He briefly returned to Milwaukee, but abandoned his family again and moved to Escanaba, Michigan, where he married a second wife, Zilda Bisner.

The trick, known as "moon cussing", caused ships to sail into rocks, where Seavey's crew could easily capture the cargo from the damaged vessel.

When a company called Booth Fisheries attempted to compete with his illegal venison trade, he attacked one of its ships with a cannon, killing everyone on board.

[2] The original warrant no longer exists, and the piracy charge may have been a fabrication from the Chicago Daily News in a case of yellow journalism.

[2] At the end of his career, Seavey accepted a position with the United States Marshals Service, where he worked to curb poaching, smuggling, and piracy on Lake Michigan.

[9] Seavey and the Wanderer feature in "Pirates of the Great Lakes" (January 7, 2019), episode 10 of season 12 of the Canadian television period drama Murdoch Mysteries.