con i ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁which ▁gave ▁B ride ▁$ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁his ▁exclusive ▁story , ▁" T hr illing ▁Story ▁by ▁T itan ic ' s ▁Sur v iving ▁W ire less ▁Man ". ▁B ride ▁later ▁gave ▁testim ony ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁and ▁British ▁in qui ries ▁into ▁the ▁T itan ic ▁dis aster , ▁describing ▁what ▁ice berg ▁warnings ▁had ▁been ▁received ▁and ▁what ▁had ▁happened ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁dis aster . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁American ▁In qu iry , ▁B ride ▁was ▁also ▁question ed ▁about ▁ign oring ▁requests ▁for ▁information , ▁while ▁on ▁the ▁Car path ia , ▁from ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy , ▁which ▁wanted ▁to ▁know ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁President ▁T aft ' s ▁personal ▁friend ▁and ▁a ide , ▁Arch ib ald ▁But t . ▁B ride ▁stated ▁that ▁priority ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁personal ▁messages ▁and ▁surv iv or ▁lists ▁over ▁answering ▁questions ▁from ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Navy ▁did ▁not ▁understand ▁British ▁Mor se ▁signals , ▁which ▁the ▁Navy ▁denied . ▁The ▁Mar con i ▁Company ▁was ▁accused ▁of ▁secret ly ▁setting ▁up ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁interview ▁with ▁B ride ▁and ▁telling ▁him ▁and ▁Harold ▁C ott am ▁to ▁keep ▁quiet ▁until ▁they ▁arrived ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁but ▁Mar con i ▁denied ▁the ▁accus ations . ▁This ▁matter ▁was ▁not ▁purs ued , ▁and ▁B ride ▁was ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁hero es ▁of ▁the ▁dis aster