New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-20
GAYS HE BURNED YACHT
oFIV4RD Vas PROMISED'
c,.;,,ner T'estifes DR.. Parker asked
Him to Destroy Boat.

, in the suit instituted against MIS-.
1he ~ parker by the Liverpool and London
'0s"l r-,,,e Insurance Company, to recover ABOUT
sna loo g :, insurance money which the company
sfVOy u-rongfully paid to her after the burn
fHes yacht Scythian. was reached yester-
i'k lanes Cardiff the captain Of the boat
CAY oa before Judge Wheeler and jury. IN
SUI. ..o5 states Circuit Court, that he had SGT
:he -. ~ steam yacht at the instance OF ths
hre !" ,,,shand. Dr. Charles T. Parker.
oRlle4 e.,son Dsy Parker the defendant IN the
's''. ,-,ed IN a white corded silk waist ana
case' 1.a,,o+b skirt. and wearing big pur-
osoA hat. sat only few feet from her lot
pie pi0'D,. ,o,,,r,,rder when he admitted his
n'i o. +be conspiracy, and smiled. She t"ls'ea
,s.vv emerald ring which she wears az
TIE laughed aloud. while. sentence by sen
the stenographer recorded oai'lS'sii,s ,e.[,
iSH1e' .rs,nst her Her apparent nonclO nonchaiAli0e
-. -..,ed 10 annoy her counsel. eX-ohi'eu 0''''0
...,-rev Wallace MacFarlane.
go vas great excitement IN the c"ui - 80,
= rsntain Cardiff testified that ne WIS s10f,oo
~ nr Parker to burn the yachl Oh "
Ia, he made with party 10 the
W. .- >, .he spring Of 1900 He said ne Ieiu'eu
dlsS os 81 600 made to him, because ne was
end3nSST I44S 4ANS0 -
n0' rontain Cardiff said he finally burned Inc
~. oe Marblehead. Mass, expecting 10 eo1 "
gs6n' - $1,000. but his expectations We're
..,s- realized. He did not go "'--11
H'' for three years employment as d
ho"e'e1' ..,-,,7e~ at s.. 200 q year was assured
hlm- ,,,,o-, orders
us mid how in June, 1900, he had upon VI
and Mrs. Parker, removed the INFERIOR
Hu-A 49, +x-1,i off WhiTeSlOne
-. .,,nned them to their home in 51st-st' ne
sno n parker asked him to take the yacht
s's ard hurn her. When he returned Cap
80, Cardiff said he talked with Dr- Parker anu
a. a.. latter vas displeased because he hao
us' - +ba Scvthian. Later after another
nv NV. ,ha witness said ne shipped paint to
..-A- E-r,ord sbivpard. and said he was bring
.ho vacrt there for a general overhauling'
- ns ,f.-b,Ahaaa CAPTAIN Cardiff said he burned
- ,,, and deserted her. A tug sighted and
1,C,-.s -, tbe old remodelled tramp fruit ship
,sd toved her into Boston. No one assisted
-. ,or k,azv he had burned her. the witness
Is .~ce,+ the owner Captain Cardiff said
--A., he asked Parker for his reward OF
..n ,oo be toj6 him that he had lost his fortune
:. 1rou Street and had no money.
:. ~ o,+..rrs story Of having packed and
.,-.s +bA hammers and boxes to the olst-st
-. ,-oz corroborated by several witnesses
~ cort smiled when Richard Smiles the for
n.r steward Of the yacht. told of the cruises OF
vacht the removal Of the furnishings ana
..1,a ~ his personal grievances. He told OF
having s.r found many bottles of liquor on board
end having taken them TO the captain. who
didn't want them
and not being drinking man. I fred en-
su overboard-every one OF them" said Mr.
Smiles.
$50 YOU don't care for Smiles Mr.. smilesT
ousried Lawyer Macfarlane. growing facetfous'
"ybere do you come from? What part OF the
country?"
ME Oh come from Maine" srtnned Mr'
Smiles, and even Judge Wheeler Joined in the
nerrimenL-
An adjournment was taken until Monday. 1t
said that the insurance company learned OF
CAPTAIN Cardiff's part in the burning Of theyacht
through his having been referred to broker
age firm where Dr. Parker, it is said, told MIN
he could collect 5000. When he was told that
Dr. Parker had no credit there, 1t Is SAID tnal
be became enraged and told his story.