Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-23

An American milifonalre, SO saiu
Hopkins and other members of the
crew, persuaded the sailors Who
manned the captains dingey by prom
ises of lavish rewards to put right
away from the Titanic.
Beside Mr.. Stengel and Lori ana
Lady Gordon, according to Hopkins.
Miss Francatelli, of London, and A. L.
Solomon, a wholesale stationer, % s4b
Broadway, New York, were the otner
passengers in the boat.
Mr.. stengel branded Hopkins's story
| an outrage.
/ II don't know the fellow, he said
HE must be looking for sympathy or
money I know Sir Cosmo Duff Cor
! don did give the crew something affer
we were taken on board the Carpathia.
but II was merely reward for the
work they had done:
"IIew did you come to escape In the
captains dingey?'' Mr. Stengel was
asked.
"I was on the starboard side of the
Titanic After the first shock l went
up to see what happened. / wouldn't
have thought anything Of 1t II hadn't
seen Captain Smiths face. Then l
knew we were in danger.
"I rushed down to the cabin, where
knew there were some life preservers.
I got one for myself and one for my
wife. Then ran out on deck again.
II watched them fill four or Ave of
the lifeboats with women" he said.
There were few men who jumped in
as the boats were being lowered. Then
went to the bow. There was dingey
there, a small rowboat about sixteen
feet long, with four oars. They were
loading the boat. Five passengers got
in: including myself. An officer was
ordering in all He said to me: Get
in.
Just as the boat was being lowered
Mr.. Solomon. jumped in. Besides the
passengers there were three stokers,
two seamen-ten in all.
'The crew wouldn't stick to the oars.
They lighted cigarettes. slid down IN
the bottom of the boat and yelled jokes
at each other.
'This Is what really happened ex-
plained Mr.. Stengel. THE men weren't
working the way they ought to have
done. Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon said,
You take care of US safely and I'll
make you allsa present
Lady Gordon, who wasn't feeling
well. added, I've quite some money
myself, Sir Cosmo then gave each one
of the sailors a cigar and afterwards,
on the Carpathia, an order on Coutts
Bank, London"
Mr.. stengel asserted that he did not
know the amount.
f.'When we were rescued" continued
the leather manufacturer. the little
boat was thought of so slight value
that 1t was set adrift. Then remem-
bered my overcoat was In it: asked
II they couldn't get the overcoat back.
Then one of the sailors said he had IT
with him. He gave 1t back to me and
I made him present of dollar
"Our boat was the last to leave the
starboard side of the Titanic"
IT was pointed out to Mr.. Stengel
that Lord Gordon was quoted as say
ing: I'VE sang hymns to keep our
spirits I'D and drown out the cries of
the dying"
.No. we didn't sing anything" Mr..
Stengel replied. 1.-THE men were jok-
ing and laughing"
lis that you, Boxey| one of the
men yelled to a man in another boat,
What have you got there?'
1--WE. got bunch of dasoes, the
fellow called back.
Mr.. Stengel added that he had not
been suhpoenaed to appear at the hear
ing before the Senate committee In
Washington.
aAssI am quite willing to give testi-
mony" he said.
Mr.. solomon was equally emphatic
in discrediting and denying the story
Of the money boat"
THE rascal. DIR Salomon said when
Hopkins's story was repeate to him.
"But let me tell you what happened,
before 1 tell you what think of the
story.
At didn't look at my watch when we !
got into the dinghy and put off, but I
had looked not long before. and it must
have been about ! o'clock. believe
that ours was the last boat to leave; at |
any rate, I saw none following us. We
followed the track Of another boat, on
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