Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-23
The Missing Yacht.

Two Bodies Found at West Falmouth'
 RGass-NOt Certainly Identified-DePar-
 Canre of Mr. ParmeIee-A Searching Par
 ty of Thirteen of the New Haven Yacht
 Club Made Up-Thefr Departure Early
 This MOrmfn
 Early yesterday morning news was receiv- ed in this city that the body of a young man had been washed ashore at West Falmouth, Mass, around which was a life preserver marked s'C Fl. Northam." A later dispatch told of the finding of another body near the same place. The remains were buried above high water mark to be called for. It was as certained that the crew of the Mystery were provided with four life preservers from the steamer Northam, which had been procured by Foreman Fenton, of Sargent & Go. at the request of Leicester Sargent. West Fal- mouth is situated on or near the east coast of Buzzards Bay, which is portion of the har- bor of New Bedford, Fair Haven and other small towns. From Woods Hole the tele- graph operator telegraphed to Sargent & Go. at New York yesterday morning the finding of body, giving brief description. The features were probably beyond recognition, for his description was to the effect that the body weighed about 160 pounds, was appar- ently that of young man, had good teeth and probably reddish brown hair. When Henry Sargent of this city saw the dispatch he said the description bore strong resem- blance to his cousin Leicester.
 Mr.Arthur W.Parmelee, who is with Sargent &Co. left yesterday afternoon on the o'clock train for West Falmouth to identify the bod ies if possible. He will not reach his desti- nation until this forenoon. Russell Sargent had gone to New York to join party who xxyiII ooorah fho Tolopd chnro haf0Fa the news from Massachusetts had been received.
 A dispatch from New York dated yester- day reads as follows: w. Bullingef, of 75 Fulton street, this city, offers reward ot $500 for the first information sent him be- fore September 1 as to the whereabouts Of the sloop Mystery, of New Haven, or crew. It is feared here that the sloop has been blown to sea by heavy gale" MT. Bull finger, the publisher of the Counting House Monitor, is brother law of Robert H. Hawkins, of this city, one of the iIl-fated crew.
 George H. Sargent, of New York, father of Leicester and Rupert Sargent, and Mrs. Leicester Sargent remain at the residence of J. B. Sargent, anxiously awaiting all the obtainable, which is brought to them as soon as received.
 The general opinion expressed yesterday afternoon by those who are competent to judge was to the effect that it was not possi-
 
 West Falmouth under the conditions of wind and tide. West Falmouth is a little less than fifty miles from Newport. A reward of $100 is offered by B. w. Bullinger, of New York, for the recovery of the body of Robert H. Two of the Mystery's crew took the New Haven Yacht club uniform, which is of navy blue cloth and has the club buttons which are of gutta percha on which is stamped an anchor and ''New Haven Yacht Club"
 The Yacht club rooms were thronged last evening with eager inquirers after news from the crew of the lost yacht Mystery. The dispatches of the day were talked over with sadness and the probabilities of the bodies found being those of the ill-fated yachts passengers were fully discussed Commodore Billiard was of the opinion that the bodies found were those of the lost crew, notwith- standing the improbability of their drifting so far. Nothing is known as to how far the Mystery went before she sank beneath the waves and it is not at all unlikely that she the evening additional news was awaited. The rooms of the Yacht club were draped in mourning and an air of sub dued sorrow hung about the usually jolly as- semblage. Up to II o'clock nothing had been heard, and the commodore gave the order to his men to get ready for their dreary, toilsome search. Those who have vol unteered to go are Commodore H. D. Bill lard, Frank Nichols, G. B. Lee, Charles M. Peck, c. w. Foster, Charles R. Warehouse, jr., A. G. Stiekney, Fred. Barley, James Gal lagher, IT,, M. White. Horace Sanford and William Cooke, with Messrs. Scranton and Perry as substitutes. They left this morn ing at o'clock on the oyster steamer Mor- gan. They proceed to patrol the Long Is land shore from Port Jefferson to Montauk Point. They hoped to hear something more definite last evening from the bodies found of the Massachusetts shore, but as they did not they concluded to go. If the bodies are all found they will of course be recalled.
 ANOTHER BODY SEEN OFF soRAGGY NECK.
 A press dispatch received at late hour is as follows:
 WAREHAM, Mass, Aug. 22.-Much ex- citement exists among the people along the eastern shores over the finding of bodies supposed to be those belonging to the yacht Mystery. Dr. Munsell, who examined the body washed ashore, says that he is sure that it is the body of yachtman and he should judge from the newspapers that he belonged to the yacht Mystery. Around his waist was life preserver upon which was the name of 0. H. Northam, which is the name of a steamer running from New York to New Ha- ven, Conn. This afternoon another body was picked up near the head waters of Bug gard Bay. It is generally believed that he too is one of the victims of the ill-fated yacht A pleasure party saw body floating of Scraggy Neck this afternoon, but the young women in the party were so terrified that the men were compelled to bring them ashore without rescuing the float. Parties are out searching for the body.