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Captain Moulton. of the Cruiser Aberdeen, swore he took the 

 cross-bearings and the position of the vessel himself, but when 

 the J\Tate was called, on the stand in court he said that he took 

 the bearings while the Captain walked on the bridge. The chart 

 that the Captain claimed he marked the position of the vessel on 

 at the time of the seizure was never produced in court, but another 

 chart on which Commodore Spain had marked the position of the 

 vessel three days after the seizure was produced, and he was 

 eighty miles away at the time of the seizure. He also went on 

 the stand and swore that one-half of Gull Ledge was larger than 

 George's Island in Halifax H^arbor, which was the largest false- 

 hood that a man ever swore to. 



I tried to hold a commission in Gloucester to take the evi- 

 dence of the captains of the fourteen vessels that were there at the 

 time, but they disappointed me in every way until I had to give 

 it up. Commodore Spain and their lawyer put every obstacle in 

 my way that they could. When Captain McKenzie, of the cruiser 

 Vigildnt, was asked in court how far outside of the three mile 

 limit the vessel was, he said, "A good half mile," and for him 

 daring to tell the truth his cruiser was taken away from him by 

 Commodore Spain. I talked with the mate of the Cruiser Vigilant 

 lately and he said it was the biggest outrage he ever saw and that 

 they had no right to seize the vessel at the time. 



As to the seizure of the vessel, it was nothing less than steal- 

 ing her. If I had the means I would have carried this case to the 

 Privy Council in England and I know I would have gotten the 

 case as Judge Strong is now one of the members of the Privy 

 Council in regard to the vessel, if this is the way it had got to be 

 settled, they are perfectly welcome to her, for poor as I am I shall 

 never go after her, as it has ruined me anyway, and they are wel- 

 come to her as they will never get another dollar out of me. I 

 see that tlic press all through Nova Scotia condemns the Canadian 

 Government for the action they have taken in the case. I hope 

 you will excuse my long letter, as I cannot help writing the whole 

 particulars to you as I feel very sore over the way it has turned 

 out, 



I have never published anything concerning this case or gave 

 it to any of the reporters that have been after me, and they have 



