The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-21
CONLIN THE DUPE.
An Opium Story Involving
Customs Officials.
AnAccusED smueGLER's STORY
He Says Depnty Sheriff conitn Went
shares on the Dope, bat Got Fake
stun-Maioney's Moves.

worry Deputy Collector Of Customs " 7.
Nalonev. OF Whatco1a, and Deputy sher1H
conIin. OF the same city. who 10 q canal
date for the Democrats nomination Tor
sheriff Of Whatcom county. The story
hangs largely on the fact that be -
charged With smuggling the cans and not
opiufn. and he claims thai the whole al
fair Is the result Of scheme put up by
Malouey and Conlin, In which he was
their dune, His account OF the alleged
smuggling was given 20 Posr-lsrELLi-
aKrcKg reporter yesterday at the county
iail. together with his account OF how the
incorruptibIe officials tried TO prevent him
from telling their part in it.
The story is given for whas IL IS worth.
with the warning that il Is always unsafe
TO rely upon the uncorrobcrated testimony
OF an accusedfgiven In order 70 exonera-e
himself. haloney and Conlin are entitled
20 hearing before they are condemned.
There ia no evidence even In jenkins
narrative that MaIoney had any improper
part in the transaction, and Conlin ; share
may possibly have been only that OF decoy
for . man suspected OF being engaged in
smuggling. jenkins story Is as follows:
at was about May 26 or q that Conlin
came to me and asked me If | could get
100 pounds of dope. lie proposed that l
should buy the stuff on the other side ana
bring ia over and le. him take half inter
est in ii IL he put up half the price. 1
said had about eighty pounds near mis-
sion. though | had none and never saw
any dope but he wanted 100 pounds and
asked how much IL would cost him 10 so
halves on it, or course | bad no dope,
bat told him it was worth $3.50 q pound
on the other side and that would make
his share $500 lie made three trips TO
Alder Grove OH the Yale road, four miles
north OF the boundary. to see me about II
before he could raise the money, but on
the third trip be paid $50 to a man who
Was with me. l do not care 10 give the
mans name, but he was an old friend OF
Coniin and that is Why Coniin took II as al
right. although his friend and had been
working half q day putting fresh Labels on
IL to cover up the tar and molasses which
had leaked out from the cans. got TO
Alder Grove at o'clock on June 2, then
went TO LINDEN aud hired a buggy, for
which Conlin gave me So, and drove back.
l waited an hour before Contin came and
then we drove across the line, Coniin GO
ing about 800 yards ahead in his own
buggy ut first. according TO agreement.
But he soon put on the pace and got cut
Of sight.
"When I got TO the Nooksack bridge,
this side of Lynden. Maloney and Inspec-
tor Gourley, the immigration inspector,
jumped up from under the approaches OF
the bridge and Maloney covered me with
his gun and said:
81 want to see what you have got under
that seat
II said, You seem to have pretty good
idea what is under the seat Then he
picked up q can which had fermented so.
that the stuff had all run out but the saw
dust, and wanted to know what 1t was. j
said il was tar, molasses and sawdust.
Then he took me In his buggy. and Gour-
ley took my rig back to Lynden- We drove
back half mile towards Lynden until We
met Coniin, who had driven about two
miles ahead of us and left his buggy in
the brush and then come back on foot to
meet US. Ii was pitch dark and raining
and we could not sec, but when Conlin
met US he said:
lis that you, Maloneyf
'Maioney said, Yes, it's all right and
we drove on to Whatcom, finding Coniin's
buggy two miles this way. Maloney drove
over o log or the road and broke down the
rig and gave rancher 81 to fix IL, but
neither he nor Coniin offered TO help him.
I'VE got to Whatcom early on the
morning of June 3. Sunday. and Ma
loney gave strict orders that nobody
should DO allowed TO see me In jail there,
not even an attorney. lie took away all
NV money, SOS. of which SIS was given me
by man at Alder Grove to pay TO friend
at Whatcom. On the Sunday morning
Conlin came in and said IL | would give
him his money back he would square the
thing up. l said:
mo, will not give you = nickel, and
he said
al viii give you till tomorrow to think
IL over
Gle came back next morning and o.
fered TO settle for SIS, bnt l said: No,
Won't do IL Then be jumped at me with
both hands. but told MIN 20 keep his I'm
gers of. Then Maloney came in aud said /:
Give me this money (the $2Sl that | have
got of you and will drop it, l told him
Ne, | won. give you q scent piece. Then
he said: I'LL have you sent over the road
for smuggling tins, but | said: If go
there viii be two OF us at the same time.
Next day conlin came in again and said :
Won never paid for that rig; you give me
thas IS or I'll choke the life out OF YOU
I've got all the prisoners as witnesses TO
that, for they saw him make graft at me-
81 was taken before United States Com
missioner Williams ON the Monday. and
he set my hearing for the next Monday ut
~ o'clock and liked my ponds a. $780,
though two Frenchmen who pleaded gality
were only ordered 70 give SsSo bonds each.
| was not allowed 20 see anybody 10 get
bonds, and the jsiler. Bert Hopkins, told
me both Maioney and Conlin gave him
strict orders 10 allow no attorney, especi-
ally. to see me. AZ O'Clock on the FOL.
lowing Monday morning bench warrant
Was sworn out for me 10 appear before
Judge uAnford, because they we're afraid
l should be discharged ~ the hearing az 10
o'clock that morning. Then they brought
me up here. and my bonds were fixed ~
81 500 by the United States court I could
get bonds IN town ~ deputy marshal
would take me out, bat when | send word
down town for one. they say Yes. bat he
does not come"
Jenkins is now under indictment for
smuggling the opium cans and Is 20 De
tried at this term Of court His story re.
ceives some confirmation from the follow
Ing special dispatch from Whatoom. the
official frst mentioned being evidently
Maloney and the other Official being Con.
Ian:
wHArcox. June fS-Fsrecial liz has
leaked Qua that uron the day or evening
following the recent arrest Of = man
named Jsnkins Tor smuggling. whose tFiai
~ the Nay. IS 10 come up in Seattle in a
day ar two. q prominent Official visited
him N jail and was heard 90 say to him
'if ven keep your mouth shut about this
matter | wtis see that yea set clear, bat u
yeu ocnf keen your id mouth shut
will shove you through" As Jenkins.
who Was Formerly a motosmAn on the
street railway here. has little or no money
and wesl-knowa Seattle lawyer has been
engaged 90 defend ham. Il is presumed be
sccepted the officials alternative and prom
Used 10 make no unnecessary disclosures
Daring the short time that he Was in
1ail here the orders were very strict that
TO one eut the officers should be permitted
50 see hinl, and as soon - possible be Was
hurried eff 20 Seattle. When he was ar
d a l. A. A