The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-18
tFrom the New York Times.l
MR. BENEFITS DEPARTURE.

NM. IN y OEI nm me-
His Friends Chuckling Over the Way He
Eluded the Vigilance Of the Reporters-He
Will Probably Remain Abroad for Two
Years.
James Gordon Bcnuett ia now far out at
sea, a passenger on board the lnman steam
ship City of Richmond. His friends chucklc
over the way he eluded the vigilance of the
reporters for four days, but are very much
astonished that he should have been seen
when leaving his news yacht at the Sandy
Hook bar, q time at which they HAD thought
be would be most safe from observation.
The account of Mr.. Benefits movements
after his return from the dueling ground,
published in the Times Of yesterday, while
correct in the main, contained several in
accuracies. When Mr.. Bennett left the
Herald Office IN Wednesday evening he did
not go on board the yacht although Capt.
Lyons had quarters prepared for him. he
visited the house of a friend, and on Thurs
day again went to the Herald office. His
presence there was kept a secret from all
but two or three persons. Only the fore
thought of Jimmy, Mr.. Benefits colored
servant, prevented o revelation, however.
There hangs over the desk of the proprietor
of the Herald o bell-cord which he is az
customed to pull almost unintermittently
while in hts office. 1t has been the habit
of his employees to guess his temper from
the way in which he pulled this cord.
jimmy, knowing that Mr.. Bennett is alb
sent-minded at times, drew the cord to one
side, so that whenever his employer clutched
for it he gIasped only the thin air. One
sound of the gong would have proclaimed
the whereabouts of Mr.. Bennett through
out the city. Toward midnight, on Thurs
day, Mr.. Bennett, accompanied by his val
ct, Baron" Vogel, William Henry, super
intendcnt of the Herald establishment, and
Capt. Thomas Robinson, chief of the ship
news service of the Herald, crossed over to
Jersey city and made their way to the dock
of the Leh'gh Valley coal company, where
the yacht Herald lay with steam up. Mr.
Bennett and the vaiet went on board, and a
few minutes later she ran out into the river
and then down toward Sandy Hook. Mr..
Henry and Capt. Robinson returned to the
ferry. They were mufiled up to avoid rec
ognitiOn, but could not deceive one of their
friends, a gushing Hlbernian, who acCosted
them and taid, with some eXaggeration,
perhaps, but with true enthusiasm, 'This,
gentlemen, is the proudest moment of my
loife. I'm glad to meet ye, Billy How
are we, Tom ? Where are ye, goin p His
acquaintance did not show much pleasure
at meeting him just then, and quickly took
leave of him. Capt. Robinson remarked,
as he was departing, Don't give it away"
The H|ibernian replied, with some bitter
ness in his tone "Give what away ? Shure
ye haven't tould me anything"
From the time Mr.. Bennett went on
board the Herald, he did not leave until
yesterday afternoon, when he and his valet
were transferred to the City of Richmond.
On the little vessel he was quite cheerful
ard complaisant toward his crew. He did
not refer 10 the cause of his leaving the
city, but he said he hoped to return to this
country after about six weeks. A very diff
ferent belief obtains among the employees
OF the Herald. however. They think he
intends to remain abroad for at least two
years, and that at the conference with Mr.
Connery, Mr.. Henry and "Uncle Joe"
Elliot, held on the yacht on Saturday, he
gave full and specific directions for the con
duct of the Herald during his absence. The
gentleman named above went down to
Sandy Hook in a tug-boat on Saturday
morning and remained with MIR, Bennett
until he went on board the City of Rich
mOnd. When be reached the deck of the
steamship he was welcomed by q 1ovial
party, composed. 1t is believed, of Messrs.
S. Rowland Robbins, Carroll Livingston,
Louis Lorillard, and one other person not
indicated at present. These well known
members of the Union club are said to have
boarded the steamship at her wharf early
in the day, before the other passengers be-
gan TO arrive. 1t cannot, indeed, be said
definitely that the gentlemen named are on
the City of Richmond, but there are many
indications that they are. A party of gen.
tlemen, wearing listers, and otherwise
muflled up, arrived at the steamship on
Saturday morning, and went into a private
saloon from which they were not seen t.
go out up to the time the ship sailed. More
than this, Messrs. Robbins, Livingston and
LoTillard cannot be found in New York.
1t also seems that arrangements were made
that the passenger lIst of the steamship
should not be sent to the newspapers. Fol
the first time in years the agents of the In
man line failed on Saturday to send to the
Times a list of her pass 9ngers.
The strange departure of MIR. Bennett fol
Europe excited a great deal of comment
throughout the city yesterday. Many per
SONS thought he should In courtesy have re,
malned to help DR.. Phelps out of trouble
and to share the responsibility before the
law with Mr.. May. A very intimate frienC
Of Mr.. Bennett said, however; 'Bah, ne
harm will come to DR.. Phelps. Even il
he should lose his position as police sur
geon, he would gain a great deal. jim
Bennett takes care Of his friends Fres
Mays case worries me most. Poor boy Id
can't go to Europe like Jim. He hasn't go
the money. He and his family deserve greaI
sympathy in this affair.""
There now remains no room for doubl
that The account of the duel published il
the Times of Thursday was truthful IN ev.
cry respect. All the dispatches received
since Thursday confirm 1t. A contempt
rary yesterday published a dispatch from
Baltimore, which stated that Mr.. May was
at the Maryland club on Thursday night,
and bore no mark of his encounter with
Mr.. Bennett. 1t seems that Mr.. May is
keeping out Of view simply to avoid arrest
if an indictment is found against him here
and a requisition Is issued by Gov. Robin.
son to Gov. Carroll. A gentleman who IL
a friend of DR.. Phelps SAID yesterday thai
the latter told him, "Whatever may havC
been the result of the duel, it Is certain
that Mr. Rannptt acted In n WaV To com