The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-10
5PoITp NOT GUILTY.
Z. Evidence at All to Sustain
smuggling Charges
- orHea CASES CONTINUED.


~<-~.l;miossy hearing Of the charge Of
- f.srhir< se into the United States
80 srssnst n @. Harrington. Z. ".
s. - ID brother, Ciaud Ircup. j..
49, "a r.. g. Baldwin was resumed
80 ,fnlsed States Commissioner En-
3. " - United States court room. in
~ ~ r.snsn bloek, yesterday, and was the
"a <ome amusement and a grea.
- = s1ffsfarfion TO the large audience
= $500 men. friends of the defend
"a tks customs officers who made
- - .~..st snd who were trying hard TO
-. 1.-.~t ia men, II IL serions business,
49,. Il he men, Claud Troup, has
- 9 .I.~edv discharged as innocent by
=. <omnissioner without hearing and
- -. continued to allow the official
-. ~ 10 gstfer Esere evidence TO JUS
- AZ iouger holding of the other four.
"a h1aripg was resumed yesterday
..o,nsnx. sfser continuance from Friday
- riieh vas made in order to allow
- Tinted States TO gather more evidence.
-. f7cited States was represented By
n..rsrt Attorney Brinker. so important
8 lhs case deemed, while John Fairfield
.k.~1red for the accused men. The wit
800 l,y rhom the United States wishes
Z rfovs that the yoiga was in Oyster
IL ssw olympia. on September f6s when
Q rsuher of eontraband Chinese were
l.oded ct that place. were sworn and
<xyx xstimony. The first Of them was
c. Rsreiyal, OF Olympia. who saw the
v.,xs king al his wharf on that morning
aaosclock. He did not know whether
a. had come from Seattle or Oyster bay.
favvsv he saw no Chinese on board of
h,r. ]. j. BALDWIN and Mark Mack gave
testimony 70 the same effect, and then
Cspt Fssnk Thomas. of the steamer
Doctor VS. svosn He had seen the volga
off Hunters point on the morning of the
dar IN question Ut about daylight. He
eouId not say where she was coming from,
0ssser bar or Seattle.
Nsxs came the only amusing incident Of
shstral. Hong Fsi. one of the Chinese
sIiessd to have been smuggled. took the
stssa He said he had come recently
from Victoria on steamer; he did not
knor the name. There were sixteen other
Chinese on board and several white men.
Hesss asked to identify the white men If
shsy rare In the room, but the defend
mis- vcre not pointed out by him nor were
ar other persons. such testimony as
thiz VS. Of course n black eye for the
Unitsd States. and so no objection was
nsds BY Mr.. Brinker when Troup was or
dsred discharged on notion Of Mr.. Fair
"a.
The testimony of several witnesses who
ssFs familiar with the whereabouts of II.
q Darlington during the week previous TO
We capture was taken. They agreed that
dsnng most OF the time he was sick in
NJ near Everett on the east side of the
tand The case was then adjourned un-
q Thursday, when the government otfi-
~ expect to have braced up their case in
nas respects.
There Is one thing that has developed.
sssser. and that is that Deputy United
Bates Marshal Quilter. the famous
amateur detective whose
lsssr attempts at the capture OF Defaulter
haf and whose amusing disguise while
showing l., ID. Ross in Victoria are so
Aniliar TO the public, Is not the only bud
1ng detective in the government service
! this city. He has a dangerous rival in
~. Burns. the customs inspector. The
atsef has been hard ut work upon the
,tessnt case for several weeks. but with
'nly moderate success so far, II his testi-
ncny last Friday regarding an attempt 10
pump the defendant Ryan and lead him
o ''squeal' on his companions may DO
AIKEN as an exposition of his detective
Methods. He said then that when be was
'pumping" Ryan aud trying TO get him to
'squsal" the latter suddenly turned with
The query:
Say, what do you take me for; a Captain
Kid"
Burns replied: Come in out Of the
vet
i won't, quoth the doughty Ryan: at
M = raining, and just then the detective
Ell his subject 20 his reflections.