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Order Number	00106510
Title	Metha Nelson schooner
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 8733
Date	1939
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	The Metha Nelson was a was a wooden-hulled sailing schooner. The vessel, which was chartered to Mario Bello, former stepfather of Jean Harlowe, sailed from Long Beach on September 10, 1938, sailing to Guatemala. Two men, Charles Segal and Abraham Kapellner, claimed that the captain of the ship, Robert Hoffman, treated them badly because they were Jewish and he was German. Segal and Kapellner went ashore in Guatemala and boarded the Italian ship Cellina to return to Los Angeles. Hoffman radioed the captain of the Cellina and told him to hold the pair as mutiny suspects. Two days later, the Cellina, responding to distress flares, encountered the Metha Nelson, its sails in tatters and its engine disabled. When the ship reached San Pedro, Segal and Kapellner were arrested on charges of mutiny. Hoffman admitted using chains to restrain and beat crew members because of necessity. Most of the crew and guests aboard the ship disagreed with the captain and a grand jury refused to indict the two men.
Description	Photograph caption dated January 11, 1939 reads "The ill-starred schooner Metha Nelson is shown when it returned to Los Angeles Harbor today after a weird adventure in southern waters, during which Hollywood notables were guests aboard. Federal agents boarded the vessel to investigate charges of mutiny and of strange persecution tales during the cruise." The ship has three masts and the sails are down.
Subject	Hoffman, Robert--Trials, litigation, etc. Schooners--California--Los Angeles. Masts and rigging--California--Los Angeles. Harbors--California--Los Angeles. San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.). Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection