The Portland daily press., 1895-01-30

The Mysterious Fate of the Yacht Mohican
"A Curious Story in Which a Booth
- bay Young Woman and a New York
Doctor Figure.
New York. January 29.-The Herald prints
a sensational story about DR.. ". Conyers
Herring and his Maine bride, who sailed
from this port in the latter part of NoVem-
ber on the schooner yacht Mohican.
The mysterious manner in which DR..
Herring prepared for the cruise and the
dislike he exhibited to explain where he in
tended to take his new purchase, save rise
to many grave suspicious. These suspicious
were augmented by statement made by
DR.. Herring that he intended to arm the
Mohican with brace of Calling guns. but
whether he did SO not is not known.
just up to the date of sailing public in
terest in the yacht was awkened by the re-
ported abduction of Letitia Thompson,
whose mother, accompanied by two pollce-
men, visited the yacht while it was lying at
anchor off South Brooklyn and searched for
the girl. Letitia was not found, but 1t has
been learned that she was stopping at that
time at the South Ferry hotel. waiting the
day of sailing, and that she was conducted
on a tug down the bay and boarded the
yacht just as the anchor was finally hoisted
and the sail set.
The Herald has learned the real object of
the voyage and that it was at Letitia's re-
qest that she was allowed to make the
voyage. Dr.. Herring purchased the yacht
Mohican. " hich was designed by the late
Edwin Burgess and built at Noank. Conn,
for H. D. BUrnham, from George Fitzgerald
& CO., of Boston. DR.. Herring is the son OF
william Herring, the promoter of the
Georgia Central Railway, and one of
Georgias most wealthy mon.
DR.. Herring was educated at Oxford and
afterward graduated from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, in this city. He
married an English lady and lived in Lon
don for several years. His most intimate
friend in England was Montague Eder, a
llassmate at Oxford, who is said to be his
partner in the present venture in tho Mohi-
can. Dr. Herring returned to New York
with his wife. and they were accompanied
by Eder.
The Doctor and his wife finally disagreed,
and Mrs. Herring returned TO England. be-
ing followed shortly BY Mr.. Eder. IN the
spring of 1894 DR.. Herring began divorce
proceedings. and upon being notified his
wife returned to this city by the first s4 am
er, Eder also returned to America, and
succeeded in inducing DR.. Herr ing to re-
frain from bringing the action against his
wife. Shortly after Mrs. Herring began
suit against her husband, and in November
was granted an absolute divorce, with the
privilege of marrying again, a privilege
which, by the terms of the decree. was
denied the doctor.
DR.. Herring and Miss Mabel Viola Harris
of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, visited Jersey
City on Saturday, November II, and were
married by justice of the Peace Geiger of
that city. The only witness to the ceremony
was Mr.. E.A. Young. commercial traveller
of Boston. who was friend to both the
bride and bridegroom. The couple returned
to this city and lived in he West Side Bank
building for several weeks, while the work
of putting the NIohican in shape for a
voyage was being done.
LETITlA PLEADED TO GO.
Dr. Herring wished to secure companion
for his bride. and advertised for one.
Letitja Thompson applied for the place, and
was employ ad
in the mean time Mr. Edel lad married
Mrs. Herring No !, and had returned to
England. but before he went he and DR..
Herring drew up co-partnershjp papers
which resulted in the purchase and lifting
out of the Mohican for a long ocean voyage.
Captain Beveridge. who brought the