The New York herald., 1878-11-19

BrDERs IDENTITY ESTABLISHED BUT HIS STORY
or BEING SURVIVOR OF THE WRECK DE-
cLARED FIclIoS-A SURVIVORS, DEscRIp-
TIoS OF HOW THE HURON WAS LOST.
The Investigation OF the HERALD into the marvel
lors story OF the sailor, William Buder who claims
10 he Of the survivors Of the wreck the
Huron. bids fair to result in complete exposure of
curious attempt at fraud. genuine survivor
found yesterday in the person of William l.. House
man OF Port Richmond, Staten Island who while he
emphatically denied the truth of Buders story and
pointed out certain glaring incongruties in it, yet
nited that the person who has reported to the Navy
Department for duty (and payl is probably the
identical individual he pretends to be- According to
Houseman's story Buder shipped the Huron just
before her last departure from New York and deserted
from her Just before her departure from Norfolk
the cruise which proved her last.
Houseman was very ready to tell his story, and
began il with most pertinent query How could
this here fellow. Buder (which he pronounced Bud
dcrl drift out sixty miles to sea when there was such
q gale blowing inshore and such heavy sea on
Everybody else drifted ashore, dead bodies and ALL
and the Huron herself driven on to the beach
aud how did it happen that this fellow drifted sixty
miles the other in twenty -four hours The thing
isn't possible. He lies" And Mr.. Houseman lapsed
into a significant silence
'Are you connected with the service now in any
way r. be asked.
"Bless you! no. Why. inst look ut that hand And
hc held MP curously distorted right hand. Il had
that crushed year ago in unloading the steam
ship City Of Washington at Quarantine. haven't
done days work with it since, except tinkering
around home But quit the navy before that. got
my discharge right after the wreck Of the Huron,
while was in hospital. had my head janined my
ankle badly hur. and three ribs broken in
that accident. and I thought Id had enough.
But have been sailor pretty much all my life
he continued. 'nnd I'm ffty-one years old now.
was pilot on the James River during the moro
than twenty gunboats and steamers. 1 served under
Commodore Goldsborough. Commodore Wilkes
Captain Mckenzie and good many others. And
was stationed for twenty-three months ut Yorktown
under Colonel j. J. Morrison. serving pilot and
special policeman and doing other duty. captured
lots of bnshwhackcrs and other trash. Ono capture
l made was pretty widely known. took six men and
went twentyone miles into the onemy's lines and
captured Jefferson Stubbs. He was the Sheriff of
Gloucester county aud had coniiscaed lot Of Union
lists property, and got him and all his books"
But about your service on the Huron" urged the
HERALD reporter. How long did you serve on her r
ship Guard on September !, 1867 You see / wanted
to 60 to Africa for had been reading about Stanley
to the West Coast of Africa. But two hours after
shipped was transferred to the Huron. She
then lying at the dry dock. having propeller
and forc:nast put III her. I shipped calker and
seaman, and was calker one year and then was put
into the carpenters gang. And by tho way. there's
one thing in this Buders story that want to speak
Of now. He sreaks about having the key to the
penters chest. Now, all the time was the Huron
never saw that chest locked and believe there
was any key to it,"
DOUBT ABOUT THE MAN.
do you remember Buder?' asked the reporter.
New York, when we lay here the last time. There
was Dago and Portagee or Spaniard or something.
know Which, Is ne s son vswea
low. very big, with high cheek bones, light COM
plexion and large blue eyes. remember him dis
lett Norfolk. He and the Dago had liberty the day
before We left and they both deserted.
Was thcre no record of their dcscrtion ?? was the
why Of course; the officer of the deck Of that
day. whoever he was would hsvo it his book that
they had liberty. and when they did not turn up he
would report to the captain but think that there
were nd books saved from the Huron at the time Of
the wreck. never heard of any being saved"
what do you know about the bsisa that Bnles
says was on deck 1t the time Of the wreck 2? asked
Houscman looked puzzled, and the HERALD of sun
day last was produced, in which Buiers story
published about the yalsa being on dock with line
sailor when no heard this resd. .'Thst is the
SPONSOR" And he described il sort Of pcntoon
timed, for that WASH touched until the morning
after the wreck. Then q man named Burns, of Bos-
ton. rggel 1t mp: and Ensign Young and man
named Antoine Williams seaman, went ashore IT,
THE STORY or THE WRECK.
"But that was all after drove ashore. The
bells in the evening. I on the lookout in the
port cathead. The course had been given south by
east after we passed Cape Henry. and the wind
eastcry We had all fore and aft sails set and
close hauled. When rolled to lecwarl the sails
would slap and bang. Between six and eight bells in
the evening the wind freshencd 70 squalls. and she
rolled so that sine burst her flying jib and carried
away the forestry. heard tho order given to rig
storm staysa after this. and sins out to the man
In he nards bead hiatt
sail instead Of putting more, for could never
get by Cape Hatteras that course. After /
came down from the cathead told several that we
would go ashore some OF the men did not undo
their hammocks. even went to the boatswain's
mate and gave him my papers. showing that was
pilot, and told him that q
wrong course didn't dare go 10 the Officer OF the
deck and say co. for IL would have been imperti-
ncnce. and they might have punished mo for II.
About half an hour after midnight heard tho
order given to pass the lead and went to help but
seeing that not needed went on the forecastle
and saw streak Of foam ahead. Presently there was
another order 70 pass the lesd and went and helped
Then went back and saw two stresks Of foam ahead
we were going ashore. went to the hatchwsy and
called to the men to come up. and then struck"
wHEHE WAS THE DISCIPLINE?
Then went up on the poop and found four or Ave
men holding ON TO the mizxcnnlast, and whc /
there heard the order to clear away the boats.
went to the second whale boat. which my boat,
and started to work; but ono else came. and the
sea beat over me that concluded it best not
to stay l heard no orders given. except that one.
and called 70 some Of the men to help cut away
some OF the rigging to tighten mp her head and 10
start the pivot gun; but could not do that. We
cut some of the rigging away though, and lightcncd
her some.
I'VE could 500 lights shore, and thought
they might be thc lights Of the life saving
station, though II aftcrward proved they not.
saw Ensign Young who was tho deck oficcr, on the
bridge ring rockets for signas but hc hsd 70 come
aerward to the forccsstlo and he and Assistant En-
gnccr Loomis sat there . rail with their feet
the forc chains till morning Then the sponsor was
riggcl up and line mado fast, and Young and
Williams tried 70 tako the limo TO shore. But when
they got the sponsor the limo gds tangled IN the
spsrs thai lay IN tho ships lse and th6y h ~ cast
on They drfted out from under the leo OF the ship
and then drftcd ashore.
WHO DESERVED THE MEDAL
civilians told me sft-rward when wo werc In tho
hospital together. that the sponson turned and
he pullei Enshn Young ont uf the water and ~avesi
his lifc but heard sfterwsr that Young got modnl
for having saved Williams life.
II hung on as long fcould In tho morning. hoping
TO get chance 70 jump clear and swim ashore. I
went below and found servant giving ont the life
preservers but there only about thirty of them.