Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-18
|M IMPORTANT CASE.
Forfeiture e. the steam-
ship Hdnhes Bsndn.


fteN<iH-sa gr9la gs1ilE411.
Ia fhs dask o. ths svsaiue e Dessuu
Der 81. few hoara before tha Edak,
afEFa@4 martAWard fram Fistsxia On e
DsesmbeR voyages, dxay load Of assRa
barFslas e0Kfasponafaa h sizs b suzai
of tee fourteen seizsd. Was asen hR -
witness WintFode, = Uaitsd States c..
tons tEspseeor, % la4sB ~ dooF ef
darksned ChinsW sore and 0piam fac
tory d tiesaEia- He followed tie dEa,
% To- Bhip and $40 To- harrels taksn q
boana The B9ih5E Misahell rernaanharl
aAae some barrels came aboard a. 81
that hear, which be thouRht we're ahina.
st1Eea--swo dray ioaaA Ths = innueefoI
Afoat,' Who was IN the sal5on Of q.
slip, bard the draYa coma. vent e
dsek. and found tat abouf fourtasz
iron hooped barrels, soms mats Of Mss
and Q few boxes, eautsuas unknnwn
had been bEouRbt dawn 20 the hip and
we're bang taken On beard He aavl
thst be counted ab0us 9 doBan haFrel1
and there we're one or tie that Be al
the barrels we're marked sship'a stores. :
were wot ships stores. and 90 he tool
E8L0a
that 10 his best iudgment the barrels
we're not the same e. tie seized barrel.
be afterWaFd sac u The Custom Hsuss
81 Port Townsend. The master tsssi
6es, thai twelve e. fourteen barrels Of
ship's stores we're taken aboard 81 Vie
t0Fia-the usual am0unt-but that be
did rot Sc thsm come ss be was at the
theafeg from sbo1t ?. n. tili midnight,
when The snip sailsd Her stores for
De voyage were eot, be says. from Van
VaIkenbegR 4 Co. Bot Wiatrode's tee
timony SHOWS thaa Van YsiksnheFR's
plaas Of business vas between the Chi
ness factoEy and the wharf, and that the
dFay be saw % sss1 Il without stopping
In getting 20 the vessel. The testimony
q the master does net seem 70 me %
Indicate thai be has any psEsonz knogl.
edge e. - whether any ships stores vera
taken aboard q any tine en- the 6th Of
Deosmter or not.
By the time that TIE Idaho had az
rived at Port Townaend, en- her return
southwark, IN the same DeosmbsR v0y-
ace. namely, the 18th Of December, tha
ColseoaoF Of Castous there. Mr.. Beeoheg,
bad come 20 suspect that she had large
quantity Of opiam aboard Of her, and
aes0RdinRly be had Der detained and
searched. six hundred and twenty
seyeR and eae- half pounds, worth 81 SO,
Of opium, Of VistoFia manufacture and
on which duty had not been paid, we're
found seoreied In her, some Of Is in tae
oAFpenter's room, some Of Is in the en-
ginesr's department., some In various
other places, tbs largest quantity being
a.. - -, Al.
bilRe Of the ship, 70 which hiding plaee
&c YES traced BY means Of q trail Of
ehaM leading thither from q distant
emptied barrel, out Of which il had man
ifestly Fecently bean unpacked. Rise
where 10 the ship, the head Of the bar
rel vas found, with fragments of two
Victoria newspapers stuck 70 il BY pre-
pared opium. The newspapers we're one
Of date early, the ether Of date late,
10 November, 1885 All tbs opiuta il
this seizure was in Tins, and the tins
we're similar In the fourteen barrels. The
ba1Fsl itself was similar ts oaheR barrels
Of the foUTleea. Tie amount .saizeG
n only = little ss Tran q very exaes
eqriVaieCt II three b rrels Of the aver
age sizs Of tie fOaFteea. And, thoaeh
tie contrary mas be the fact, il IL prob
able and | Incline 10 saink that this
62I5x poa1ds vas shipped from Victoria
IN thFse barrels, pascei of a total ship.
msnt Of s,vsn,een barrels, fourteen OF
which weFe pas OF at kaaEan Bay and
three came on 10 Port Townsend
DurinR ste progress Of the search, and
ap 70 time Nhsn il was nearly ended
the crew moved bat tbs vessel 70 The
annoyance of the ccsgoms officers and
their men, g. that "a appeal had to b
made 70 The master 20 stop the disorder
and Il is quite probable that this impEo
pristy on zoe part of the crew NAV have
been connect. d with and covered the
escape sf opium that would other uise
have been seized.
Both lots Of Opiu1--that seized 81
Kaasan and that seized ct Port Town
send have been OFFICIALLY condemn
and sold fer violation OF the United
States statutes against smuggling.
! believe ! hays nov gone over all
the evidence that 10 important, bearing
upon the question Of the probability
or impFobability Of the story Of the
Langtry shipment, except some that ID
more especially valuable as tending 20
elucidate the question Of guilty kn0wl-
edge on the part Of the master. To
avoid unnecessary repeti lou, that which
remains can best be presented IN con
sidering the latter question. Il will not
Be found variant from What has been
already adduoed. As far as We have
gone. the masters story has Rrown
more and more improbable, until now
u must be utterly east ABIDE as alto
getheF incredible and Fepg, b ate, unless
the personal character Of abe master
and freight olerk, or Of one OF the
ether ef them, 10 VisV Of hia o. their
relationship 10 the vessel, IL such a. 20
seeuFe 10 from that dishonoF.
There is absolutely no evidence "a 10
their character, exeeps the indirecs ev
idence of stations OF honor and trust
attained and allied by these two VIA
neasea. Tie freight CLERK has been auoh
q clerk for twenty menths; the master
= ahipmaater Of large command for
many years. One principal question 90
10 each Of them IL, Would be be q paKtv
10 q smuggling venfureG Another pFin.
aipal question as regards each IL, Would
be. II party 10 p1oh venture, faldfg
on the witness stand 70 conceal his uaF
ttcipationl To argue that nsither Of
them. because OF hia high position o1uld
" ~ NRt1cH NcakAcot H4uhys u 10 tMeC1 10
beg The very question whether be is
guilty. Az regards the question Of
Smuggling, ! may Be permitted 10 refer
10 what Macaulsy. Ia one Of bis great
essays. acutely observes, that men vii
engage IN practices not strongly or net
largely condemned b public opiniau.
without AM general dehssement Of their
moral eearaeser, or even any apparent
or considerable loss Of seli-respese. As
regards the question Of falsifyinR unds ?
oath, viii SAY there have been msn
Who have thus falsiGed, and amope
them men Of high a. well ~ men of
low dezres; ~, for exam. Il, 70 escape
Al injaFious, perhaps Fainoua, exposure
% 9 previous falsehoOd OF Of other mis-
eonduet, o. q forfeiture OF q lucrative
sitnaiion, or Q loss Of the good opinion
Of soeisty, 90 Al indieimeut and con-
visaion foe an infamous crime; lose saeh
motives ss The evidences before me shsEs
would probably have epsFated upon the
minds OF this master and clerk While
giving their testimony. provided TIE
LangtFy saeFy IL not trua. To these
considerations u must b added, thai
the relations Of MASTER and CLERK, re-
speetiEg the freight Of The ship, we're Z
towards one ansther nstarally and
properly thoas ef great intimacy and
msiuai eonhdsncs. and - towards the
akfr. ma.1 tha FaRNnFa zeFNtna fhoaa -