Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-15
.SEA.ROMANCEIS
FADING ON
JESSIE Fremont
New Party Enters Into Suit
Over Pearl Voyaging and
Unlucky Schooner

| A story with a distinct flavor OF sea
romance-althOugh ii did not have 10
do with pirates or pieces of eight t.
was related in the federal court before
Judge Charles F. Clemens this morn
ing when c. II. Jones took the witness
stand as an intervenor in his own be
half in the damage suit which has
been filed against the owners Of the
schooner Jessie Fremont, now lying in
this port in the custody of the United
| States marshal.
The tale which precedes the arrival
in Honolulu of the Jessie Fremont is
a long one, and the story as told by
her skipper, Capt. George Frair, of how
he fitted the vessel in San Diego some
two months ago for peaEling expedi
ton to the Admiralty islands, is we'll
known locally. But the appearance
in the case this morning Of Jones adds
a new chapter, and an interesting one
to the narrative which has grown oat
Of the fling of a libel against the
nearling vessel by Charles Howard,
R. Palmer and Arthur Fields.
Jones told story of how. in San
Diego, he had entered into an agree
ment with captain Frafr and the own
srs of the Jessie Fremont to equip
the vessel with the necessary para
phernaIia and provisions for the yoy
age. He dwelt at length upon the
hopes he had held in the success OF
he expedition, and told OF the buckets,
with long lines attached to them, with
which he alleged he and the other
members Of the crew we're going to
scoop the pearl shells from the bot.
tom OF the ocean. >@ F. 3
1t He had spent s109.s5 IN San Diego.
ne said. in putting food and, tackle
I iboard the Fremont, and an itemized
account of what he saiG was the money
he had spent showed that, on several
occasions, he had financially assisted
Captain Frair through the medium OF
small loans. te Z s = 6 -. 3 Z
Once, when Captain Frair was call.
ed on the stand, Jones acted as his
own attorney. He asked the skipper
numerous questions which largely
were Didn't pay for this?" and
Didn't pay for that?' There were
things which Captain Frair. admitted
Jones had purchased, and other things
which he denied he had bought. 1
According to Jones' testimony, he
was to further provision the Fremont
upon the arrival of the vessel at Ho,
nolulu But he said that when he ar.
rived mere as q common sailor on the
schooner, he had no money. Captain
Frair was inclined to laugh at. this
statement. .... - -. :.
He has life preserser around him
worth AGO." smiled the skipper
!. So Jones has come into the suit as
an interyenor on his own behalf tc
recover the money which he spent, in
San Diego in provisioning the Ere.
mont. The vessel is still in the Gus
today of the marshal Howard, F1eIds
and Palmer, who brought the Iibe
against the vessel when Captain FRAN
abandoned the pearling expedition al
Honolulu, are still in the city. ~
s Judge, Clemens ruled today that
there shall De no order. of sale of the
vessel made until notice of the filing
of the suit against the Fremont has
been published. December % was set
as the date on which the owners of the
vessel viii answer the petition. II was
stated this morning that there are sew
eral persons and firms in Honolulu who
will bid for the Jessie Fremont in
case the vessel is sold. .<a