The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-31
DuNRAvEN'S CHARGES
The Investigating Committee Are Rapidly
Finding Them Without Foundation.
THE EVIDENCE FLATLY REFuTEs THEM.
Oiiieini Mcnsnrer RIysiop's Positive
ENiaehre- Captain Taylor, of the
Hattie. Palmer, Tcstincs TINT lIis
E0nt Was Rot Near thc Defender
on the Night Chnrgcd.

New York, Dec. Gothic special com
nittec. which is Sitting us n court OF
Inquiry on the charges made by Lord
iJuhraNen against the people in charge
OF the Defender, held an all day sea-
sion nj the New York Yacht CluI-house
to-day, and adjourned al 6 O'Clock 10
niSht without completing their work
Nearly all the testimony is i'm. how.
ercrahd II is said that the investigation
VIII be closed after n short session TO,
morrow.
The session to-day was behind closed
doors. but 1t was learned that the exam-
ilatiuh OF witnesses for the defense tool,
up an the time of the committee, Their
testimony was OF the culrninativc order
ana II is safe 10 say that the charges or
fraud made by Lord Dunraven are com.
pletely rcfutcd
|. Owing To the rule Of secrecy which
the club has made the actual statements
ui Inc witnesses before the committcr
cannot be given. but the report of the
committee, which will be made nj an
early day after the close of the inyesti-
CATION. will. ii is said, summarize the
evidence and give the finding OF the tri-
bunal
The morning session began at 1O1o
a.. M. and lasted until l O'clock. when
adjournment for lunch was taken, Mr.
whitney said that he thought IL would
be impossible to finish the examination
OF witnesses to-day.
evidence corroboratng the testimony OF
Mcssis. lsclin, licTrcshorff and Haff
which was taken last week Official
Mcasurer Hyslop told about The first
rcilcnSurcincnt on September 9th tho
DAY before the first race, and of the re-
measurements on September Sth He
also told how closely the two measure
ntntS OF the Defender agreed and said
that In his opinion it was absolutely i'm
possible to make change in ballast.
as was charged, without discovery by
himself and score of others, who
Woe ahpn the Two yachts
Captain Taylor, who was in charge cr
inc Hattie Palmer, was an important
witness Lord Dunraven charged, 1t
will be remembered, that the additional
Hal!aS, ] was taken from the Hattie
palmcr and placed in the hold OF the
Defender on the night of September
9Th while the yacht and her tender lay
at anchor in the Horseshoe. and that
the lead was removed on the following
hight off Bay Ridge. Captain Taylor
charges. He Eaid that no lead was
taken from his boat 10 the Defender
ON the night Of the 9th; that he did
not nj any time have Il quantity or
lead aboard sufficient to sink the De-
fender four inches deeper In the water
that no lead was removed from the De-
fender on the night of the first race
and that his boat did not lay alongside
of the Defender off Bay Ridge that
night at all.
Captain Terry. who assisted Captain
Half In calling the Defender, told sub
-stantially the same story of denial of
the charges. Mates Berry and Conant
and Quartcrmasters Staples aud Bar
bour. and figsers I3yno. Biilmah.
O'Neill and Francis, and all the mems
bers of the crew who were brought on
from Deer Island, Me, gave Eubstan-
TALLY the same testimony.
After adjournment the only informa-
ton the members of the committee
would give out was that the hearing
had been adjourned until tomorrow
morning.
Newest Discovery"-Ext. teeth: no