Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-19
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 - f4gsyErs "s3ta DEFENDER MENExONERATED ButHis Royal Highness Had Good Grounds fo7 Suspicion.
FAILED TO MAKE FORMAL COMPLAINT
The Committee Acknowledge That He Spoke to MT. Fish and Asked for e Remeasurement, but He Didn't
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 It can be stated with positiveness this afternoon that the decision of the com mittee appointed by the New York Yacht club to investigate the charges of unfair ness brought by Lord Dunraven against the crew of the Defender is in favor of the Defenders men. The charges are found to be improved.
 The committee, however, finds that Lord Dunraven had grounds upon which to base his suspicious, and thus relieves him of the suspicion that he brought the accusation in malice. In fact, the report lets down Lord Dunraven easily, al- though it found that the charges are not proved. This much was learned from a member of the club at an uptown hotel this afternoon. It is the first real infor- nation which has been divulged concern ing the doings of the committee.
 The committee, which is composed of J. Pierpont Morgan, the Hon. William 0. Whitney, Capt. A. T. Mahan George L. Rives and the Hon. E. J. Phelps, has en- tirely completed it's labors. Its report of the investigation of the evidence and the findings forms a bulky volume of over 500 printed pages. The report is now on its way to England and will be published there at the same time it is made public in this country. -
 Some details of the evidence by the committee were learned today. Lord Dunraven based his accusa tion that the load water line of the Defender had been changed before the first of the interna- tional races and after the yachts were measured, entirely on the appearance of the yachts in the water. He declared that a certain point on the hull of the De- fender. which was well above the water line when she was measured, was en- tirely submerged and out of sight on the day of the race.
 The investigat ting committee acknowl- edges that Lord Dunraven spoke to Mr Latham Fish about the matter, but the committee finds that Lord Dunravens action did not take the form of a formal complaint. In that way the fact that the Defender was not immediately re- measured on the night of September Bis justified. 'f'FflAs- -s v
 When the Defender was remeasured on September g it was found that her load water line was a little higher above the water than at the time of the previous measurements.
 If the Defender had been measured again on the night after the first race there would have been no grounds for dispute. That such remeasurement was not made was due to the fact that Lord Dunraven did not make formal complaint to Mir. Fish, as he should have done. Lord Dunraven, it is understood, main- tained before the committee that he sup- posed his complaining was formal and that there was plenty opportunity to take ballast out of the Defender during the time which elapsed betwen the race and the time of the remeasurement
 The committee. however did not think his assertions well founded. The verdict. therefore, is in favor of the Defender. It is expected that the report will be made public the tier part of next week.