New-York tribune., 1909-07-13
cLFRMoNT ON HER WAY
PIT HEB OWNERS WOULD
r,oW HEB DESTINATION.
gse PuBEcs Pri0ote Yacht Lost
etro,,ed or Stolen, and the Court
WOn't InterTene.

-. tale Of the Clernont. ship OF golu
4--. -, which called in her boats ana
-s1- from the shores Of Mammalian anu
s.x,ired orbit therea bouts IN the oarh u
-as,igbt Hard sailor words had oeen nuns
- her decks. and the longshorenneh ilau
80 e-inning. Of gun play that might Hs'
- 1e- her owner went 70 court Ike
,.r5s17an and demanded his redress OF
,.,rss- dwelling magistrate The magls'Ia'e
.~,a have nothing Of a seamen's aHalr- lhV
,,.-r,ont is still lost somewhere on me three
rivers or about the bay
She was .society's' latest fad, was the Ger
-, or so the landwardly minded owners
.fu.5 her in the papers. One paid 80. ana 1or
.s.+ onA ate g dinner and familiarized ones sef
WITH society and the plush and mirrors Oh
,-5v-ste Yacht. one Allen was her captain w
2 Allen. who declares that he was properly
sbs-ebolder IN the company that owned he'-
zis nav. the longshoremen say. was 500
,,onth. and he directed the management ol 'he
s.nrnlsnk and overlooked the discipline OF Ile
-;,o- house Another Allen. his son. was bosun s
-. and chief electrician al 500 month. by
10 same authority. and Miss Allen. his daugh-
-e- Uss stev-ardess. at SO. There was also
nan named GulIey. who ran the boat but ne
Rad = streak Of the landsman in his makeup
and left the ship when the pinch came
The So tickets could be bought al the office
of her owners al No. a West 42d street,
where the name Of the Clermont Steamboat
COMPANY was on the door. William Van Fos-
sen represented the owners for the most part
Now the man Gulley grew restive, they say
and demanded that he be paid at once. He
made his request in sailorly style TO Captain
Alien He repeated the request and finally
vowed that he'6 be bIowed If he would take
the craft out again unless his money was paid
hin every day before she sailed.
big man whirled up TO the pier in taxicab
SATURDAY, night. Il is al the end Of the mile
30 Of huge concrete structures that the city has
run I'D along the North River, and lies next the
Sd street ferries. The big man said he was
one Of the owners, and he purposed to get on
that boat and see ABOUT this. Captain ALLEN
stood by the gangpIank and told him that he
could see just well right where he was The
big man started to 60. aboard. He didn't, how
ever. as the longshoremen narrate with great
giee. The Clermont cast of her ropes a few
minutes later and steamed of.
Yesterday Mr. Van Fossen went TO Jefferson
Market court and told his story 10 Magistrate
Cornell Captain Allen he said, had been keep
ing all the money he took in to pay this harm
less, necessary person Gulley. without whom ne
craft could not well navigate. He admitted,
when the magistrate asked him. that he might
have grievance N that he had never got the
tl.2eo in stock Of the Clermont Steamboat Com
parry. but that avas readily explained by the fact
that The ClermOnt Steamboat Company had
never issued any stock. The ma gistrate told
hn . 60 70 the civil courts or the United States
asyy, OF whoever knew about shipping affairs.
But meanwhile things had happened. Late
Saturday night. well after Il o'clock. the Cle--
mont came hack from her night trip. She leTt
her passengers on the pier in hurried landing
ard turned her white nose out 10 the lights OF
Ectoken- She swept across the river 70
Netcher's shipyard, where she was built, and
where she had just been laid up for repairs.
There was running 10 and fro ashore; she
collected the two launches which are q part
OF Ter proper equipment. and then she backed
out into the stream and ploughed of through
the dark She never came back.
A. Manning's BASIN, over in Brooklyn. where
she USED to tie Up for the night. they say
tae has not been seen since Saturday The
courts may be called on TO settle her standing
and that q the seafaring Allen family. She will
Be found probably anchored out Long Island
way in a cove sonev here, or tucked away in q
new slip with her gangplank snugly- drawn in
But for day and night al least she is nlys-
teEy Of the sea
Ihe Clermont VAS built about twelve years
ago for Alfred Van Santvoort Of the Albany
Day Line. He sold her 10 Charles G. Gates, and
ne II turn 10 her present owners. whoever they
may be.