The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-25
HARMED ON TRIAL
HIS Signatures O the Blue
and White Receipts


he AoMsTs aEcGlpr or MONEYS
- Il isfi.sssA fhas OvsseAarses Were
Ter nIsaks-MeNass Insoavsns-
sspsrsss Cssrs casss--Bistsss.
he Mai Of y. T. Hsraed on the swensy- Eve
sa.sks o exsorfioa from the Eassey OF the
sssm@r 1oguI vas seeuued Ia the Tuissd
ISIS estssi Z o1nrs yssssrdsy no-ninx ana ne
snIass asy VAS occapled IN lae exams assson Of
- ssiGe1xe 81 tie prosecution. Cozoues J. c.
nsanes asa nos rets1n fron Olympia. snd 4 =.
So.s1I - was sesia ssngle~t . 1dsd against The
y1ossculng stsnrneya The esse usx ssuboornly
conseesed = every point Tee evidences was
fnncapsAy npon the xenuinsncss oil the sig
natures Of he white receipts aud the corrss-
poool19 hire boob stuhs Asfer considerable
uMe he1 oeen poRed Ia exsss,Ixfi ne this in the
csses q severed counts Of the indictment. the
osEndanre ats0rBsy stated thai they would
s1ms nsytng received every fee seseipsed for
over NJ hsrned's ngoafzFe. One siisxssioa Of
me pSceecus'ou- viz. that Mr. Harmed. ic oydsr
inst shtymasssn nsight not know the legal se<s,
sihisiiy failed - keep posted In the custom
nosse see-cards - required b. law, was con-
tsa1fessd ~ two Witnessed W. r. Feanemore
ana ". H. whI.ssessy. There were several
inunaficus that thu defense win meet the
ehAIgss Of sxtorton By claiming that the excess
cnafxss r msny cases were iof blanks fur.
nisned. although the theory Of the defense hss
not yss tsanspfred-
G. ~. Thufman. Of P5ssiaad. was the eut
witness called He testified that he went into
TIE custonhocse ~ Port Townsend. in March,
-. ana remained t1cfs until Januazy. -.
succeeding Quincy A. BROOKS Is acting collector
81 eassomA william 81. Harmed was tpecEal
deputy collector during this time Fennemors
ana Harmed CLEARED vessels most OF the tine
He was shown tho fecosd Of moneys received
from al sources, and testified that 70 the hest Of
his knowledge and belief the entries correspond
ing with lbs cosnts Of the indictment were in
Haruses handwriting. He would not state
poe.nveiy shat b had ever sesn the identical
book before.
James y. GriBth. Of Port Townsend. vas next
called He stated that ct the times covered by
the counts In the Indictment, he was in Tacoma,
OF the 6rm at Grifhth. BRIDGES & s,etson. brokers
OF The tug Mogui. He was aeauainted with the
handwriting OF Harnsd and Captain sprasue.
The remainder Of the morning session Was Elm st
entirely consumed By this witncss 10 iacntsfy
Ing the signatures Of the white receipts for the
alleged extoftionste fees and the ccfrssrondps
counter receipts OF the sb.u book" stubs, In
which the correct lees were accounted TO the
government
The blus hooks and the white receipts, and
the record Of moneys received from I'll sources
were ncrtd In evidence. The white receipts
which were given to Captain sprague for the
ices pad In. the witness testified. were all
turned over 10 his 6rm. He could not positively
Identify them without referring 10 the nrms &c
counts with the Mo.uI
Captain J. W. Anderson. secretary OF the
Tscoma etesm Nsvisasson Company. which
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TO identity the receipts rs being for moneys paid
out b. Captain eprague In fees, but could not
do - without the feea
Z. < Penn, an inspector Of customs q Port
Townsend. was called Immediately after court
convened at 2o'ciock. He was asked concern
Ing Mr.. Harned's general rsputstion. He stated
that II wss good. He was asked by the prosecu-
don II he had not heard the defendants char
Ger spoken Of - being bad. to which he replied
that he had. bus only since this prosecution was
commenced. and by but few.
The examination Of James y. Grialths was
then resumed. Tue books Of the firms account
with ths Nognl from May. 1885, to the present
arrived from Port Towssnd on the North Pacific
and was produced by the witness. The prose
cutlon then proceeded to prove BY this book
thae the extortlcnsta lees receipted for on the
white receipts had been actns ally paid into the
cuafom house. He vas shown the receipts
dated August l, lsa6. and askad TO md Q cor
respondins entry in his book He found II,
but y that time the book had been kept by
NJ. Bnases nov deceased. The court
ruled that he eouled only testify
q to entries which he had made himself He
answered one question b. sayins that 10 the
hest Of his knowledge and belief the entry was
for money PAID into the tustomhouse according
20 the white receipt, bus the cour, ordered the
answer stricken ont Receipts In white were
shown him dated September & 4, o. Is. -. De-
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alleged extoftionats amounts corresponding
with counts Of the Indictment. and for each
corresponding entry was fund in the accounts
of the Mosul. but each entry had been made by
the deceased member OF the firm, and the wit
ness could not identity one OF them
The defendants attorney. however. put en-
end 10 this examination into the accounts of
the Mogui by saying that the defendant would
adri: having received every amount for which
he had seces pted with his own siSnetuae
on crcss-exsminstion the witness was asked
n he did net know that II ras the custom 10 sell
blanks ether thau those furnished by The
government THIS was objected to on the
ground that I, was mo- REORGANIZATION, snd
the osteetcn whs sustsined.
w. H. wRittlesey testified that he had been
dspaty collector during 1885 sni 1887. He wss
shown entry OF tae Gay u gal in the record of
moneys reseiy q from al sources. and IN ought
the entry la Haraef's baud writing. He never
saw the book While Ia Fort Inwnserd. Ee did
not know that he had ever cleared tn, Mogui.
He had cleared vesseis. lie testified that there
was fee card posted in the general once Of the
eustornhouse ~ the end OF he counter whore any
one miTht read IL The instructions from Mr.
Harmed were given for particular vessels They
were in general in excess OF the fees
on tie card. though not 20 in
every ease The body of the record Of
lnoneys from al sources was In Mr.. Harned's
hanfwrftire. He ala not know that the blue
block stubs wers ever signed In blank. He tes-
tiled In cross ex sminatioa that vessels GOT
blanks az the cussesa aease, though be did not
understand thst excess fees were for blanks
All shippers ct aan.fssss AZ the custom house
By shspnassers tns, q they did NOS ray extor-
sioaafe sxtes for hlsnks tney would be submit
ted 10 vexstioas delays The witness did not
know OF any such asdefs,sntins
Collector Chares Il. Bradshaw was asked
whas hiaaks tie Mogul would REQUIRE entering
or cseavsux. aud testified ths; sas would require
an inward er oatwsrf foreign manifess, two
ccples Of esch for exca ensrsnce or clearance
ana q bill of health The manifest is
a fu.l sheet hank printed GA both sides He
ala NOT rse the white receipts He idsnts-
aed A bundle OF the MognI-s outward and
inward msniissss - iron the records Of the
eu<sona honseA
w. e. rsnnsmo.e. deputy collector under
Harmed. was exsmined by proseeasfon He
sarnei mensy over 10 Haraed. He Was
shown receipt Tor s1 "a.
sasd sAa, be must have b-en
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