Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-06
RETURN OF GARDNER.
He says he viii s'Kase his
AeeaseFs."


M - ~ o1s&a81s - ~ 81Ue4t1s nv
ia arrived yesterday mosutpe, fsoa
Oedsssbsse. Nsv Yssk- Ms. 0asduss
sssses that after bis reisass from Jail ~
Or1snsbasa. vbess be vss hsid % Q
charge Of smsgniin2. be demanded IN
Immediate TRIAL. but the eovsrnosrs
poaspousd the bearing Of The e1se until
Bsp2smbex. 4 friend wrote kim from
the sound that ~ Q seesnt term of eosrt
In Piesee county, N indictmsus fos
enueRiirG bad beeu found n1xtcss him,
and although his fan.iiy vas III and IN
Abls 10 accompany him. be hssteu<d
Vess to fees biz aceusers and make
answer 10 al charges against him. On
hte arrival be vas arrested By Marshal
Hsmsiton. on bench warrant. and
taken before Commissiouss Emery,
Vhess b. entered into bonds In the son
Of 5000 for bis appessaacs before tss
grand toyy. He sufsstes we're A. n.
Brooches. N. n. Lstimer and Sulius
Horton.
Gardner vas chief inspector OF Gus
toms on The Sound for Q numtes Of
years, aud more coatsAc:sd op;nu vas
seized during bis iuennbaney Of THAI
position than during ali tie preyious
yeafs since the essst itshmeUs II ths
Puget boond oassoms hosse.
snR oopEnssCso cass.
After Issvirg the customs service
Gardner vent east, and daring last
winter be vns arrested near Ogdsoa-
bese. New York. foy having In his pos
ssssisu q trunk Of uBstamped opiom.
He claims that while not drawing salary
~ customs efhoer DO vas ssili Ia tue
services Of the government rnHsr az sp-
potntment from Special Agsnt Bsechef,
apd that this Opium found 10 his sssiRh
together with that found In hts csusin's
barn, vas eonssaband ssud which be
hsd ssixsd. aud from which he e1pscs-
"a 70 receive the tnfofmers fee, - soon
- be get ready 20 turn n over 20 the
government. His story vas nos be.
lisvsd BY the customs oftssss Of
ORdcusburp, who assessed him, and
pot him 10 jail. He Was yell treated
there and his family vas allowed TO
remain 10 the jsii. he vas fnaily re-
leased on $500 bail.
On his arrival Ia seattis Mr.. GsrdbsF
foond that two indietmsuts bad been
found against him ~ the last term of
the district rours q Tacoma, one for
Smuggling optam and one for ssoiiia-
ting transportation Of smuReied goods.
oAnpsrn's s1ATEnxrT.
Ia speaking OF all these charges, Mr..
0ardusr sale; II have no fears ss TO
tho result of the investigations. What
/ want IL sindicattou, which feel sure
/ viii have u the CAGES ever come be-
fore Jury Ct my pcsrs."
"Do you CONSIDER, under the cifcum-
dances thai special Agent Bssehcs
frosted yoa squaTsIy tn this mattesf'
IL wcold saiher rot sssver that goes
tiop. bot can sssose you that wien my
Ssisls come "a Mr.. Beeober viii be on
hand ~ witness
.Did your cid friends In Seattle re-
osivs yov oordsaiiyf'
II never received q moro cordial fc-
eeus,on than that accorded ne on my
arrival home. My old friends seemed
pjssssd 70 zee mo, and my arm fairly
aches from the exercise 81 shaking
hands. when 1t came % securing sore
ties on my bond. more thau q dczsr
men volunteered 10 sign for me. and
could have given bond for $4,000 ~
easily ~ for 35oOo."
"where viii yon make ysas bonner
sRieht here In Seattle. J have tras-
s,s,, extepsiveiy OF late, has have found
M paase like she Qseen City. l bavs
= Sekls snuq little home near Lake 10
ion for mS family. and there they viii
rssids As soon 40 my vito is able TO
come vest. have talked Puget Sound
iucesentiy ever sincc | went sss,, aud
have distributed q great deal of matter
descripsivs Of Seattle. have billed
several towns for q real estate arm here
ana distributed several thousand Puget
0oaud Cass,nisms. ihefe IN mach
tsik Of washineton Territory throaah-
cot the east and sou nay look for .
vssy large Immigration this summer.