Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-29
THE LOST JEANETTE.
Return of a Portion of the UnfOrtu-
nate Crew.
Lieut.. Dannenhour's Opinion Of MELVILLE
The Attack on Him Cowardy and
the Charges Untrue-What
DR.. Newcomb Says.

New YORK, May 2S.-The steamship Gel
tic, bearing Lieutenant Danenhower, DR..
Newcomb, Jack Cole, and Charles Ton
Sing, the survivors of the Arctic steamer
Jeanette arrived early to-day. When the
vessel was reported off Fire Island, party
consisting of the immediate relatives and
friends of the vOyagers, started in a tug
from the Battery and met them.
AS the tug ran alongside the Celtic,
Lieutenant Danenhower leaped on board
and affectionately embraced his mother and
father, and was warmly welcomed home by
others. Lieutenant Danenhower then in
vited his relatives and friends to his cabin
on the steamer, and presented all to his
associate survivors.
The party then listened to o recital OF
the dreadful sufferings in the far North,
and talked of the fate of Commander De
Long and his men until the steamer
reached her dock.
Arrived there Lieutenant Danenhower
was surrounded by congratulating friends,
who had gathered to give him hearty well
come, and they did. For an hour he was
kept busy shaking hands and answering in
quirieS.
While all this was going on on the upper
deck, a far different scene was presented in
the small cabin below. There, with his
arms pinioned behind him, was poor Jack
Cole, boatswain of the Jeanette, crazed
from long suffering His brother, Tom
Cole, and his son John, were
quick to go to him, and the unfortunate
man Immediately recognized and affection
ately greeted both. 1t was sad to see the
weeping son, sorrowing brother and the
demented father Immediately after
speaking to his son his mind again wan
dered, and he was once more away among
the ice fields, struggling with the fate
threaten ng him. He will be sent to an
asylum.
Lieutenant Danenhower says he has
great confidence that Jack will recover,
with proper treatment, in few months. 1t
was found necessary to secure him during
the voyage, as the slightest thing would
make him frantic.
Lieut.. Danenhower said, in answer to in
quiries concerning his voyage, that he was
not rs yet prepared to talk. There Will
be a thorough, searching examination,
said he, "snd then people can see how this
matter stands. So far as suffering is con-
Cerned, we did suffer, and suffered terribly.
See nv eyes. Some say | shall lose the
sight Of both. hope not One, the left
one, is almost entirely blind but the other
appears to be at present, all right"
In answer to question propounded as to
his views on engineer Melville, Lieut.
pancnhOwer earnestly said: PLEASE say
this for me- that never used language in
the sense ascribed me, derogatory OF Mel
yille Say that l consider him q brave
man, and an honorable gentle
man, who suffered with US. The
attack on him was unjust and cowardly,
particularly in his absence. Melville did
all in his power, and did that we'll. re-
gret exceedingly anything touching his
fair name should have been said, for IT was
undeserved. 1t was unjust both TO him
| and to myself. Wait until the examina-
tion comes. Wait until Melville comes
home and has chance TO speak for him.
self.
DR.. Newton Newcomb, who accompanied
the Jeannette expedition as naturalist, was
very indignant over the treatment of
Melville, and termed it cowardly, mean,
| and deserving the highest Censure. why
said the Doctor, Il was so incensed when l
read these base charges against Melville
| that was on the point OF indicting q
letter to the press of America on the sub
| ject, but on reflection concluded TO wait.
want to say that what is charged against
| Melville is untrue, Us it is cowardly. Why
| could not his accuSers wait until he
reached home and had chance to defend
himself? But to stab in the back, TO attack
him when he has no chance to defend
himself, is most Cowardly piece of bust
ness" If | thought, continued the
Doctor, that | could find one of the poor
fellows who were lost, would turn this
minute and go back to all that hardship
and privation cheerfully, simply in order
to save them. This life has no fascination
for me. | simply go as a matter of busi-
ness, and if / am called upon TO go again
tomorrow, am ready and willing to CO."
Lieutenant Danenhower said of the lost
members OF the Jeannette's crew, that pos
sibly one or a small portion of their boat
crew might be found, but that would be
all.
Charlie Ton Sing, the Chinaman steward
of the Jeanette, said, when asked If he
would so again, with feeling grin: "YeS,
mebbe.' He appeared the strongest of the
entire four, and viewed with an air of
stoicism all his surroundings.
On leaving the steamer Lieutenant Dan
enhower and party were driven TO the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where rooms had been en-
gsged for them, and where there was a
family breakfast He will remain in the
city for day or two, and then 90 10 Wash
ington City. On the way he will stop in
Philadelphia TO visit friends there.
When he spoke of Commander De Long
his voice was choked with emotion and his
eyes moist.
The Geographical Society gives recep-
tion TO Lieutenant Danenhower.
Making Voters of IudianS