The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-25
YACHTING IN M1DWINrER.
Another Version of "a Cruise to the south"

of truth and veracity and not wishing
your paper to misrepresent any one, I
write you a true statement in rebuttal
of an unjust article in your columns is
sued March 18th, and given you for
publication by a we'll known man of
your city, who has been engaged in
renting sailboats for many years. AS
he refrained from mentioning me by
name, omit his, not to be outdone in
courtesy in the matter and will for
convenience style him as wet
cram" / have in my possession a
letter written by him stating that he
had given the article to your paper,
also to the Register, for the purpose of
giving me a roasting. Said letter l
shall keep for further use upon my ar
rival home. He states that the yacht
was seized for debt by Sheriff Chatfield
to satisfy a claim of a Crown street
plumber. 1 was sued by Ed. tiffany
for a bill that he held against me, he
never having sent me a statement,
bill or even asked me for the same.
The yacht was taken up to Veterans
place by Captain H G. Mack and my
SELF said Veteran telling Deputy Chat
field at the time that he should not add
any costs for keeping q refer you to
Deputy Chatfield for truth of this), and
in fact he was no keeper for he took
mo- care of the yacht. I had access to
her at all times and had to take care of
her myself. The large anchor was
broken by a. tugs wheel while laying
there, but it was not "a cheap one"
The boom was broken by the tide fall
ing and fouling it on cable from the
dock (Which would never have hap
pened if Veteran had taken care Of her
as he claims to have done and claiming
five hundred dollars for the same) l
owe some few bills, like most men who
have a reputation for paying the same,
but they are neither heavy or nun1er-
GUS, and 1 never placed my property in
my wife's name for safe keeping in case
a creditor wished me to pay bill; haV-
ing lost my father, mother and sister
in-law my death while the yacht was
being built, it put me back in the work,
thereby increasing the amount of my
bills on the same, and l was in hopes of
selling the yacht and liquidating all
claims against her, like any honest
man, when l came away with her, and
1 expect now to make the sale and pay
one hundred cents on the dollar, with
interest. He says while waiting for
her owner to raise little money, six
weeks were consumed. Three weeks
were consumed in waiting for him to
raise his part in trying, as he said, to
collect his bills from Yale students, sell
q boat or borrow the same, and the
yacht finally sailed away without him,
leaving Veteran behind to raise his
amount agreed upon, and finally to
Join the party at Norfolk with $3.50 in
mis- pocket AS to articles borrowed,
MS statement in your columns are false.
Most of the things he mentions in your
columns belong to Captain H G. Mack,
who holds a claim on the yacht and
Who is master of the same. The wealth
er has been very severe all winter,
making it hard for large vessels to
make good runs to say nothing Of a
small yacht. Our passage was neces- |
sarily slow, as we did not wish to either |
ose or damage the yacht When ar
living at this place the captain, and not
he owner, decided to go no further I'M
less said Veteran met his agreement or |
showed where the money was coming |
rom to proceed. This he did not do |
md the yacht proceeded no further
With him. He calls me penniless. |
While here without dollar in his
pocket and the stores getting low, he
two dollars of Jonathan Bar
'ows to go up to Wilmington to see the
lights of the city, and telegraphed
lome that he was all right. Q refer to
Toe Barrows who owns the boat shop
it Veteran's.) did no blowing on shore,
leither are the people of this place Civ
N that way but Drew & Co. wished us
o go over to the bay for them for
lams. While waiting for Veteran to
write home for money to get back and
eceive the same, we went, and very
luckily for him we did, for when his
money came it was a post-office money
rider for ten dollars, just enough to
Jay for his ticket on the steamer from
to New York, with nothing
O pay his way from here to Whining
on, or from New York to New Haven.
lie then tried to borrow the money |
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