The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-22
THE YACHT NORMA.

cially when his chits began to be pre-
sented to his guarantOrS for payment.
Mr.. Perceval then began to grow COM
municative and informed certain par
ties that when he was at Singapore
with Mr.. Weaver, he had given the lat
ter a bottomry bond on the yacht for
6 sos, which was duly executed by a
prominent firm of lawyers at that
place Mr.. Perceval, however, was not
in possession of the ships papers, as
he should have been. The law pro-
vides that the last bottomry bond has
precedence over all others.
Under ordinary circumstances, Mr..
Perceval ought to have received his
money here. In fact, on the evening
of the 4th August, Mr.. Weaver was
overheard to ask Mr.. Perceval to go
to the United States Consulate the next
morning, when he would receive his
money, but when Mr.. Perceval did so,
the Norma, with her owner, had been
gone some hours before. Mr.. and Mrs.
Perceval had been travelling around the
world with cash in hand instead of
letter of credit, and at this stage found
themselves at the end of their pecu-
mary resources. Mr.. Perceval there
upon applied to the Chartered Bank to
cable to his London bankers, the Lon
don and Westminster Bank, to guar
antee his check here, but an answer
was received saying that though Per-
ceval had ample resources they could
not guarantee his check. Mr.. Perceval
again cabled through the Chartered
Bank, asking them to remit 2200 by
wife. to which a reply was received:
Cannot remit on wire. Will do SO i'm
mediately on receipt Of letter.
ITO have sent a letter would have
taken fully five weeks, an interval
much too long for Mr.. Perceval. The
Chartered Bank then agreed to advance
him G200 if he could get somebody
here to back his check. This Mr.. Per-
ceval tried to do, but without success.
However, on the evening of the 18th
instant he obtained large sum from
some accommodating globe-trotter on
the security Of Mrs. Percevals very
valuable jewelry. The following after.
noon, without any previous intimation,
Mr.. and Mrs. Perceval suddenly left
by the S. S. Nippon Maru, for San
Francisco via Honolulu. Their names
did not appear on the passenger list
and they had not even time to say
goodbye to their many friends
Since the yacht Norma and her in
teresting owner left these too hOspi-
table shores. systematic enquiries
have been set on foot to learn some
thing more about Mr.. Weaver and Mr..
and Mrs. Perceval The fact has been
clearly established that Mr.. Weaver is
not the commodore of the New York
Yacht Club, seeing that to bona fide
of that institution who have
recently visited Yokohama, his name
is entirely unknown, and that Mr.. J.
MORGAN /
has also been ascertained that the Nor
ma touched at most Eastern and Far
Western ports during her trip around
the world, and that by a remarkable
though Mr.. and Mrs.
Perceval did not travel on the yacht, |
all three were always to be found
staying at the same place at the same
time.
Nevertheless they were not always |
on terms of intimacy; often enough /
Mr.. Perceval and Mr.. Weaver would |
pass each other without even a nod /
Or recognition, though at other times /
and places their friendship was quite F..
to see. Still they played /
poker with consistency and determi- |
nation when an opportunity offered /
and, so we are informed, realized large |
profits. This world is always jealous |
pass that the exploits of Messrs. Wea- |
yer and Perceval in this direction ex-
;ited hostility. Their censorious enc
nies. at Hongkong for example, said
lisa agreeable things about them, and
even went so far as to send an intima-
ion TO Nagasaki, which resulted in
heir exclusion from the local club dur
ng their brief stay at the Southern
bort.
Yokohama proved more credulous,
md has had to bear the consequences.
I'VE are indebted to the New York
Herald OF as far back as March 10Th
or additional particulars of Mr.. Wea-
7er's previous career, from which we
AXE the following:
Nicholas J. Weaver Cor w J., as
lie registered here is not unknown TO
New York. He was born in Cleve