Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-08

ta atose there. aayine be wma nninr1 a.
oeanRo hia place q business to Uhil-
cant eomething haslna exnited ne
auap1elon Il Captain II. A. Wilaon.
Depnty ColleotoF of CuBaoms a Wre1-
ReA, ae wR0so by tha mail ataamer.
Nnlon came along soon altar Bangs haf
started, % MR. Webster, Deputy Cot
leclor e Sunee1, % examine ths blan-
sets seipped % that placs. and II foupd
aotiaoie and the duties unpaid ss neiHe
tnem. NJ. WebsteF having found than
% % EnRliah blankets, and Banas not
osinR ahle % shoW the dafy pafd. NJ.
Meosesf ssixed both them and TIE
The acssane Bangs esvs AZ his NJ
SESSIONS vas that he had ohsained the
Roeas % small lots from the Indiaus A.
various times, Ia trade, sxceue q ~ ~
~ Nnieh ne bad ooazhf from Indians
y canoe oD ne SO Of Suiy. about %
mlles trom AsaWaks as be wa on his
SAy 70 Wfaneae on the trip referred 20
soosa. "a thaf trip man named Tom
go4s wno had been with Bangs whils at
nia9ak, accompanied aim. On his Gnal
depAKt1Ee from klaWak be brouRht 10
Wrangsl his father, j. B. Banes who
vas Interested ~ the business with him.
and Louis Paal, an eduoatsd half breed
Who has been q missionary teacher ai
some OF the lover coasl stati0na and at
the time was interpreter and trader for
ne bangs party ~ KlagAk. AZ Wranael
fanl ted the Rev. Mr.. Young ana Cart.
wilson that the hlanksss shipped AZ
MRaDRle fog juneau we're obtained On
tue ulghta Of 5une 9th and S0th when
anetWo Bangs and Cox wsnt OF Ia he
Aloop. rstufninQ the day after VITA thaua.
he also said that the younger Banas
ha4 made scme statements 10 him which
indicated that they we're taken from Al
Indian cache" In the woods mar
klawak, which Con was thounht q haVe
discovered while hunting with some In
dian boys few days before. Word wa
tnen sent TO kiawak. and on examina.
llo1 q vas found that the a oaehgn Of
Eal ka-et, an old Indian who had been
aging up eooda for 9 long time, for q
trAnd Npoaiatoh" in his declining vears.
had besn robbed Of 400 or 500 blankets.
some wash bowls and looking glasses
and some boxes Of cuKiOs.
Tha old man came over AZ oaes 20
WranRes and q warrant was obtained
from Jsatioo Duncan MoKinneu, for
the arrest Of J. b. and =. L. Bangs and
lem COX, Who had also cone 10 Juneag
as soon as the fact Of the robbery Rot
oat, ana they were arrested bg Depaty
Marshal W. q. Themas. Who went to
50neAu on the Idaho IN August for that
purpose. The parties were taken before
heary States. then o. 8. Commissioners,
who discharged them on the Rround
ihet M. Mekinnon had not jurisdiction
10 issue process.
Mr. Thomas, however, came on to
5itka with the old Indian, and q new
RaFFant was obtained from q. 8. Con-
missioner Brady, and returning 70
Iuneau, Mk Thomas again got the ac-
lused and brought them to Sitka, where
hey were examined and committed for
The term Of court then approaching, at
which they were indicted, on the eyi.
denoo Of MF. Thomas, Who had shipped
The goods for Bangs at WranQel 20
juneau, Of tbs Indian whO had exam.
med and identified them at the latter
place, end Of Paul IS ta the admissions
Of +. L. Bangs and the Other facts
stated by him.
At the trial these facts ere all put in
evidence and the Indian boy from Kla.
yak, "Tecumseh." testified also 10 the
discovery Of tho cache By Cox, while
out hu1tlng. The evidences OF CAPTAIN
Wilson and Of A. 3. WadleiQh, SnpeRin-
lendent Of the oanneFy at KlaWak, cor
roborated In eomo particulars thas Of
the others. The defendants denied
PauPs statements and Cox and r. I.
bangs testified 20 obtaining the $50
blankets IN the manner above relates,
and the two Bangs proved good char
acters heretofore.
The case vas argued az length and
submitted 10 the taEy, who after being
cut all night, reported thelr apFeement
81 9 verdict Of not guilty In the case
Of ]. B. Bangs, bat their failure to
agree az TO the other parties, F. L.
Bangs aud Tom Coz. a proposition
District Attorney that be would restore
the go blankets, claimed 10 have been
purchased BY him from the canoe, bat
clearly identified as the indian's prop
srty, and pay ei00 10 Tai-kai-et 10 oOv-
81 ths expenses OF bis prosecution II q
nolis ProstgHs should be entered. After
consideration it vas agreed 10 enter
the R0ils pyosegai on the restoration Of
zoo blankets and the smaller articles and
cuFioa and the payment Of CSC charges
which bad accumulated on she goods,
in addition 10 tbs 300, and the oass
vas thus settled, and Bangs and Cox
discharged. The reasons set fortn by
the District Attorney in bis motion for
the not. pros. we're the difscalty Of o.
curing q oauviction, the great expense
Of trial, on account Of the number and
distance Of witnesses. and the oomplete
restoration Of ell the stolen goods. The
chief reassn moving him Was under
stood 20 be the difficulty 10 satisfying
the Indian and his friends, By any
continuance Of 4 prosecution which
kept him still deprived Of bis goods.
A civil snia had been brought for the
value Of the goods, bet e. rai-kai-et
could not give the necessary undeTtak-
inR for an attaehmeat, there waa no
legal way in which they oould be taken
into the possession Of the Marshal,
aud 90 secured until the issus Of the
trial. The result proved the iudioious-
ness Of the settlement. IS the old In
dian was delighted In getting back his
goods and Resting paid for bis nroable,
and vent away With . high Idea Of the
sthoiency Of the waits mans law.