The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-16
BIG OPIUM HAULS.
Struggled from Canada by
Ship and Wagon.
AwIpE AND THOROUGH srsrKx
a Big Cache on the Lake Huron
Shore-rhe Chief Of the
smaggIers Hid In
the Woods

PoEr HURON, Mich. Dee- iS-Ecr scre
tine Il has been Known here sad AZ other
points along the border ths. a big eeusixu-
ment OF opian was en- route throngh Can
ada and that efforts woaid be nsae 20
sla1ggie IL across the horier somewhere in
I tais customs district. Yesterday afternoon
[ four customs ofieers were dispatched up
/ the shore with instructions TO l%ok astsr
consignment of the drag which would
Be landed probably ST sand Beach, OF near
+ there
The plazs Of the oGseers were successful
+ " executed In - far a. securing the drng
was concerned, bus no arrssfs have vet
been made. The ePigsn wss l&adeSi from q
little schooner near Port Hope and hidden
on shore. the schooner at oncs putting
I back 70 CaDada- The ocieRrS foguG the
opium last uigkt. bHt n confederate who
was grAriing II cseApea The opium Il
valued a. SO, 600. gnd was brought from
/ Vancouver. b {. Il IL believed fsat La
[ Belle. the fansns Smuggier who ascapea
Z from United States officials afie- he rad
( been arrested and was being taken 20 De
[ irOlt. ls eDsased in the present enferprsse.
Arrests aFr ziBzosf sare 20 fc,i0w.
on rHx nsKorA FRosrlKR.
ST. PArt- D.-s,- a-Tae pis.zssr Prs savx.
[. United sisfeS secret service aaieers here
/ are oc she track Of a gigautie oplHrl-sraug-
Eiing eo1sysrs rscy. They have learned that
an organized and well equipped baud Sf
. smaSgicrs has for years been Operating
acrcs< the northwestern han1er one ef
shc gang was arrested secressv at Denver
Col, 1a1 made fRn confession Acting
u}0n tae information gwen them. the
| depHIE collector AZ 81. Nlacent Mlnn
! went aest - point on the Dakota line
NsdasEsizy, and i1tcFce ntci = wagon load
OF 20 pounds Of crude opium The whole
octat MAS seized aud the driver OF tie
erraaStsad
detective left -. PsHl for the uorta. 10 ar
! resi- ;he msa = whom the Op.um was con
signed
A later report SAYS, 'eThe officers, while
securing the county last night several
miles from sand Beach, heard he-se a-.-
preaching and recognized the rider as
| Harry Darant Who was arrested n con
nection With the cssss last SPINNER, but
escaped on seeonnt Of lack of cVidsnre
When orlered 70 halt be fred A. The
officers several tines then iumrea from
the horse aud esrapcd into the woods
TIE oficcrs searched for him some tine,
but were unable to SrG hisa Then they
followed the trail in the direction from
which be came, aud after considerable
searc struck a cache near the road. from
which they uneartbeG number oi cases
Of opium valued a. between SIS, coo aud
t25,No Durant Is supposed 70 b st the
head Of = gang of Canadian smGgwlers.
and an effort viii be made TO run all OF
them down.
sEIxuREs AT DxxVER.
DENVER. Col, Dee. IA c. Seiison.
alias J. NJ Leonard. Is the name of the
man arrested in Denver, charged with
opium smuggling Tuesday last. Mark
Harding. special agent Of the treasury de-
paftment. reported % United states Mar
shall Hill that ne suspected Nelson's
presence in this city, Harding had a copy
oi a way bill from the ST Paul, Minneap-
oils & Manitoba railroad for some freigh;
shipped az BoitiDeau. OAK, for this city.
Cansignors claimed that the freight con.
sisted Of household goods. This conslgn-
ment was directed to A. c. Nelson, Den
yer. Col, aud weighed so ponuGs Dep
Union Pacific freight once for the pur-
pose OF making an arrest when the goods
were called for. Weincsday q stranger
with ill-ftting clothes asked for the goods
consigned 10 Nelson, and he WAS placed
Ender arrest.
Nelson's trunk al the Metropolitan hotel
was subsequently, searched aud found t.
contain ls7 packages OF prepared opium.
containing % pounds. No compromising
documents were found on Nelson's pcr.
son or among bis effects except some cards
of Chinese merchants ia san Francisco.
The prisoner, without Knowing his trunk
bad been opened. said he was awaiting
household goods to feShip them 60 san
Francisco. Aside from this be wss ahso-
lately noa-commiiial and would nat say a
xoru, even In bis own behalf Nelson ia
well-suppiied with money drsnite hts
trsrnp-like appearance, and had Si75 in his
pockets when arrested. The prisoner
waived examination when arraieued be
fore the rom missioner, and WAS taken Fri
day night by an officer 10 St Paul These
particulars did net leak out until today