Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-02-12 | Page 8 | But One Arrest Made

BUT ONE ARREST MADE officers return from inspection of oyster fleet I 1 norfolk va feb 11 united states marshal morgan treat and commissioner percy Step Stephens hensin ln have returned on the revenue cutter windom from an expedition among tile the oyster dredging fleets in chesapeake hay bay while over fifty vessels were boarded and conditions indicative that captains in a number of instances w wore ere holding the men in a state bordering upon slavery were found only one arrest was vas made W E justice master of the schooner daniel was taken into custody and held to tho the grand jury thomas cunningham a member of his crew charged justice with cruel treatment in a cabin two feet and i a halt half high and six feet wide with no bedding four men were quartered cunningham claims the cabin floor was often flooded and that he and his mates were ere forced to sleep in the water several sailors on other vessels testified they had been drugged and shang haid hald by baltimore agents but none would prefer charges