District Court, W.D. Washington November 27, 1901 (The Laura Madsen)

HANFORD, District Judge.

The schooner Laura Madsen, employed in the lumber trade between Gray’s Harbor, in this state, band San Diego, Cal., when one day at sea, on a return voyage from "San-Diego, was found to have an extra man on board; that is to 'pay, a' stowaway was discovered.