Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-19
re ELIMINATION.
80. cssoerning tbe Recent rressle,
rye.uttne.ses Under OATH

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S,o,oes Marshal, yesterday morning
"a over 10 the United States Mar
- n Washington Territory, on the /
,u, Of United States Commissioner
s-,.h. the following named persons
Ns,cslf, Louis r. Kidd. J. J.
-, M, Mcmillan, ID. 7. Cooper, ].
g;n.eo,t. Michael Cunningham, Ju- |
=. R.pshester and John Keane. in /
=, thst the Commissioner might take /
-.s,;x1pce of she charges made against |
- rNrtiss BY tbs United States Dis 4
-, Attorney and bis assistant. The /
...1.sd vere taken before the Commis- |
-, Al the grand jury room, at 10 /
.,.loek. when the charges were read to
N, J. B. Metcalfe appeared for all ths
.ssndsnts except Cunningham and /
goouss, and ]. Hamilton Lewis appeared
=, nan. W, II. White and Q. II. Han
ss,d sppeared for the United Ststes.
Iftef arranging some prelininaries a
80 vas taken till z O'Clock .. N. On
s~s.emblfng Hr. Metcalfe stated that
- would demand a separate sxamina-
-, 10, each OF his clients. Mr.. White
ss,eotsd TO this, as it would occupy too
,-aeb time. A conspiracy was charged,
,sd be expected TO connect all the de
sspdsrts With 1t. II the evidence fails
q eounest any one Of the defendants
,ks Commissioner can take that into
Dsaderstisn.
Commissioner Snith-This ia not a
,risI, bot . preliminary examination.
IA object u to ascertain IL an offense
a. bsss committed, and il 90, IL there
are probable grounds for believing the
sscssed should be held 10 answer fer the
odepss. ID has been the uniform pfac-
tee under such proceedings to examine
al the defendants together. Let the
sramination go on.
". p. MURPHY,
svoYn. | live on the corner of sixth |
ssd seneca strests. Was Acting Chief /
4 Police ON February 7th, on the day
vateh. Had on my uniform and star.
0sms down town about 6:3o O'Clock in
he morning. Went to Front, then 10 |
Mil and then TO second street. and
soppsd at the Wisconsin House. A man
overlook me on Front street and said |
nrsies at the Wisconsin House waited 1
10 see me. He said IL was COMMITTEES.
Idon't know the mans name who spoke |
bme. looked In at the meeting held |
saturday evening at the Standard The
lsw for @ short time, bat did not know
hAd been made chairman Of a com |
nisise to 90 through Chinatown. At
be Wisconsin House that morning |
net Loais b. Kidd. NJ. MCMILLAN, p.
W1kstrom, q. l.. Mapaing and several
absfa MCMILLAN and Kidd said COM
mfttee OF fifteen citizens had been sp
psintcd 10 lock through Chinatown and |
ee II ths cubic air ordinance WAS not
bang violated. told them | was not
ready 70 go. bat they urged ms to 20 st
. onas, before the Chinamsn got up, as
that would be the only time We could
deisrmins whether the ordinance Was
being violated or not, 30 l consented,
Thoss whose names / have mentioned
and fifteen or twenty others wekt with
NE. We entered the first China house
~ came TO. Some one raped on the
door, Chinaman opened il and six or
sight vent in. ! went in also. We did
Hst stay long. There were no white
persons left there that know The
committee then went to the next house.
Which was Chinese store. and knocked.
No one answered, and the committee
passed on. Went TO the next house On |
Mil street, passed throsgh and out.
Think the committee took the names
md number OF those who slept in there.
No white man was left in the house
hat know of. There we're fifteen or
twenty with US at that time. We then
vent TO Third street and turned down,
and stopped at the Chin. houses ~ we
vent along. Did not stop at any white
people's houses. saw crowd gather
ing across the street, between the Jail
and Wa ChoBR's corner, and went over
there. A great portion of the crowd ap
pesred 10 be citizens, but many of them
| did not know. While on the west side
Of the street with the committee We went
underneath a house on Third street,
boxing for sleeping rooms. When
crossed over to the crowd on the east
ude, | found people in the Chinese
buildings there. 1 heard the words
Pack 40" spoken in English. When
cot there saw several white men and
Chinese packing mp Chinese traps.
told the white msn to get
cut, and they got. When
came from that house. | saw men
getting through a trap door on the roof
OF another China house. | heard thsn
ayine, Pack up" ! called to the
men 10 come sut OF that. Don't know
the men. They we're roughly dressed,
and most ef them wore overaiis. dep
uiiaed man named Csster % special
polloe, and told him not TO let any one
~ into those houses, when ! went back
aefoas the street 20 the crowd that start
Cd With me. | saw winscots standing
IN the door OF q China house. He said
.s. A.. a 4
see doors. Did not say Who appointed
am. ! told him that was right.
lank The door vas open. then went
70 Wa Chone's store. After that ]
cfoened the street back and forth 30 or
W tmea | kept ON Third street.
nv Louis X. Kidd and Mcmillan there.
cav the Chinese packing up. l saw
seo or three hundred white men there.
From the time the crowd fret started
nh packing up commenced wss not
over three quarters Of an hour. saw
ohsffn AcGraw there. He came TO pre-
rnf The men from driving the China
men cut | saw several wagons come
.oere between I and p o'clock. ! saw
William Goods express and Carlyls's
aoaole team, and several other teams
40 wagons. These teams we're cartine
saN stuh- Wuttc ufen were 4saisttQG
u ioading Chinese goods. told the |
vhits men TO stop. They said they |
veaid, bat a. soon As ieft they would |
70 70 work again. wore my star and |
snifofn. but made 30 arrests. II
thouRht II uuwise to do 50, because 10 |
would have taken time. l did not see |
wni. Ii, White on the street that day. |
0aicer Minick wss there a part OF the |
tine later In the day. This vas Sunday |
nornirg. | went home at L. o clock Sat |
erday night. Did not know had been |
appointed ON she cubic air committee |
81 the anti Chinese meeting till I was |
ioad. did nos see Mr.. q. l.. Msaning
Msef ve turned down Third street. |
ihd not hear him say II that was the |
kiad OF job thai was 90 be done be |
ssnted nothing 10 do with it. On |
nonday ] WAS on duty. Most of the
oetnAnaen we're on the wharf Sunday |
alsnt There we're probably between |
Wa and I've hundred there. IL was
seaefally estimated there we're from /
" 10 &oO Cinnamon in Seattle on Feb
naty IN. saw proclamation sign
- oy Goysrner Squire si.culsted about
1e streets on Sunday, telliae the peo
70 dispetse and &c home. l ssv
aehiilan aud Kidd around town that |
ssy. Heard them tell the loud mouth
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