Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-08-25 | Page 1 | Interesting Spoliation Case

interesting spoliation CASE norwalk conn aug 24 an inter eating french spoliation case which has been in preparation for a great many years for a hearing will begin in the probate court today before judge henry W gregory when administrators of the estate of next of kin will present their valid claims tor indemnity in the schooner washington sailed from this port tor trading purposes in the west indies and while on the high seas she was seized by the french cruiser le and condemned as a prize at basa terre guadaloupe the sc nooner was built here in 1793 and was owned in equal parts by james selleck EIl phalet lockwood and wm lockwood of thi place it has been directed that her seizure and condemnation was illegal and the owners odthe vessel and her cargo have been granted redress st paul auff 24 president george E lennon of the st paul baseball club today confirmed the report that manager M J kelly walter seagle jack sullivan and charlie hemphell Hemp hlll had been sold to the st louis american league team mr lennon also added that pete obreen had been dia nosed of to the same club