Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-18

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Afsending thas e. P0F4 Townssnd, shaw
he akip feekinR viii fEan4 he IA
EAa mlso rgfusss 70 belisxe sA4t smaz-
Rllng - sach = EiEEstta ssate eau have
bee1 3 matter nsB boEl- Ona = me
Al4ably driftsd - tAs oa9siekian a1a1
tAe buMlnasa bad been l0nE kEugIna -
that wnIoA waa discovered. Nos 90
Know whaf was R0iRg On IN sash nag
nitode and val1e. within his vessel
Wouio afR1s swAH mastery of his Crew
ant oeeaExsBses o1 board, o. the p4Fs
q the master Yet bis Whole ateitnds,
bearing md damsansg, a. axaibised On
TIE witness sEAnd, and al bis aftera1eHg
ard al that appsars Of him IN tie eaas,
prove him 20 Be az Q mastaxfui spirit
ard compel admimtion Of the man a.
ons ssnstifufsd and ussd % sovereign
sway and masssrdo8.p AssaminR that
be kneW be wza landing opiuE e kaasau
Bay, saah 3 landing Of Is, e night, 10
the very pgeseaos Of the CeIlsot0F Of
Customs himself, should b. construed
40 the bid, and, may ssy, intrspid,
SCI Of man accustomed 20 fsEes CIR
ea@s1anoaa % serve him, and aware
thai 0ftsa
he conn Of ths coward, Il the castle
Of the hEREa."
| From the evidenOs, the master appears
net only 70 Be 9 man Of spirit and an
/ thogity, bat man Of more than OEafnaFg
inteliiRsnos and qaickWiftedness II
we assume The story about the Langtgy
shipment 70 b true. the circumstances
Of that shipmect wsre suspicious at the
time. There il no apparent reason Why
the proceedings and plans Of LanQtFy
should nos have appeared 20 the mastar
a8 extFaordinaRy and Suggestive Of
/ ffa1d. as they appear 20 the Coart. The
master did not report the facts at the
custom house at Fort TonRas. Why
did be no.1 Nor did he 20 the Collector
Is Port TownRend. WHY, after the
seixnrs a. Port Townsend, did he not
report 10 the OollsotOr there1 think
no reply can be gwen 20 these questions
CONSISTENT with any disposition On the
masters part TO defect smuggling, OF
any loyal cooperation Of bis with the
Government for its preVentioa.
To prevent frauds on the Fexsnae, BY
vessels engaged in trade vita foreign
countries contiguous to the United
States. Congress has provided that the
master shall repoFt UPON her manifest
all stores purchased or Proeured il for
eien ports, a. veil as all datiahIs msr-
ohandise reoeived at such psrts. / as
sumo, therefore. that If ans barrels
received ct Victoria had contained
ship's stores, the master would have
been Apprised Of the fact aud have
complied with the statute. TIE barrels
taken aboard On the Sth Of December
do meme Of them appear on the mani
fest. a. ahip's stores or otherwise. From
this failure 10 report, am warranted in
concluding that no barrels containing
ships stores we're broaQht aboard on
the evening Of the Ssh Of December,
and that the barrels which we're brought
aboard contained dntiabls merchandise
and we're clandestinely received and
we're somewhere landed within the ter
EitOry ct the United States. There is
not anywhere in the evidence any clue
to nor hiat OF any merchandise being
landed IN the United States from the
Idaho on her December voyage, which
there would be any reason. so far as
appears Tor receiving on board Oian-
1eatinely except the IA barrels landed at
kaasan and she opium seized at Port
Townsend. conclude, therefore, that
the IA barrels and the quantity seiz a
at Port Townsend are partly OF wholly
included In the two drat loads Of bar
rels received on board az Victoria on
the evening Of the 8 b Of Decembsr.
This must be taken as fact ia the case.
to combine with all other facts Der.
tinent to the guilt or innocence q the
master.
The barrels testified TO have bean
taken aboard at juneau and landed al
kAasaD should appear en- the manifest
/ delivered 10 she Collector on the arrival
Of the Idaho ct Port Townsend. They
do not appear. The manifest was IN
der oath, aud vas sworn by the master
TO DO corFecS. This oath does not con.
sist with HE testimony as TO the ship.
ment OF skins. And it il no answer 10
this point 10 say that she manifest did
not need 10 be delivered at Port Town
send. As matter OF fact Il vas delivered.
and was sw I'm TO, and on the theory that
1t should contain suoh things and was
required By Law.
On the next trip after the Idaho vas
| detained and searched at Post Town
send, and on q day subsequent 70 the
seizure Of the 3Olll( psunds Of opium.
the vessel touched al Kaasan going
n rth, and the two employees Ia charge
/ OF the fishery there then visited the
master. in bis staterOom on the vessel,
" bis request, fer the purpose OF an
interview. The intsrvieW vas had. The
Circumstances we're suspicious Of colin
sion between him and them. He knows
what passed At that interview. Why
does be not tell rs, and Why are they
nos called
One OF the most remarkable features
Of this case Is the absenteeism Of per
sons Whs have bean under the control Of
the master. and some Of them OF the
owners, OF the steamship, and whose
testimony, u the master be innocent,
would presumably tend 30 his exeulpa-
ton and the relief Of the vessel. There
70 no testimony whatever, froa any
witness who has OF claims to have 40
tual personal knowledge of tke facts,
that has been produced by the respond.
eats, e. 20 the contents, OF disposition
Of the contents, Of the barrels reserved
By the ship on the 6th day Of Deem
Der. Witnesses fer the defense are re-
duCed TO minimum. Master, freight
clerk and Inspector Ahoat make up the
roll. All that is 10 be said for the mas
tar and owners Of what occurred Al Ju-
nsaa, at Kassan Bay, az Victoria. al
Port Townsend, or anywhere else, on
snip or on shore, Ia connection With the
voyage In controversy, Is said By them.
And they are the very individuals 20
whom necessarily aud especially suspi-
oiOn points. One naturally asks, vas
there. aside from the master and CLERK.
no reputable person ct Juneau who saw
LAngtEy, or knows him or Of him3
Was there no whArhnReF or warehouse
man thsFes Thee we're at least two
employees OF the master at Kaasan Bay.
a. and before the seizure, and Whefs
are theyG Il there not some partner or
clerk OF Wa Valkenberg 4 c., Who
can testify whether any, and II any inst
What. shiP's stores we're supplied 10 the
ship December 6th, and at what boar in
Toe day. Where Is the drayman or
draynen. NheTe n the bill or ether
evidence OF purchase. from any Chi
0ese store, OF any mats Of EieeS The
crew OF the Idaho consisted OF about
forty SIX persons all told, including frsr,
Seeond and third Officers, and pilot, q rst,
second aud third enginsers, chief stew.
ard, oarpeateF. parser and freight clerk.
Where h the stewardl Where are the
sailors, the engineers, the second officer,
tue first OfilceF and he pafsaF2 Where
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