The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-15
VAS THE METROPOLIS ROTTEN,
The Almost Incredible Stories that are Told
by Two Survivors.


The news that reached this city yesterday
from Philadelphia. regarding the extraordinary
stories told by part Of the crow of the i'll fated
steamship Metropolis. was canvassed with in
terest in the principal shipping Offices of South
and West streets. Two witnesses corroborated
substantially what was said by George A. Yohe.
as follows:
Capt. Ankers and l were walking on the
beach together, and he said to me: George. do
you think made good wreck of it?' re-
piled. think so. the way it looks. and asked
him why he asked that question. He said. Oh.
the owners said Just before left that if | made
wreck should make n good one Then he
said again. DO you think made good one 2
said Yes"
Thomas Cogan. foreman for the contractors.
testified rs follows:
heard Capt Ankcrs say that Mr.. Lunts ionc Of the
were 10 mi, eject Captain. 1t YOU meet with acct.
it-inake a complete wreck ol It." Mr. Newton and Mr.
White the ehiei engineer were present when he made
Capt. Ankers was in bed sick with pneumo-
mia yesterday morning. The new testimony
having been read 10 him. he became greatly ex-
cited. Although hardly aDl to speak. nj the
request Of Mr.. George u. Iunt he sent for n
notary public and nade the following AFFIDAVIT:
4li PULASKI s1mlr. BhooKLYN, Feb u
To a., rni'd Nae' steamboat iriTo,n ~ Hte lo'k and
notice nj tli, mornings New York papers statement
puIporung 10 have been mad. Yesterday nv T. J White
mony OF g A Yohei II heard The captain saw whir
aa Been q" f sg"' ono e e S" S Ia 1 he
the ship met with any accident not L. make an, has
above to be al,c no such statement Vas ever made hy
mt Nul usH ~ .'lN' II ~ u uuil> nom one 4" my
owners NY Instructions were 10 ktrp me Ncs,rn order
ana satisfy NE en",rI nalM A. ',pL h""ns h1d
s e e.S" aI s Of ag nj sy on m9lwn. Sgr
M
rvcr cannot understand the olcrt or motive ri the
IN saving their hves IN now endea,O To rain my char
aeier regret taat am unable to leaye my bed and
Master Of steamer Metropolis
, Sworn and subscribed Ia lwiure m. tns IAN day of
Notary Public Kings county
Mr.. George D. Lunt and his partner are much
lnrrnsed at the serious charssr that has been
made. Two of these men, White and lohe. -
Mr.. Lunt SAID. came on mere the day alter the
wreck and demanded money to buy Clothes and
food. This | rriuscd, referring thrm TO the
persons tAHt charterrd the vessel. They went
away angry. and believe Deliberately Matched
up this story. Leaving aside the moral quc s.
ton, there was only sl3.OOu OF lnsurAnr" on the
vessel. although she Was valued AT $4,000 DO
you suppose We were anxious to have total
loss under such circumstances Again II has
been SAID that somebody picked NJ n piece OF
rotten timber on Currltuck beach, whore the
Metropolis was wrecked. This does not con-
denim the hull. There IS probably no ship sail
ing out OF this port whose owners would be-
Wiling 10 avOw contained not single rotten
lIllNl AS tll 'Nl'fll'f ~ ll' Nll'IlElll VI lll'
Nlrtrupolls, she stood against the attack OF the
breakers nearly twelve hours, while in the same
gale on the NcW Jmrs'y coast HE comparatively
new rrig, l., NJ. Tia 'kor of Portland. went to
plrces IN less than four hOurs."
, Mr.; Morris Boney an oil pilot speaking Of
the Metropolis, Yesterday. sad. She was a rot
tn old hulS ,wHrnt shct' Apprain. to several Of
his mates. wnoass"nted And size was SO uh-
berry IN n wholesale hrerZe that she could lust
get out OF her own way and that's about all. OF
course tnat Captain. the owners ana Mrssrs G.
Il. Polllon, WHO rtpaired her, testified that
sue WAS seawOrthy. tiats natural enough ain /
~ IT'S their interest to say SO. Bat ask anybody
that knows her and amt Interested in her, such
they'll tell ye another story. Shes insured Tor
only, $4,000, You say. That so may be. YOU say
| Figure that up. and you'll find there viii be a
slice all around in the shape OF insurance.
Why. she was so rotten that the owners never
lelt in the Amazon river"