Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-11
Surrounds Holy Ghosters'
YaChtCoronet al Boston.
Believed to Be Fitting Out for
A Voyage TO Palestine.
Mysterious Party Taken Aboard,
Carrying Mysterious Box.

| Boston, Dec. 1O--Frank W. Sanford,
high priest Of the Holy Ghost and Us
Society, is believed to be in Boston
| personally supervising the Quitting of
a party of men and women colonists
for Palestine
For three weeks the fine schooner
yacht Coronet, owned by Sanford, has
been lying at anchor off Rowe's wharf,
and that she is here on some mysteri-
Gus mission has not been doubted.
Last night it seemed as though the
| mystery was solved. Just after dark,
a man wearing a beard, who bore a
striking resemblance to the famous
Shiohitc, with three others, one OF
whom was Capt. Mckenzie of the
yacht, suddenly appeared on Driscoll's
landing at the foot of State street.
The quartet arrived in a closed car
riage and three of the men took a
large chest out of the conveyance and
carried it down the steps to the water S
edge. The party had no sooner deposit
cd their burden on the float than the
yachts tender appeared. The tender
carried no light and not a word was
spoken as the chest was lifted into the
boat; the four men then took their
seats and the oarsmen headed for mid
stream.
Ever since the Coronet arrived here
during a gale, with a large party on
board who were said to have been
landed secretly, the yacht has been
carefully watched by parties along the
water front who We're trying to discov-
er what she was doing so long in port.
Jn do WITH fharn tho
least sign of life aboard. with the eX
ception of single Waterman, who
paced the decks.
On Wednesday afternoon this rule
was apparently broken, when reporter.
saw four women leave the yacht who
were rowed ashore. They did not land
at a public wharf, but kept on up
through Fort Point channel. They are
thought to have been some prospective
women colOnists who were taken out
to get a look at the yacht preparatory
to sailing in her for a foreign lana.
1t is thought that Leader sanford
intends to leave on the Coronet. The
bark Kingdom left Portland for the
Holy Land a month ago and there arc
many who declared then it was only
a question of time when Sandford
would follow in person.
And il Sanford wasn't one of the
mysterious quartet that were rowed
out to the yacht last night. it was his
double. it is said. .-..-
After the occurrence of last night it
wouldn't surprise a lot of people to
wake ur and find that the yacht has
slipped her moorings under cover of
darkness ard headed out to sea. AS
she is not a merchant vessel, Sand
ford and his men are not put to the
annoyance of taking eht clearing pa
pers at the custom house, which would
tell inquisitive people her destination.
Boston, Dec. 10-An air of mystery
surrounds the Holy Ghost and Us So
ciety's yacht Coronet, which has been
lying at anchor off Rowe's wharf for
the past three weeks. Since the ar
rival of the vessel from Portland
there has been little activity on board,
although it was reported that she
brought 40 of the faithful from the
societys headquarters at Durham hill,
Shiloh. If any such number of men,
women and children came as passen-
gers OH the boat they must have been
taken ashore under cover of darkness
as none of them We're seen to leave.
Sveral persons who were in the vi
entity Of the yacht when she arrived
declared that they heard children cry?
ing on board. -. A ~
A man who has watched the vessel