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

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saksa from The barrels sxaninsd By toe
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Of o1Kiae wsEe n each barrel The
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spsnsd she baxrsls.
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evoxn--Au Dos uty OoiIsssor Of Cas-
toms - Port Iounsend- WAs thers In
Deeember last- Wns On board Of hcx.
Assastsd in the ssaxch- On Dsoenber
9Th - commenced the suaroh- MeusKs.
HiakA, Mtnty, Gardnaz, WhiftIosey. Fem
ntm0re. myseR and oue or tuo more
vsfe eaRAeed IN the search. We wers
detaiisd ~ Mr.. Gardner 70 search in
d1nerouf parts Of the ship. IL making
ths oonEoh vent Through the carpen-
tar's room. We found 4 ANAL bIssk
va1fss flied with opinn, in Mr.. Rostsr,
the eaypenssx's room, and sent Il to the
Custom House. Thers we're % pounds
IN TIE vaiiss. $40 the Opium. Il vas
In the usual packages. one Of which 10
hsrs pRodoeed in cs1rs.
v. q MATT
Hvorn-Am Custom House ofioer.
Assisted in the search Of the Idaho.
Three men from the euttsr were detail
ed to 20 With me 10 search the enRi-
neer,s department. In the shaft alisy
Ne fo1nd i've half pound cans Of opium,
which turned over 10 Mr.. Gardner.
This Opium vas IN the port quarter Of
the shaft alley. found next day some
opium IN the engine room, 400 pounds.
In the Altar end Of the coal bunker. IL
Was sealed up 10 coal oil cans, snd three
packages. Il took from the x6sh to the
3ist 70 complete the searck- We found
barrel On board. which had been
emptied Of opium We traced the
opium from the barrel 10 Q point over
the boilors, whore ve found some Of Il.
FRAME wAILxxs
SwoFn-Am fireman on cutter Weioott.
Been on there some years.. Assisted in
searching Of the Idaho tn December. /
found three quantities Of opium. 25<
pounds In the shaft alley, and 14s5z
pounds under the boiler IN the bilge
wasaK.
CHARLES 3. DAVIS
Sworn-Am Custom House ofRosr. Was
engaged In the search of ths Idaho.
Was With wsllsns when he found $50
pounds. The first lot was in the biiee
uadsr the boiler; the second lot l5 fest
eft, next to ireroom floor. There was
81 pounds in gunny sack.
HOWARD L. LAKE
Am Customs officer. Assisted In the
search Of the Idaho. Found the barrel
nov IN the courtroom in the forward
part Of tbs ship, covered ap With can
vas. on top OF q lot OF oil barrels, The
head was knocked in. There vas rice
ehah scattered around there over the
barrels We had moved the night before.
and We tracked this chat 10 q place
where the bulkhsad was knocked in,
and where lot Of opiam was found.
There we're two newspapers stuck on to
the head Of the barrel when found II.
One vas copy of the VictoriaC olossist of
November Is, 1885, and was besmeared
with opium. Gardner took charge of
the papers found with the barrel head.
The head was standing up and the pa
pers we're sticking TO il.
JOHN ". RHODES.
An an officer on the cutter. Was on
her IN January last. Wen; ashore With
Collector Beecker at Cassan Bay. Saw
two white men there. They said they
were coopers. Was in their shop.
There 10 long fiat building used for
cooper sop and store room on the
wharf The coopers had charge. l
made q search Of the store room. Saw
Mr.. Beecher seize the barrels. The
barrels were in the end of the building.
Il was quite dark in there. was there
when Beecher entered. The door was
locked before that. Fourteen barrels
we're seized. They were unpaeked on
board the cutter. They contained
opium. The Collector had charge Of
ttr uupdoktuk ouu pockihR OF tnt opi-
nm. The barrels we're unpaeked and
packed MP separately. The same cans
which came ont Of each barrel were re-
placed before another barrel was ua-
packed.
THOMAS MACDONALD
Sworn-Am carpenter on the cutter. /
vent 10 Cassan Bay last winter. Saw
the barrels OF opium in the warehouse.
/ opened one in the warehous, and saw
10 contained opium. Each iesrrel was
opened and one can In eaeh barrel
tested, after which she barrels were
taken on. board the cutter, where the
barrels we're unpaeked and packed up
again separately. 30 ~ 10 make no mis-
take.
United States Attorney HarA1rd then
offered q number Of certified, riopies of
papers and records In evidences, which
we're admitted.
Court adjourned till $50 this morning.
Rrv. w. =. REoUA, Baptist Church,
Aurora. Ills, says that 3ilmore's Aro-
matte Wine Ia household reasedy ssd
that no family should be without IL. A.