Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-19

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he spoke. Did not see hirn handling
baggage or driving wagon. SavGH
| Aetcalf. He vas ON the aorn n.itssa
he had book aud took down what he
saw, the number of Chinese and the
dimensions Of the rooms. I saw him in
several houses before the croxd bevas
70 gather. hetcalf went through most
ef the houses. He asked bow ssuy
tners we're there, asd asked IL they had
any chinese bid away. DE did net ap-
pear TO De working with the eroxd, bot
nesrd aim tell men TO guard things.
saw Mr.. heane Sunday evening. Saw
him making q speech on Monday. after
the shooting. Kidd accom panied as on
our tour through Chinatown. He was
one Of ths committee He did the
same an the rest Did not see him
handling baggage, or hear him tell auy
Cinnamon to leave. did not see J. T.
Quinn that day. Mr.. Mcmillan went
with as. He was one of the committee.
/ saw hin with book and pencil. Did
not hear him say Pack up," or see
him handle Chinese baggage. | saw
! Cooper Sunday afternoon on CONNER
olal street. He vas not With Us in
Chinatown. He was drunk. I saw
Hinscott. He vent With us through
Chinatown. / saw him at a China
house door. He said, 4" am on guard "
Aftervard saw him at another China
mans door. Did not See Michael Gun
niHeham Sunday. Saw him on Mon
day on the street. Cunningham and
Cooper were drunk. The crowd seemed
to heed Rochester when he spske, but
they hissed at McGraw. | put men out
OF the China houses a hundred times.
bot they went back every tims. Before
crossed the street | gave mp the cubic
air ordinance scheme, for l saw what
was up.
MRS. n. L. YEsLKR,
Sworn-I live on the corner Of Front
and James streets. On Sunday morn
ing my China cook went over 10 his
wash house to see how much sf it had
been left after the crowd had got
through with IL. Soon after he came
raining home, jumped over the fence
and ran in the house, all out of breath
| asked him What the matter was, and
be said men we're running after him.
looked out, but saw no one. / then
locked up nay house. Sson afterward /
heard a rap at my kitchen deor. | went
20 the window and saw six or seven
4 men, vhs had come through nv yard
TO the back Of my house. asked what
was wanted. One OF them said, "We
want your cook. We want your China
men. You have two in here and we
want them" l said, MY husband 10
mayer Of this city and must stand By
the law, and a. | am his wife | must
stand by the Law, too" I also said,
This is my house. and I will protect
it." One of the crowd said Mayor or
no mayor. you must give up that China
man. Your house il worth nothing. IL
| yos don't give us that Chinaman we
| will blow up your house." There were
six or seven of them. A tall. red faced
man, who is not here, did most Of the
talking, but Cooper ohipped in and said:
"Yes, We will blow up your house."
Cunningham was one Of the men. but
| did not hear him say anything. There
| were two Chinamen In the house at the
time. my cook and q stranger, who he
said was his cousin. / never saw him
before that day. While these men were
still there talking about blowing up the
house, Mr.. Gilman and a smooth faced
man came and arrested Cooper, and the
others left.
Cross s-examination-1w was not excited,
but kept remarkably cool under the cir
cumstances. Cooper did not say any
thing about people" He said We
will blow up the house." They were all
there under my porch together.
sHERIFF NC GRAw
Sworn-Am Sheriff of King county. On
Sunday. February 7th, about $50 a. "a.
| was notified at my house that was
wanted down town. started down and
saw a large crowd Of people ON Third
street. saw wagons backed up against
| the sidewalks, and China goods being
/ put into them. | knew Wm. Good, enc
| of the teamsters. He was a friend of
mine. asked him what he was doing,
and he said be had been sent for TO do
that work. l asked him as friend TO
20 home, and warned him Of the conse-
qucuees. He said he had been sent for
and would stay as long as there was any
thing to do. saw Officer Murphy and
said to him Murphy, iu the name Of
God are You going to see this unlawful
outrage perpesrsted without making an
effort to stop IL ?" | saw Kidd, Rsches
ter. Mcmillan and Others come out of
China building. They had note books
in their hands, and said I'VE are inves
tieating the cubic air ordinance" The
China houses along the street were ell
open. | went down 20 Main street, and
saw Loue Kings door opened. pulled
| man back who was going in, and told
Lone King 10 close his door or his house
would be sacked. tried to talk to the
crowd. bat they hooted and yelled and
| refused to listen to me. / then went to
the office of Messrs. Burke & Hsller,
| where | had originally started for. to
make arrangements to preserve the peace
and uphold the laws. Before left China.
town went into baildinR occupied as
| q China stors. where l saw ten or If
| teen white men, whom did not know.
| tried 20 put them out bat could get
no assistance. Or reaching the Law
office l looked up the statutes, after
which went down on Front street and
made proclamation asking the people
to disperse. The crowd sroaned and
shouted while l was speaking. j. j.
| Quinn told the crowd that / was the
sheriff, and should be respected as such.
| There vas no more shouting at that
time. I went TO engine house No. /
| With Mr.. White and one or tvo others.
when l undertook 10 ring the bell, .
a Young fellew named LeBrasche at
tempted h prevent the bell being runa,
but l held him While Il WAS being rung,
sill the chief of the fire department ar
rived. Just before made my prools
| nation | met Junius Rochester ON Front
street. He undertook to tell me that
nothing wrong or unlawful vas being
done. That nothing vas being done
except to investigate the cubic air ordi-
nance. He ssid the crowd had ell gone
home. When went back found the
work OF removing the Ohisamsn still
going on. In the Afternooa | saw about
$50 Ohinatpen In the warehouse and on
the wharf. John kssnen. J. I. Jordan,
q. II. MstcAlf. l.. Il. Kidd. n. Nc.
MILAN and others we're there and
appeared to he experimenting
the shipment OF the Chinamen.
This was about II O'Clock Sunday. |
Was on board the ship that day. John
Keane went with me. I went on board
60 see II Ohinamen waited 10 60 or not.
took an interpreter. There vas con
siderable talk going on. firss told the
Cinnamon was there TO zee u they
wanted 10 go or stay. Mr.. keane In
sisted they wanted to>gs, and had said
said 30. Those on the wharf we're
guarded during the night. Mr.. Miner
came With Mcmillan 60 me and said
| a.. !. ia ha~n aUrsAt that i've of