New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-08
A MYSTERY or THE H1RBOR.
CAPTAIN JOHN DURYEA FOUND DEAD IN
THE CABIN OF HIS SLOOP.
HIS NATE SAYS HE WAS KILLED BY FAhLr
ING sPAR-CORONER SMITH. or HEMP
sTDAD SAYS IT WAS MuRDEE-A
CONFLICT or AUTHORITY
MATES QUEER STORY
4 WARRANT FOR Ills

4 WARRANT FOR Ills

ARREST.
An excited man landed at South Beach' :. -
late on Tuesday nigh from q small boat ana walh"d
UP TO the Quarantine Station. where ne Tepo''-'
to Dr. jenkins saying mat he was Jos ph Matthew's.
the mate of the little ashing sloop Mary F. Durye1
The story that the man told 70 this effect; tie
and Captain John Duryea on board the
sloop on their way u Sandy Hook 20 take on
board a load Of crabs for Fulton Market When
of the entrance OF the Swash Channel 4 su'-
den gust Of wind carried away the mas wnicn IN
falling. struck the captain the head. This was
about O'Clock al night Matthews worked over
the captain VINO had been made insensihe ~ tne
force OF the blow and falling TO restore MIN - con-
sciousness became pan!c-strcken. took the yesse =
small boat and rowed ashore for assis-11'e.
Dr. Jenkins Immediately sent the quarantine
steamer Governor Flower in search Of the s'oop'
h,t sho couid no; be found Yesterday morning the
sloon WAS picked up in RoCkaway Inlet. EeI
mas, had gone by the Loar1. and vas hanging
with her sails over the side In the cabin was inc cap
tain dead. The Mary F. Duryes vas owned oy fe,sr
Duryoi. or Keyport y. }. Tae dead rapt;tn w -.
Ioseph Matthews was twenty years cld MI.
finding Of the vessel ana the dedtn 1' ~ f''' :,
Immediately chartered a tug and vent c."R,
thews did not anchor the vessel Wl'H u. i'S 80
IL with the dead captain on board b.'A"S'' az S'S -
IN ms smith Fos,er Of The Rockaway Point
Life Saving Station. discovered ine s.p"I, "IaIl
beaj broken away. "A little befor" sunrise y'+''I
dav morning Nos s-r!ng living object on boar.
ana thinking the Veserd iu danger - h"!nt
stranded on the sanGDar. he launched IN" "i i'pDi
and bsstened after the disabled sloop. On bDai
inr her ne found the dead body OF aptalii Jonil
I,3,r,ea living I'm a pool Of blood. His fkuH was
crushed in and several wounds were NISiDe OF m 'I'
face and neck Captain Foster i9und 'yeiI 'HiiE !E
in the cabin In disorder. He towrd Ia" Tlo,P 'tt ~
pnckawaV Inlet where she was anchof'i. ipili
Foster Immediately telcgraphed t. the coroner I ahI
oSPs1h - Pa d.ad man toroner G smith Of Hemps'ead
and G. d Fitzpatrick an undertaken. @i raI @ ho1H ,
av,ay started for the place wmch - H'e NM
sron, Rockawav Beach in wagons. , 81,
ii~anv,hilc Captain Frank Fisher IN 'NaIN - vi
me ing charm and Captain Duryca has'.hS" iot. ,
,he Jersey shore and reached the N"S9ei apD-',
,m,a,Iv minutes in advance Of the Queens 'ohh y
an, horitips They took the BODY anu PIoe ~ a. 49,
q rnvvhoat started OF. Just then coroner o'i'n :"
r,ved and endeavored TO stop the tug but IaP.,'i
l'',sba.r waved his hand ia IA defiant manner anu
headed for the jersey codst. ..,,,, 1i,os II, tho
Coroner Smith viewed the surrouu,'inE ~ ~ -, W.
cabin and on deck and s9id that the man 'i ,il
,,urdernd and does not believe that ~ en- -
dam nv the falling spar as was icpWtl.," -, -
,,rrioaE, a, the action Of Captain flS'ei, % VI
charm i'm violating the law by taIinF VI Ie,
tro,. without his permission. coroner ~,
,,Soir Foster In charge Of the scop WIN ms @ w.
tions not 20 allow any one 10 60 on pol' 80 "a ,,ieLt
Snorei that the friends Of IN" doid nId'' nis
n"te an EFFORT TO tow her away during t.t .'iEm,
CORONER Smith has issued warrant, ~" ' 'Jis,iici
~ Captafn Fisher and the mate 81 ~ '' ,(r 80
eioon " no cannot be found. lie SlartcI -, ~. I'll,
,,or, y J. with officer. ana VIII piI.ii5, ilI .1
fack 10 Eockaway Beach, where ne VIII "'' "
inquest