The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-09
WANT THE CHINAMEN.
Kiefer Will Get to the Bottom
of Sedro Shooting.
cosLEnz sHADowED HOLDEN.
inspector Alexander Makes Strange Adj
r.,.sseps-McSen In Contempt
Kerkows Divorced.

n..rtv Collector John Alexander was
a.. anly witness called to the stand yes
...as~ 4 the trial Of ]. c. Baird. His tes-
..rnonv developed the fact that he had
80 sncs,ed with Customs Inspector
coblenz. sho killed Holt at Salmon bay a
-s.r ayo. d Watching and shadowing Hol-
A., Il Alexander admitted having
ssnt Hdden's private dispatch TO Coblenz
~ rir and coblenz at once took the cue
"a r<nt up to Sumas 10 watch Holden.
rIaIs<u had told reporter of the Sumas
sss,,Fn and had given him the number of
,onpds of opium in the lot that he was
ming 10 try to seize when it came over the
line
John Alexander, duly sworn, testified:
five in Kent. Am deputy collector OF Gus
hrs Have been deputy collector little over
fro years Was on my way to Seattle at
o'clock in the afternoon Of July %. Hoiden's
duty here was to look after baggage and goods
eoniug In and going out on the steamers and
rama Tread the kilograms sent out TO Holden
by Terry from sumas Holden had the day
watch then. did not know that Holden had
rode away until l received . dispatch from
Baird that there had been some shooting. l adj
vised Holden not TO 20, but Holden said Terry
one else than him or Woolery. l
zen. . telegram to Coblsnz telling
him about Holden going to 6umss. and he went
70 sumas, too. az once, to shadow Holden. CO.
blsnz could go anywhere in the state. re-
eessed dispatch from Baird about the China
nm the Saturday before. He wanted me TO
guard the Great Northern and he would look
after ths Lake Snors d Eastern. / wanted Mud
rsst and Holden 70 go ont on the Great North
49, ia -. l.. y. a a . E,,
mas, and he SAID he hadn't got on to anything.
Don't remember having had conversation
with Cobenx aud Baird afterwards about Hol.
den, but suppose did. l had told Baird before
that that Holden was suspected of smuggling.
Don't remember telling them TO look alter Hol-
den
Dissemination: 1 sent cobeuz a copy OF
the message that Terry sent to Holden. did
that 20 that he could know what was going on.
Isxp<ctea him TO go up to sumas. There was
no oas In ny Office to report TO when Holden
wss going away. / do not attach any import
ance 70 Holden going away without telling me.
The Telegram ! got from Baird came Saturday.
He said thsf the Cinnamon had lett the Seattle
Lake Shore Eastern railway and were coming
In on the Great Northern. An inspector would
not get any fe& Tor opium seizures, but the In
former woula. There Is no fee 10 inspectors fol
csfching Cinnamon.
Mr.. Holden, recalled by the defense, ties
titled:
told q reporter that Terry had told me hs
vas onto big lot OF opium that was coming
eTer-l 400 pounds-and that when. the stuff
came over the line be was To put me on That
was before the shooting and after my sumas trip
The two attorneys joined yesterday in q
telegram to United States District Attor-
ney Winston, asking him to apply at once
for writ of habeas corpus for Terry and
the nine Cinnamon who are at McNeil's
island. This is the only way in which
they can be gotten out of the penitentiary.
The best Chinese interpreter to be had
win be summoned, and the Cinnamon
viii ali have chance TO tell about the
shooting. Collector Bradshaw, Customs
Inspector Cooienz, Justice Terry, of Sc
dro, and other. will be called as witnesses.
Baird's bondsmen yesterday notified
Commissioner Kiefer that they would no
longer be bound for his bail. and Baird,
In charge of Deputy Marshal Bigelow. had
70 hunt up new bondsmen, which he
ioand In II. Il. Phillips and p B. Morton.
The trial will be resumed at 8 o'clock
Tuesday, morning, and from appearances
hmsy last three or four days more. New
poinh are constantly being brought ont
and The trial will very likely get to the
bottom of the case before it is through.