Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-16
HAZARD FINDS
BODY OF HIS SON
IDENTIFIES CORPSE FROM THE
VALENCIA
Remains Of Young Man VIII Be Sent
to Los Angeles for Burial.
Several Testify In
Investigation
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press,
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.-The federal
commissioners conducting the second
Valencia investigation are attempting
to find out the manner in which the
Valencia was handled when she struck
the rocks. One of the facts brought out
is that the Valencia was in the habit
of overrunnlng her course while en-
route north on former trips and that
her log was as a rule off about six per
cent.
Second officer Peterson, G. Brown
and Boatswain Mccarthy have been
called. Peterson's testimony was
mostly confined to the navigation of
the ship. Mccarthy testified that sew
eral of the vessels life preservers had
been condemned when she left San
Francisco.
Captain Burwell third member of the
commission, emphasized the fact that
no attempt was made to protect the
boats from passengers.
e. L. Hazard, under indictment at
Los Angeles on a statutory charge, pre-
fcrred by Lulu May Rowland, 16 years
of age, today identified a body In local
undertaking establishment as that of
his son, C. L. Hazard, e Valencia VIC
tim. Hazard and N. H. Rowland
identified a body at Victoria several
days ago as that of Lulu May Rowland.
H. N. Rowland is the father of the girl.
The girls body was inferred at Vic
toria. The remains of Young Hazard
will be shipped to Los Angeles Sunday
for burial
Young Hazard, in company with Lulu
Rowland, and her sister Mabel, fled
from Los Angeles about three weeks
ago and took passage on the Valencia
from San Francisco under assumed
names. The body of Mabel Rowland
has not been recovered.
A story is in circulation that Harry
Hazard, under arrest at Vancouver, b.
c., charged with robbing jewelry
store, may be the son of E. L. Hazard
and that the story of the identification
of the bodies was got up by the elder
Hazard. Both Hazard and Rowland
ernphatically declared tonight thar the
bodies found were those of young Haz-
ard and the Rowland girl. Frank F.
Bunker Valencia survivor, and Chief
Cook Samuel Hancock of the wrecked
vessel, have identified pictures submit
| ted to them of young Hazard and Miss
| Rowland as two of the passengers who
We're aboard the Valencia. They also
| identified the picture of Mabel Row
| land.
Hazard, who is a Los Angeles real
state broker, is out on $4,000 bond and
says he will return and stand trial.
| This afternoon the members Of the
commission made a special test of the
life raft on which Chief Cook Samuel
Hancock and nine others left the wreck
of the Valencia. Twenty-Five sailors OF
the Pacific Coast Steamship company
manned the raft and it bore up their
| weight The nominal capacity Of the
raft is eighteen persons.
The afternoon session Of the special
| investigation was taken up with the
examination of Chief Cook Hancock,
Frank Richley, firemans mess boy;
George Belagous, a Greek coal passer
and Mark SteinZsler. fireman. No new
evidence was developed
At the inspectors investigation a
portion of one of the life lines fired
from the Valencia's Lyle gun was sub
mitted as evidence. The line was found
to be perfectly sound.