The morning call., 1894-05-15
Miller's Mother and Sister on
the Stand.
DEFENSE WILL BEGIN TODAY.
How an Attorneys Gentle Hint
Caused Wichman to Pay a Debt.
A Jealous Fisherman.

or the Emerald smuggling case In the
United States District Court and exhausted
its fund of information for the enlighten-
ment Of the jury.
There was quite large crowd in at
tendance, and the fascination which for
some reason attaches to smuggling opera
lions held them in the gloomy courtroom
through out the afternoon.
DR.. Young, who has been men toned In
connection with some statements regard
ing the case, appeared and asked permis-
sion to address the court and jury, but was
denied that privilege.
Mrs. A. E. Miller, mother of Fred
Miller. who has been of great assistance 10
the officers in revealing the operations of
the gang, was the first witness called. She
told of visit which Captain Voss paid to
her house in July, when he said he had
good position for Fred. She sent her
daughter to Fruitvale to tell Fred about it,
and this led to his going with the Emer-
aid. She saw Captain Voss pay her son
$50 for the first trip.
This testimony was corrobOrated by that
of Miss Lizzie Miller, the daughter IF the
former witness.
w. j. Stone, proprietor of Stones ship
yard, told of having made certain repairs
on the Emerald and described the move
ments OF the yacht and her crew while off
the yard. 1t was Stones boat that was
used In landing the first load of Chinese
E. j. Stones testimony was in relation
t. the same matters and not of especial in
terest.
Alexander G. Eel, a lawyer, was called to
the stand and questioned about his services
to NJ iler in his effort to collect SIS from
Wicnman for services rendered on the
sioop.
George A. Knight objected that the ques-
ton was as to privileged communication
from a client to his lawyer, but Miller con-
sen ted to the questions being answered.
Mr.. Eel then stated that Miller had en-
gagged him to collect the money and that he
had a conversation with WIchman in rela-
ton to the matter. Wichman euSed to
pay, whereupon Eel said To him that he
thought it would be advisab BILE for him to
settle, as, if what Miller had told him about
the business the sloOp was engaged in
were true, it would be awkward for him TO
be sued. The next day after this young
man called at Eel'S Office with the money
and settled the bill.
Joln Wells, a fisherman, testified that
he was out IN his boat on the 9th of Au-
gust and saw a uspicious-lo0king sloop off
White Rock. A man from the sl0op came
to him In small boat and, after talking to
him about fishing, asked him where the
whistling-buoy was. The witness said he
could hear the whistling-buoy at the time,
and be made up his mind that the fellow
was smuggler. lie came 10 the city aud
reported TO Deputy Surveyor Sam Ruddeil
that there was sloOp out near White
Rock that he believed was engaged In
smuggling.
George A. knight put the witness through
searching crOss-eXamlnatlOn as 10 MS eX-
tremely acute powers of detecting a snug
vf or on ~ ho xuien tod hof
he suspected that the man who spoke TO
him about the whistlng buoy was
smuggler. He recognized photograph Uf
Car ain Voss of the Emerald as the man
who had spoken to him on that day.
Wells said that he told Ruddell as quick
as he could, and caused laugh by adding:
III Sam Ruddell had laid hands ON him he
never would have gone on another trip"
George Lee, D0atmaG, testlShed that
VOss had hired boat from him and had
put up his watch in payment for 1t. The
witness knew that the man was VOss be-
cause he had since seen a photograph OF
the captain of the Emerald. On cross
examination he said that Special Agent
Pbenix had shown him the picture.
Albert johnson, butcner-boy. who
worked at shop on Howard street, testi-
fed that In September last Captain Voss
came to him and wanted TO borrow $50
Johnson refused to lend him the money.
Voss went away and johnson went TO
Butchertown. When he returned to the
shop be found that Voss had brought lot
of stuff in cans there for him to keep for
him. VOss afterward sent Chinaman to
take the stuff away, and the witness then
suspected that the contents Of the cans
was opium. and he told the Cbinaman 10
take it out of the house as soon as be
could, as he did not want it around.
On cross-eXamination the witness testi-
g. 10, nod 1,oI
for him in Marin County. He also said be
was a brother-in-law OF Miller, and Attor-
ney knight showed that Voss, Miller. the
witness and their female relatives had for
long time been intimately acquainted
with each other.
The examination of johnson was very
rigid He said that he asked no questions
Of VoSs about the stuff Voss had left at
his house. He did not ask about what
kind of trips he had had, or whether his
bfother-n-la Miller, had re turned safely.
Louis E. Speer of Wild 81 Speer, who
furnished tanks for the Emerald. related
the details of that transaction. He said
that the firm had not Geen paid, and that
when he tried TO get his money be was told
that The tank had been ordered by Me
Lean, and that Mclean could be found q
Wichn ans store. He went to the store,
but could not ind Mclean.
"ADi you haven't seen him since?" in
aured Knight.
''And haven't seer him since." asserted
the witness.
Thomas E. Greer and Thomas Riley
testified that they had hauled a Chinaman
and sohe cans from the butcher-sh hop on
Howsr1 street TO Chinatown, where the
Gilman an got out OF the vehicle and took
the cans into Chinese butcher-shop.
Neither of these witnesses knew what the
csntenls of the cans was.
Captfin William A Boole of the South
ern Ch ef testified that Svenson had been
EN- ploysd on the Southern Chief about six
months ago. but had left his place. saying
that his wife was sick in the north and
that he would have to 90 and join her.
FoDg King. who lives at GA Third street.
Sacramnto. was called and related tile
conversation lie had had with Captain
Voss last November, when Voss tried to ;
sell him from 100 TO 200 rs of opium.
Voss tod hm that he could get any
amount If opium from Victoria and could
let him have as much as he wanted. He
said the opium came from Victoria iD
ship" aad that he (Voss) was captain of
the ship Fong King said he refused TO
buy.
Deput7 Wolff of the Internal Revenue
office at Sacramento told the story of the
arrest Of Syenson and Voss in that city.
Uoss nd than declared that he had heen