St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-11
SCHW ARTZ HOME.
Steamship Alps, Which
Carried Them Off,
Total Wreck.
To Buy Cotton Lands. A
Train Wrecked and
Many Injured.

Moses Schwartz, Captain friedrich.
sen and the crew of the shipwrecked
steamship Alps returned to New Or
leans last night on the steamship
Mobilia, efthe United Fruit Company,
in much different mood from that in
which they silently sailed away on
Friday morning, Dec. 10.
There was considerable mystery
about the trip when they left in the
early dawn, only the leaders in the
expedition knowing anything about
the nature of the voyage, but there
was zest and promise of good pay
to it which made it worth while. Last
night, when they returned, with the
mantle of night overhead and muggy,
nasty weather around them, it but
reflected the feeling which pervaded
the whole outfit. Even Mr.. Schwartz,
the ostensible owner of the steamship,
looked like a nervous wreck, which
was the result of bits of information
impaired to him of the developments
which had taken place in his absence.
AS for William Adler, he is now
safely within the borders of Spanish
Honduras, and possibly has already
reac he'd his ultimate destination, his
gold mines in Nicaragua. The last
seen of him was Thursday, when the
Mobila stopped at Porto Barrios,
Guatemala, where he was stopping at
the Hotel Del Norte, waiting for the
train to take him the interior, where
he expected to make his way across
the country to Ell Pimiento, in Span
ish Honduras, going from there to
Puerto Cortez and eventually making
his way to Nicaragua.
Moses Shwartz was not inclined to
talk much about the expedition. His
greatest anxiety seemed to be for
his wife and family, and there is no
doubt that he was badly shocked at
learning of the developments that had
followed Adler's fight. His two sons
and Charles Weinberger were at the
warf to meet him. He secured prompt
from the Government
who have to go through a
certain formally with all passengers
on ships from foreign ports and as
soon as he finished with them he left
the ship and was driven Immediately
to his home.
He did, however, make some state
ments which have direct bearing on
the sensational flight of his friend.
He bears out the statement published
in the Picayune when the news of the
was first given publicity,
that he (Schwartz) was headed for
Panama. He said that he was given
to understand by Adler that the cargo
of groceries was destined for Panama,
to supply big contract which Adler
had secured. 1t was not until Friday,
when he and Adler went aboard the
ship with Adler's young son, Irwin,
that Adler told him that Puero Cortez
was their ultimate destination. He
was then given to understand that the
cargo would be disposed of there, and
that Adler intended to proceed to his
mines in Nicaragua. He (SchWartz)
said that he intended to return i'm
mediately to New Orleans. He declared
emphatically that he had absolutely no
other object in going on the trip than
for the pleasure of it, and to accom-
pany Adler part of the way.
He said that Adler had informed
him of his financial embarrassment,
and told him he was going down to
Nicaragua to realize on some of his
valuable properties there, and he had
every reason to believe that as soon
as Adler had secured enough money
he would return to New Orleans and
pay every dollar he owed. While he
admitted that speculation and the
condition of the money market were
the cause of Adler's embarrassment,
he denied most strenuously that Adler
had paid up the sums lost by Gus.
Lehman, Sr. He declared his faith
in Adler's integrity, and said he did
not believe he had taken cent of the
banks money. The fate of the bank
weighed heavily upon him, however,
because he had taken such great
pride in building it up to it's high state
of influence and prosperity.
Mr.. Schwartz said that there wa:
some valuables in the strong box OF
the Alps, which was saved, but tht
amount he did not know. These be
longed to Adler, who had taken then
with him. He denied, however, th'
story told by some of the crew, tina
there was any gold in the box, AS TO
himself, Mr.. Schwartz declafed tina
he had been compelled to borrow 81
from fellow passenger on the Mo
bila to bring him home.
Mr.. Schwartz was shocked to lear
that the Schwartz Foundry Compan
had been placed in the hands of re
ceiver, and declared that there wa
absolutely no reason for it He dc
clared that it woud pay up dollar to
ldollar.