New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-03
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THE SINKING OF THE RACER
DID CAPTAIN GERRIOR sCUrTLE HERi
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SIZE GOES DOWN MYsTERIoUsLY IN FORTY FAITH
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BoSTON, JAN 2.-Jaffrey Gerrior, master of the
schooner Racer arrested this morning in Gouces-
ter by United States officers on a charge of scuttlng
and sinking the vessel about sixteen miles off Cape
Elizabeth Monday. The cbarg" against him by
people on bis vessel is as follows
He left Gloucester in September for the fishing
grounds. lie TO have fonr-ffths of the catch and
the owners one-ffth lie went to Sidney, Cape
Breton, and caught $4,000 pounds of fish. Then.
taking two women passengers he started for hoLe.
He put in at Cranberry Island, near Grand Manan.
where he sold his fish, cleared the hold and disposed
OF the salt. Then he proceeded to Portland reaching
there seven weeks after leaving Sidney the vo age
usually being made in less than three weeks Putting
IN at the latter city he started The for Glouces
ter, and. reaching there without seeing any Of tho
owners of the vessel went to his hCme got his wife
and took her back with him to Portland lie left Port
land with the vessel with smooth sea and fair
weather. About O'Clock he told the cook he wanted
supper and Il en- below. The cUok while Irepar-
ing the supper, discovered water coming IN by the
steps at the forccastle and the captain telling
him that there was plenty OF water in the hold"
The captain, who lying in a bunk got up quickly
and said Well boys, we'll try the pumps and all
hands then manned the pumps: but the water gained
i'll the Dod so fast that their efforts useless and
they took to the boat after letting the anchor and
lowering the sails. The water at this point about
forty fathoms deep. The suierings of the IN
reaching safety told in the newspapers of last
Tuesday
William Josephs, the cook. says tnat the Captain
said he would give Linn a suit of clothes il he
would keep his mouth shut. Ida Williams, one of the
Passengers that the captsiI ola her when
she lett Sidney that he would marry her when they
Gloucester that when they were in Portland harbor
she III the cabin and the captain come and
with a hatchet cut the wall so that thickness or
panking only left between the aec and the in
side. She says that she heard the Captain TO his
wife, who wanted TO come back the vessel with him.
that he would not take the with hun he
going to make fast and the vessel might sink be-
fore she got there. He said he would run her on tho
rocks and her loss wsud not tronblc the owners as
they would get the insurance of II 800 the
schooner, which thirty three years old. He also
made other remarks indicating his intentions ID sink
the vessel. The woman makes affidavit to the above.
The captain denies the statements OF the crew and
says that when vessel went dow there about
$4,000 pounds OF fish on board and that his money,
pound OF fish in the boat when she sank and the Will
iaDs girl says that she him put his money his
pocket The captain says that the vessel caDtinu
ally leaking and that he did not cut the cabin ceiling
"a alleged lie served three years II State prison
about twelve or fifteen years ago. being con,ctad of
stealing hOug from the steamer Cha.ee. The crime
with which the captain charged Is barfatry and Is
punishable under The United States laws with death.
The accused man was before Commissioner iaeit and
was committed default of -. 900 bonds. The crme
is an unusual and the last in this State
that Of Captain Gilman C. Parker charged with wreck
lag the Mary Celeste