The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-18
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. MONDAY. i 1885,

miles down the beach the steamer Doctor
was signaied and came along side She
wss to bave been oveFhaniei
McCleslsnd and Meradith. however. we're
aboard wearing broad smiles They had .
bankers doEsn Of the contrahanis. the re-
suit OF an all nights chase IN the brush
When they arrived az kamischie McSlel-
land received = note stating about where
the Chinsmen could be found. They
rewed three miles. bat they sere not
there. A search followed; no contra
bands. Finally McClelland took an In
dian named Jam, who hates John China
man, and rowed up 10 one Saxey Smith 5
cabin. Jim peered through the window
There are three strange faces there, !"
he said.
Then they're all there" replied Nc
Cselland. throwing open the door. There
were eleven OF them. The newcomers
were al ready TO scatter. Their baggage
was packed McCIellsnd tied their queues
together and sent Jim for Meridith. The
keeper of the cabin was also brought
along. He Is a Chinaman who has .
brother among the contribands.
Meridith and MeCieiiand tracked the
Cinnamon along the beach and through
the ferns. They also found where they
had slept the night before on beds of ferns.
Tao others we're picked up IN the vicinity,
but the other eight of the party had van
ished- They may have been in hiding
among the ferns. One of these captured
said through an interpreter that il had
taken the Seattle smuggler four days TO
steal down the Sound into Oyster bay.
There was a rush among influential
Cinnamon TO see the captured ones after
they were placed in the old county Jail at
Olympia. However. most of the ''inquir-
ing friends" were satisfied on being told
they were the proteges OF a Portland or
San Francisco smuggling house.
There being no blank complaints avail
able at Olympia and also TO save the ex-
pense OF Assistant United States Attorney
Robertson coming TO Olympia the contra
bands were brought to Tacoma by the
North Pacific this evening in charge of
Special Agent CuIlom, Deputy Collector
Dorsey and Chinese Inspector Meredith.
They will be arraigned tomorrow before
Court Commissioners Clifford.
McCielland aud 0liphant will run down
the lots that landed last night near
Olympia.
cothe OF the ContraDanQs can sneak
English little. They have evidently
boen employed on railroad track work or
in brickyards in British Columbia. Their
coachers had taken most of their Canadian
money from them and supplied them with
United States coins.
The Indians, who recognize every new
face. are considered the best assistants TO
the customs officers. as they readily pick
out raw recruits. IL is now believed the
treasury department will appoint perma-
nent officials to guard Olympia,
Kamalchie. Oyster bay and lower Hood
canal. Chief of Police Snyder, ex-Tn.pector
McClelland and Sergt ScofieId ali state Tn at
there is a large amount of opium and
Cinnamon being handled on the lower
Sound as result of no officers being To-
Gated there 10 intercept the smugglers.
Special Agent Cullom, Deputy Collector
Dorsey and all others taking part in the
seizure are pretty well exhausted tonight
as the result OF the continued vigil and
search. The captured Chinese were
shipped to Seattle OH the North Pacific
this afternoon.