Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-13

to sell some of her estate, she having son who is minor The son, Frank W. Hinman. had been running the yacht and had had her papers made out in his name. The mother felt that the yacht was an expensive luxury and that it was having demoralizing effect upon her only child hence she decided to sell it. The sale was made without the knowl- edge or consent of the young man, who at tempted to vindicate his alleged right at Oak Bluff and New Bedford. But he was unable to accomplish anything until Newport was reached when he formally demanded that the yacht be returned to him. He appealed to the collector and to the officer of the revenue cutter stationed here. An investigation by order of the collector revealed the fact that legally MT. Hinman was the owner of the craft, as her papers were still in his name. Having ascertained that his mother had been sent for, MT. Hinman has taken the precau- ton to leave the city for the purpose of in tercepting her. The registry for the yacht has not been replaced by new one, and to all intents and purposes her papers demon strated that Mir. Hinman, and not Mr. Par ker, was the actual owner. The vessel was ordered not to leave port until the matter is settled.
 WAS IT LEGAL TRANsFER2
 It will be readily seen that the sale was not complete Mr. Hinman claims that he is of age, but a note from the proper authorities of the town where he was born shows that
 
 May 14, 1862" Mrs. Hinman confirms the statement that he is but nineteen. MT. Par ker naturally feels that he is in 8 very un- pleasant position, as he made the purchase in good faith and had no idea that he was to be detained under the guns of a revenue cutter by order of the collector of the port. The only solution of the dilemma will be through the presence of Mrs. Hinman, who is expect ed here tomorrow morning She can settle the matter without much trouble. It is be- ieved that as MT. Hinman is an only child he will be apt to have considerable influence with his aged parent. The necessity of see- ing his mother before her arrival here will be apparent, as should the lady decide not to come the yacht will have to be turned over to her son. But she will be called upon to pay a heavy bill of damages. If the sale is not lega, then the mother will be placed in a rather embarrassing position, the son claiming that it was his personal property. Mir. Par ker was one of the leading citizens of New Bedford, where MT. Hinman claims that he would have pursued the same course which he did here but for the fact that he knew that MT. Parkers standing in that community would prevent him from carrying out his de- signs.
 Early one morning while the yacht was at New Bedford, MT. Hinman went on board and secured the papers, but he quickly re- turned them when confronted by the crew, who had received orders not to allow him to depart until he had returned the vessels pa pers, his unexpected movements while below ] having been detected by Mir. Parker. The Probate Court decree did not specify what piece of property MT. Hinman could sell and \ the seizure of the yacht under such unusual ! circumstances will be apt to attract good deal of attention.-Neao 7o7b HerGld.