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The sun., 1893-07-26
LEFT WIFE, COUNTESS. AND COLONEL,
Mrs. Nyers's Letters from Her Husband
Alter He Abandoned Her In London.

Mrs. Nyers's Letters from Her Husbant
After He Abandoned Her In London.
Mrs Ellen L. Myers made a charge Of aban.
donment against her husband. Fred Myers ir
the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday
Myers 10 an inventor and mechanical engineer
at 80 Broadway. and lives at 1856 West Twenty.
second street Mrs. Myers is about % years
old. and lives at 23 West Fourteenth street
She says in her com plant that she was aban.
doned by her husband In London. England. In
February. 1891. The couple have one child
Mercedes. now years old.
Mrs. Myers testified that the defendant was
her second husband. Her first husband she
was married to in Maryland. and she secured
divorce from him in 1883 In the fall OF 1884
she was married to Myers, whom she had met
in this city; In 1890 she went with him to
house ,at 25 Bedford place. In February. 1901.
after Myers had sold or paIwned al her ;s Ola,
hack to America. After awhile he wrote
to his wife and sent, her several sums
another f:s5. but never enough to settle her
affairs and come home; Finally In January
tT s sfn hf sas at sss asos to
proce edings through her counsel. Civil Justice
Moore No 1I almGny or counsel
tically Pennless. she began the abandonment
during inc examination Myers was exs
ceedipgly nervous; and frequently interjected
proved by the Justice or his counsel,
Several letters written by Myers to his wife
In London were offered In evidence. The first
was dated Feb. II. 1882, and was written on
letter paper OF Rodleys Hotel. Southampto
Myers advised his wife to economZe In ex-
penses. and suggested that she should stop
with the Countess" and take Mercedes with
not not to tell any one my address. and also o keep Keep
your own secret. as you would only have tho
Your devoted husband"
ean :" Ny Doar Wife" and said that the writer
was " broke" but that several thousand dol
lars was due him. and he hoped everything
wSna sSm y.ns . R Fa a 1r De- q
cedes. who WAS III. He advised Mrs. Myer. to
get u good doctor for her. and wound up By
saying: Tel Mercedes that her papa thinks
OF her evsrv hour OF the day"
The next letter was written on July 13. 1903,
on letter paper OF the St Denis Hotel. In this
slty. The writer said that b. b. was worried over
Your husband. Fred"
Then cable despatch sent from this city to
under date OF Nov 25. said. Just closed CON
tract 100000. Viii bank on Friday"
Justice Hogan allowed Mrs. Myers Sl5
week temporarily. and tho case WAS adjourned
until Friday. After the adloYrnment, Mrs.
icrred to in one OF the letters WAS a personal
at tho time the letter was written. and tho
"Countess" was friend OF hers in London,
who roally had no title. but was called Countess
by her friends
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about his house Mr.. Parmley rode on his bi-
syele 20 Park avenue. about half q mile down
town. and meeting Police OfIicer Kiley. ask cd
MN y go out and arIeat a boy.
What for?" asked the officer
,Eor trespass."
Where Is he?"
p Locked up In my house" responded Mr..
The best thing you can do Is to so go homo
ana let that boy out" said the officer. SHARPLY.
cbiutt hut N Mr. p pnrmley did not agree HS saugt
sdvde oi 9en Grant Tho gsEs him the same
W. Parmley did not start for home; not In
iaeI until he saw people running toward Sec
Ppni Ihi street crying that boy was hanged on
Then Mr. Parmley rode hurriedly home.
fortunately he was not recognized by many
Ia mo crowd, which now mum mbered several
hundred. and no reached his door having heep
nm. lie went at once to the cellar aud united
Johnnie, telling him tina. that was all he want
su Hi him for the time being. but he would
opnni.y gGHpTaGiy want him again. Then he took
90 Ihe boy staggered and fell against the front
fence; where his mother and somo other
friends caught him. Mrs. Taylor says her
lee; ami he could not stand. lie Was taken
mono. rubbed. dosed with restorAtives, and
nNt to bed. He had been left tied up 10 the
'r,,ar thirty-hyc minuteA
XIX Xxx, hWellc,l hy men returning from work; and
In,Gros, hf gan t9lfing oxcitedy Of lynchlng.
s,n mGG @ Iohnnic'. father heard 9TH. trouble his
ai!i II "a" h"us eAnd he made violent effort to
rhlrI me residence. He waA restrained by
sm,nr OF his cool headed friends. and, whom he
3 Nl"rr 20 gpto a Justice for warrant of arrest.
~ NJ Grant. hearing Of the growing crowd
Oh taI"hsil avenue. went cut there With sew
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SEC HERBERT Ar PORTSMOUTH.
Inspections, Receptions. and n complimentary
Dance on tho Old Constitution.

PORTSMOUTH. N IT,. July 26-Socretary Her.
bert OF the Navy Department arrived at the
Kittcry Navy Yard shortly before IL o'clock
this morning in the United States despatch
boat Dolphin. He received the customary
salute. and on landing found the officers OF
the yard and OF the United States ships Kear-
sarge and Machias, with n marine guard.
drawn up in line to receive him. After being
introduced to tho officers OF the navy yard
and tho United States vessels at the yard. the
Secretary. accompanied by Commodore Car
pentcr and officers Of the yard. started to so
on an inspection Of the ynrd. Tho party was
accompanied by ex-Chief Constructor 7. ID.
wilson and Paymaster- General Stewart. At
dZ;oo the party was entertained ut Com odore
Carpenters residence.
=. The Secretary stated that the inspection OF
inc yard would consume tho rest OF to-day and
the greater portion OF tomorrow. Tonight
Col. J: Albert Walk ker will tender an informal
reception to him Mt tho Rockingham House.
Tomorrow Com mmander Crownshield and off,
GERS OF the United States ship KearsarRe will
tender the Secretary are ception on board that
vessel from to I o'clock In the evening. A
yard officers and those attached to the United
States snip kcarsarge and Machias on tho old
iriEhte Constitution. 1t is not probable that
the SECRETARY and marty will leave for Machias
peiore thursday morning.
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BISHOP COADJU7OR OF TENNESSEE.
The Kew. Thomas Frank GniIor, =, r, H., Con.
secrnted Yesterday mt ss.Mnnec

secrnted Yesterday mt Ssvnncc.
SEwANEE Tenn.. July 25.-The Rev Thomas
Frank Galor. S. I. D.. at noon to- day was conse-
Grated as Bishop coadjutor OF Tennessee. The
services. which wero OF a very impressive na-
ture were witnessed by large number OF
clergymen and lay members OF churches here
and elsewhere. Tho Commission of Bishops
included Bishop Quintard Of Tennessee. Bish-
on Dudley of Kentucky. and Bishop Nelson OF
Georgia. Tho presenters wore Bishop Sos
sums 10 Of Louisiana M and Bishop Gray OF south
nour. ID: D.. Ii. D.. Bishop OF Springfield,
preached the c22nsecration sermon.
sistnnt Bishop Gailor who has been the
chancellor OF tho University Of the South at
Sewanee Tor some time was some years ago
elected Bisho OF Georgia. but declined tho
honor. as he preferred to remain with tho
U,n1versty Ho was chosen Assistant Bishop
OF Tennessee in April last by the convention
M, which mt In Nashville. and a'tor considering
the matter for some time. decided to accept.
He will likely reside in Memphis. Ho is a
comparntirely young man. and has lonE beeI
regarded as one Of the leading members OF the
Episcopal clergy in the South.
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As Johnnie. with two companions OF about
his ago. was returning homo from tho nearby
creek little after 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. they saw that some Of the apples from
that tempting apple tree lay on the grass. and
they recalled. as OF the neishborhood news.
that tho Parmley family. all but the master.
had fed to tho hills to elude the mosquitoes.
Then-but everybody who was ever q boy
knows what followed.
As Johnnie was leaving the ParInley
grounds. buryinG large portion OF his face In
his apple. Mr.. Parmley appeared astride his
bicycle He jumped from his wheel and gave
chase. Johnnie ran down Second street. but
his legs were not strengthened by work on the
IN Whose tho cspsasa
y ,yf down S.. AK wy ,hs @tn caught ths 5Sy
in at the front door. led through the house % and
t 'hf S's Els x9.s toEst.r hf 'iPs1t FS1t
a e i ep5ss s5xs.l bsssa Gs5 Ss 5.si
that. above the boys head. the other end Of
were forced forward with such pain no could
@ out the shs PHs SsH
Is1o away on his Sicyoe. Whst for viii sDpsar
Johnnie in the cellar yelled In pain and ter
ror. Tho first to discover that he was tod up
10 the manner described was a son Of Lemuel
Serrell. the owner Of the Parmley residence.
Young serrell who was in his fathers grounds.
adjoining, heard Johnnie's yells and ran TO In
vcstiEate. !, Through tho cellar window he
could 500 the boy. strung UP and writhinR in
pain. He first tried all the accessible doors
and windows in an attempt gain an entrance.
and failing. he hurried to his fathers house
70 see II he could get key.
,,Johnnies companions as soon as they saw
Mr.. IRrmley depart. made their own lnvesti-
cations. and. discovering their friends plight,
ran down Second street. telling the news to all
.hey net; 4 crowd ,egan gathering at once
and efforts We're made to break In the cellar
windows, but they were barred with iron. The
crios OF the boy and wild reports Of the pun
shment he was suffering. such as that he was
strung NJ ty the thumbs. excited the people
Ereaty, and calls wero made for crovbars
With which to loroa an antranna. -
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ROYAL AND INIT TION,
Another East SIDE Hebrew Insurance Com.
pnny Hauled Into Court

pnny Hauled Into Court
| In addition to the suit Of the Home Insur.
ance Company against the New York Home
| Cooperative Fire Insurance Company for an
| alleged adoption OF methods calculated to do.
ceivc the public into thinking that the defend
| ants are the Home Insurance Company there
is an action OF the Royal Insurance Company
| against the Royal Cooperative Fro Insurance
| Company Of Now York. Kings and Queens
countios. and others. for being, according to
the complaint, wrongfnlly engaged. and for
threatening further wrongfully to engage in
the issuing Of cards and policies OF insurance
calculated to deceive and mislead tho public
with regard to the identity Of the defendant
company. and calculated also to njure and
damage the plaintiff company.
Shipman. Lnrocque Il Choate are plaintiffs s
counsel Justice Truax granted. few days
ago. temporary injunction restraining tho
defendant company from doing any Of the
acts com mnlained OF by the plaintiff
The defendants named In the action are the
Royal Cooperative Fire Insurance Company Of
New York. Kings. and Queens counties Adolph
yWaCsnan Of $50 Orchard street. Morris
l32. Attorney street: Abraham Schofeld. ~
sreet Bernsrd sehnGe. H roome sfrsU
Leon GotiesieId l29 Clinton street; Israel
berg, .I03 suffolk street; Samuel Schnr. 22G
Eldridgs street and Barnet WcissinRer. 334
Cherry street
The gentlemen named were the incorpora-
ilces. Adolf WaGcnan is President OF the com
nany. The Offices arc In room 50 on tho third
floor OF the building ut 40 and AZ broadway.
e be ro2m nm %o5e d.nEy sE.n than 1ne oce
room a. on the fourth flcor Of the !,or,d build
ing. 4 big book marked Policy Ledger" lay
%hs dfss ss beside two other eGTks
1lord face said In German that he could not
speak English.
A glass partition divides tho office Of tho
the METROPOLITAN Beneft Association. run by
the same defendants. The fat man went be-
hind the partition and got second man. who
an ofliosr Of the defendant company s then said
hc was not connected with 1t In any way and
finally declared no knew nothing about It. ex-
cept that the COMPANY was doing no business
now; and was going to be hauled up 10 court
The compla against the company says, In
brief, that the defendant company IS guilty Of
Company. The plaintiff. however. says that
the defendants went even further and omitted
tho, word cooperative entirely from their
cards.
Thu, defendan, company. according to the
complaint. possesses little financial respon.
slbility. the total alleged responsibility OF the
tifcate Of association. being not TO exceed
s52500: while. the capital employed by the
plsintift exceeds s., ,Qo0:o39."o The defendants
he Rys sey S hn
number OF com plants. At the ofIices OF Ship
nun. Larocque d ChOate 1t was said that the
com pany had boon bothered and pestered 40
fendant company that 1t was forced to take
some steps to stop the nuisance.
The sun., 1893-07-26
COMPTROLLER CAMPBELL CIN'T PAY.
If Ho Can't Borrow. Papers Which Printed
Srssion Laws Must Walt

ALBANY. July 25.-Comptroller Campbell in
his last report informed tho Legislature that
he thought he ought to have $3.50. 900 set
aside by appropriation for paying the bills OF
the newspapers throughout the State princi-
paly in the country districts. for publishing
tho session laws This amount was at first
incorporated in tho Supply bill. but aftorwurd
the item was cut down to SSO.O 600 The COMP
troller thus finds himself ut this early date
with bills for Sl27.UU0 and only $500 with
which to meet them. OF his predicament the
Comptroller said tonight:
am not responsible for tho unfortunate
position. The session laws must be publishol
and I do not want to ask the small country
newspapers to wait for their pay after they
ehall therefore try to find some way in which
! may legally borrow money or take 1t
from some surplus FUND to meet the payments.
bills can be paid till the Legislature meets and
makes another appropriation"
The sun., 1893-07-26
VETERAN HUMPRRIRS ALIVE
a Supervisor Indlcted for Getting Money
from the County to Hury Him.


Tho Brooklyn Grand Jury has indicted Su-
pervisor Henry 7. Lewis OF the Seventeenth
ward and Richard Caroy. Q resident OF the
Seventh ward. for presenting false claims
against the county for the burial OF pauper
veterans There is a law which provldes that
the county shall pay $35 for the burial Of poor
veterans. and it il alleged that. under this
law. systematic frauds to the extent Of over
$4,000 havo been perpetrated during the past
five or six years
The present indictment is based on the
presentation Of claim for the burial OF John
Humphriss, a veteran OF the forty;ssventh
visor Lewis presented the claim in tho name
of y. d. Lane" and the check for $50 was
made out in that name and paid over to
Supervisor Lewis. who presented it, endorsed
by. d. Lane. " to Saloon Keeper Often. and
got the money
Veteran Humphres ls still alive. and ap-
reared before the investigating COMMITTEES Of
the Board OF Supervisors aud also before the
Grand Jury. The accused are both out OF
town at present.
The sun., 1893-07-26
A Medal struck by Frederick the Gre.. Found

HoosICK. n. l.. July 25.-A farmer here re-
Gently found whilo plough!ng on his farm Q
brass m edal one OF those struck by Frederick
tho Great in 1857 to comm ON orato victories
over the French at Rosbach and the Austrians
at Lissn- The medal bears the Latin inscrip-
ton: Nee plurla impair
On one side 10 figure OF Frederick In ar.
NOR. On the reverse is a figure OF Hercules.
with club raised In tho attitude OF striking
man at his feet. who hns four arms. in the
hand OF one OF which no holds club. Her
cules is represented as standing on broken
shield hearing the feur dc lis OF France and
the eagles Of Aust Ia.
The medal is supposed to have been the
property OF some Brunswickcr who fought at
the battle OF bennington.
The sun., 1893-07-26
IL Mr.. Mclean TO He Judges

report was In circulation yesterday that II
Judge Lacombe OF the United States Circuit
Court is appointed to tho vacancy on the bench
Of tho United States Supreme Court. his sue
cess0r on the Circuit Court bench will be Po-
lice Commits ssioner Charles +. Mclean.
1888 hy Mayor Hewitt. and his term does not
expire until May, 1894. He was appointed AS
Tammany man. Under the old law. which
tire policemen, Commissioner Mclean was
able to block these retirements, The Leglsa-
iorty vote Of The Board sufficient Since thon
Mr.. Mclean has continued to vote no on those
matters as minority OF one.
The sun., 1893-07-26
4 SUBsTITUIE SEA CAPTAIN DIEN

Tho Regular Captain Left In Cuba Sick
Five or the Crow were Sick.
LnwEs Del. July 25.-Schooner Hannah
McLoon Of Rockland. Me-. from Matanzas
Cuba. with sugar for orders. arrived at tho
Btexkwater this morning in tow Of the tug
Juno. Capt. Thomas l. Kelley. lately In com.
mand Of wrecked schooner r r. Chandler. was
In charge In placo OF her original Captain.
George p Alley. left ut Matanzas sick. This
morning Capt. Kelley died at sea at 1890
O'Clock OF black vomit, and will probably TO
buried at the hospital grounds here Five OF
tho crew were sick Oh the passage and re-
covered.
Capt. Kelley was sick nve days Mate A. O
Stevens is In charge OF the McLoon. The YES.
sci is ouarantined and " Ill be fun gated.
The sun., 1893-07-26
HEADS OFFERED TO THE .iXE

superintendents or BrEnch Post Onicos Ten
der Resign ations Ahead Of tho Demand.
A rumor was aloat yesterday to the cfIect
that Postmaster Dayton lad requested every
one Of the eighteen Republicans who act as
Burerintsndents OF the Branch Post Offices to
resign. The report that Mr.. Dayton would
mako such request reached these Republl-
can holdovers on Monday. and sevsrai OF them
hastened to anticipate the request and waited
on Postmaster Dayton on that day with their
designations signed and In their hands Mr..
Dayton said that no was not yet ready to re-
ceiye the designations.
Among the esuperintendents who wore treated
in this way Merc George Gregory of station i.
at Third avenue AM. Twenty eighth street;
street. and Thomas Cogkley Of station J. in
West 125th street. Others who heard tho
rumor Of the impending axe fnl and did
nothing were smiling yesterday, when they
learned how Postmaster Dayton had treated
their fellows who were precipitate In their
effort TO get out before they were asked to.
No requests for resi- gnations have get been
sent to the supern endents,and Assistant Post
master Gsyler who was acting Yesterday in
tho absence Of Mr.. Dayton, said that he, had
not heard that tho Postmaster contemplates
sending them.
Tho Postmaster is In Washington to confer
with First Assistant Postmaster -Gencr
Jones. and to stir up the department. officials
until they recognize the rapidly growing
needs o. tho city's mall service and do some
thing toward meeting them.
Tho salaries o! the superntcndents of
branch Post Offices vary from sl.2OO to $1,000.
The sun., 1893-07-26
NEW U7REOHTS GAS BILL
A Taxpayer Objects to the Towns Hav1n
D.7O7 Street Lampn.

b.5O5 Street Lamps.
There was hearing yesterday before
Judge Cullen In the Supreme Court in Brook
lyn In the suit instituted by taxpayer Jacob
seibert. Jr.. OF New Utrecht for an Injunction to
restrain the Board Of Improvement OF the
town from wasting the public funds in un-
necessary expenditures for gas illumination.
It Is alleged that not more than one -half Of the
3.7O7 lamps. distributed over the town terri
Iuired. and that over $50. 900 q year Ia reck-
lessly thrown away in this wholesale. ilumina-
tion OF vacant lots green fields potato
averred that the responsible officials have
acted ir bad faith and have been guilty OF
tracts. Opposing nnidavits wero presented.
setting forth that the entire. town, has been
and tho value Of properly considerably in
creased. There will be another hearing in
the case on Aug. II,
The sun., 1893-07-26
STRUNG UP FOR IS MINUTES.
~ EXCITING 7IME IN PL1INEIELD ID
orER JOHNNY TArLoR's WRONGS.

Mr. Psrmicy strung = la-yesr>oid Boy Up
h, the Elbows in His Cellar For Tnh,nr
RI. Appie-There We're Rurors That tho
Hoy Had Eeen Hanged. and the Crowd
wa. Ready TO Hang Nj. Parmier.
Pr ArvF1rLp. N. j.. July 25.-Johnnie Taylor
v.s IL years old Yesterday and II he lives
long leyond the allotted torn OF life In New
Jersey ho will never have another such excit-
Ing birthday. nor probably ever again exercise
. rreater influence unon any community.
r,causc Of what Johnnie did and what wns
done to him, II required all the available force
o,the Painileld police TO prevent lynchins.
one thousand people. twentieth Of tho popu-
laton. were In mob which sought to revenge
tho injury done Johnnie. Tho trouble all
came Of nm historical cause Of trouble, q mis-
understanding about an apple.
On Iainfleld avenue. opposite the end OF
Second street, In q handsome three story cot
tugc lives Mr.. Charles L. rnrmey. employed
asn designing engineer In tho Pond Machine
Works About his home is n large lot, In the
front OF which. just to tho side Of the main
entrance. Is an apple tree OF the Normandy
pipptn variety. As tho song hath It:
Normandy rippip's good all ovsri
Where is the boy won't have a slicef
Twas Mother Eve did nrst discover
How good 1t was In Paradise.
Now Johnnie Taylor Is not tho kind OF n boy
who sights an opportunity for slice or any
Part OF an apple, and Johnnie lives near Mr..
rnrmley. He liros on Second street. half q
block down from PlninAeld avenue. Poorer
class OF people live on that part Of second
street than on the avenue, for opposite the
houses one side Of tho block is the embank-
ment OF the Jersey Central Railroad. Johnnie's
father is moulder In the Potter Press Works.
and occupies ono OF tho best houses In tho
block. Some Of tho others are occupied by
colored laborers.
The sun., 1893-07-26
Cape Cod Cranberry Grower. Meet.

MIDDLEBoRo Mass, July 25.-The Cape Cod
Cranberry Growers Association held an all
day session at Grange Hall to-day. There
were about eighty OF the largest growers Of
plymouth and Barnsable counties present
representing nearly all the members. and
about tthree-quartrrs OF tho ownership OF the
bog lands OF the cranberry / cit. 1t WAS voted
to reduce th~ price for picking berries from
ten cents per measure OF six quarts to nine
CAntR.
The sun., 1893-07-26

John Martin. the son OF Pawnbroker John J.
Martin. returned to his homo at 40 Lawrence
street, Brooklyn. on Monday night with his
pockets we'll lined with money he had won at
tie Brighton Leach race track. and his head
badly muddled with Coney Island beverages
Becoming annoyed at some mild reproof on
the part OF his father, he drew II revolver and
fired two shots al tho latter. who took refuge
under he table and escaped injury.
A policeman WAS called In and arrested
young Martin. after he had thrown all tho
ragncd yesterday In the Adams street Conrt
he said he WAS SO drunk he did not know what
he WAS doing. lie was held for examination.
The sun., 1893-07-26
DIR. SARA B. CHASE GOING TO .4UEUnx.
She Has Decided Not to Await the Result OF
Her Appeal BeIore NcgInninx Her Term

Dr. Sara 3. Chase. convicted Of causing the
death OF Maggie Manzone by malpractice. and
now prisoner In the Tombs pending an ap.
peal from her conviction. has decided to begin
to serve the term of nine years to which she
was sentenced at once. instead OF waiting for
the result OF her appeal Yesterday she sent
the following letter to Warden Fallon OF the
Tombs:
have concluded that il IL best to 90 back
to Auburn. and my attorney tells me to say to
you that waive my rights OF a stay pending
an appeal. So please send me to Auburn at
DR.. Chase was taken to Auburn prison a
month ago by mistake. Her lawyers began
proceedings ,nga Inst the District Attorney.
tempt OF court in removing her in disobedi-
ence OK her stay pending an appeal and she
sent back to Auburn on SATURDAY. and will
accompany Mrs. McCabe. who was convicted
OF having killed baby while intoxicated.
The sun., 1893-07-26
Had Irmss ior p.ln,srs.

On account OF depression Of trade. Typo-
graphical Union No. u Is preparing to send a
circular to tho printors' unions throughout
the country warning printers against coming
to New iork. This is prompted by move
President Murphy OF No. Is says that the de-
preston OF trado extsnds SveYywhsre through.
ont the country.
The sun., 1893-07-26
Il CLEAR WAY FOR LIEUE PEART.

Bark from Greenland Reports that the
Falcon VIII Have No Trouble rr.m Ice.
PHILADELPHIA. July 25.-The bark T.. O.
Clark arrived here yesterday fiom Ivigtut,
Greenland and from the report Of Capt Chase
the steamer Falcon. with Lieut.. Peary and his
Greenland exploring party aboard, will have
no trouble from the. ice In reaching its dosti-
nation at McCormick's Bay. Capt Chase says
side. the foes having drifted over toward the
northeast shore. and that the way is open to
McCormick's Bay.