Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-14
An IMPORTANT CASE.
FsrFeHtare Of the steam
ship Idaho's Bends.
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Q.-Did the owner, OF the nan that
spoke 10 y0a ahout carrying this freight.
take passage % ths steamer and 90 With
the freight 90 kaaaan Bay
No. SIR. He said be vas coming
down in q shogs tine.
Q.-Did 200 Sc him e Juaean, - the
steamer vas eominR down
A.-When ! came baak ! did not
No. sir.
Che only time yea saw bin vas
when the steamer was going upg
A-When vas going up khas sven
ing.
Q.-wers you acquainted with that
man before that
Al don't know &c I ever met him
esfoEe- ! might. don't remember Of
Q-HaVs you ever seen him sinoe3
Al have not. sir.
Q-Do yoH know whether be paid the
freight on the barrels
Al think be did, SIR. II be did not,
think / wosId have heard Of il.
The Court What did jon say his
name was
A.-Lapetry.
The Ooart-His first name2
Al don't know his Initials, sir. He
came and introduced himself &c Mr..
La1gtFy to ms, sir.
Tne Coart-fhs freight book has the
initials7
NJ. Haatcrd-The freight book has it
I" ChaFiss x
Q-Hays you ever been to that fishery
e Cape Fox
Ayes, SIR.
Q.-Do you know the owners Of itl
Ayes, SIR. / know some Of them.
It is an incorporated company, think.
Odd this man LanRtry represent
hiRself 70 you that be lived there
Ale did not. No. sir.
Q.-Did be give any reason Why be
wanted this stuff landed as Cape Fox
Ale stated be had some more goods
there and he expected q small trading
schooner up from the Sound there for
bis goods.
Q.-During the time that the Idaho
vas being searched at Port Townsend,
did you have frequent conversations
With Collector Beecher and Mr.. Gard
ner =
A.-Oh; yes. sir. / vas in the Col
lectoF's office most Of the time, think.
Q.-And did you know, as q matter Of
fact, that from information they had
they expected TO find q considerable
amount Of opium in the ship
A.-That is the way IL looked to nae I;
they gave me to understand there vas q
ton or two Of it there, rs near as / IN
deFstOod.
Q-DuFinR this time, did you mention
TO them, or tell them, anything about
this transaction Of meeting this man st
juneau and carrying this freight for
him over to Kaasan Bay, and landing it
there
A.-No, sig, did not.
OILS there q wharf at Kaasan Bay
A.-TheFe is. Yes, sir.
Q.-Whs owns that wharf
Airs. Baron0vitch, / presume.
Q.-Who owns the wharf at juneau Z
Al own part Of il.
Q-Do yeu own several other Wharves
In Alaska
Ayes. lam interested in several 9TH
ers.
Odd you see Collector French,
duriua the time the freight vas being
put ashore ct Kaasan Bay7
A.-CollectoF French and Captain
Nichols had both been in my roem Just
az went ashore, don't know whether
they went ashore with me or not
| Q.-They were mp, were they, when
the steamer landed there1
Al think teey were, yes, sir.
| Q.-Was there anything unusual in
this shipment from juneau to Kaasan
Bay, that would attract your attention
TO it, as being anything wrong about iti
| A.-NothinR particular, no, sir, moth
ing.
Q.-Do you know anything about the
contents of thoss barrels, other than
what was said to you BY Mr.. LanRtryl
Al do not.
Q.-Had you any reason to believe
that those barrels contained anything
else but fuF9
A.-No, sir, had not.
i Q.-HoT far 10 the oaRneTy at Cape
Fox from the usual route that you traV
81 in gong from Kaasan Bay 90 TOnRasi
A.-Fhe Cape Fox oanneFy lies on ths
BokadaQuadFa. is may be somewhere
10 the neiqhborhoOd Of 20 miles.
Q.-On your riRht9
A.-Abopt that, should think, yes,
sir.
TESTIMONY OF THE FREIGHT oLERK.
I am, and before and since last Seq
TENDER have been, freight sIeFk on the
Idaho-one and one half years in all.
vas on board during the last December
voyage. Each voyage I keep account
of freight taken IN and discharged, bui
none Of ship stores. The account Il
kept in book. Witness produces the
freight book. made entries, a. soon
as possible after leaving port. made
them from the shipping receipts. The
book, as far as the entries are con
eerned, is IN the same condition nov a
when they we're made. The Customs
Inspector vas aboard all the upward
trip, and the Collector Of the district
the downward trip from Sitka. There
was Deputy Collector ct juneau.
fouId AZ juneau in the warehouse, BE-
fore dischaFeing cargo, salmon barrels
and fourteen other barrels. At Sitka,
We put OF eighteen or twenty tons Of
fFeight and took on q few packages Of
bear skins 81 fur Of some kind. Next,
81 klllisnoo. We teok four hundred odd
barrels Of oil. Next at juneau, We took
/ fourteen barrels ten haiea Of akina for