New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-15

ARTICLES BELONGING TO HIS OFFICERS
DISAPPEAR.
THEY HAD BEEN SENT ASHORE AND WERE
TO BE FORWARDED-MAN
MEMFNTOS LOST.


Three trunks. a packing case some ships bags
and a number q boxes belonging to officers OF the
cruiser Olympia were given to some Doatmen 10
deliver I'm this city and other places on the day or
the naval parade IN honor of Admiral Dewey and
his men None Of the trunks and other things have
yet been Delivered and the place 10 which they
were taken Is unknown TO the police. As tho
trunks and other things were plainly addressed Il
IS believed that they were stolen by tho men who
handled them.
a number Of marines and sailors have also re-
ported 10 one Of the officers ~ the cruiser that
trunks and packages which they turned over to
hoatmen with instructions to forward the same
have not yet reached their destination.
Whether or not many sailors and marines
and others attached TO the vessel who received
their discharge papers soon after the cruiser
reached this port. suffered similar losses cannot
be learned at present. the majority of the dis
charged men live many miles from this city
The three trunks. packing case, ships bag. etc.
which were transferred from the Olympia on the
night Of the naval parade. and which missing,
were the property Of Merrick W. Creagh and Lieu
tenant II II. caldwell Merrick W Crearh was
pay clerk. on duty I'm The Acmiraps Office on board
ship and Lieutenant Caldwell was the Admirals
secretary Crearh's property consisted 81 the three
trunks the packing case and "A number II the boxes
IN some OF the sacks were things belonging 10
Lieutenant Caldwell The value OF the missing
goods is placed at upward Of so The value Of
some things in the missing trunks and boxes how
ever cannot b. estimated the owner valued
them as kcopsakcs Thee things included me-
men'oos ~ the ncht ~ Manila and curos purchased
IN China Japan and IN other places visited by the
men Of the Olympia on the trip TO and from the
Philippines They belonged 70 Mr.. Cieagh.
He also had IN the missing trunks and other
things his regulation uniform. some clothes which
he purchased abroad and his service papers lie
said last night that 10 priced MS service papers
fhty q
that he would consider his effort to ind the miss
Ing things well repaid Il ne recovered only his ser
vice papers Nj Creaeh Admiral Dewey =
special messenger IN the battle q Manila.
The Joss was reported 20 the police on the day Or
the land parade The police have not been able 70
learn the Whereabouts ~ tre men who handled the
goods. bur in their Efforts 70 hunt them down they
were told that about the time the Olympia was
anchored in tho North River almost opposite the
tomb OF General Grant a man tried TO sell several
old fashioned pistols In pnwnshors on the west
SIDE Tie pawnshop keepers said Tie pistols looked
as though they were ~ Spanish make. Some pistols
which Were On the OLYMPIA answer 10 the he-
scrlption "f t'lN-e offered for SAFE III , w
Of that faet Mr. CIc't kinks tnat u ,nf lnnrr5
might have been taken nom tnc SNIP oI "''O'0'"
to some Of the mon attached to the vessel 5000,
attended 10 m. transferring OF the messing trunks
boxes etc.. from the Olympia tn the rowhoat. In
10 me orc ln in" row .1'f stneia! IT, ~, 9 era
purpose 10y tie mon ~ he cruiser ne hlieI srHt' ~
the shore for the sailors.
After the trunks boxes and other things wti.
placed on wharf af Niuoty-siNth-st the owner gl
the boat made another trip 20 the crulsti re
had three helpers. and f.ry are de'iarcd 70 b1
responsible FOR the missing goods. az they mad
fllf charge Of them The police have learned inat
thr things we're placed under shed for TIC night.
and thar they were taken away In carpenter
wagon on the following morning Dnr man i,'s
been arrested on suspicion Of knowing where the
missing things are -
dressed 10 Mr.. j. Martin. No ~ West twenty
nfih-st. The things owned by Lieutenant 'aldweii
were 90 be sent boy express 20 Washngt on.
Nj CI,arh was seen las night at no. 80 west
Twenty -Nfih-sf lie said that one Of the pole
articlcs had told HIM that nc thought he would
soon discover what became OF the trunks boxes
case and sacks