The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-22
READY FOR TRIAL.



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Have yoa any seArs regarding the
outcome N yozr trial At Tsrouaf''
said reporter to Mr. z A. Gardner.
YESTERDAY.
Xr Gardner il VII be remembered.
vas chief inspector Of customs ON
Puget Sound under Collector Beeche.
AMI for tinse under Collector Brooks.
and succeeded during his term OF Of
srr in capturing nsore eonsraband
opium than al his predecessors. and
after his resignation, and while IN the
East.
HE WAS INFECTED
Al Tacoma for smuggling and for IA
ciitating the transportation Of snug
gied opium The trial VIII commence
At Tacoma next Tuesday.
No, have no fears as TO the re-
suit Of the trial. was the reply Il
could have had the cases against me
dismissed. bat that wou,s hare been
no vfndicaticn. Men who for reasons
hest known 90 themselves. but equally
well known by myself, were
ANXIOUS TO Doxx NE.
And by false statements succeeded
N he M 4 a
mand trial, 50 that jury Of nv fei-
.ow-cisixen< may say 10 the world
whether the charges are false or true
SHALL MAKE 80 pESKxsE
To speak Of. but prefer 70 stand or fall
by the testimony Of my aecu~ers.
never smaggle.i pound of opium.
and am not afraid OF being convict
ed ! may put one witness on the
stand. to clear up a certain point. pro-
vided il l. brought up. otherwise
viii rely solely upon the Witnesses for
the prosecution.
THE sEw YORK CASE
How about your trial in the east on
q similar charge9'
.sOf course l do not know what viii
be done there. If the government de-
sires 20 LEI the matter drop where 1t is
! shall be satisfied, but right here
where ! am known / could not con-
sent to have the case dismissed with
ont q hearing. l am confident the sec
Rotary OF the treasury is satisfied that
] was what represented myself to be
at the time OF my arrest, an agent of
the government, and that the New
York officials
MADE A GREAT MISTAKE
In giving publicity TO the matter before
l could convince them of my position
in the matter | seized 800 pounds of
a eco pound lot. and would have had
the whole batch SECURE and ready 10
turn over to the government in "a
hours had been let alone, or had the
officers who arrested me kept quiet for
a few hours. But as soon a. the pri-
vate conversation | had with those
officers was telegraphed all over the
country, the smugglers
GOT THE STUFF OCT OF THE WAY.
Just before leaving for the west l
called on the secretary Of the treasury
and laid the matter before him, to-
gether with letters and documents
which seemed 10 convince him that
was acting squareiy. Had Beecher
notified the secretary, As | supposed
he had done. this whole trouble could
have been averted. II my plans had
succeeded and l had got that $l00, 900
worth OF stuff together and turned il
over to the government, Mr.. Beecher
would never have been silent as to nv
arrangement with him, but when il
failed
He WAS so AFRAID
That some one would say that he was
in with me on a smuggling expedition,
that he did not have the moral cour-
age or manhood To come out and
tell the truth about the affair
Oh, no, had | wanted TO snugg,e, |
should not have resigned my position
here ON the Sound. With Brooks as
collector and Beeeher as special agent.
WOULD HAVE HAD No TROUBLE
In getting through all the stuff want
ed. bat ! was not on that lay out /
saw what was going on over the Cana
dian Pacific road, and resigned my
position on Puget Sound in order to
attend strictly TO the big smuggiers.
One big haul, such as was making at
the time of my arrest. would have en-
abied me TO settle down in Seattle in
independent circumstances. MY share
of the seizure would have amounted
to fully $4,000. That was
THE STAKE I WAS PLAYING FOR.
THE first day called on the secre-
tary of the treasury We talked for
three hours. He wanted me to cali
the next day, and l was in his office
again for two hours. / saw him again
jast before left, and he gave me an
hour. This does not look much as
70
a sVuggler."
he SAW BEEcHRR.
Have you seen Mr.. Beecher
| lately,"
"Yes. last Saturday. while in Port
Townsend. called on him simply to
pay my respects lie claimed that
nS,ny OF the statements regarding me,
attributed to him by various news
papers were false, but that cuts no
figure In the case now. BY his silence
ne has put himself beyond the reach
of doing anything for or against me
nEtil he goes on the witness stand in
New York, and he will be there just
as sure a. my case ever comes to trial.
POLITICS IN IT.
Does politics enter into this prosecu-
ton ?"
Perhaps. You see, | am Repub-
lisan and at Collector Brooks solicita-
ton I served for a time under him.
This made the Democrats mad. and |
have often heard that some of them
said. We must do something To down
Gardner. for the Democrats don't
have any show while he Is chief in
spector.' Mind you. many of my
best and truest friends are Democrats,
but they are not after the class who
TOOK ADVANTAGE or MY ABSENCE
To have me indicted. Mr.. White. the
United States prosecuting attorney,
has done what he considered his duty,
but he has been nisled by men who
had personal axes 10 grind. but who
viii not he strong enough 10 substan-