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large One-perhaps IN iuch-Shere it came o5', 5
i, ,be 'front.' part OF MS head "a" Ms 0as - -.
next raornlas; II was sealstte cap ''.'
nassei through II; it was slnged oa t'ie o'rs


DIrfse lay IT the morning win Ms neaH i'o''-
tle boat ne appeared 10 have been ''TneS ~.
.,-, bis face 20 ais back understood nc hsa oee''
t,.rpst over iha; moruing and lad oui IN way -
be pacsd in a colin MS blood and oralHs ~ near
hi. mead, the later scattered abon'-


rb. assault. think was made littie after i
o'clock. think forty or fifty men boarded me
fa-oiDe. t-orn i've yawi boats. Inc UIcn IN board
,bs Caroline were not armed the watch was not
armed 70 rnv knowledze; Of crew and dodgers.
bslieva rbere were thir:y-thrce; tes OF the crew,
.,,.,,v.,4-es dodgers who could fnd no supper or
In. =, the tavern or AZ the Falls and had no
ch,1cs IN 90 up 70 Buffalo. told them iaey
,,i-F, .;av. had intended 10 90 up that night,
e-5 had invited Two OF three tfiead' 7u1 d'd


Durfse wa, not ernFleyed OF the boat ne TOOK
sDpet there and NAV have stood watch though 90
not know it. ~.


ScAlosseris Is in the Town and County 'i Niagara
about two miles from the Fails


INQUIRY was made the next morning tor me per-
sons who were that night on board the boat lAeFe
v-erc nine missing Two were taken on PF'S'ie''
by the assa.lants; ;he others have not SINCE oee"
heard OF. to my knowledge.


took Hing Up 10 the ,2vcrn ard tound MN sew
ere!y wounded diasonay across his forearm also
cut.as< wound Of three or four inches IN his sAeC'-
der His clothes were cut in pieces IN many places
There were several others wounded. John i-coR-
ard had wucnd in his forehead Sy!'annS
Storing another with club mGSNct. captain
Harding had severe hlow over MS mead wh'ch
cut hs cap through as ii it were done with rae
I do not recoiiect that any others were bAdly
wounded.


ran nv boat down there to make money a
usual She bad formerly run from Buffalo 10
Grand Island, TonnewaKda. Sch.oSser, CmppewF
in Cara Ia aai back. sometimes 10 Gi2yeIly bay.
mad owned hsr for about a month. his DAY |
ran 10 Black Rock Dam, Tonewanda, Sch!osser
and Navy Island. making three trips from Schlos-
ser and back. [ carried passengers and what
freight was offered took ttlIe freight over TO
NAVY Island. out brought none back; Capt APP
peby acted as commander for me. The Navy Isl
andcrs had no interest in or control ever the boat.
[vcnt when and where pleased. mean 10 say
that she did not belong TO Them in any way.


do not think the man l saw lying dead a
came of the boat ut night was DJrtcc. think
b las Ten or twelve feet from where Durec was
found think heard fourteen or fifteen shots
fred that night bu, xii. not be positive as to the
number think 10 man oa my boat had swords
The Caroline WIS boarded her two OF gang
ways bow and stern. There were lights IN her
cabin; am otccrtain thar ,Ac had lights on deck
or in her compaAi5n-vay, though | think there
was. There was light in the companioa-way,
which could not have come from he cabin orese-
where The liqtts were pu; out in the cabin byus
.- ,oon as She wa, boarded To prevent the assall-
ants coming into the cabin. The companion way
WAS 50 peculiar that stranger could not getdown
lJ readily 10 the dark.


Cross-ErGmRed ~ Wr. Spencer


The light in the oonpauionNay must have been
eNunsuished before came there the second time.
had only two regular Eand, when J started from
Buffalo, Mr.. hjng and black box who acted
engineer I had hot bred him. Cnpi. AppIeby
went with ne. as | was unacqnin,ed with the
business. only snow how many persons were
on the boat from hear,ay. | did not see any other
body on the dock tae next morning, nor appear
ance that another had lain there. do nor know
.he names OF any persons who We're missed from
the boat that night. am rot positive that the
cap was scarchcd. though remember that | was
satisfied that morning that it was | have been
several times before examined on this matter do
not remember that ever did or did not state that
the cap was scorched


The Caroline had been frozen in before this af-
fair; she had been dle all summer, under AZ
tGchmcnt. She was bought at last By Mr.. Stoot0n
aud me; paid the money and she became my boat,
wih an understanding that S. might own half ot
nor by paving half the money. The boat cur
out OF the Ship Canal on the 27th and 28rh
had no boad OF indemnify; did not ask one no one
else had a right to ask one bond was talked
about; did not see any did not know OF any
when concluded to 90 down. (Atter good
deal Of parleying,) understood bond was to be
yvea; It was to indemnify against all damage
which might BE- sustained by cutting OUT the boat
at that season Of the year; believe it was to be
sisEed by twenty citizens Of Buffalo have heard
that five signed it.


Took on board Mt Buffalo wood, stove. u cas>
containing heavy articles, and some other triaing
articles do not know that any thing was put
aboard that ;he Collector required to be put ashore
again; only few persons came aboard here; one
uaa had rifle but lhak he did not &c, aboard
AZ Buhl-o; touched next 1t Black Rock Dam;
took on board some freight there-can't say VIVA;
and perhaps a dozen ncn; do II remember that
they were armed, except the one rifle they might
have beer put them of ahaard scow living at
Nav Island did not observe things much, but was
looking az the machinery; vas Erom A. IL 10
7. NJ. between Buffalo and Nav Island stopped
some tine a; Black Rock has pctitioned Cavern
ment for indemnify Tor his boat; does not under
stauA his claiu could not be allowed he was car
rying stores to Navy Island; thinks his claim will
be allowed.


Ran back and forth 70 Schlosser three times that
day iarendea 10 run up 10 Black Rock Dam every
asht but Vas informed by the engineer that he
could not 60 up that night, hi, machinery wa,
oui OF order 50 that 1t would be dangerous; ,eve-
raj engineers went down with him how the
ooa, worked.


Carried over good many things to Navy Island
irom S1hlosser; a six pounder cannon; horse
some straw some llmler-board, did nor Know