The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-14

TACOMA. July Il - TSpeciA.I - The
United States grand jury tonight indicted
the following: Canadian Pacific railroad
officials, for violation of the interstate
commerce Law by cutting the established
passenger rates; Ciarence Chambers. the
ex-Kalama postmaster, for unlawfuliy
Withholding the property Of the govern
ment. ard Rev. Tom Sing. Of Chicago.
for smuggling Cinnamon into this country
and perjury in connection Herewith.
The Canadian Pacific indictment ID con-
sidered the most important Indictment Of
the kind ever found on the Coast Cntha-
rine d. Nellis and Frank Kretchmaer fur
nished the testimony. The indictment
finds the leading officials. from President
Van Horne to Local Agents William X.
Thomson aud Arthur b. Caldwell, guilty
Of clandestine rate cutting. The specific
charge made u that on January Is
Catherine D. Nellis Was sold .
limited first-class ticket from Tacoma to
Boston for SIS. when the scheduled rate.
publicly announced and also fled
With the interstate commerce commission
and under which tickets were being sold
BY other roads. was$7s70. Immediately
after the indictment was announced
warrants we're issued for the
local agents. Thompon and Caldwell.
Manager Fred w. Low. of the Bank OF
British Columbia, formally went their se-
cur,ty for their appearance in the sum OF
500 each. The arrangements were imme-
diateiy made to servs President Van
Horne. at Boston, and the others named
in the indictment. George Mel Brown,
Robert Kerr, J. Shearer and d. McNicoll.
Of the passenger and freight department,
wherever they could b found.
Catherine d. Nellis is Vermont girl.
Fred Kretchmaer 10 IN interstate COM
mission special agent and resides in
Chicago. Last winter when there was re-
ordinations among representatives. Of
transcontinental lines regarding the secret
slashing of rates, Kretchmaer was sent
here from Washington City to investigate.
He maintained thorough secrecy and
ticket 10 Boston for $6a This information
came BY chance and he followed Il up
until he learned who Miss Nellis vas and
where she went. He located her and she
was brought out here on the:quiet 10 testify
before the grand jury. She 10 still in the
city. but quite out Of sightf0 the present.
These facts disprove the allegations made
hero that the rivals of the Canadian Pa
cific railway had precipitated the trouble.
Ex-Postmaster Chambers is the man
who created sensation by refusing to
turn over the Kalama postoffice to his sue
cessor. He is charged with unlawfuliy
Withholding mail bags, stamps. etc, to
the amount Of $50.
Rev. Tom Sing will be remembered 40
the Chicago Monaghan who got thirty
two Cinnamon landed from the Northern
Pacific steamer Mogul on the statement
that they were Worlds fair actors and
with swearing that they were genuine
actors. On this statement Collector Was
son admitted the factors" The indictment
alleges that they were not ''actors." but
''laborers." Sing 10 therefore indicted for
perjury in addition TO smuggling in Chi
namen. He was to haye reported hero
this week, but has not arrived. He is out
on small cash bail. The grand jury 10 dis
charged.
Persons In Seattle who know Kretch meer and
Miss, or rather MrA Nellie, say that the woman
is the special agents stenozraphsr aud came to
the Coast with him. They we're In Seattle early
In Januasy.l