New York, Nov. 30.
Federal officers to-day arrested Mr. William F, Warms and Mr. Eben 8. Abbott, acting captain and chief engineer, respectively, of the ill-fated Ward liner Morro Castle.
The two officers were taken into) custody on a warrant charging them with unlawful, wilful neglect, misconduct and inattention to duties. Bail was fixed at $2,500 each.
The charges grew out of their conduct aboard the s. Morro Castle during the disastrous fire that cost the lives of 217 passengers on September 8—United Press. the course of which the rear-admiral
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