Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-04-15

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Ths 60 u lie Unissd esasss ". Ne
Idsho esns % for hsarinG
In the Dssfrscs Coars yesterday norninG-
o n. Hartford sppeassd for tbs Unitsd
3>nzas - tanss nsNsnehf and Q. =
Rasin for ~ skip md cap1ain OuxsIl-
FosIssise . . synopsisss shs tsueinssy
svuen-f4svs bsen Innpsceor a. Co.
Eprns for - d3sxxjos o. PuGss 6onn6
vsnon Gsp6eUbng, 1854 On IL eeA a.
D<csmbax. 1855. I go ~ I4Aho - Vic
tori&. She Das On har gay 70 Ainnkn-
sue ieft Ct midnieht. AZ Il osstock.
uoon, ehe 80 taking 90 tumbef. ~ .
that evening he took ca esvss bsrreks-
I saw them received % bsnsd- vas
On sce dock There veso several per-i
sous on the wharf. The sseon6 uate
vs. there Iszv the barrels teAvs she
CANA kou0 Of lie Yum e ofsiook. !
followed nnd wx&ched tAom ti3i t1ey
were lowered iuso the bold ~ IL Idabo.
They were received On the wharf and
placed 81 board 81 once. The second
0ffioer, Craig. was the oaiy olkioss Of tbs
ship rscsxnixsd. Tia FUN manufsc-
surs and prepsre Opium That b shsir
bosinesz- Their si9n Ii Tie fnn. MANN
fasteners and importers Of opiam.r
Prepared opi1m 10 usually put IN TINS.
and h marked With red iabelA / NO
Eiced tbs heads Of the bsfreis shipped
% the Idaho were red The bAfrets
wore old and not Of uniform skxA. when
frut noticed The drAy u Us jsst seAyt-
ing frem the houss. A. the time The
dfay ssfs, the houss rs darksned ana
Inc cussAins drawn
Cross exzminafion - The dray vas
Iust moving when I frss noticed Il. ID
vas juss Saving tbs building. vas
across the street. had Just got there
from down the street. The electric
iehts were Burning 10 the street.
followed the Aray and kept In sight Of
/ sli ~ tuna. Il vas 3 nils and half
10 the ship. The barrels were Of diff
Isrsrt sizes. when they were unIssded
/ vas wifhis ~ feet Of the barrels
They looked ~ though they bad been
zssd before, and - though they we're of
different sizes. The seeond officer Was
he only man whom I recognized.
asn't know Whistler the steward vas on
board o. not.
HARRY aAxsEs
sworp--I vas Q sailor on board Of The
Idaho fer nine months- Left her On
January I. 1856 She ran from Port
land, Oregon, to Sitka. Alaska. stopping
1t Port Townsend, Victoria, Nanaimo
and many other ports- Captain Carroll
vas master. ! went to Alaska IN her 10
1885. She took In freight In
Victoria on that voyaee-lnmber and
provisions. The lumber was taken 81
noon and the provisions In the evening.
| assisted In taking IL in. We took the
proviaon barrels In the evening and
rolled them between decks. There we're
two Loads Of barrels. Did mot notice
hoe they we're marked. Il vas pretty
DARK. Did not sse Captain Carroll ct
that time. Don't reoollsct Who vas In
charge. On going north that trip the
Idaho vent into Casssn Bay. She only
stayed long enough to pas two boat
loads Of freight ashore ct that place.
We we're only there fifteen or twenty
minutes. There vas at Oassan Bay the
tvo fishermen and several In
diana. The cannery belonged 10 Capt.
Carroll. In coming down the Idaho
stopped al CAESAR Bay and put about
one dozen barrels ashore. This was In
the night. Captain Carroll was In
chargs when We went In and when We
came cot. We took on considerable
salmon that trip. have since besn 10
Cassan Bay on the reveBue cutter. We
started on the 10th Of January. At
Cassan Bay the cutter took on fourteen
barrels Of opium. They we're the same
barrels landed there by the Idaho.
The cutter took them TO Port Town
sand.
Gross examinations. All the stuff
which osms on at Victoria In the eveu-
ing Was understood to be ship's stores.
On going up all the stuff We landed Was
small stuff At Alaska We discharged
all the freight 10 the ship except the
stores forward. Captain Waterbury.
the Custsm House 1nspector, was on
board going up and coming down.
Mr.. French, the Coilestor of the Port
of Alaska, was on board. have made
nine trips north ON the IdAho. and the
Idaho has carried freight Of various
kinds. Most Of the time there was q
Customs Inspector on board.
CAPTAIN n. Il. BEEcHxR
Collector of Customs. Have
held that Office since July, 1885. Know
Captain James Carroll He commands
tue Idaho between Portland and Alaska,
making monthly trips. She made the
trip in December. 1885; lett Victoria on
. 4 :. ...<~.&r~ - fka Eah ia sAa oc&a
she retSrued TO Port Townsend. | di.
rected MIR. Gardner and other officers
10 thoroughly search her. They did 30,
and found opium In different parts Of
the ship. | had the carpenter and
watchmsn arrested. The carpenter was
placed under SEQ bonds, which were
furnished By Captain Carroll. The
next day there we're several hundred
pounds more opium found in various
parts of the ship. talked with Capt.
Carroll. In the FIRST conversation. be-
fore the arrest Of the carpenter, Capt.
Carroll said had no right 70 search his
ship, nor 10 detain him. a. II was not
the cad Of bis route. Sunday morning
be came and objected 10 my. heiding
hini longer. While be was thus talking,
another installment Of opium was
brought in. I asked Capt. Carroll TO
use his authority and see that bis men
did not gel in onr way and obstruct the
search. and he said he would. Capt
c rroii said be heard a splash near the
bow Of the ship, and thought the opium
had been thrown overheard. / had the
bottom examined ~ q diver, bat no
opium was found. The opium on the
ship vas In different shaped PACKAGES.