Ogden Sun | 1905-08-08 | Page 5 | Patrol Boats Seized

PATROL BOATS SEIZED new orleans aug b the elpel patrol boats apparently thought the appearance of the louisiana militia was purely for effect and not to stop their further depredations in louisiana waters they found out their mistake when the of the patrol squadron the grace and another vessel the topsey stationed at lake borgne canal were seized their flags hauled down and the officers and crews placed under arrest the crew of the topsey will bo taken to bernard parish while the crew of the grace will be brought city both to await the action of the grand jury of the respective parishes in which their alleged of tenses were committed the accompanied by a launch was guarding the mouth of lake borgne canal which connects lake borgne with the mississippi river six miles distant