New-York tribune., 1896-02-01

~ the New-York Yacht Club. were the other wit
nesses examined at the Saturday session
The letter written by A. Cass Garfield ordering
remeasurement was placed in evidehie' as wen dS
a second letter from Mr.. Garfield in wn'cn ne
said
Nv Dear Mr.. Hys.op: You have misunderstood
my letter | asked you to mea ere the two yacntS
tomorrow at 10 a. m at Erie la.i Il IN, nrV,is W.,
either end of l.. W. j.. with Mr George l.; Mai,on,
also asked you to- go On ,s o, o-norrow but next
Tuesday leaving at m, foot of Twenty-sXth-st''
East River. ,,
by Mr Whitney:
In the statement of Lord Dunraven there IS a
reference made to YOU Il may mention that ac-
ferG@r was some six inches shorter when measured
for ,hc Cup than when measarsn .rono ior up
Goelet Cup race" What do you say with reference
10 that? Al have not the slightest recolectioh Oh
anything of the kind As mater oil atuna iaf,, ,h
measurrmont OF the Defender-the first measure
mcnt made about the lG;h Of August -and thc NaiII
no recollection Of having mentioned anytn!he-suchh h
previous measurement OF the Deltnne r irtI
Dunraven but the matter was suiclehty Is,iiIh M
able and 1t would not nave been at al "onuetLui
when came to measure the V rocoi
that coinci lence but have not the sIlshtest reTo
lection Of doing so making any comparison be-
tween the first measurement - 'he bcIenue' 'I =,
any subsequent | have no khow'tuse Oh II
whatever.
ADDITIONAL BALLAST A DETRfMENT'
At the session OF the committee on Monday the
first witness was William Butler Duncan. Jr.' VINO
was a visitor on board the Defender during the
races Mr.. Duncan's testimony showed that adul-
tional ballast would have been detrlInen' as the
/ following answers to Mr.. Choate's questions VIII
show:
o. will ask YOU one other question as an expert.
As wind and water were that morning. would you
hayo deemed desirable to nave nave n b,eneG her AT
| '',, could with less ballast.
Q~AnG a. to carrying any. II you could have got
rf1 IN he Al
o,-Why? At was light weather; light breeze
She was a very powerful boat. and did not heed /"
Al ,'tV EWonId do better without 1t? A.-Would do
better without IT,
Other witnesses examined that day were Joseph
r. Busk of the cup Committee: Archibald Rogers
Gouverneur Kortright. George ". BlizZard' NV
bury D. Thorne Norman ". Terry. James IL Berry
and George w Conant At the afternoon SESSION
Mr. Iselr WIS recalled. and followed by lrvina
G. Barber. John f. Billings. John T. Staples Gard
ner X Cirum Michael J. O'Neile. George Francis,
Charles II Billman. Asa ". Hathaway and Wood
XII IL" te.t,moay. If boiled dowr would show taat
no ezra halias, was taken on board the Defender
that no one wanted T. take any board. and that
II there hal been desire IN that direction II would
not have been allowed. because it would have In
jurcd the boats sailing powers.
or the last day OF the hearing Mr. Ask"lth "heh
as,o5 If H. N. Kersey would testify. said:
40. sir conveyed io him the suggestion OF the
committee that he should be present to-ay: anr , ne
asked me t. say that. having had that intlnna,. 20.
Communicated 10 him. be replies 10 me that, were
he mt liberty and consulting alone ms own Mis",s =,
o- mo r., of Tie committee. he would b- gal 10
submit himself To any examination IN" committee
might wish: but there are others 40 haVc Tsh. s
to control his action in This respect and nat they
have objected most earnestly 10 his appeaIing ana
that he some Kim. since minated 20 LOra DunfaF'"
that he must defer 10 their opinion. MI. hcisey
states that. with regard 20 NJ. F1shs statement
ne was not present during ''c conversation pl"c'n
Mr. Fish and Lord Dunfayen tha' Ile III u,j nVt @
know mat ~. document produced ,! MI riSh th-
IsieI nor that his nam" appeared thereon. cah
, therefore, do nothing further IN Inc na'''f.
THE CAPTAIN or THE HATTIE PALMER
H. W. Taylor. captain OF the Hattie Palmer was
one ot the last witnesses called. This was par'
OF his evidence
o.-Before she was measured, cd he Hate
Palmer take some lead on boar o. hef' "'-''''
o-Do YOU remember the number OF pigs A.
Do vou remember about how many; Al
think I; was ebout ton. II might h-Fe peeh
QYSu are familiar With ,leee pigs do yop know
ef'i; Row. much they wc.ch apiece? A-We1! they
would av.iag. abou. e.g.t nine iounos rGpp,Y''f
C-.L,j rv..isDl nt' over one hundr,i, !
hoi!rFc: - pounds A.-N-nety ty-rlgh' OF SV'"e''"e
Ike that don't know . , ,, o,,o
O-Was anything esc hat the lead carried onto
the D. fender by the Hattie Palmer IN the hi'c
T1sln2 A-No sir. not tina know OF.
80 Yom wonll have lIrown = II there had been {.
Al should have been pretty apt ~. .
| O You wsr. or yogr holt al the tinef h-le
sir never lost hut one Say. . -
win q short Ie-exairiration - Captain Han
/ and Mr. IIvslop the hearing came 10 an end. anG
the IJunravcn charges had been proven untrue and
uniOundcd
LAWYER INDICTED.