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L. C. Slave Papers AC973
J. C. Van Dyke, box.

Affidavit of George Howell.

Consulate of the United States of America
Havana, Island of Cuba

I, George Howell, an American seaman, now in Havana, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that I was shipped in New-York in March last upon a schooner called the Julia Mister which I understand has formerly belonged to Baltimore and was transferred to New-York where she hailed from - the shipping master that shipped me lived in Front street between Fulton market and maiden Lane, and I can point out the house if I were in New-York - the Captain of the schooner was called Thomas Linn - the mate's name was Charles Whitmore - there were four other men before the mast, called respectively James Carther, Bill Young, Alexander Kingston, the other was known under the name of Jack - there were besides two Portuguese on board rated as passengers, one of whom lived aft, and the other forward - the one aft was always called Senor Francisco on the passage from N. York, the other was called Juan -- We sailed from N. York on the 20th of March bound to Angola and one or two more ports on the coast of Africa --Myself and the rest of the crew understood that we were going on a lawful trading voyage, we did not know what the cargo consisted of until we got to the coast of Africa where we discovered that she had water, provisions and a few boards - after a passage of about 63 days we arrived at the coast of Africa at a place, the name of which is unknown to me.

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Portuguese came on board from the shore, that they began to lay the decks, that there was no cargo on board to trade for, and we immediately found out that the vessel was to be a slaver - myself and the rest of the crew demanded of the Captain our discharge - he answered that he could not discharge us, but would give us our passage to the Island of Cuba, and would allow us wages if we would work - we refused to work, but were compelled to come in her as passengers, as we could see no other means for coming away from the place - a cargo of slaves were put on board, consisting of four hundred and ninety or upwards - previous to the slaves being brought on board the Captain (Linn) had given up the command of the vessel to the Portuguese passenger that came from New-York in the cabin, and said Linn became mate of the vessel - the crew were Portuguese ten in number - in about 24 hours after, we left the coast - no flag was hoisted until we got in the latitude of the Island of St Helena when a vessel was seen - Captain Linn hoisted the American flag, but it was immediately taken down, and the Spanish flag hoisted up - it was up only about a quarter of an hour - from that day no flag was ever hoisted up again - the return passage occupied about 35 days, we arrived at a place called Sn. Carlos above Trinidad distant from this port about eighteen leagues, the slaves were without delay sent ashore in a fore and aft schooner that had some sugar in - the place was a sugar plantation and rum Distillery. I did not ascertain the names of the persons having charge of the place, but I have heard the owner's name is Don Salvador. After the negroes were all on Yale UNIVERSITY LIBRARY and the rest of the

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American crew went on shore, and the day after the Captain gave to me and each of the seamen 10$ a piece - the captain (Linn), Whitmore, and all the Portuguese went off the next day after our arrival; they had set fire to the vessel the moment that all human beings were on shore. I never saw the Captain, mate and Portuguese again after their departure from the place - I understood that Captain Linn went to the river Tara where he embarked in a sailing vessel for New-York, we were brought on horse back in two days to Trinidad and put on board of a steamer that brought us to Batabano where we took the rail road cars for Havana where we arrived in the afternoon of the day before yesterday - all our expenses to Havana were paid, I suppose by the parties concerned in the slave cargo, for we paid nothing, the mate Whitmore helped Capt. Linn on the passage back from the coast, sometimes, but myself and my shipmates did no work and touched nothing except the provisions etc, given to us - we received only on account of our wages one month's advance in N. York, and the $10 paid us at the place where the slaves were landed.

Sworn to and subscribed )
this second day of
August A D. 1854
before me
(Signed)
Wm H. Robertson
acting U. S. Consul at Havana

Wm. H. Robertson, acting consul of U. S. at Havana, to
U. S. District Attorney at New York.

Copy

Havana August 2d 1854

Sir

I beg leave to enclose you herewith a certified copy of
an affidavit given before me by a seaman who gave his name as
George Howell and who alleges that he formed one of the crew of
an American vessel called the Julia Mister that sailed from New
York in March last, and brought from Africa a cargo of slaves
to this Island.

George Howell will leave this port tomorrow morning in the
Brig Volante bound to N. York so that, if you deem it proper,
you will be able to make such use of him as may possibly lead
to the conviction of the Captains of the Julia Mister and other
parties concerned in the crime of employing American vessels
for the slave trade.

There can be no doubt, from all the information that we
can gather, that nine tenths of the numerous vessels engaged in
this abominable traffic have sailed from the United States, es-
pecially from New-York.

The present witness also stated to me that the two Captains
of the Julia Mister have proceeded to New-York where they intend
to fit out another vessel which is being built for them for the
trade.

L. C. Slave Papers AC973.

J. C. Van Dyke box.

W. H. Robertson to U.S. Dist. Atty.

at New York, Aug. 2, 1854.

An impression exists here, derived from the open manner
in which vessels are fitted out for that nefarious purpose in the
U. States, that our Government actually wink at it, or that at
all events no steps seem to be taken to put a check to the prac-
tice.

I am, Sir

Testimony in the "Piracy Case" -- Testimony of
Joseph Town.

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fr. bot.
of page

Joseph Town was called and sworn as a witness for the prose-
cution.

Mr. Guillou asked the Court before the witness proceeded to
instruct him and the other witnesses generally with a view to
their own protection, that they were not bound to make any state-
ment criminating themselves.

Judge Grier could not agree to the suggestion, because it
would put in the power of a witness by a mental reservation
to tell only what he pleased, and to be the judge of what would
criminate him, and the crimination might be moral political, or
criminal. The Court would interfere when necessary.

Mr. Vandyke proceeded to examine the witness.

Ques. - Where do you belong?

Ans. - To Philadelphia.

Ques. - Do your parents reside in Philadelphia?

Ans. - My uncle and aunt.

Ques. - Are your father and mother dead?

Ans. - Yes sir.

Ques. - Do you know the defendant?

Ans. - Yes sir.

The case was U. S. vs James G. Darnaud, tried in the U. S. Circuit
Court, Phila., beginning May 1, 1855. Joseph Town was cabin boy on
the "Grey Eagle". He calls Darnaud "Donald". In the evidence the
"Grey Eagle" is described as of about 185 tons, 90 ft. keel, and
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J. C. Van Dyke, box.

Testimony of Joseph Town,

Question. Now will you state in your own way, to the court and jury, all you know in reference to the voyage of the brig Grey Eagle, your shipping in her, when you shipped, how you shipped, where you went to, whether the defendant was with you and if so, in what capacity he acted, and what you did?

Mr Guillou suggested that if to-morrow morning the prosecution should elect to give testimony in reference to the transaction on the coast of Cuba, this should be thrown out.

Judge Grier thought the question a proper one; it called for the history of the transaction as to this young man. Whatever might be the election of the prosecuting officer, he had a right to bring out the whole history of the matter as part of the res gestae.

The Court adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow.

Third Day

Thursday, May 3.

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Witness - An American ship.

Joseph Town recalled.

Mr. Vandyke - When I was interrupted yesterday I had asked you to state from the commencement, of your knowledge of the Grey Eagle, your whole connection with it, how, and where you shipped, what sort of a vessel it was, how loaded, where you went and what you did until you left the vessel, and how you got home; will you be good enough to tell us now.

Witness - I shipped in New York on the Grey Eagle, and shipped to go to St. Thomas on the coast of Africa.

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Testimony of Joseph Town.

Mr. Vandyke - How long were you out before you heard you
were going to the coast of Africa instead of St. Thomas?

Witness - Some 12 or 15 days out.

Judge Grier - What year did you ship?

Witness - About the 25th day of last March, to the best of
my knowledge.

Mr. Vandyke - March, 1854, of this year?

Witness - March, 1854.

Mr. Vandyke - Where did the vessel lay in New York?

Witness - I do not know, at Jackson Ferry, I believe.

Mr. Vandyke - At what part of the town was that?

Witness - I do not know, I am not acquainted with New York,
I belong to Philadelphia.

Mr. Vandyke - Was it near the dry-dock?

Witness - I do not know, I was not acquainted with the town.

When we were twelve or fifteen days out the Captain told me
he was going to the coast of Africa; Captain Donald told me he
was going to the coast of Africa. That is the man.

Mr. Vandyke - State the whole conversation you had with him
then.

Witness - He told me he was going to the coast of Africa, and
that he would give me $200 and pay my passage when we got to
Havana, to the States; I agreed to take the $200; he did not men-
tion any particular State, but to the United States; I had to
agree to it, as there was no other way for me to do; we went to
the coast of Africa and took in 603 negroes; this Captain then
resigned the command of the slave ship to the coast of Africa and went
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to Cuba; there was an English brig of war passed us on the
coast of Africa before we took the negroes on board; we hoisted
the American flag, and the English man-of-war passed us and
never boarded us.

Judge Grier - You hoisted the American colors?

Witness - Yes sir.

Mr. Vandyke - Who ordered the American colars to be hoisted?

Witness - I did not hear, Captain Donald was on deck, we were
not an anchor, but were sailing at the time. We were insight of
shore, about a mile and a half away from it, as near as I can
judge.

Mr. Vandyke- Where did you go to then?

Witness - We went to Ajuda; I do not know where it is situated;
I believe it is on the Western Coast; but do not know whether it
was north or south of the Equator, never having looked at the
chart; I have no idea how far it was from the Cape, it was inside
of 16 miles of the Cape of Good Hope the mate told me.

Judge Grier - It must be some other point, certainly not the
old Cape.

Witness - I do not know any more than the mate told me, sir,
I have no idea what part of Coast we went to.

Mr. Guillow - Ajuda is on the map, I suppose, and we can
find it there.

Judge Grier - When did you say Captain Donald delivered the
command up?

Witness - After the negroes were taken on board, he delivered
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Mr. Vandyke - How long before you arrived on the Coast of Africa was the deck built?

Witness - It was after we were about 16 or 20 days out.

Mr. Vandyke - Tell us how the deck was built?

Witness - I was not in the hold at the time the deck was built, I saw if afterwards.

Mr. Vandyke - Did you hear Captain Donald give any directions as to the building of the deck?

Witness - I did not hear the orders given.

Mr. Vandyke - What had the vessel on board when you sailed from New York?

Witness - Rice, water, whiskey and sea biscuits.

Mr. Van dyke - How were the negroes stowed in the vessel?

Mr. Guillou objected and stated that in a similar case in New York, recently tried, the question had been ruled out, and was only introduced for dramatic effect.

Mr. Vandyke - The indictment alleges that the defendant forcibly confined and detained, and aided and abetted in forcibly confining and detaining, and that he did this with force and arms, now, how I can allege a crime against a defendant as having been committed with force and arms, and not be permitted to show how that very act took place, appears to me perfectly incomprehensible. Piracy must be alleged to have been committed with force and arms, and it is the force which constitutes the offence. Whether these persons were forcibly taken or taken there for a pleasure voyage I do not know until I show how they were taken and the msManuscripts & Archives confined. They might have

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been taken there with their consent.

Judge Grier - As to any particular acts of cruelty or anything else on the road that will have nothing to do with it, but I think the fact of their being brought there and how they were brought is part of the very thing.

Mr. Vandyke - What was the height or the distance between the two decks?

Mr Guillou objected and the objection was overruled.

Mr. Vandyke repeated his question.

The witness - Between two and a-half and four feet.

Mr. Vandyke - Did you ever go down in the hold while the negroes were there?

Witness - I did; I could not stand up, but went along on my hands and knees; the negroes were laid in a stooping position, the knees of one going in under the knees of another, and his stomach against the back of the other.

Mr. Vandyke - What portion of the crew were stowed in the hold.

Witness.- The men, the women and children were on the deck.

Mr. Vandyke. - How many women and children were there?

Witness.- I do not know the exact number, there was between 250 and 300. They were all women on deck and boys and children. There were female children taken, but I do not know how many, some were taken into the cabin and some on deck. Some of the women were taken into the cabin.

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Witness - On rice, palm oil and biscuit. The casks that had
whiskey in were cut in half, and each one of these were filled
with rice, the men were divided off, 10 or 14 in a mess, and each
mess has one of these casks filled with rice which they eat with
their hands.

Mr. Vandyke - What was the rice cooked with?

Witness. - With water, and palm oil mixed with it.

Mr. Vandyke - How often were these mess men taken out of the
hold, if at all?

Witness - Some of the men were brought on deck to brace the
yards or something of that kind, but only five or six, they
were never all taken out.

Mr. Vandyke - Were they in the hold during the whole voyage
without being taken out all the time?

Witness - Yes, sir, they were kept there all the time.

Mr. Vandyke - Who cleaned up the decks?

Witness - The crew.

Mr. Vandyke - Did you know the names of any of these negroes?

Witness - No, sir.

Mr. Vandyke - What part did Captain Donald take in the re-
ceiving of these men on board?

Witness - He did not take any part in receiving the negroes
on board, he stood on the gangway doing nothing and saying
nothing.

Mr Vandyke - What part did he take afterwards?

Witness - He was a Doctor to those who were sick, and navigated the vessel at times.

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Mr. Van Dyke - Who went ashore from the vessels to get the
negroes?

Witness - The Spanish mate, his name was Antonio, he was a different man from Rivers, Roderick or Burdick, Roderick was a Frenchman; Burdick was first mate, and the one who went on shore; Antonio was second mate.

Mr. Vandyke - Who kept the log-book?

Witness - Sometimes the First-Mate, and sometimes Capt. Donald, in coming from the Coast with the Negroes on board.

Mr. Vandyke - Where was the Captain when the Mate went on shore?

Witness - On board the vessel, he was doing nothing and did not say anything to me.

Judge Grier - Had he command of the vessel while the other was on shore?

Witness - Yes, sir.

Judge Grier - When did he cease to take command of her?

Witness - When the Negroes came on board, he then became Doctor and Interpreter for the Spanish Captain. The Spanish Captain took command of her at times: he never kept the command; the First-Mate could not talk Spanish; he spoke English and French a little.

Mr. Vandyke - Well, you arrived at Cuba with the Negroes?

Witness - Yes sir, except some sixteen who died.

Mr. Vandyke - As Negroes came on board the vessel, what was done with them?

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board at once; they came in small boats; the natives brought them;
we were 2-1/2 hours taking in the cargo.

Mr. Vandyke - Who put them or showed them where they were to
go to as they came on board?

Witness - The Portugese crew; Portugese Charley was one of them.

Mr. Vandyke - Where was the Spanish Captain?

Witness - Standing on the gangway.

Mr. Vandyke - And where did the French Mate stand?

Witness - The French Second Mate helped to take the Negroes
into the cabin -- Capt. Donald stood on the larboard side and the
Negroes came in on the starboard -- the Spanish Captain stood on the
starboard side, counting the Negroes as they came in. The name of
the brig was the Grey Eagle, of Philadelphia; I do not know her
tonnage, but believe it was 130 tons; the Swedish carpenter who
built the deck told me.

Mr. Vandyke - He is a witness here I believe?

Witness - Yes, sir.

Mr. Vandyke - How does it happen that you did not sign the
articles?

Mr. Kane - Are those articles proved to be the articles?

Judge Grier - That question assumes something important proved.

Mr. Kane - It assumes first, that those articles were the
articles; and second, it assumes that he did not sign any articles.

Judge Kane [Grier] - He had not said that he did not sign the
articles, or did he say they were the articles.

Witness - There is a smaller paper than that which I signed --
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go to St. Thomas A shipping master who was down there, asked me
to sign it. I do not know his name; I went to the shipping office,
it was by the Fulton ferry.

Mr. Vandyke - Did you sign the paper?

Witness - No, sir, I never signed this paper.

Mr. Vandyke - How many days was it from New York to the coast?

Witness - Between 40 and 60 days, as near as I can recollect.

Mr. Vandyke - How long were you on the coast?

Witness - Some five or six days running along the coast.

Mr. Vandyke - How did you know where the negroes were to be had?

Witness - I did not know.

Mr. Vandyke - How did the captain know?

Witness - I do not know, sir; I supposed we were running along
the coast to get the negroes.

Mr. Kane here took exception to the question.

Mr. Vandyke - I think the question proper.

Judge Grier - It is too late now, the question is answered.

Mr. Vandyke - How long were you from the Coast of Africa to the
Coast of Cuba?

Witness - Thirty days; I do not know the name of the place
we arrived at in Cuba, it was about sixty miles from Havana.

Mr. Vandyke - Now, sir, what was done with the negroes after
you brought them from the Coast of Africa to the Coast of Cuba,
after they had arrived at the Coast of Cuba?

Witness - They were taken on shore at Cuba and taken to Don
Louis' plantation.

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The objection was overruled by the Court.

Mr. Vandyke - When you arrived at the Island of Cuba what was done with the negroes?

Witness - They were taken on shore in long boats, a couple of
fishermen's boats.

Mr. Guillou objected.

Now, Town, I understand you to say that these negroes were
landed upon the Coast of Cuba in the long boat. Who rowed the boat?

The sailors from on board the brig; some few of the fishermen
helped.

How long were you landing them?

Two hours and a half.

Did you land before or after that was done?

Afterwards.

Did the Captain land afterwards or before?

Afterwards.

What Captain do you mean?

Donald; he didn't go on shore till all the sailors went. The
sailors were the last off the vessel, so was the Captain.

What did you do with the vessel?

We left the vessel to the mercy of the fishermen, to do what
they liked with her.

Was she at anchor or on the ground?

She was at anchor, and on the ground too; she drew, I don't
know how many feet

Then you left the vessel, and Captain Darnaud left the vessel

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after you had landed all the negroes?

Yes, sir.

Give us, in your way, what you did after you had landed the
negroes?

We went ashore; the negroes were with us; about 12 o'clock the
policemen came down and were about to arrest us all; I think the
Spanish Captain paid them some money.

Did you see the Spanish Captain pay any money?

I did not see him pay any money; the police took the negroes
away -- all of them at first; we got what was left of them after-
wards; the next day we got the other part in the wood; we stayed
there three or four days; one evening, about 9 or 10 o'clock, the
Spanish captain took the negroes, leaving us and Captain Donald;
Don Louis come and took us and Donald into the plantation; he took
us upstairs into the sugar loft, and kept us there; it was some four
or five days after we landed he took us to the plantation; he was
present at the landing; he is a planter, I believe.

Do you know he is a planter?

He lives on a plantation; we were put into the sugar loft;
we didn't see the negroes any more after the Spanish captain took
them away, or the Spanish captain either; we were put into Don
Louis' sugar loft; Donald was with us at the time; we didn't get
paid then; he didn't get paid either, I believe.

Did he tell you he got paid?

No sir, he didn't; all the sailors went to Don Louis' plan-
tation; all the ship's company, except the Spanish captain and
Spanish mate.

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You say that after the police had come down, you and Captain Donald and the crew went to the woods the next day, and there you found the negroes again?

Yes sir, part of them.

Where was the Spanish captain when you were at the fisherman's hut?

He was with us; Donald was with us; both captains were with us in the woods.

Did he leave you?

The Spanish captain took the negroes with him.

How many of them were there?

About 350. The police had taken the rest.

Do you know what arrangement was made with the police? Or was there any arrangement?

I do not know any more than what I was told by the Spanish cook.

Now do you recollect the Captain of the Julia Moulson having any conversation with Donald or with any person in his presence as to what had become of the Julia Moulson?

Mr. Guillou objects.

Mr. Vandyke explains the question, and his intention in asking it.

The Court sustained the objection.

What time did you leave the plantation?

I don't know.

Who left with you?

All the crew. Portuguese Charley was one of them; the Spanish Captain and Spanish mate had gone.

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He was with us.

Where did you go?

To Havana.

Where did you stay at Havana?

He left us at a Spanish boarding house.

How long were you in Havana?

We stayed there several days.

Did you see Donald while you were there?

Yes, sir, several times; I met him about the streets.

What did he say to you?

He didn't say anything of any importance.

Tell us what he did say?

He asked me if I had got a ship yet, and told me I ought to
get one and go home; I went to the Consul there and got a ship.

Did you tell your story to the American Consul?

I did, sir, he sent me home in the bark Leo, to New York.

Where did you next see Donald?

I next saw him in Penn street, above Lombard, Philadelphia.

He was arrested there. That is him.

You were the cabin boy, I believe?

Yes sir.

Had you any conversation at any time with Donald, as to his
mode of life, the ports he had sailed from?

No sir, I had not.

Did he tell you where he lived?

He told me that when in Philadelphia, he stayed with a Mr.

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Were you at any time on this voyage, either on the coast of Africa, or after leaving it, or before you arrived there, pursued by any cruiser?

Yes sir, by an English brig-of-war. When we got the negroes on board, it came after us, having passed us on the coast when we had not got the negroes. It chased us.

What did you do?

There was nothing done on our part. We sailed away from the coast. She chased us about an hour.

Did you run up any flag?

We ran up no flag.

Where were the slaves during this chase?

The men were below; the women were kept on deck during the chase. We could not put them all below.

Was any attempt made to hide them on deck?

No, sir, no attempt was made to hide the negroes until the French barque came after us.

What was the object of the French barque?

They wanted to speak to us, I heard Donald say. We tacked ship and got away from them.

Was it a sailing vessel?

It was a sailing vessel.

What was done with the Negroes when you were chased by the French vessel?

The children were in the long boat and were put into the cabin; the women were put into any corner; the deck was cleared of them.

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How long did it take to get away from the French vessel?

It took about three or four hours to get away from the French.

Did you meet any American cruiser?

No, sir, we met no American cruiser.

Cross Examined. - Mr. Gillou - I am going to ask you but a few questions. You have said to the Court and the District Attorney that the defendant surrendered the captaincy there?

Yes, sir.

State to the jury what he did.

He did nothing afterwards but navigate the vessel and doctor the Negroes.

I have not made myself understood. Was there no specific act by which he surrendered?

He took no hand; he stood in the larboard gangway and done nothing.

Then you mean to say that he went to the larboard gangway and took no hand in anything?

Yes, sir, he went there before the Negroes came on board.

He went to the larboard gangway before they came on board, did he?

Yes, sir, he surrendered before they came on board.

There were, as you have said before, on board, Capt. Donald, Mr. Rivers, who was the Spanish Captain, the French Captain, the Spanish Mate and the crew. Now, when you got to the Coast of Africa, I understood you to say that the Spanish Captain received the Negroes on board the vessel, and stood in the starboard gangway and counted them.

Yes, sir.

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When you got to Cuba the Spanish captain went away with them:

The police took the whole.

But the next day you found a part of them in the woods, some
350 in number?

I couldn't tell exactly; I didn't count them.

You didn't count them of course, but about that number?

Yes, sir.

Where did these 350 stay?

They remained with us until the Spanish captain took them away.

Did you see any of these negroes afterwards?

I saw some few of them on Don Louis' plantation.

You were staying together in the woods?

Yes, sir.

What became of the Spanish captain?

The Spanish captain and Spanish mate had gone away; we went
to Don Louis' plantation and then to Havana.

The District Attorney asked you about a French vessel, was she
a sailing vessel?

Yes, sir.

How about the English cruiser?

She was also a sailing vessel.

How as she sailing?

She was going in from the sea towards the land. Her head was
towards the land. We were going out from the land I don't know
in what direction.

You don't know whether it was north, south, east or west, do you?

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No sir.

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