse what was the matter, we
found the boat making no headYay, and
with the water running over her lie 9-rail,
and running down both into the cockpit
end through the lee skylights into the
cabin. Co1modare Garner and L i'm
EGGsi.ately i'tsui ed into the ca5in, where
We heara- tire ladies calling for help.
Everything was in the widest state of
confusion. All the sofas, settees, chairs
and tables had been thrown over to the
lseside, and overturned, and wster was
pouring In through the forward hatch
way, and from the side lights on the
port side and from the cockpit. The
fret person [ saw was Miss May, who
was st!ll in sn upright position, clinging
on to the fireplace. l crept along to
whore she was, end caught hold of her,
and we made our way over the general
wreck OF cabin furniture until
we got to the at er hatchWay;
but the vessel being on her beam
ends Miss May was unable to get up the
steps. | pushed her up through the
opening, where Mr.. Rowland Pallaptiy
rescued her, he being at the time at the
entrance OF the cabin opening. imme-
diately TUNED round and made my way
through tne water, which was then
nearly waist deep, to the side of Mr..
MOntant, who was struggling to remove
the sofa that had ben thrown over on
the lee side, covering both Mrs. Garner
and Miss Hunter, who were loudly call
ing for help. When 1 reached them Mr..
Garner had hold OF MIS-. Garner by the
right arm, and both she and Miss Hun
ter were begging that they might be re-
lieved from the weight that was hold
ing them down. Mr.. MOnJant and
succeeded in getting the lounge to the
after hatchWsy, where VS. pushed it up
to some one on decB. [ then lost sight
Of Mr.. MOntant. Returning to where
Mrs. Garner and Miss Hunter were, /
still found Mr.. Garner holding on to
Mrs. Careers arm ard both she and
miss Hunter sill begging to be released
from this weight thar WAS holding them
down. / caught hold Of Miss Auater's
hand-in the meantime the water was
rushing in from al sides-and tried to
pull her out, the water being nearly
up to her neck, she being Wedged
In only few feet from where Mrs.
Garner was in the same position. In
trying 10 pull her out my hand slipped,
and l fell over backward in the water.
When l recovered myself the water hsd
completely covered her. then went to
Mrs. Gamers assistance, when Mr..
Garner exclaimed, Schuyler, for Gods
sake try and help me pull her out"
caught mold of her left hand and arm,
Mr.. Garner still having hold Of her
right. In the meantime o sailor, who
with Err. Garne, aud myself were the
only men left in the cabin, tried to re-
move some of the furniture that was
evidently holding her down, while Mr..
Garner and myself pulled as hard as we
could to extricate her, but to no pur-
pose. Just then the vessel seemed to
give an extra lurch. and the water
washed all Ovsr US. Tbs was the last
that L saw Of Mr.. and Mrs. Garner
alive. l half pushed, half swan to q
light spot, which proved to be an open
ing cut by the boatswain through one of
the eide lights, and crawling through
the hole / found thesajlor who had been
in the cabin with me just before me.
We both SWAN to small boat that
had three men in il. but in try
ing to get in this boat she wassWsmped,
and as she cams bottom up chung to the
ksel, together with the other man, until
| saw boat from the Dreadnaught ap-
preaching, which / swan over toward,
when sn oar was thrust ont by enc of the
sailorP, which l grabbed hold on. They
pulled me into the boat in very ex-
hausted condition. / would like to say
here that great CREDITS due to both Cap
tains Osborne and Osgood, Of the
DreadDaught and Phantom, who were
promptly on tbs ground and rescued
many lives; also to the officers OF the
Countess of Dufferin, wlo rendered
very valuable assistance. l am too
much overcome by this overw Ginning
blow, whereby l have lost such dear
friends, to feel thatI can dispassionately
give any opinion as to any criminal ne
glect on the part OF the captain Rowland;
but in my opinion he deserves the great.
est censure for the bad Judgment he dis
played in having boat, with the i'm
mense spread OF canvas that the Mo.
hawk had, with every sail set and
sheeted home while riding at anchor
when there was thunderstorm ap-
parently coming no f.Om the west, al
though il struck IS Y wr-e inst paying
off, and which proved tic a desIruc
ton Of one of the finest yachts in L..