The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-15
Portland Collector Got $4,000
for Letting i'm Chinese.
TOM JORDAN TOOK MONEY. TOO.
Whitney L. Boise. Republican Chair
man for Oregon, Also Partner.
Aufkey. Friend OF Val Hastinga. .
Prostitute - sefd Back. Portland
Moral Shinsmsn. shown in . Bad
Lisht-Sat bium's Memoranda

FoRrLsSn. Dec i4-Tn the conspiracy
trias today the assistant postmaster ~ Ta-
coma testified thar c. ]. Mulkey. one Of
the defendants. rented box in the Ia
coma office under the name of Oliver
Budd.
Blum, when placed on the stand, said
he had known James Lofan for a number
of years. and that he had conversation
with Lotan three or four DAYS before his
appointment as collector OF customs.
Blum continued:
This conversation took place in front
OF Fieisehner, Mayer & Cos store, on
Front street. At tina. tine he explained
10 me that he wonid be appointed and con-
firmed inmed alely after the city election.
lie invited me 20 cali at his Office over
the willamette Iron Works. which did
next day. Lotan told me his financial po-
sitton was not very strong. and he pro-
posed 10 make all he could out
OF it. Possibly l suggested it to
him first. I.otan asked how il could
be one, and told him there were q num-
ber OF Chinese laborers who wanted to
come into the United states that could af-
ford 10 pay him $50 a head for every one
landed. He had me detail the plan. and
II was agreed that when ships came in /
was TO give in list of Cinnamon belong
ing 10 the United States. for which he was
TO De paid $50 a head, and money we re-
ceived for landing other Chinese
laborers belonging 10 other merchants
here we were to divide among our
selves. 1t was decided to let the
courts land those entitled 10 land, so as 10
keep the books of the custom house as
clear as possible. suggested. as Lotan
said he did not want To do the work of
landing them himself for the reason that
he could not afford TO, that he appoint
some good man from his Office who had
nerve 10 land the Cinnamon. He picked
out Cardinell who was second deputy COL
lector. 1 had talk with CardineIl, and he
asked me how Lotan was going to
appoint him inspector of Chinese. l sug-
gested that Charley was rather sickly. and
he might have his brother-in-law inter
cede with Mr.. Lotan 10 give him an easier
Job. In short time Cardineli became In
spector of Chinese. About this time
Whitney l.. Boise. an attorney, and chair
man of the Republican state central COM
mittee,' came TO see me aud said Lotan
thought had better not go to the Office
too much, and that / was tn make
out a list of the Chinese and give
IL to him TO give to Lotan. l gave
it to him every trip for awhile
until Lotan concluded the attorney was
making too much money. and he told me
when ships came in to report only half of
that il the ship brought twenty Cinnamon
the attorney would receive SIS for each of
the ten Cinnamon, instead of $50 or half of
500 instead of $1,000. After that Lotan
and | began handling the money be-
tween ourselves. In consideration OF Seid
Back setting as interpreter he was to get
his Cinnamon landed for SIS head. 1t
was necessary to have an interpreter who
would see that Cinnamon answered ques-
tions satisfactorily. On March /. 1885.
paid Lotan S2459. and he gave me back
$50 for self and $3.50 for Mulkey. That
was the money | collected from China
town for landing Cinnamon. Nine hun
dred dollars of that came from Seid Back"
A note in Lotans handwriting. ad-
dressed to Paddock. customs inspector,
was introduced, 1t reads as follows:
Charley, have good information that
Ching Ching See and Hoe Hong are sli
right. and If you find their certificates
land them. jim"
Blum stated that the Chinese each paid
so, and on receiving the money he turned
il over to Lotan. The examination was
then directed to a conference of some of
the defendant. which took place in Val
Hastings room. On being asked who Val
was, Blum replied: "Oh. she is girl
Iofan and Mulkey and | were very fond
Of" lie afterwards acknowledged
that she lived in house of
very shady reputation. The Chinese
brought over on the steamer. Blum
continued, were instructed by the steamer
cook what to say At the examination. The
blanks were filled out in Bium's office. ne.
Dunbar or lacking putting in witnesses
names and seid Back or other prominent
Cinnamon adding Ch,pese signatures.
When the Merchants Steamship Com
pany quit business they owed Loian about
si.ooo. Blum estimated the amount of
money paid by him to Collector Lotan at
about SO 900.
Blum also testified that he paid Thomas
Jordan, captain of customs inspectors,
sioo0 during the brief time he was in on
the deal. number Of letters from Blum
and Dunbar TO Wilson. their agent at
Victoria, containing illusions TO shipping
Chinese. were introduced.
Ex-Treasury Agent GoblentI was then
put on the stand to testify TO the hand
writing OF a number Of letters alleged to
have been written by Mulkey.
Blum had a memorandum Of the trans
actions betw cen January 10 and 20, is'ci.
Among the items Of receipts and expendi-
tares mentioned in the memorandum are
Remittance from Mai. John Wilson for
passenger money. $50. paid Lotan, sia0;
received from Seid Back $3.50. remit
tance from wilson for Chinese passenger
account. Ss73 ~, gave Jaekiing 80 and SO;
raid l.otan 500; sold TWO Chinese tickets
10 s%id Back for $5o; received from Wilson
for tickets sold Chinese, 500: paid Boise
$50: paid Tom Jordan $50; received re-
n,ittance from Wilson. $f7S, for Chinese
passengers; paid Boise $50; paid Lotan
s2se; paid Mukey $3.50. Blum stated
thst Dunbar had left ia ms hands a check
drawn in favor of Boise for 500, which he
took up and paid in cash. He sold
number of tickets TO Seid Back and other
Chinese. who are accounted for in the
memorandum.
At adjournment no little eonrnotion was
caused by Judge Bellinger announcing
that she Jury room eonld be Supplied with
daily papers. After considerable arFu-
rneut il was ordered that all reference 90
the trial De cut out OF the papers.
An Oregon Murderer Escapes.