The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-19

The Vessel VIII be LfT,eied To-Day
by the a.. =. ATTORNEY.

AaS sSS4et " III DC I<1bGt&4 TODAY
by the u. - Attorney.
The steamer waisa walls arrived Al )
oscioek last eSeninx from Port Townsend
on her return from Vancouver where she
had been Ga her regular run. The MalEx
Wzlia. Il viii be remembered, gave borAs
10 the custom house acfhorifses a. pxr.
Townsend last g3tayssay. that abe woula -.
turn ~ { O'clock on Monday sfte-noou.
Ihe vessel uas back I'm time aud the bonfss
sap<es, but The steamer VAS placed nosni-
rsAllF Ia the hands OF deputy United
States nasyxaai and she wss allowed 10 rsrs,-
eeea % seattle without any effort at dessr
ton being inside. rs is understood Is - tfae
vessel viii tO-ssAy Do nheled by rnisnd
states Attorney White on charge Of being
engaged IN tne smuggling trade. One ysasl
asty OF conviction Of her owners og ttsEr
asssts on this enarge, II psoven. Is epnts.
cattoa of the vessel
Asj- IT. Mcclellan. division suuersz.
ser5ent Of the Pacific Coast stexrassssr,
COMPANY uas seen last asghf ia Reference
70 tEae sssafge against Tbs vessel, ard sc
AS nesr as can learn IL ia charged tia
TIE Walls Hafla has been engaged 10 the
smuggling uasinesss Ia this niaanes. ON
Der arrival g Tacoma on Felsruarv 10. she
oSoa9nf TWO barrels marked ssauer Krauf.
when really contained opium, consigned
- enc :. iaEaf 81 Esiensburg, and on her
arrival OF February e she brought three
barrels marked skid Grease containing IN
realty opium, consigned 20 J. Dark. Eilenz.
bHfE- These were regularly shifted from
Faa francisco 20 Ellensburg. bu. they wers
seized on the Oregon Railway & Nayiga-
I.on tompanS's dock at Tacoma. two
weeks after their arrival. These eonsggn-
mezts appeared regularly on our freight
manifest. but they were not on the coast
wise rs1nifest. and that. IL seems, il what
tst charge sgainss ns Is besed upon
Tns fact that these tw0 barrels OF sauer
kraaf and three barrels of skid grease did
not NOT appear 0n the cossfwise manifest
IA easily explained. The custom house
authorities had never enforced the lzW re-
qairlny al articles Of freight consigned
from Fan Franchises 20 Puget sound points.
and on which there is 10 duty. q, appear
on this manifest, which You know & tsse
one required 10 be kept BY the captaia OF
the vessel ~ the custom h0Ese On ar
F7yai NJ the port of entry. consequently.
Officers OF all vessels have never made full
returns on their manifest, md the customs
authorities knew IT. ] have myself
Fort Townsend mAnifesfs containing the
names Of Only about half dozen con
signees. when know the vessel had had
Q fun cargo. and 50 did the authorities.
But nothing Was said abeut IL. because the
law WIS practically Of no utility. aud t.s
81 don't see how the authorities expect
10 couple the company CT Its agents with
the smuggling business They said a.
nrsf that these barrels had been shipped
from Victoria. and then from Vancouver,
but our freight manifest shows that they
were from san Francisco. Since the bar
reis were on the wharf at Vancouver two
weeks after their arrival, why couldn't
their contents have been changed there
Every package that Is shipped from san
Francisco on our steamers might be opium
for all We know. We have no right to
break open the heads Of every barrel Of
saner kfaut or skid grease that comes on
board to see what ii contains.
We don't object 10 our vessel being IL.
bcied, because We have no fear OF the ous-
come OF the case, bat we do object TO the
Interference Of our legitimate treffic, and
the consequent Inconvenience TO our pa
irons. We expect, however. 10 give bonds
for the return OF the Walia waila when
she j. neaGed, end we will make our usual
trips"