A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=42752 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Daily Courier Article Date: July 20 1939 Article Description: Lewes Delaware Captain Charged with 'High Seas' Kidnaping. Article Text: Cape May Courthouse, N. J. - July 20, 1939: The first warrent in New Jersey charging 'kidnapping on the high seas' was on file here today against an employee of the Consolidated Fisheries of Lewes, Delaware. The warrent was issued on complaint of Fish & Game Warden JOSEPH K. MATHIS, who said that WILBUR L. ROSE, captain of the steam trawler 'Sea Horse' refused to land him at Cape May and headed for Lewes, Delaware. Mathis said he had boarded the 'Sea Horse' to warn the skipper he was in an restricted area when he crossed the three mile limit in search of Menhadden, used for oil and fertilizer. When he told the skipper to put in at Cape May, "the skipper went right past Cape May and headed for the Delaware shore" Mathis charged. . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com