New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-27

now the South Portland. He largely owned the
vessel and nearly all the arms and ammunition
for Hippolyte's forces were carried down upon
her Hippolyte commissioned him as commander
OF the newly-acquired vessel. but upon MS arriVai
here he saw at a glance that she was the OLD tuo
he had seen sold for $1,000 to be broken up IN the
harbor of Havana. Meantime the ship had oeeh
taken to Handren Robins yard at the Erie
Basin drydocks. For $4,000 cash down she was
to be turned into an armored vessel Three one
inch steel plates were put on, with twelVe-hch
wood backing from the bow to abaft the engines
When she was stripped II was found that many OF
her frames had holes eaten through them py rust
but under the supervision OF young kunhardt' the
yacht designer the work Of plating the ill-fated
vessel was pressed forward night ana DAY ner
gun ports cut. but 1t was found inpossipe
to head down the rivets in her plates ana tney
were put on with screwbots. Captain Miller
wisely declined to have anything to do with me
floating coffin and therefore had much trouble 10
convince Hippoyte afterward that ne had acteu
In good faith A substitute was found In captain
Ankers who was also Brooklyn man
Legitime's Consul llbeed the Conserva as
contraband OF war, and was defeated IN the
United States Court in New-York. One fogsy
morning the Conserva steamed out or the fre
Basin. but she did not reach SANDY HOOK De,
fore she half full Of water She anchorei
In Gravesend Bay and a large force OF cement
ers was sent from the Eric Basin to plaster up
her seams She seized that afternoon on
the Atlantic Dock, whore she remained until
Judge BENEDICT. in the United states Court. DE.
cided that there nothing ontraband ABOUT
her She was flying the Dominican nag ana
had cleared for Dominican port. her Hayti'n
flag armament and ammunition had been pre-
v.ously taken down by Captain Miller on me
Caroline Miller Fearing another libel might
hc issued in New-Jersey. the moment the orcer
OF release was signed. a scratch crew. composed
Of AIalays was pick up in New-fork ana
hustled on board. Steam was up. and she was
headed for Sandy Hook soon as Captain Ank-
ers Engineer Charles Tinkham. the kunharGts
ard Frank Platt who was counsel Tor tne
HI nharit party got on board. When sandy
Plat were put ashore and returned to New
York-the younger Kunhardt remaining on
hoard as h. was - collect a second payment 81
100000 on the vessel upon her delivery to HIPPO
lyte From the hour she passed the nghtshlp'
no human eyes. save those OF her crew, ever
saw the Conserva again. A gale sprung up
that day of Hatteras and whether her heaVy
plating tore her rotten frames apart In sea-
way. or as has beer sur1nised. she was blown
up by an informal machine placed aboard by
IeCtiue's agents. no will ever know.
Two or three days later, a hOmeward -boun1
Clyde Limo steamer picked up her life raft and
a metallic lifeboat adrift. On the former. fast
in the laskings were the storm-beaten bodies OF
three Malay scamen who had died from ex-
posture OF the fate OF tho rest Of the crew or
Of the ship herself nothing more than mere
conjecture was eyer known. She disappeared
a. II she were a snowflake In the water. Young
Kunhardt was much esteemed by those who
knew him. and he was regarded as rising
young Yacht designer when lie met his death
with some forty others on the old Conserva.