Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-24
Mldshipman Jackson Denies
knowledge of Henry A. Jack
son and the Yacht DOroda.
CARDS FOUND WITH PlUVDER
Names of Dung Naval officer on Bat
tlcship Missouri and Miss Olga Max
well Connected With Gang of AlIeg-
cd Thieves Who Escaped From YES
sci Loaded With Plumber.

Doruda and if Henry a. Jackson is q
relative Of mine it's news to me"
said Midshipman Robert l.. Jackson to
u Daily Press reporter on the quarter
deck OF the battleship Missouri yes.
icrday afternoon.
The young officer made the above
statement after frowning and smiling
in an apparently much puzzled man
her over a special dispatch from New
York announcing that his cards and
cards of Il Miss Maxwell had been
found with plumber from Long Island
homes on a pirate sloop Doroda AT
Newport.
What does 1t all mean" he asked.
You know as much as do re-
piled the reporter.
Just Newspaper Sensation"
Then don't know anything at all"
declared the midshipman good natur-
cdly. 81 suppose il is just another
newspaper sensation I'm getting
tired of seeing my name in the papers
anyhow | think I'll go to China or
somewhere else to get out OF their,
rcnch.' he continued. laughingly.
DO you know Miss Maxwcll?' qucr-
led the reporter.
II know "A Miss Maxwell" was the
reply
Were you and Miss Maxwell at
Newport ut the same time rccently?"
NO ! saw her last in New York
Maybe she has been to Newport but
didn't see her there
Have you any idea how your cards
could have gotten with stolen goods
found on the yacht?" urged the news
paper man.
His Cards Well Distributed.
Not the slightest" replied the Of
Iiccr quickly. 1t might have gotten
there in a thousand ways but | can't
guess how. Perhaps Miss Maxwell
visited at some place on Long Island
and LIFT the cards there My cards
are pretty we'll distributed all along
the coast and they are liable to turn
M anywhere
Calling n Japanese servant, Jackson
sent for paper and made a copy of the
New York dispatch, saying that he
wanted to do Il little investigating on
his own hook"
but suppose there's no use
troubling myself. I'll see all about
how did IL in the papers tomorrow"
said the midshipman. and he put an
end to the interview by walking away
Capture of the Pirate.
The following dispatch to the New
Ycrk Herald from Newport tells
the story Of the capture of the pirate
Sleep Doroda. and explains the inter
View with young Jackson:
NEWPORT. II. / Oct 22-In the
capture Of the yacht Doroda, which
was seized by the authorities here yes
tcrday, he police believe they have
caught the craft which has long been
used by thieves TO carry away property
stolen along the coast and the Sound.
Warrant for n. A. Jackson.
After an examination of the prop
criy found on board the Doroda Sher.
i'll Anthony issued Il warrant for the
arrest Of her supposed owner, Henry
Allison Jackson. of Taunton, Mass,
for whom search is now being made
Letters addressed to Jackson from his
mother were found in the yachts
cabin
The DorOda was seen going up the
bay yesterday afternoon, with nap
tia launch belonging to Il citizen of
Newport in tow. Sheriff Frank L..
Dchtcrs and Sidney d. Harvey pur-
sued the yacht i'm J. *. Sullivan's tug
Solicitor When they approached two
men on the sloop tried TO stand them
of with guns. AS the sheriff headed
close TO them they took small
boat and escaped TO the shore
Among other things found OH the
Doroda were visiting cards Of Olga
Maxwell. OF No 207 West Forty-sixtn
street. New York, and clippings from
newspapers giving accounts of the cs.
caradcs of Robert l.. Jackson. mid
shipman On the battlcship Missouri
who left that war ship and was after.
ward found by his father in Canada.
Two car loads of supposed stolen
property were tancn from the DorOda
this morning by Deputy Sheriff King
There were many silver spoons. forks
ana ice cream knives. some of which
were marked "E. ". a." Others were
marked "Arbucklc," and one large sill
Yer piece was marked "Withcrs."
Several silk skirts and brcastpin
olnNnentcd with coral were among
the goods. which included almost
everything that could be thought OF.
There were also Il bottle of nitroglycc.
rlno and bottle Of cholroform. a
motor found in the boat has been idcn.
tilted as one stolen recently from the
i'dGcwood Yacht Club. Of Providence.
ny numerous bills found the course
ol The pirate craft during the summer
could he traced The Doroda was
early in the season at Atlantic CITY.
y. a., where her commander appears
TO nave been an agent for kind Of
cordial Then the vessel worked UP
ne coast and along the Sound. In
ORDER to escape Identification her
name was changed often.
There were also found seycr,,
ilcke'a for various articles pawncd IN
New York and elsewhere. n is he.
iered the pirate has been o,eratiuc
all along the coast Sheriff AutL,,,