District Court, E.D. New York May 8, 1931, No. 2520 (The K-5691)

GALSTON, District Judge.

On June 22, 1930, officers in charge of Coast Guard patrol boat C. G. 125, at about 2:30- a. m., sighted a dark object at sea, and were compelled to alter her course in order to prevent collision with it. The officer in command turned a searchlight on the object, and sighted two vessels, a smaller vessel tied to the larger one.- On the smaller vessel he saw a gunny sack.