The Portland daily press., 1895-06-12

Arrived. back at the city at 5. 30 p. m. {,
Mr.. Holland went directly to the police
station. With Deputy Sterling and Off
Ger Skillings they went to the prisoner S
cell and began to talk with him up to
edge of the stealing of the yacht.
But finally he Mr.. Holland said to him
''Look here, it will be much better for
you to make clean breast of this affair
and tell us all about it. -
The fellow finally thought so too, for
he admitted that he had been trying to
shield the other two men, who came from
good families, who would he much
shocked and grieved if they were caught
in SO serious an offense
| He said that his own name was Lewis
Neal His companions were Percy Acton
and Howard Fielding They all lived in
Boston and were about 30 years of age
One of them had been sailor They
| came down on the boat about q week ago
| for no other purpose than to go on a lark
| They had a good deal of money with
them and have been going back and forth
in the harbor and enjoying one perpetual
drunk. They had spent most Of their
money by Monday night when they went
down to Little Diamond Island. They
had bottle of whiskey with them and
went into the house on the wharf to
drink it.
When they were all drunk enough to
feel droppy, Acton proposed that they
| take a sail. 1t was between and 9
o'clock in the evening when they climbed
down into Chas L. Hollands row boat
and rowed out to Chas. A. S. Hollands
yacht Edith. They managed to hoist the
sail and drifted away before light
breeze. They drifted about for some
hours probably in a state of beastly intox-
| ication.
Finally when they reached point very
near Bug Light and they would not have
gone in that direction if they hadn t
been foolishly drunk), Neal seemed to
come to a realizing sense by the situation
and, so he says, told his companions that
he was not going any farther, and that
it would be bad for them if they got
caught.
The other two declared that he was
going farther, if they had to make him
At that he pulled out his knife, jumped
into the boat that they had towed astern
and cut the line. The others tried to
stop him, but he was too quick for them
and of course, as, there was very little
wind, they could not catch him.
He rowed away and finally reached
| Lewis, Chase & Whittens' old fish wharf
on the cape shore There he made fast the
boat and left it there yesterday morning
He came across on the ferry yesterday
morning and was lounging around Com
mercial street when seen by the deckhand
which led to his capture as narrated
above
| 1t would seem as if the other two men
must have got out of the bay with the
boat, since the Fannie g., sailing about
for six hours, failed to discover any
| trace of her
| A resident of Great Diamond says that
the other night the three men came
| came down to the island and stayed there
all night. He thinks that it is very
| probable that they broke into some cot
| tage and made themselves at home.
| 1t is also stated that in Goldings peri
odical store recently these three men gave
out that they were connected with
| Washburn's circus, and that they also
tried to work the film fam game without
su ccess.
A man who came up from Long Island
| last night said that the missing yacht
was seen yesterday afternoon trying to
| beat up the inner harbor She was hand
| led as if the men in her were not good
sailors
| These three men have also beat their
way on the steamers several times, so
| it is stated.
| Journalists Gather at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia June 11.-Delegates to the
fifth annual convention of the Annual
League of Press Clubs assembled this
morning in Independence Hall. Over 100
| delegates and alternates are in attendance
Mayor Warwick welcomed the visiting
journalists to the "City of Brotherly
Love- and Clark Howell of Atlanta, Ga. ,
president of the League, eloquently re-
sponded. Among the delegates were many
representatives from womens' press clubs
throughout the country.
After President Howell's address the
convention proceeded with regular bust
ness. Treasurer McCartney's report for
| the year showed balance of $637. Secre-
| tary VOight read the annual report in
which he congratulated the members on
the continued growth and prosperity.
Five new clubs was admitted during the
year, making total number of thirty
five. Gen. Felix Agnews presented reso-
lutions adopted recently by the Baltimore
journalists club urging the protection of
dence reposed in them and asking the
Maryland legislature for legislation to
protect the condolences as in case of