The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-30

this meager report. and in view of the
strong probability that Inman has been
drowned. he has asked Capt. Hulse for
a more detailed account OF the collision.
Chief Engineer Froeligh was the only
one Of the officers of the Perseus who
would talk about the collision yesterday.
He said:
Il was startled by a grating sound
against the side of the engine room, and
going on deck saw a woman there in hys-
terics shouting for Gilbert! 1 did not
know how she got there, nor did care.
saw she was in trouble and tried to COM
fort her until the order came to lower a
boat, when left her TO assist in getting
the boat away.
1T was manned by one of my firemer
and the captain of the Adelaide. The
Perseus's boats were in first-class condi-
ton, and the one sent away was freed
from its fastenings by one stroke Of my
pocketknife. AS the boat struck the wa
ter she shipped a bucketful or so. The
boat went out to the yacht. but soon re-
turned with the news that all had been
saved. Three persons were picked up Ivy
the yacht, two were pulled aboard fish,
ing boat, and two others were saved by
jumping aboard our steamer"
After Bernard S. Clark heard the story
OF the accidents as told to him by Capt.
Jacobs of the Adelaide he became salts
fled that Mr. Inman was drowned, and
he authorized the offer of reward Of
$500 for the recovery of his body. The Of
fer was sent out from the police central
office as follows yesterday:
Robert W. Inman of New York, who
was on the yacht Adelaide, which was in
collision with the iron steamboat Per-
seus, is missing. Aged thIrty-four years.
About feet inches in hight, slight build,
100 pounds, sandy hair and mustache, and
yachting suit. Reward of $500 Is offered
for the recovery of his body.
Mr.. Inman is cousin of John H. In
man, who is head of the firm of Inman,
Swami q Co., cotton brokers, IL Cotton
Exchange, and one Of the Rapid Transit
commissioners. He is well known in bus
mess circles. and until recently was
president of the East river SILK Com
pany, which was wrecked through the
peculations of Albert S. Moore, the treas
urer OF the concern. Moore Is now in
state prison, where he was sent for forg-
ing the Endorsement of Robert w. In
man and Inman, Swami & Co. to notes
of the company, which he had discount
ed. The proceeds were used in disas-
trous speculations.
Mr.. Inman is unmarried and lives in
bachelor apartpents at 80 West Thirtieth
/ street He spends much tine in the sum-
mer months at Cold Spring Harbor, N.
T., with his yacht. He is an enthusi-
astc yachtsmans ana besides the Ade-
laide, which he bought from r. Under
hill of the Atlantic Yacht Club, in 1889,
he owns the schooner yacht Dagmar,
which was formerly the property of c.
oliver Iselin, and was then called the
Titania. He also owns the steam launch
Marguerite and the catamaran Corsair.
He is a member of the New York, Larch-
mont and Atlantic Yacht Clubs.
Mr. Inman's name was mixed up in
the case of Lillian Low whose recent
suicide in Washington Nights caused a
sensation. The father of the unfortunate
girl charged that Inman was intimate
with the girl and that a friend of his,
s. Raymond Trowbridge, had taken her
to his Qnman's) apartments. When
these charges were published in the
newspapers Mr.. Inman came to this city
from Cold Spring Harbor and had nc
trouble in refuting the charges and sat-
isfying Mr.. Low that they were untrue,