Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-20
,.s RIsr EXAMINATION.
~.v Prsdaced before kben
s-,ss, the 4. 5. Csmmissieaer'
e..eernins the Keeens Anti
Chiaese Troubles.
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l. Il MC0RAw.

Chiaese Troubles.
second Day, Feb. 10.
IN. xCoRAw.
w.., I closed Tong Ye Chong's s.or'
S.rhss,er assured me that no VIOLA
sss being done, aud invited me &c
s.,oany bis committee aroaad 20 bee
- declined. Ibis was lo o'clooA
csS sYamiuatlon-I don't think
ykssa defendants doing anything
49,, than snat have stated. They
- 10 be getting ths Chinese house.
Il that ths crowd might enter.
49, upon the matter as a united
and still do. When | first saw
s.ssSssgr he was. with othets. coming
=. "a = China house. did n heal
os.ssster make any speech at that time
t.sAs,stood be made tvo speeches, bui
"a NOT bear him. de told me 30, and
- sue OF bis speeches had been sac
ss,nI Mr., R0snester dad offer me the
ss,x,oe. Of the committee - preserve
- arder. bat his idea and mine az to
- order are altogether different, and
"A no, ACCEPT his offer. | nrst sav
i.sr Essue on the wharf. He was pa
- snosoh. Did not see these defend
.ots ,ell ssy Cinnamon to go. 1 cannot
s-r.,.t. this committee from the rest Of
- srovd, a. taey all seemed t. be
~s,king 10 snison. Lewis X. Kidd, OF
~ otser one OF the defendants, said
.n,th,ng aboat the appointment OF the
.omfnittes thai | remember. was
Iooki.o for q man from Benton on BAT
.rdss evening, and was taking with
Esyuey, the conductor, in tie Pantheon
baIllsrd rooms, when l.. X. Kidd called
NJ cot 70 the bar, about midnight on
s.susdsy, but do not remember any
suovsrsation that took place at that tims
shoot the CONN ittee, Tacoma meth
AZ or anything of the kind. / was
Iookipe up burglary which had been
somnittsd at Renten, and my mind was
snQrosssd With that matter. saw
Roehetsr on Front street aftervard-
nter In the day. That Vas when be
old me hs had made speech and in
dused the crowd all 70 leave Chinatown,
nd wanted me 20 go down with him
ItoId him had other matters TO attend
10 cav him on Monday. saw Met
slf on the dock, assuming charge and
ssntroI Of matters there. Before the
Iboetins, q. II. Metcalf asked me to bold
las Cinnamon till ne could 40 ahead and
scsify the people that everything was al
nebt. / first saw Jehn keane on the
vkaff, afterward on the steamer, AND
n Monday | heard him talking very
a.,
nsst. Kidd was on the wharf Sunday
I'd Monday. He seemed to be super
nisnding the Cinnamon. Saw MoMil
In; be was doing about the same al
Nsieslf and Kidd. The substance oi
vhas be said Was that they were going
70 ses that the Cinnamon left, but want
"a no trouble. First saw Winsoott 90
ths deck. He was not making any de
naakfatioss that remember. Sunday
evening there we're 240 Uhinsmen on the
vhsrf, besides those on the boat. Heard
some one shout, You had better arrest
Waite" Don't know whether II was
Mcmillan or net. Mr.. White seemed
very much In earnest, and called things
BY their proper names.
O. L. MANNING.
Have lived in Seattle for SIX years,
Been membe of the Council and Street
Commissioner. Saturday night was al
. meeting of the Knights Of Labor.
Aftervard went to the anti. Chinese
meeting at the Bijou. Mcmillan pre-
aded. saw Mcmillan, Kidd. Roches-
lsf, Metsalf and others. The chairman
appointed committee of Is to investi
gaie the cubic air ordinance. My name
vas read as one of the committee,
There we're Mstealf, Kidd, Patrick, Mrs
Ksnworthy, Mrs. Hall, Mr.. Turner, Ro-
chester, Wiskstrom, Murphy, myself
and others. We met upon the stage
after the meeting. asked the obi sct
and Mr.. Mcmillan said IL was to inves
tigate the cubic air ordinance, aud be
wanted as to meet at the Wisconsin
House early in she morning. l went
iAere Ct = O'Clock; twenty minutes later
NJ. Aurphy came. Az that time only a
part Of the committee were there. We
siafsed up Mill street. Murphy raped
achinaman let as in, aud We counted
ihs Cinnamon and measured the rooms
The next building was gone through.
We then turned down Third street 10
shs alley. Turner and l stood there
Whils there, O teamster came up and
asksd where We wanted the teams.
told him / did NOT know, and remarked
70 some one near me, IF this IL the
racket, | want none of it." Winseotl
stood In the alley with a stick, and les
ne 70 by. went home. left at a
quarter before 3. / was satisfied some
thine was going on that ] knew nothing
sbsut.
Gross sexaminatiou Had no convsr.
ntien with tho teanster; told hin that
zone Of the others could probably tel
him where they wanted the teams.
t. O. KISSihp.
Was in Seattle on Sunday, Feb. 7th
| vent down Washington street In com
pany with W. II. White. We startee
ifen engine house No. l; We gent us
Warrington street 10 Third. ! saw Z
eosd many people gathered on Third
strsss, and Cinnamon in froat Of theil
hooses With their baggage packed up
heard you (White) tell the pesple II
front OF the old Bijou theater that you
vste ashamed of them for what the,
vsrs doing. The crowd Kissed ans
shonssd at what You said. sAv Mr.
Asrphs He was standing on the op
poats corner. l saw sfiicef Minicl
later. He took your arm and yea walkes
dovn Washington street. Saw good
and bedding on the sidewalk. Sav
Cooper there. The crowd follow ns
Nese We reached Commercial and Nil
afseea Cooper rushed up and wanted q
knov what you (White) we're shootin,
- your mouth about. He called you
t-of . b.. and said yoa owed him tIs
hoaday morning l arrested Kidd on %
wharf. l joined the Home 9uards o.
Monday. We started up Msin stree;
WIEN the crowd intercepted rs som
nsn Jumped In and attempted 10 tak
osxr's and Webster's guns heard ~
.eses from the crowd just before y
afsd. | heard some men calling q
usrdefers, and taking down sur names
Vuinn was talking considerably and tak
NJ down names Of the Home Guard.
UsoG observation-disclosures did ne
sypsar 10 be drunk. He did not as
White for money. He Appeared 70 b
esc,nR crowd. Saw him hrst on Thir
1fset. Saw Rochester on Front stres
salkine 10 White about the cubic air sI
sisAnce. White would not talk 70 hin
ias the handles ef several pistols !
se pockets ef people in the crowd; sal
soes drawn or hred. When the trouol
ee.aed. ! put the stock Of my gun dew
- drew my pistol, as | thoaaht IL va
20 eloss quarters for guns. JANE
setpos stood next 10 me when be va
ee& think be vas shot by q pists
non the mob.