The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-18
Sailed Away With It and Its Previous
Owner Wants to Get Hold OF Him.
From the NelC York Herald

OaZleu away WIN IL ana lJS PREVIOUS
Owner Wants to Get Hold OF Him.
From the Nel0 York Herald.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Feb. l5.-Capt. w.
c. Cooper chief of the Florida secret sery-
ice bureau, arrived ihere to-day, having in
custody Charles e. Welborn. whom he had
general office of the Florida Central aud
Penlnsular railroad In this city Of about
So, 900 worth of tickets last October.
4e - also ss:c by the officials that by fraud
Welborn secured possession OF a yacht in
which he sailed from Brooklyn down the
coast, being finally wrecked in Chesapeake
bay.
Capt Cooper secured his prisoner on
requisltion from the governor of Florida,
although with much difficulty, as the
authorities in Virginia had conceived an
idea that there was a big reward for VOL
born. They were therefore disposed to hold
on TO him.
When | met him on the train at Way
cross, Ga, this morning, Welborn refused
TO talk about the ticket robbery, but when
questioned abont the yacht Nyssa, which it
is claimed, he scared on false representa-
tons, he was decidedly communicative. He
said that early in December last he met A.
NJ. Stanton of Bridgeport, Conn, in New
York and talked with him about buying the
Nyssa, which was then hauled out at City
Island
BOUGHT THE BOAT.
81 agreed to look at her." said Welborn.
land if she proved to be what wanted, to
buy her, Stanton to take some land in pay
ment for her. He came to New York again
on Dec 8, and had the boat brought TO the
city. She was a small craft-not over ten
or fifteen tons-and was provided with a
naphtha engine. l wanted her to go south
in. We traded, and Stanton returned to
Bridgeport.
"The next day got a letter from him,
containing the bill Of sale and a receipt in
full for all obligations on my part. All the
business in New York was done at the Office
of MIR. Hubble, room sol, at No. 81 State
street Hubble ia q broker who deals largely
in yachts and small craft. Immediately
after this sale Mr.. Stanton went 20 Oneida,
n Y, and there purchased another yacht
of James J. Gould. broker of that city,
"When did you see Stanton last"
asked.
ION Dec. s." was Welborn's reply; "but,"
he added, II have had several letters and
kilograms from him since them"
According to Welborn's story he secured
the services of two men to go south with
him in the Nyssa-Hermann Solsburg as
sailing master. and Edward Landblach as
engineer. lDey bldIbeQ bOutu III TIE NysSA
on the morning of Dec. IL and made their
first stop at Philadelphia.
IN COMMUNICATION WITH STANTON.
"While there" said Welborn, 81 sent a
telegram to Stanton at Bridgeport and got
a reply from him inside of two hours. Il
was in relation TO the kind of oil that he
had used on the launch. From Philadel-
phia we went by the canal route into the
waters of Chesapeake bay. Just before
Christmas we were in Washington, where
we remained several days. Then we went
down the bay. We got aground several
times, owing to the vessel drawing more
water than we had expected, and once had
to pay tugboat captain $40 to haul US out.
We worked slowly down the bay, and on
Jan. % were on the east shore OF the Chess
apeake, near Onancock, on the Virginia
coast. A severe storm came up and the sea
ran very high. We tried hard to make
harbor but couldn't.