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Q. You simply did this at the request of Mr. Warren ? — A. I simply 

 did it at the request of Mr. Warren. , 



Q. And you really have no interest in these vessels at all? — A. No, 

 sir. 



Q. None at all? — A. No, sir. 



Q. Mr. Cooper, if there was any understanding or agreement be- 

 tween Mr. Warren and Mr. Boskowitz, you were entirely ignorant of 

 it? — A. Yes, sir; exactly. 



Q. You simply did this at the request of these gentlemen ? — A. Yes, 

 sir. 



Q. Without knowing for what purpose it was done? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Do you know anything about a claim being Doesnot1cnow whether any 

 put in for you against the Government of the claim was put in for him. 

 United States?— A. No, sir. 



Q. In relation to the seizure of these vessels? — A. No, sir. 



Q. Have you any such claim? Have you any claim against the 

 United States Government for the seizure of these vessels ? — A. I don't 

 know. They are in my name, and I suppose the vessels have a claim. 



Q. Have you any claim yourself? — A. No further than they are in 

 my name. 



Q. You have not really any claim against the Government? — A. I 

 couldn't say. 



Mr. Shurtleff: Q. Have you ever signed any claim yourself? — 

 A. No, sir. 



Q. Or ever authorized any one to sign one for you? — A. Captain 

 Warren has my power of attorney. I don't know what he has done. 



Q. Did you ever specifically instruct him in so many words to present 

 a claim? — A. To do as he pleased. I don't know what he has done. 



Mr. Lansing: Q. Have you any claim against the Government of 

 the United States? — A. I don't know. Those vessels are in my name, 

 and I suppose the vessels have got a claim. 



Q. A vessel can not well have a claim. — A. The vessels were taken, 

 I suppose. 



Q. Have you any claim from which you expect to derive any money ? — 

 A. I expect the vessels will derive the money. 



Q. You cannot pay money to a vessel. The vessels have gone up — 

 some of them ? — A. Captain Warren has got my power of attorney, 

 and it is all in his hands, and I leave it to him. I am not a lawyer and 

 not a ship owner. 



Mr. Shurtleff: Q. Do you expect, in the event of any claim being 

 allowed by the Government, that you will receive the money? — A. I 

 suppose I would get paid my expense for my trouble. 



Q. For the use of your name? — A. Not for the use of my name; for 

 my trouble. 



Q. Have you ever advanced or paid out any money for legal ex- 

 penses in connection with the seizure of those 

 vessels? — A. No, sir. I have not paid any out of Has incurred no ex- 

 my own pocket. I paid my own expenses going P ev8es in connection ivith 

 up and down. 



Q. Your expenses to Victoria? — A. Yes, sir; my expenses to Victo- 

 ria and return. I never kept any account of them, as I did not expect 

 to get them back. 



Q. Did you ever pay out, or authorize to be paid out, any money for 





