Show DUFF CORDONS WILL S DENY WHOLE STORY tl Of TITANIC BOATMAN Declare Accuser Was First FirstMan FirstMan Man to Suggest a Reward LONDON May 17 Lord n.-Lord Lord Mersey the president of ot the board of ot trade commission commis storm sion his five tl assessors and an array of or Gr Great at Britain's most brilliant solicitors with an aim audience of oC fashionably dressed women looking on omi sp spent nt the greater part of the tho day during the sitting of ot the tIme c court urt of Inquiry into the tho Titanic disaster in probing the statement of oC Charl Charles s Hen Ilen- one of at the surviving Jh Hendrickson h had hl said Sir Cosmo and Lady Gordon Duff who were two of ot the five 0 I passengers aEs In a a. partly filled lifeboat life boat had protested against returning to the thc scene of the disaster to try to rescue some Borne of or those struggling In the water Hendrickson wat isas called to th the stand Sir Sit Robert Finla Finlay WH was not present and his colleague Uto put only onty a 11 few unimportant questions S The Time witness was as then taken In hand by Henry K Duke M. M P. P P.- P. counsel fo for the Gordon Duff who were lu In court HendrIckson stuck to his evidence that although he could not specify when he ho tir first t made mado the statement discrediting tie the Duff Gordons Sir HIL kt Rufus Isaacs the attorney at- at attorney torney general w waa wa able to prompt him from depositions taken taleen at the time Ume of ot the arrival al of or the crew in England In which tho the n had said Passengers gers protested against the boat back Mr Dukes Duke's questions indicated th the for the Duff Gordons case caRe would be an ami absolute absolute lute lutc denial of at the story and ond that they thov would support this with the evidence e o bf ot the other members of at the crew who were In lu the lifeboat Mr Duke suggested d that wa was the nr first nul t to hint at a a. reward for tOr the tho crew of at the boat and produced a document document docu docu- ment In Hendrickson's handwriting VIng V ing ins the names name of the crow which he tie Iud had handed to Gordon Duff tO hi to make out 6 25 checks for them I |