The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-03
ISSlON At WORK
- TRIBUNAL CcysTDEa.
ruE CAROLINE CASE.
~--.xeI Wishes 10 Introduce
n~rerAs of the Previous
-. Mate Of the Onward
an~s BIS Experience While
- Arrest.

C.. Dec 7.-Tfe preiir1liTaa-
$3.50 heen well settled. the Bering
- commission got well down 70
s.x.v rfxen the actual trial OF
z..-'~ kc~zn with the case of he
60 <,.~nf,ne- Hon. Mr. Peters. Sc
s-.~I far the British, opened by
e - a,eadings set forth Ia The
s.-.sdv fl4d. These pIeadings state
- q s~hoouer Is : British vessel reg
-. vfrfarfz that she sailed hence
= - 10 Boring sea. her master
$500 t3riIyIe and her mate James
me schooner was seized August
80 -.-xr~ .>s BY the United States rev.
100 corxln. towed to TnaIaeka
..s~xexaned by The United States dis
q. -s,axt II sltka. on a charge OF xlo-
q. - munlcipaI laws OF the United
~. r.k.king 70 seal fishing; that she
- - afned under such condemnation
a i,<reruber 1856 when her return Was
~ hat refused on the ground that
- 100. had been practically wrecked
- meantime. By reason OF the loss
- out Of this Illegal seizure 5000 Is
~ ana interest al per cent per an
y Peters said that for the meantime
~cad deal with personal claims. he
q proceeded 10 read the reply Of the
- ats.ex. csairuing that the vessel
- Il me tims OF the seizure wholly or
-. oxueS By United States citizens.
y ~. IN any case. The damages claim
= pers excessive.
=. nrtttxh answer TO this was that the
~. ,rfh.ual had already decided as 20
ana.ax Of fact that the vessel WAS
- ana that all the present commits
"A an. n "a ftese
<Suosusstion 10 be paid. ar. Peters
e~rfed that with regard to the issue
- Nv the United States. that the yes-
- vrs IN whole or In part owned by
-. al tae United States. he dld nor
Z rrrsent intend 10 deal with IL. for the
- 8 show otherwise lay on the United
,usps counsel.
=. British cAim was that the schooner
= a British register al the time of the
1nrp and that was already admitted.
= Peters then laid before the commits
- Diplomatic correspondence relating
- claim. and quoted from official die
,uenss evidenee az to the seizure given
,ehAif OF the United States at the
&zxs>d States court In Alaska. His infen-
=. - stated. was to present the evil
- rissn there on behalf OF the United
n,ea and on the basis of which the
ssand States had condemned the ship.
/ &. Dickinson. for the United States,
S1wted that IL was not necessary to
- that. for the Paris tribunal had AL
~ decided that IL the Caroline Was a
[1eirh vessel she was Illegally seized. II
=, yensel was proved TO he British, then
. = ouession Of compensation was all that
|lniaed to be settled.
u Peters replied that he considered
~ TIE evidence he had quoted had "A
|1.rt bearing on the matter OF eompen-
stn and that IL was quite proper for
- 10 show by the evidence accepted BY
~ UuIted States courts how the vessel
u ben condemned.
| 1zrice Putnam asked IL Mr.. Peters did
n thfuk he was opening rather wide
~ ky quoting what was recorded In the
1xloas trial for determining what was
y b<fore the present commission.
I'm Peters In reply maintained that
ny the case now In hand was q part
|flAs same action.
hsice Putnam. TO this. remarked that
n curse the evidencs - be submitted
nfFeaf extent depended on the counsel
| 6Ae respective governments. but II re-
|naed with tho commissioners 10 say
|Gkher Il was admissible or not.
II
n diplomatic correspondence. aud
|ksded in the official government book rs
<2enes.
More going on With the Caroline case.
: requested leave TO examine a witness
: sAe Onward claim. a man who lived on
y west coast. being obliged 10 leave for
ne tonight. The request was granted.
y John Margotich was placed in the
y He had been mate of the Onward
NJ she was seized tn herring sea BY the
Med States cutter. August :. 1856. The
NJ consisted Of four whites and sixteen
Mans, and tho vessel had 100 skins
bard. The schooner was tawed 10 tine
Sska and the crew Kept aisoard for ten
Ass though allowed shore leave. four at
ktme. They were then transferred TO the
merriam schooner san Diego. which was
~ Under SEIZURE. and saksn 20 Sitka~
vzsre the white men were placed in the
hyraeks. the Indi.ns beng permitted 20
b frss. The meT we're allowed 90 take
iankesp from the vessel. but bad no besfs
"a there we're eight men IN one room.
rkssh was ofisy ten feet square. They
sNs cen,lncd in this room a month. and
Nv tried al SAks, the Judge addressing
|tksm a. 'rohbers" 1sse Indians % the
|rss came outside the window. say ng
|shss bad nsthlnh TO eat. and witness gave
|Ntn An the money he had. some sis.
~. Hanson. OF the Thornton. Capt.
els<. or the Caroline. ard Harry Nor
- we're among these IN jan a. sEtka
atm. One morning Cart. og.lvse got
- and he never saw him aEan. Capt
- r viii he remembered. was after
- found dead I'm the wosdsl
~ sgb3ectea TO rigid erosS-exsrrflrs-
~ By Dickinson witness admitted thar
= nea we're allowed 90 walk about Slfka
= eAy before being tried. The ruon
~ mere confined In VAS the Jury room