The New York herald., 1878-11-20

man. at $40 per month The man wore the uniform
Of United States nian-of- -war's-ma During tha
passage to Baltimore drontoft told the that ha
had deserted from the maal-of-wsr Antwerp by
swimming ashore After the arrival here October 2s
Grontoft deserted the Forto and has not since been
seen by t. captain. Captain skarc denied that he
had picked up any man ut and showed by his log
that IN November 1871 when Buder says he was res
cucd by the Forto the vessel WAS in tho Mediterranean
Sea. M# 4 ttNt Mf4u
4 seaman named Jansen belonging to the Fortc..
stated that before that vessel left Antwerp Gronton
pointed out to him by the mate OF Norwegian
vessel in port, who told him that his real name
Frederick " Olsen. Captain Skare stated that ha
could imagine the object Crontoft in telling
the story. Grontoft Olsen during his interview
With Secretary Thompson said that Captain Sksrs
could write speak English, which is also false,
as the captain is an excellent penman and converses
huently in English, with scarcely trace Of foreign
accent
BuDEI NOT FOUND.
Buder had not been arrested up to late hour this
evening Marshal Grey stated 10 night that the aid of
the police had not been invoked TO secure his appre
hension. but that il the United States authorities
called ON him TO effect Buders arrest he would instruct
the police force to make thorough search for him.
THE WASHINGTON SURVIVOR DECLARED STUPID
IsposTog-BUpEE SENIOR, DESCRIBES HIS
DEAD son.
PHrLApEIpHIA, Now 10, 1878.
William Buder, 'yileam Builder" he wrote his
for the Secretary of the Navy. is consummate,
Bjuder nor Buder AMI he is simply impostor uu
less all signs fail. have inst had long talk with
William Buder Sr., the workman at Thackera Buck
& Co.'S. to whom 1 referred in my dispatches
last night, the father of the real william
Budcr, the sailor who shipped on the Huron
Crosse questioning this closely. in the light of
the information from Washington about the claimant
contained in to-lay's HERALD it is made perfectly
clear that the man who puzzled the Navy Depart
ment is not survivor of the Huron The result Of
my interview with the father briefly asfollows:-
WITH BUDER, SENIOR.
Mr.. Buder TO this country in 1881, and has
lived in Philadelphia since For years he has
been engaged in tho brass factory now owned by
Thackera Buck 4 Co. He gave me the biography OF
his son, from which it appeared that William was
born in 1855 in this city. He lived here oil his life
educated at the public schools and completed tbs
course Of instruction at the grammar school. Sixth
and Poplar streets. He han . fair education and
spoke English as well an American. At one timo
he errand boy at the factory where his father
works. then owned by Niskey, Merrill 4 Thackera.
He learned the trade OF stone cutting with Mr.. Kec
gan and worked at it in Philadelphia from time to
time until he enlisted in the navy at the League
Island Navy Yard in August, ls77. He had never
been to sea before and rated landsman. He
quartered the receiving ship st. Louis for q
few weeks and was then sent to the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. While there he regularly to his father
and mother About week before the Huron sailed
he drafted aboard OF her, and he wrote just She
leftsn1lt and once again At Hampton Roads which
was the last message ever received from him.
ters or tive inches in height light complexion. Of
stout build, had blue eyes yellow hair and but little
beard. The pretended Bnder is described 1--WE feet
ten inches and not otherwise corresponding to the
personal appearance OF the real Buder The real Bu
der is of American birth and speaks English; the,
affects. foreign accent. The real Buder has sis
ter married single. in Washington. The father
daughter; she is married. but has always lived in
Philadelphia. Her name is Kate Davis
WASHINGTON SURVIVOR A FRAUD.
Mr.. Bnder is now convinced that the Washington
survivor is not his son. He thought he might ba
from the s HEaIp butshe now recognizes the dscrep
sncies and is satisfied Of the fraud Mr. Buder thinks
it was IN January.or February when he hrst applied
He got Mr. Bredinger to attend to the matter for
him. This gentleman wrote several letters. and tyS
brass turner's vouched for Mr.. Buder being the
father Of the sailor whose body was rstog-i
nized among the dead. The money received
amounted to two hundred and odd dollars.
have discovered what may be apostolic ciew to tho
identity OF the personator Of Buder. The father tells
mo that upon Of visits his at the League
Island Navy Yard the young man pointed out 70 him
| broken English. Mr.. Bnder cannot remember tho
name Of this man nor his sppeArsnce very ciesry.
He knows that he was q taler sna stouser nan tnan
| Hc thinks he darker He does not think ha
would know him again. never having seen him but
once, and then not paying particular attention. IL
would worth while confronting the father with his
| pretended son. however. and the Navy Departments
postor The Mr.. Budcr saw was probably not
among those who went in the Huron.
DIR. Hogg, chief clerk of the Navy Department ar
rived in Philadelphia this morning. He called to
Mr.. Buder and obtained some OF the informaton
given above. He left convinced that the Washington
Buder is q swindler
JARVIS, THE rMrosToR.
This case suggests somewhat similar fraud which
attempted in 1870 At about this time in that
year turned up in Norfolk Va. claiming to bc
John Jarvis carpenter the United States steamer
Levant, which had been lost in October, 1850. ten
years before. She had left Honolulu for Panama. and
nothing after heard of her or any OF those
on board Admiral Porter made an investigation OF
the of Jarvis who claimed to have been thrown
uninlabited island in the South Seas and not
rescued until nearly ten years after. The man was
found to b. fraud after proper investigation.