86 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
Q. State what occurred on that day in the line of your duty.—A. I saw a small 
boat on the port bow; we caine up to her, and found she had about eight fur-seal 
aboard. The menin the boat were armed with breech-loading rifles. In answer to 
the Commanding Officer, the men admitted they were killing fur-seal. Shortly after 
we picked up a "second poat, and then sighted the schooner “Thornton.” ‘There 
were dead seal in the second boat. I did not examine the other boats; L was sent 
on board the schooner, saw Hans Guttormsen apparently acting as captain, and 
Henry Norman as mate. Tasked them what they were doing? The captain replied, 
“Catching seals.” I signalled this to Captain Abbey, who directed me to seize her, 
which I did, and the “Corwin” took the schooner in tow. ‘The fur-sealin the boats 
were bleeding, and must have been Isilled within a few hours. 
Q. How many men were on board of the ‘‘ Thornton” at the time of seizure ?— 
A. About fifteen. 
Q. Was this a reasonable number for ordinary purposes of commerce and navigs 
tion?—A. It was an unusually large number for the size of the vessel. 
Q. Do you recognize this paper 2—A. Ido. Ib is the official inventory made by me 
of the furniture, tackle, and cargo of the schooner ‘‘ Thornton” (inventory embraces 
the usual furniture, rigging, nautical instruments, boats and stores of a vessel of 
this class, with a « “AT gO of 403 seal- skins, 3 seal-pup skins, and 1 hair seal-skin, and 
they are receipte d for by I. Anderson, Deputy United States Marshal, Oonalaska, the 
- 14th August, 1886); the item 403 seal-skins mentioned in the inventory are fur seal- 
skins: this inventory gives a full and correct list of all the furniture, tackle, and 
cargo of said vessel, with the exception of the following: arms and ammunition, 
octant, and one chronometer. ‘There is one boat belonging to the ‘‘ Thornton” that 
was sent down on the “San Diego” and ineluded in “the inventory of the “San 
Diego.” The ‘ Thornton” had four boats. 
(Signed) JOHN C. CANTWELL, 
5rd Lieutenant, United States Revenue Marine. 
69 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of September, a. D. 1886, 
after having been read over by me to deponent. 
[SEAL. | ANDREW T. LEWIS, 
Clerk, United States District Court. 
John U. Rhodes, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 
Q. State your name, age, and occupation?—A. John U. Rhodes, over 21 years of 
age, and Lieutenant in the United States Revenue Marine, and attached to the Rev- 
enue steamer ‘‘Corwin,” and was so on the Ist August, 1886. 
Q. State what happened on the last-named day in connection with the schooner 
‘“Thornton” ?-—A. I was on the ‘‘ Corwin” at the time the ‘‘ Thornton ” was seized 
on thatday. We first picked up a boat bearing the name *‘ Thornton; ” it had about 
eight dead fur-seal in it, the men in the boat had breech-loading rifles: we after- 
wards picked up another boat, and then sighted the schooner ‘‘ Thornton,” and went 
on board, and was put in charge of her. We afterwards picked up two more boats; 
the inen in the boats claimed that the boats belonged to the ‘“‘ Thornton,” and were 
put on board of her. There were between fifteen and twenty dead fur-seal on deck 
and one hair-seal. ‘These seal were most of them bleeding and evidently recently 
killed. The captain and several of the hunters said they had killed twenty-one, I 
think it was, fur-seals that day, and would have got more if they had had more day- 
light and if the cutter had not come up. 
@. Do you recognize these papers?—A. Ido. This paper marked (Ex. ‘‘G”) is 
the clearance paper of the schooner ‘‘Thornton” (this paper represents the British 
steam-schooner ‘‘ Thornton,” Hans Guttormsen, master, 22.30 tons, navigated with 
fifteen men, bound for the Pacific Ocean, Behring Sea, and Okhotsk Sea, on a hunt- 
ing and fishing voyage, as having cleared from Victoria, British Columbia, the 15th 
May, 1886). This paper marked (Ex. ‘‘H”) is her bill of health (issued same date 
and place with clearance). I found these papers in the schooner ‘ Thornton ” at 
the time of seizure, and then took possession of them. 
Q. What was the list of arms and ammunition found aboard the schooner ‘‘ Thorn- 
ton” at the time of seizure?—A. Four rifles, 6 shot-guns, 857 shot-gun cartridges, 
420 rifle-gun cartridges, 108 lbs. powder, 1 keg powder partly filled, 2 bags bullets, 
11 bags buck- shot, 5 boxes wads, 34 boxes primers. 
Q. What has become of these arms and ammunition?—A. They were delivered to 
the United States Marshal at Sitka, and are now in his custody. 
(Signed) JOHN U. RHODES, 
Lieutenant, United States Revenue Marine. 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of September, A. D. 1886, after hav- 
ing been read over by me to the deponent. 
[SEAL. ] ANDREW T. LEwIs, 
Clerk, United States District Court. 
