The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-29
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STEWART q HOLMES DRuG coxP'Y

Of the latter's wife made fatsering offers of
employment in Alaska. suggested sus-
pscions about the wreck and advised COM
pliance with Mccarthy's request
Mr.. Piles having thus outlined the case
he called Thomas A. Green, . former
owner Of the boat; j. B. Bangs, father Of
the accused captain. John w. Fields and
e. II. Coolidge. who all claimed to be ship
carpenters, and testified that . log striking
. vessel such as the Parker, when running
five or six knots an hour against head
tide, would do serious injury and might
stave . hole in her which would sink her.
though they had never known such case.
Bangs father said that before the vessel
sailed he ran ashore AZ Ballard and found
her timbers rotten except the bottom.
which was new. and he cautioned his son
not to go.
Then Hsay told bis story on the stand
He went on board the Parker on Decem-
Der / and she left Seattle eight or nine
days LATER and arrived at Port Angeles on
December 81 They landed the guns and
valises, took out four tons of ballast and
bought boat and anger from Carver, the
latter being needed to make new pump
boxes. Then he told the story of the col
lision with q tree, two and half to three
feet through, the fight of the crew in the
sealing boat and the sinking of the ship
twenty minutes later. The crew arrived
in Seattle on the steamer on December 81,
and week later he made statement in
Burns & Atkinsons office, that icing the
first he knew of the insurance. Then he
told of his several interviews with Nc
Carthy and how the willy detective won
his confidence with cigars, whisky and
dinners, finally taking him to his room
and introducing him to Campbell Then
Heay told the story about the Alaska
schooners Mccarthy spoke OF the state
ment made before Burns & Atkinson, say
ing he believed it to be correct. Heay
then testified that McCarty said next:
"But do you know / can have you and
Bangs both hung if want tor You're in
my power, but do not want to hurt you.
Provided you do as tell you, you will be
all right Besides, you wilr make nearly
enough money out of it to buy or build
boat for yourselves, and / will make
money and reputation out of ii. and the
captain will make money and nobody will
be any the wiser. Now, you can do as
want You to do. or | can have you hung If
see tit; I'll do IL If you don't submit TO
what / ask you now. / have got detec-
tives all over the Coast. and can get men
to come up and swear to anything / want
can bring men up here to swear they
heard you and the captain talk about sink
ing the ship. and what can you dot You
have not money enough to raise the ves-
sci, and that Is the only way you can prove
you did not bore holes in her."
Heay then went on to say:
she got me kind of scared at last and /
did not know what to say. Then he ex-
planned the whole thing and how we could
all make money out OF it. He said he had
millions of dollars back of him and went
on: i am marine adjuster of all the insur-
ence on the Coast and am president of the
Fireman's Fund. and can do anything /
want with any of the officers of the law
He wanted me to go out and see Bangs
and get Bangs to say he and / together
sank the vessel I: that statement would not
amount to anything. but was simply for
the purpose OF making him all right with
the insurance companies. He then offered
me half of his 80 per cent. OF the insurance
for me and Bangs, and said there would
be twenty-five so gold pieces for me be-
sides IL / would get Bangs into it, He
seemed to be perfect gentleman. and /
thought he was at the time"
Heay then said that he wrote a note
from the county jail to Mccarthy. asking
the latter to come and see him, which Nc
earthly did. The note was handed by Mr..
Robertson to Mr.. Piles, and the latter con-
ferred with his associate, ID. 4. Bouier, in
regard to it for several minutes, then de-
cided not to Introduce IL in evidence. An
adjournmens was taken with Hesy still on
the stand.