New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-04
CTBAN,S ADRIFT on A RAFT.
NOT ALI. THE CREW or THE COMMODORE
WERE SAVED.
SECRETARY CARLISLE GIVES PERMISSION FOR
THE THREE FRIENDS TO GO AFTER THE
SURVIVORS TREACHERY on EOARD
THE 1rL~FATEp CRAFT ALLEGED.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ON BOARD
THE IL1FATED CRAFT ALLEGED.
Jacksonville Fla Jan. 3.-All of the crew OF the
Commodore were not saved. as reported last night
Twelve are in Jacksonville; three alive ana one
dead are a. Daytons. Four are reported to nave
arrived near Ormond but the report Is rot con
filmed. and eight a. sea on life raft
Captain Murphy. Stephen Crane. the novelist.
c. b. Mont gomery the cook. and William Hggln',
a stoker landed at Daytona this morning me :
boat was turned over in the surf. and IiiggiH'
received wound whit caused MS de'i'h s"o'
after getting ashore.
The party on the raft ali Cuhans. They l"ft
the boat before Captain Murphy's party and MOTH
ing more has been heard or them j. NJ BUTTS
requested the Collector of Customs TO secure per-
mission for the Three Friends to 90 to the rescue
OF the Commodore Immediately upon receipt OF
the news Of the wreck Saturday afternoon The
Collector teIegraphed 10 Secretary Carlisle a; once,
but no reply VAS received until this afternoon.
Permission was granted. and the Three Friends
left to-nigf. The beach is being patroiled from
ST. Augustine to New-Smyrna.
Ii is reported that there was treachery aboard
the Commodore but no details can be learned.
The party landed at Daytona canno. get TO TINS
city unit, Tomorrow as there are no Sunda" trains
on the Eas. Coas: Railroad. The party tina: lanc'd
last night and reached here are Major Ricardo A.
Delgado, Paul Rollo Paquto Bencamo. Fran-o
Blanco. Miguel Condsbury, Waymon Hernadez
jose Hernandez and Bueneventuo 1inoveus
The following received from Daytona at IL
o'clock tonight:
about 10 o'clock Friday night a suspicious leak
was discovered In the fireroom and captain Murphy
Immediately started the pumps. which undoubtedly
had been tempered with. as they were IN woTking
order when Captain Murphy and Chef Engineer
Rodigan left watch at o'clock. The nres Wer. cx.
tinguished and the boa; came to standstlll ABOUT
sixteen miles from Mosquito Light. captain Mnr-
ply tool. full charge OF the handling OF the snip
while the first mate superintehoe .r ~ the
Of the boats. The Cubans TOOK possessio. Oh l,c
big boat ana loaded it with baggage so that only
lively. men left the tug in it, They reached sho, e
O'Clock Saturday and started TOT ha ~
the empty boat washed ashore al PORT Oraigr aAt
night The third boat to leave the craft slcc WIS
filled with Americans leaving a ten-foot ung! .oI
Captain Murphy's use who rcih..th 10 '"NV nc
steward Stephen Crane and William Higgins re- =
manned with the captain ana WIN MN .,n,,
the dngy and stood by the tug unth oc'ocN'
when she sank. H.. ,or,,o,s
was mashed and the mate. two engineers SIN mr.
men and sailors, We're dashed to ralt WHICH
C'aptain Murphy attempted TO tow ashore Two
mites away but the terrible sea ana tne norm,
east gale swept them away Inc "is!, o.'uiieu
by the captain and companions. was iwenty-scvch
hours at sea Montgomery and Crane noIdnS, zap
tain Murphy's ovcrcoat as san. nntil VI" p'dv.n
was sighted High seas were breaking nan NH,
from shore. Montgomery, crane anu niuir.aS
worn washed TO the beach. where citizens proVined
Them with medical attendance higgins wa k'iipu
hv the overturn ng of the boat which maze Ten
Americans and six Cubans lost -. 49,, ,
There is no doubt that traitor dld the WORK
NJ scuttIng and then tempered with the pumps. as
they were working perfectly at O'Clock. Inc
s,,spected nan saved. ana a thofouSh ihNes'"
cation will be made Tomorrow