The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-10

x,,~. .~tsxs wh~u the scent was caught 40
which pus tbs ro0ters on Aaiksys trail
Over in Victoria ne Lsesy WA - Dc known
An certain circles 81 srerial sgsuf Of The
treasury. sent on 20 look into matters.
Howevsr, In order not TO Dc ezHgnf nap
ring ard be opsn 20 charges Of misreprs-
seutatsor. DeLscsy was ali along TO pro-
tsss that he vas not connected With the
eoverrrent, and. no matter what came OF
the matter. he Vas not 10 appear 81 wlt-
ness against any smuyyler, fnasnnuen ss
he did not wish TO have IL understood that
he was interested IN digging ~ evidence
In . personal way against any rasa. Even
nov Mr.. DeLse~y H. 10th 20 discuss ths
matter, and has not even taken the paans
to preserve the Newspaper articles th@s re-
suited from the exposure which be, IN
connection with CooientE. subsequently,
effected.
The purpose Of allowing IL 70 90 out
sfnong certain persons that Dsiscey vas
. speeGag agent Of ths treasury was 70
render them more psSable IN yielding NJ
certain facts and Information. Inc real
starting point Rss rsgarilng MAJ. 5ehn
Wilson'S interests In tie Wilmington,
which vas lost, and which carried contra
band Cinnamon and opium. The VIII
rnlneson was bound for Portland. and
Wilson had loaded her. He sued Tor MS
losses when she was wrecked. and the snis
vas thrown OFT because u vas claimed ne
could not summons witnesses from Oregon.
MARTA Egan. city editor Of the Sietor's
Times, told DeLaesy about the Whining
tons cargo being contrabsud, and Coz
ianfr and DeLaeey decided that that was
the point 20 begin getting their auguf iato
the smuggling rang.
Then foiloRsd weeks Of meetings. saloon
f1ik-. In which DeLacsy reports soDisntz
spending money ike water, his expenses
for one night being over so While De-
Lacey started out TO look an evidences
against all suspected persons. and while
he vas accused several times during the
early weeks Of the hunt OF locking AFTER
Gob4entx, he nos SAYS he never found any.
thing or sas anything that would indicate
tsAt COblsntx was tn any manner crooked
~ q government officer.
Finally wilson was drawn into the
nlesheA Of coblsaiz and DeIaeey. With
ont any effort 90 bis part DsI.aeey soon
found thas after he joined issue with
Cobleniz things began TO come has way
faster than ever before cobleniz. De-
Lacey SAYS. accomplished things he could
modsstly states that he gave Cobleatz
some pointers tina, the latter did not al
least know before 81 any rate 1t Was
arranged that Mai Wilson who. although
: smuraler on wholesale scale. was ia
appearance ssaia aad conservative Ea-
glsn nabob. should meet with Coblentz
aud DsIacey in the Office OF L nitsd States
Consul Myers at Victoria and produce the
tnfxaar hffuseff ard the
Portland ring There we're 100 Of these
DOCUMENTS, among which was the refer
enoe 10 the cutting of rates on Cinnamon
coming into The country via the inside
Puget sound route, and connecting Mui-
key with the deals. Ga this point De-
Lacey says:
IF Ar. Malkey was not Interested then
the fellows that eonspised against him, as
he protests. were very clever In the man
ner IN which they connected him with the
smuggling deals long before IL was pro-
posed 10 dig mp the evidence that broke up
the big com bination."
Wilson was vindietive OF course. because
he could not recover from his Portland
friends who we're interested with him in
smuggling, and, as he Was led 10 believe
that DsLacey was in position to be able
to do him great service. as \ officer OF the
Blum, Dunbar and the rest when the APP
pointed time came.
IL has been repeatedly narrated how
. key TO the letters and kilograms passing
between the smugglsrs unfolded the fact
that orders for sacks Of potatoes, and
other articles Of general merchan-
disc, indicated that so many
pounds of opium or so many raw
Cinnamon were 10 lie smnggled over
on the next boat Cobleniz took three
manifold copies Of the letters. and notl-
fed the secretary of the treasury of whA;
had been obtained. IL has been charged
mp to cobients that he interested himself
in order. If possible, to hold bis position
under Democratic administration. De-
Lacey does not believe anything of the
sort. He considered Cobleniz a brave.
fearless officer, who had 4 grievance
sgains, Muikey, and was ever active to
show iusi what he believed all the SNUG
gleFs had done. neLacey saws:
'Cohienlx had few close friends. snd he
always seemed suspicious Of rybody
until he came TO trust man. | would
not give him chance 30 draw gun on
are If could help Il. Il had troable with
him, "a be would shoot under what he
considered pFovocation. | surmise be
thought did not fear him. and no vas
always honorable with me.
II reckon the bic sm juggling ring took
over Il. coo pounds # opium and 30 or
l so Cinnamon. making on the latter
from $50 10 sSo. after paying the customs
officers from $40 TO So per head. They
smagEled ia 50 much opum that the
price was ran down from SO % 81 per
pound 20 s. per pound. and squeezed cut
all the little sra uggiers. However, they
made no money IS their losses en- The
WILMINGTON aud the s0,0s9 forfeit lost
On the Zamhesl broke them up. together
with other losses hy seizure. BEFORE they
rot through with Wilson they paid him =
large sum. / suspect % prevent him from
gotns over 20 testify against them.
"biliy lacking. chef engineer OF the
Nayttan Republic, Vas one OF the Slickest
81 the smuEglers. but Dunbar was the
brains 81 the gang. lacking used - carry
about notarY's seal and make afidavlts
rs the wholesale Tor green Cinnamon. thus
tsstifyinE that they ha3 oesn IA this
country before.
lie Lacey says all the wires were laid for
sslEinE the Hsytisn Republic when she
entered American waters. three weeks
before the seizure was m sde at Seattle ~
Special Agent ot the Treasury Depart
msnt Woods.
The key 60 the rings dispatches VS.
found among lot % papers iud.screetly
lsft By Special Agcat MuIkey's ncphsw IN
. room IN Robert Ehmsn's lodging hoass
in this city. where chameeEmaid foand
them.
Pear TowSsrNp Pee. q Special The
news OF the discovery Of dishonesty on the
rart OF Warden coslsats snd his sahse-