The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-25
REPUBLIC SURVIVORS
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{ revenue cutter GreSnam. unuer Cap tain Perry docked here shortly after g this morning Captain Perry and his
 nest had rescued Captain Sealby and fifty of his crew from the sinking ves- sel. The Gresham transferred the res cued men to the Seneca off Gay Head early to-day and the Seneca is on her way to New York.
 New York, Jan 25.-The bodies of w. J. Mooney and Mrs. Eugene Lynch were mangled almost beyond recOgni- tion. The body of Mrs. Lynch was ter ribly crushed, one leg being nearly torn of. Both bodies were sealed in casks and went down with the Republic.
 J. B. Connolly, the Boston author who was a passenger on the Republic < was attacked by a number of the crew of that vessel on board the Baltic as he came up the ladder, this morn He was taken to his stateroom. The attack on Connolly was made as the result of criticisms of the crew of the Republic which the author had made in story sent out by wire.
 Connolly's brother, who was on the Baltic when she landed, denied the story that Connolly had been attacked and knocked down while trying to get or the Republic while the women and children were getting into the life boats. Second Steward Spencer of the Republic made the charge against Con- nolly and said he personally pushed Connolly out of line as he was at- tempting to reach a life boat.
 As the Baltic docked here number of the crew of the Republic gathered outside of Connolly's stateroom threat ening violence but they were dispersed by the first mate. Connolly's brother, said on the Baltic this morning: '"This is a story of disgruntlement and must not be taken seriously. My brother was one of the last to leave the Re- public.''
 Tn his story to theNew York paper Connolly criticised the crew for not transferring the passengers to and from the Florida sooner.
 Members of the crew of the Republic charged the quartermaster Of the Flor ida temporarily at the wheel. when lt vessel crashed into the side of tisa- Republic. was struck across the head with a marine spike. when he tarred off the incandescent. Men on at lef Republic voiced the opinion that Tad the wheel of the Florida not been deserted at the critical time she could have steered to strike the Republic in a less vital spot and there might have been TO loss of life and possibly the Republic would have escaped a fatal wound. The ouartermaSter of the Florida was a passenger on the Baltic. His head was swathed in bandageS and he offered a pitiful sight.
 General Brayton Ives. former presi- dent of the New York Stock Exchange told graphic story on landing to- day. He said: "T was asleep on the side of the vessel which was struck. lost no time in getting out The pas sengers behaved splendidly. Not a woman tainted and even the children remained calm It was not until after wards that it was realized that the Republic was in danger of sinking. It was the awe-inspiring anxiety about ho vyh thine x1yi11 never forget The worst feature was that a few minutes after the crash the lights went out. In my grip I had a 1 small candle. a Christmas present from a friend and I was much better off than some others. We put on life the crew. For the first time since I left college I gripped an oar. Along | with William J. Prendergast of Jeffer- | son. Mass. took a seat in one of the | life boats and made the trip from the | RerubIic to the Florida six times. The only criticism that I would make is | that the officers in command of the | life boats did not take enough pas sengers off,"
 Arthur Bliss of Paris. who comes to this country to establish a new maga- zine. created somewhat of a sensation at the pier of the Baltic when he | openly denounced J. B. Connolly, the author. for his actions in signing what | Bliss called a Round Robin" against | the crew of the Republic. Bliss said that Connolly was responsible for a meeting which was held in the saloon of the Baltic last night at which reso- lutions were passed criticising the crew of the Republic.
 Woods Hole, Mass. Jan. 25.-How the ill-fated White Star liner Republic sank in the murk of No Mans Land was vividly told here today by Captain Perry of the revenue cutter Gresham which saved Captain Sealby after his wounded vessel went down.
 When we had given the Republic a tow" said Captain Perry, "and it was evident she was sinking fast, we asked Captain Sealby if he wouldn't come aboard our ship but he said he would stay by his ship until she sank and until every inch of mast was cov- cred by the sea. He asked us to have a crew ready to take the men off when the vessel went down. When he said he would stand by his ship we all cheered. { The Republic was then sinking fast l CT but the captain covered with. a { heavy blanket climbed higher and higher into the rigging. The tow was getting heavier. The wind was blow ing heavily from the south and the fog was thicker. A nasty sea was run {