The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-11
THE OLSEN'S CREW
Examined and Held for a
Higher Court.
FIVE sEArIEN CONFESSED.
The Story of the Trip Given in De-
tail by One Sailor and Seconded
by Others.

The officers and crew of the steamer
Louis Olsen. the smuggler, were taken
before Commissioner Sawyer yesterday and
held for trial. Captain Deering, master of
the vessel, was held with bail fixed at
$4,000, while the bonds of the others were
fixed al 5000 each.
The owner and, in fact, every person
connected with the smuggler have always
called the suspicion which has been cast
upon the Olsen an outrage upon their hon.
esiy, and have also said that they were not
guilty
So we'll did all hands stick to their story
that the owners thought that they would
all be cleared at the hearing yesterday.
They were doomed to disappointment. how
ever, and were greatly surprised when one
of the crew, whose name is Wells, turned
States evidence and gave the whole snap
away"
When the arrested men saw that it was
OF no use to deny their guilt any longer
they looked glum, indeed, and four more of
them offered TO give then testimony to aid
in the conviction OF their companions in
crime.
The only man whose testimony was taken
was Wells, and his story was substantially
as follows:
~ first shipped on the Olsen on the LIST oil
February, 1892. She was then lying 10 the
voyage to the Japan coast, and returned
TO this port in the month of August, 1892.
remaining in this port until the 18th OF last
October. On this trip l went on the vessel.
having made an agreement with man
named Lupp. While the vessel was in San
Francisco | had talk with the owner of
the YES sci, William Olsen. He Informed
me that he could give me few months,
work. On the last "trip went on board on
the 9th of October"
The witness identified the officers and
crew OF the Olsen. who were present in
the room.
'Lupp told me that the vessel was bound
for the north on a fishing trip and then TO
China" continued Wells.
"While we were lying in the Oakland
Creek lot of lumber was taken on board.
| should Judge there might have been 1900
feet in all. which was used. after we had
been at sea a week, to build number OF
hunks, which were subsequently occupied
by Chinese.
They were built in the form of hollow
square. and we're capable of holding about
fifty or sixty men, We did not know what
these were for. as there had been nothing
said about Chinese when we left this city.
I'VE made our first stop at Port Shook on
Barclay Sound, British Columbia. and on
the second day OF our stav were ordered to
n trading station cdlleu Logan Dy man
named William Stewart. On our arrival at
that place we took on our passengers, who
were thirty-five in number and all Chinese,
and came in charge OF the same man who
had ordered US TO that place.
"At the same time box about four feet
In length. two feet wide and sixteen inches
deep, and which | now believe contained
about $4,000 worth of opium, was taken on
board.
Stewart remained with us this time and
we Immediately set sail tor Monterey, Cal.
and reaching there we pulled a boat in
shore, took a look at the surf, pulled back
to the vessel and took six Chinese and Will
liam Stewart ashore. The boat was cap
sized and another one put out from the YES
sci and took us back.
IL was in the boat which capsiZed. There
were emily six Chinese landed on the Mon
terev beach and the rest were landed at
Carmel Bay, where the box was also put
ashore.
After leaving Carmel Bay we proceed ed
back TO Barclay Sound and went to point
known as Raney Bay, and after remaining
a few days we proceeded to this city,"
The owner If the steamer, William Olsen,
had consulted with the witness and eau
toned him to keep his own counsel
1t was not learned from Wells how much
money was made out Of the tran saetiop.
The landing of the Chinese at both points
along the coast was done at an hour near
midnight.