The morning call., 1893-10-13
. NO=iCHARGES MADE.
ki}spector Noyes Still in
Official Favor.
TfE:"=WAS. NOT INVESTIGATED.
An Attack Which Government Off
:: Gals Declare Was Without the
-: Shadow of Foundation.


+: CGstOnl- house declared yesterday that In
speefor: Noyes had not been investigated
. br:Celector Wise. a morning paper had
+. published. an article which claimed that
IN @yes had: been found guilty of falsfying
papers to .::iand Chinese Illegally, that the
: Collector: had laid traps for him and even
: tttalIy gathered sufficient information to
. iustifva charges to the Treasury Depart
l:~=neht at Washington. with these charges.
$50. the: article stated. Collector Wise had
gone TO- the: capital. and the result would
be a=fZnsf0nI-house scandal. If what the
heads OF local customs departments say be
:. true: these allegations were the veriest con-
-. Nry6s .:1ieclares he is not in the least
: -troiibled oyer the outcome. Jealousy and
:. .keEtish 1i(6tives, he claims, prompted an at
: :IfajK up0n him without regard for truth of
~,alle5Ea ti0ps. made.
:: ''iEh%s Is :an~un generous attack" said be
= yesterttay. at the Custom-house. "Un-
.~(1tqbfedl u iteame from Leclair Phenix, re-
$iCen Ely: assigned as assistant to Special
= Aggen t. Of the Treasury Evans. PheniX
.caIne, tQ:SaI. Francisco about three months
*ag0:- lie sked- me 10 take him with me
:. whenever Imade seizures and L asked Mr..
: Ay.ise;' the: Collector. if l should take Phe-
nlX With me on these occasions. 1t was all
:betause <PhehiX wanted newspaper motor
iety and appear important at Washington.
The <GOllector said: No. go yourself ;
don't have: any person with you Now
theTeason why know he must have started
e. Ibis Sfefy. is that no living man but he
+kntW..* about my seizure on the Oregon
dock ABOUT six weeks ago. which is men
tiGned in this attack on me. He is angry |
-didn' take him In, and think he Is at the
= bdttem Of the story.
:. ..@,s$llectOT Wise gave me sOme:very i'm
=.p6Ttant work TO perform just the moment
.befoFe he:left and on October l received
:: d letter from Washington instructing me
=: .rud0 imp0rtant work for the department.
I have worked for the Government faith
fully, as the records will show.
ASK Deputy Collector jerome or United
s tates District Attorney Garter about my
q. 1ee0rd.
81 don't believe Pm under any investiga-
ton, and | don't believe Mr.. Wise has any
charges before the department. He did
send a letter to the department asking that
=. / be not transferred from his office. and
: MT. Jerome knows that very important
matters. were left in my hands by the
Collector, l have had nothing to do with
the examination of Chinese for months.
The only Chinese case in which l was en-
gagged for months was that of Wong Guy
of San Jose, and he was deported."
e" Deputy Collector Jerome, though disin-
,cJned TO speak upon official business, said
II he Collector left Mr.. NOYes in charge OF
very important commissions before leaving
xsr Washington, such matters as would
9t De trusted to a man under iDVestiga-
t1ofL"
Did. the Collector take with him to
.: WaS'hEugton charges and documentary evil
denea: against Inspector Noyes showing
III al: Moves is corrupt" was asked.
The Collector took away with him
Chinese statistics running as far back as
- TO be used in Congress in the Chinese
exc usion debate. But there was nothing
q gaanst 1G2 NOyes. Indeed, / know that
Mr.; Moves is not under an investigation.
Ii anything of that nature took place l
would certainly hear of it."
In reply 10 question if Fred Merker, a
br0IheT-in-law of Collector Wise, and also
AEf:. McInerney, brother of Garret Nc
IneFney. were recommended for Inspector,
5 one to take NOyes' place. he would not
dsfiy they had been. Still be declined to
say anything about this significant matter.
DEPUTY Surveyor J. j. TObin said be
knew nothing Of Mr. NOyes' business, as
lie Had none with him IN the Chinese bu-
. reau.
:Aoyes sent telegram to the Treasury
Department yesterday asking that an in-
veStigatiOn be held into his actions.
District Attorney Garter does not hesi-
tgta- TO say that Phenix is responsible fol
> The attack on Noyes.
PheniX admits that he has been investi.
eating N0ves' official record and present
. afotidns, but adds be made no report so far
70 the Treasury Department at Washing
ton, He denies having given out that Col
leetor Wise would make charges against
Moves in- Washington on arriving there
though "a friend might have spread the
fUm0r:aQd in so doing violated confidence