Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-15
CAPT M'vEY ADMITS
HE DESERTED SHIP
[archmont's Commander Says That
His Boat Was The First
10 be Lowered.
CREW SHOWED WOMEN ASIDE
When They Appealed to Be Saved
They Were Refused Permission to
Get Into the Life eoa.s-colored
Man, a Waiter, Commits Suicide
While Battling With Waves.
Oh. Associated Press. J

BLOCK ISLAND, X. l., Feb H..
One more grim harvest OF % victims
of the Inflated steamer Larchmont,
which the Block Island fishermen
gathered yesterday In nearby waters.
was sent to the mainland today. And
as the death laden boat left this port
for Providence. still another victim
was brought in by the fishing schoon.
err Theresa, making in all IA bodies
that have been recovered here from
the disaster off Watch Hill.
The steamer Kentucky carried
away 40 bodies yesterday as we'll as
is survivors.
Today the tug Roger Williams.
which came down especially from
providence, steamed back with 23
hodies on her decks. The body OF
Harry RokclS, a resident of this Is.
land, Will he buried here. while that
OF an unknown negro waiter which
was brought In just before dark will
he sent away by the steamer tomor-
row. One survivor. Miss Sadie Gal.
lup, Of Boston, still remains on the
island, where she is being cared for.
This afternoon she stated to several
OF the newspaper men that when she
begged either Captain McVey or Pur.
scr Young to take her in their boat
they pushed her back and the life
boat left the Larchmont with only six
In it, although 1t would have held
twenty more. When the steamer
went down, she placed herself on n
"reckage and remained on 1t until
picked up ten hours later by the fish.
ing schooner Elsie.
Miss Gallup was very emphatic in
her charge against Captain McVey
and the officers of the Larchmont.
Miss Gallup. who had remained I'M
conscious since being brought ashore.
regained consciousness this after.
noon. Her condition was so grave
that it was impossible to take her to
Providence with the other survivors.
hut 1t was stated tonight that she
will recover. Whom. the tug Roger
Williams arrived the ;bodies.were nut
on sboard and tat IS O'clock she went
down the harborX for# iPr6Yidence;;
About the time slJe5roupledstI tie point
of the new harbor; ION .her the lschoou.
or Theresa was;asightnd sgco,fiilg into
thcf old iharlbor Mitht her, flag: ut half
mast. There was .!ptrusi across Tho
island tosthe yold.wliaff .Sl>utt when. the
schgoner;ran alobg5tliet fl6ckj hereof,
maHdcr Said sthat !!he d%.oniT'one
VICTIM on boardss s'i- &, +, g.,
Took His Own. Life. ~ ~.
THE body was tbatiof iajnegro.F cyl!
dcnSly a4twaiter.S. Over sthsa, hfad@aJid
incaSing ono arm, was "a life, pIsservGr
white the other safni Was rel As
the3 body was:}lahhed s.onjS the j dock
thet lapcl of Tho coat felli'back. dis.
closing a wound in the throat. which
had been made with knife. 1t was
thought at first that it might have
been Inflicted by one of the fisher.
men when they hauled the body to
the boat with boat hook but ii was
pointed out that such wound would
not have caused any blood to flow
and that there was traces of blood
about the wound
Ut Is the general opinion that the
unfortunate man had taken his own
life with the hand that was free af-
ter falling in desperate effort to
put on the life prescrver.
Capt. McVey Admits He's a Coward.
Captain McVey of the steamer TO.
day admitted that his life boat was
ono of the first. if not the first. to
leave the sinking ship. This state
ment was made in reply to charges
by Fred Hiergcrsel, an 1S.year-old lad
VI brooklyn, one OIL the survivors
that the passengers were left to shift
for themselves. and who says the shin
crew crowded tho boats without at
tempting to provide for passengers.
and that Captain McVey was the first
to leave.
The statement of Hiergersel Great.
cd sensation in view of the fact
that ton Of tho 10 survivors were
employees Of the ship. or in other
words, that while approximately 90
pcr cent of the vessels crew was
saved. only per cent of the passen-
gers survived
Captain Attempts to Explain.
Captain McVev explained that
while his boat may have been the
first in the water. 1t was because
lc had a good crow and that he re.
manned by his ship until she went
down.
He said that he made no move to
get into his boat until he had given
orders 10 his mon to lower all boats
and clear away the RATS. While his