The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-06
SAILORS FOR THE
TROOP UNDER ARREST,
Taken on the Vessel Yesterday On
Habcas Corpus procccdlugs CAp,aiu
Corning Arrested Tor Kidnaplug.


The contcs, between the boarding
house keepers and the captain Of the
British ship Howard II. Troop came on
On sJhelG's ,imc Yesterday and Is likely
60 be more serious than was al 0's' an
! ticipN,ed since }, now involves not o'',.
I The ship master. his proposed crew and
ne boarding house people, but con.
tie, OF Jurisdiction between the state
and federal authorities
When the steamer Columbia reached
the mwcr harlor this morning she was
me, by launch having on board cap
, tain Cornlng ~ the Troop and United
States Marshal Houscr Marshal Houscr
was armed with United States process
issued under the federal admiralty law Oy
| Commissioner Thomson ot this city. dl-
recgiug him 10 apprhcnd the sailors
aboard the Columbia who had signed
| shipping papers Ia san Francisco Tor the
| Troop and to transfer them TO the ship
| After anchorlug for short time the
steamer was taken alongside the Troop
and all but TWO ot the sailors In qucs-
tiou were found and torclby delivered on
board the ship The TWO missing sailors
could not be discovered, although a
thorough search ot the steamer was
made. and they We're probably carried 70
Portland.
Thwartrd an their purpose 10 hold the
men. the boarding house people repre-
sented by Dick McCarron, repaired to ;hc
Justice court In this city and obtained
a warrant lor the arrest Of Captain
Corning on the charge ot kidnapping,
The warrant was served by Constable
wickman. who went down to the ship FOR
that purpose. and Captain Corning
promptly appeared before thr MAGISTRATE
and was released on bail until his hear
ing which o. set for o'clock thIs morn
ing.
The third act In the drama
then ransplred In the Institution
by the attorneys for the boarding
; Ihou-r people Messrs Fulton Bros, 0I
lhabeas corpus proceedings before Judge
Gray The writ was made returnaole AT
noon and was promptly served by IN,
production before Judge Gray soon
after that hour by Sheriff Linytllr
Of all the men who had been put
aboard the Troop early In the morning
; owing to the engagement Of the county
court to inspect the Young's bay bridge
. ln company with a committee OF the city
council the hearing on the habcas cor.
pus was continued until p. M. the men
being remanded to the custody ot tn'
sheriff At o'clock. On application Of
Captain Corning, the hearing was ad.
journed until p. m. today. the men ir
the meantime being len In the custody
, of the sheriff. and were confined 81 10,
county Jail during the night.
Mr. G G. Fulton was seen after the ad-
. journmcnt by an Astorlan representa-
, tive and interrogated concerning the
ground upon which he based the hubea,
corpus proceedings. He stated that the
men were American citizens, and under
me provisions NJ The treaty of 1892 be.
, tween the United States and Greaj
Britain they cannot b. compelled to serve
on an English vessel Mr. Fulton say,
that prior 10 the adoption of this treaty
there was no law under which desertina
seamen " either nation could be appre.
, hended and returned to the vessels which
they might see NJ TO abandon. TO rem.
edy this defect The treaty Of 1892 was ne.
gotiated and Il expressly provides that
no American seaman can be- forced "a
serve on an English vessel nor can an
English sailor be forcibly put on an
American ship. Besides this legal objec-
ton 70 placing the men on the Troop, Mr..
Fulton says, as matter Of fact, they
we're deceived into signing the ships
articles In San Francisco on the repre-
sentation that the vessel was bound for
Manila a port to which, as Americans.
they had reasons at thls time for desiring
to go. Mr.. Fulton thinks there will be no
difficulty IN procuring the discharge Of
all the men.
On their release upnder the habeas cor
pus proceedings II h. lntened to have the
sailors appear as witnesses against Cap
tain Corning on the charge Of kIdnap-
Ipa