Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-15

ire 20 ctEEN ana Ec8lfUAu4s 8AA4Aa -
eordinR 10 the story, ard conssderlnE
tie great actual value Of this msechsn-
DE. il Was shipped h very tmFrsoa-
be way. The e0ntraal q sntpmeat vas
made While the ship Vas 81 Juns41,
bond noFtb- Mr.. Langiry gae tnere.
- Il i sid. seen Bat il b fairy % be
gathered from tbs testimcny that Pc
never had been sen before, Hne naa
EeEef been seen since Perhaps, he Re-
manned e Junea1 % guard bls posaes-
si0zs on TIE doek. thEo1Ro ne snoS
storm. Perhaps. be Is there still bai
II be remained, be did not shsw himself
when the hour came 10 ship his goods.
His extraordinarily pFecious rropsEty
was taken on board, without any receipt
or bill Of lading passing from the snfp
10 anyone. and without bang canslgned
30 anyone. ard without anyone inter
ested In it accompanying 4, and wishoai
any understandings between Langsry
and anyone as 90 how 4 should Be Re-
claimed from the waarhnger 81 kaasan.
Still again, the history q these barrett.
according 70 the story, from the time
they wers rolled out Of the warehouse a.
juneau, on the n0rthgard trip Of she
saip. until they were landed at ksasan
Is extremely improbable. Asssid before.
Bangtry must Be presumed aware OF
and presumably interested IN their
coatsEts. DE knew not 0uly the value
Of the Rs0ds has be knew their contra
band charac1er, and that on secoant Of
their eontTa6and character they we're
liable 30 irretFisvable disaster, which
the yigilant eye end quick VII Of some st.
tend ant recognized 20 have authority re-
specting item might be able 10 avert.
Yet he was content 10 commit these con-
traband goods, Of % great value,
shipped q q destination 50 strange for
goods such - they pFofessed 20 be, 20
the unmatched earnestly OF she ships
ofhcers and crew and 20 the oficisl vigi-
laRee Of the Customs laspector ahoat.
Bat the intrinsic imprObabiltties of
this story are not yet exhausted. Tee
theory Of the defense, Of course, is that
this Struggled stuh GOT 20 juneau IN
some other way than aboard the Ldah0.
Presumably, Il vas en- FOHts 30 a. nlti-
mate market far 10 tue southwark, aud
meanwhile vas seeking q plaae on the
soil Of the United States where it could
lie secluded and perdue, until is eould
be taken, IN the same packages OF other
wise, and sent 10 its market under the
Raise of products Of the country. IN
suspected. Those products which IL
could most easily simulate were bar
relied fish or ish oil and packages OF
salmon-salmon sailed and barFeled or
canned and boxed. think that from
the circumstances surrounding this
opium, when in Alaska, / sn cell var
raDted IN finding as matter Of fact. that
the intention Of its owner, whoever be
may have been, vas 70 have il thus
secluded, thas disguised and thus sent
20 market. Then, according to the
story, the seclusion Il Was seeking was
kinneY's eannery, feasible place per
haps for assuming its disguise, thouQb
nos more so on the evidence than
kaasAn Fishery. But Just here. three
new grave improbabilitles arise. For,
first, il J. very unlikely tbat illicit goods
from Victoria. destined to Kinney's
CanneEy, would have bean sent directly
past that destination 20 Janeaa, 1875
miles beyond, thereby snhazuing she
freight on them, BY hundreds of dollars.
and the riak Of detection BY every mile
travelled, every unnecessary place where
landed and every superdnous handling.
And, second, IL is unlikely that II the
opium ever we're ct juneau, pound for
KlnneY's Cannery, It's owner would have
chosen TO ship It mediately 70 kaasan.
sixty 70 eighty miles short Of the fall
distance, ct a cost Of $57.l5, and sub
ieot It tkere to the risk 0f detection and
forfeiture durinR banding and waiting
tFanshipment, when be c0ald, at 3 cost
Of only $43 additional, or per cent o.
It's value, have el1dsd all that risk and
had it oerTied directly through 20 its
proposed destination. And, tuirdly, il
Is fully as unlikely, that having got his
opium 20 kaasan en- route 20 ktnney's,
be should have allowed Il, without any
attempt af removal, aud without even
looking after it. and although in easily
discerniole danger Of having happen 10
il exactly what az last did happen 70 IL,
10 lie there. on premises which upon the
hypothesis Of TIE Innocence Of the yes
sci and master were presumably an.
friendly 70 such stuff as it really was,
from tue 2lst day Of December, 1885,
till the l4th day Of January, 1886.
When We turn 10 the freight book We
and Improbability reinforced and null j.
piled. La all the business Of this YES
sci, never was there = skin shipped to
kaasan from tuscan or elsewhere, IN
less In the single instance Of the 1sth Of
December, 1855. That which common
experiences teaches IL tbs course Of trade
Is abuudantly confirmed on every page.
In all her business in Alaskan waters.
for two and quarter years, this vessel
has never, except on very rare occasions,
been employed 20 carry peltry from one
Alaskan port te another, and even those
cases are consistent With the idea that
she has invariably. for trade purposes,
carried it oentripetally-I mean oentri-
petsliy according 20 trade movement
onward towards It's market. Her con
siRnments OF peltry from Alaskan ports
during the period covered BY the freight
book, have been pa, distributed unmeF-
icaliy as follows;
To Victoria. los; 10 San Frapeisco, IS;
TO Portland, Is; TO Astoria, 4; 70 PERI
Townsend, 3; 70 juneau, 2; 20 Sitka, 1;
to killisnoo, 1; 10 Kaasan Bay, l.
Here are only FIVE shipmenis from one
Alaskan pOrt 20 another. Let us note
them more particularly and compare
them.
FIrst-N. W.T.. Co, Sitka 20 Junsau.
! bale furs, IT., 30 Ibs., Slip. 2s9.
seoond-N. w. II. Co, juneau 10 Kill
isnoo, ! bale squirrel skins. l f., 40 ots.;
Third-A oobn. Juseaa TO siska. /
bale furs. 2 IT,, 100 lbs, 81; D. 3l4.
Fourth-D. Martin, Sitka to Juueau.
l bqle deer skins, 3 ~, l6Olbs 81; D. ga.
Fifth-Chas. b Lengthy, juneau to
kaasan Bay, II bbls. deer skins, II2 f.,
10 baiessdeer skins, Is t., &57.f8; D. 3e4.
On each occasion. exoept the last, tue
smOunt Of the consignment vas trivial,
and the carriage vas from q peltEy sup
ply point 70 great psltry collecting and
peltry shipping center. The last stands
0onapiouously distinct. Questionable
transaction.
AooopeEed package is, according to
the freight book, very unusual and IN
likely shape In which 70 ahip skins or
fuFa. Aside from the LanRtry shir-
meut, only three instances appear IN
the book, namely
FIrsi-Si,ka 20 San Francisco, bbl.
fur seal, l00 lbs. 2. 80.
cecond-LorinR % Saa Francisco, ?
kegs slE seal skins. 800 Ios.. .. 25s.
fhird-LoFinR 20 San Francisco. l
Dbl. seal skins, 80 lbs., .. SIS.
The usual mode Of packing is in boxes
or bales.
Il is sxeeedinRly Improbable thas the
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