The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-17
eAM AND EVA INDICATED.
Pastor JUNIOR Decides that Their Story
is Strictly True.
From the Nefp York Wor

From the Net0 York World.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Oct. 1.-THE Rev.
Mr.. JUNIOR started for home this morning
satisfied, apparently, that Thornton and
Eva are as innocent as lambs The pastor
has spent several days in the country lying
between this city and the Atlantic
ocean, and has gone carefully over the
route that the castaways claimed to have
travelled, and has seen nearly every person
with whom they conversed while in Florida
II started out on the assumption that
Thor1tons story is true, and so far | find
nothing to shake my faith in his integrity ;"
said he to a correspondent. Thornton says
that he and Miss Jewell were set ashore on
the Atlantic coast not far from the mouth
Of the St. Johns river. Tho country was,
of course, new to them, and the statement
that their landing place was between May
port and Pablo was only surmise of theirs.
have been all over the country down
there, and l am firmly convinced
that it was possible for them to
have been landed south Of Pablo Beach, and
to have reached jacksonville in the manner
described by them. II they had been landed
six miles or more south of Pablo they could
have struck out in northwesterly dlrec-
ton, and have reached South Jacksonville
by boat and by cart, without any of the
the ne wspaper reports have woven about
them. They would, Of course, have been
Obliged to cross railroad track once, if not
twice, but in their anxiety to reach civil
ization they might not have noticed this. "
ibid you find the house or log cabin
where they said they got their breakfast
mo, for did not search for any such
house. Mr.. Thornton says the report of his
story was incorrect in this one particular,
Nd fha yUhn
it is possible that he may have misunder-
stood Thornton on this one point. 1t was
regarded az a trivial inaccuracy then; now,
however, it has very important bearing
upon the case"
Mr.. JUNIOR, in his travels, found nobody
VINO had seen q Spanish vessel laying to"
OFF the coast, nobody who saw ships boat
land with the castaways, and nobody who
saw the pair on their tramp across the coun-
trv or in the rude conveyance in which they
clam that they completed their journey.
He has not, as far as he will disclose, dis
covered the man who drove them to South
Jacksonville, nor has he found anybody
who saw them cross the ferry on
the Sunday noon in question. but
he has seen all the attaches OF the
st. Johns house, and discovered the waist
of Miss JEWELS dress. which she SAID was
owen her by the first Spanish captains
wife. and the quarters that they occupied
in the Hudnall block He talked with the
neonle in the ST. Johns house and its an-
mex. and found nothing in their testimony
to eliminate the castaways. lie cross-ex-
alnined Conductor Barr, taking down his
testimony in shorthand, but failed to shake
his Identification of Samuel and Eva. Ed
itor Carriers story, too. was not altered
bit. -..-,
Brother Roebuck has not yet returned
from the woods, where he went SO suddenly
last night TO capture the negro who helped
the castaways by ride on his cart.
IL is now pretty well understood that sam
and Eve went down to Pablo Beach on sun
day morning. after arriving here Saturday
night TO get the lay Of the land preiimi-
nary to preparing their story.
Pastor JUNIOR says there are sllgnt discrep.
ancies between the statements OF Carter ana
Barr. and that he proposes 20 use these DIS
creuancies 70 break the force VI their testi>
moDy.
Samuel Roebuck has evidently seen a
nucleus for novel In the alleged advent
ures OF Thornton and Miss Jewell. hs Is
at present In Florida collecting data ier
that purpose. IL Is tho intention OF MI.
Roebuck 10 sell the story IN detail. aud Win
as listle preface s. possible. Mr.. hoe9ucS
As also an artist, and the illustrations sbich
the book viii contain will b BY himself;
one Of them will represent Sam and + "a
ciiBging % a log IA mid-ocaens Win the
rays u the full moon shining dogh up,A
sbaa fFfa GIRL il Ia A aANnQel1l caI4ie