The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-11

abons the whole thing"
NJ Da.lubsrrs thea cans and gave lis
story. ~ follows:
81 never was approached by Cooienfr,
and the frss fntlmaficn had OF crooked
work was wben be changes our sys%m-
Tpor one or two occasions ! ca4lea eot-
lsntx's alter tioa % errors bit eosia zS1
no satssfsction- i spoxs 20 BIN o1ce
si,et,t "a grregnl arity Of :, 0pe sscEs sent 70
Tpraxue. lie paid no attention. and when
4 .rsoAs n him about II a second time he
tola ne WsdIake would attend 20 ~ That
va.ths last Ola ! say his object, and
understood I Vas % say nothing ha9
received letter from ny wifs one DAY
ard vas downhssrtsd. tooien1 noticed
il and asked me what Was the mastsr-
told nlgn. He Asksd rne how she was q rec
financially and replied: Not very com
fortabiy.' He handed me So, and SAL 70
send ID 20 her. l tod him / did nos IKE
70 accent It. lie insisted, and 1 did ssna
her the money. / knew Cobleniz ~on1a
get caught q, bis work owing TO the sys-
TEN ne Vas using
T1aslnberre than gave an onslIns OF the
vav CobIsntz worked his stealing. IL
MI. be seen that Alherlsou was forced TO
fsissfy the BOOKS. Is Is 20 the credit OF
Albertson that he notified DepDty Cam
eron and Chief Clerk Collins on the NEXT
entries. Aibertson has shown Gn honest
spirit. and il siil no doubt Dc appreeiatsf
by the ogi.eisls Ia addition 10 what was
said regarding the Cobiensz matter Al
bertson said: 81 see some OF the payers
hare it that am insane and nnssil.
would Ike 20 say that my health was
never better mentally" The statemsnt
Yesterday that DnsnberEe stood IN with
A $500 ri
foundation. Ga the other hand, he has
been duly esoBsFated by iae acting war
sssn aud tas directors. lie has always
been obilglng. courteous aud sasrgefie'
he SAYS he has hopes Of some day being
restored 20 bis wife. and be wtli be vlhdi-
Gated from the unjust accusations thss
have been made against him. Chandler,
whose duty II is and vas 70 attend to Coo
lengx's mail. was IN no wey connected
with the crook sdness of Cobleatz. he
admits that he knew what would happen
TO Cobleafz, for be was ina position TO
know Of some Of his ma1euFsra Chandler
has 1T times been attending 10 dsposating
and drawing money 81 tho bnnx. having
handled rs high a. $50 coo at enc time, but
never has there been one charge brought
against him for being Negligent or IN
subordinate ia the transaction Of his
duties.
The whole matter has silted down 10
NidIake. who was the one that helped
Cob.entz dstraud the state wiiltully. lie
has been put in n conv.ct's suit, and IL at
work IN the jase mill. lie has two yesrs
yet To serve. When the governor was here
Wtilake would not diyulge thing. and
he has remarked that "he never did give
friend away. and lie would not now lie
has. since the governors departure. asked
10 see him. ". II. slime. OF this city. has
been appointed uy the directors TO take an
Inventory Of the jate aad brick depart
mants and expert the books, Frank Bis
son. one OF Coblentk' bondsFnen, is here
looking into the affair. Chairman Nye
says the bondsmen are perfectly good and
will pay their obligation.
CHrHAIis. Dec. 10. -[Spseisi. ll-Ciov. Nc
Gfaw arrived here from Walia Wasla to-
night. Speaking Of the sffair at the peni-
Tertiary. he said the amount OF Coblentz'
defalcatiou might not exceed Si2. 500
Private memoranda kept by the superin-
tendent of the factory and the superin-
tendent of the warehouse after they began
70 suspect crookedness will probably ens-
lie the directors TO estimate with tolerable
exactness the amount Coblentz converted
20 his own use. The governor does not
accuse Widlsks and Dasinberre OF being
Coblentx' accessories He says no induce
msnts were held out to these men TO talk.
but they ware given an opportunity. The
governor SAYS that 90 far as be has been
able to discover Dusinberrs's actions were
honest. MF. Bison. one Of Coblsntx's
bondaInen. was in Walla Waila yesterday
and stated his readiness to make good his
portion OF the shortage whenever sscer-
tanned.
The governor denied that when sheriff Of
klngeounty he filed written charges against
CoblensH as stated BY Tacoma paper
After the killing OF Deputy Sheriff Poor,
as the request OF Sheriff woolery, PooE's
friend hal written Senator Allen asking
Cohlea,E'. dismissal. Learning this. the
assistant attorney general protested that
CoblenE wAs the most useful man in the
service in the district, and al his instance
he wired Allen not % heed the letter lie
had no acquaintance with Coblentr, and
appointed him warden on the recon-
menaation Of the most influential Rspub-
licans Of both KiuE and Pierce counties
CosLESTz Ann TuE sauoGLEas.
WeFk-stevs he Lacey's story.
TIE death Of sx.N arden J. II. CoblentE
has awakened rev interest In the Port
land smuggling ring. especially because
be hes been credited with collecting ths
evidences that broke up the ring. liz may
be sarprise 30 many to hear that the
ring hAd been broken before Coblentg
vent 10 work, and that he got much Of
the information Oh which subsequent con-
viet,ons were made from William Jack
ling. chief engineer Of the notorious snug
lins steamer Haytlan Repaue. Can't
jack Barek. Who IS nos on tho police
fierce, MAS in company with CohlentE one
evening IN April. iSla when Jsckling told
Cobleuss thss the Hsy;iAn Republic would
land sky Cinnamon a. Portland the fol-
loving nleht. and this Is said to have led
% the exposure Snd prosecution OF the
smngslers One OF the members Of the
broken Firs gave a Posr- INtxIl4gxscxH
reporter the foliosiag story yesterday
afternoon;
There are ssvsrs! persons. Including
CoblentE and p. A. Mckenzie. who claim
the credit Of breaking NJ the Portland
Ttng. NoS, asa matter Of fact. the ring
suspended operations IS = rlnx January
10 ISIS. which was some sime before Cob
leafs d "a Asy ectual work Ia fact Cob
leafs vimpsv collected evidence enough 20