The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-18
DUCKS OUT OF SEASON
Restaurant Men to Be Arrested
for Selling Them.
.nARKET-HUNTER is CAUGHT.
o,n Club Member Got on His Trail.
and Ran Him Down-Some of the
Duck I'm Evidence.

IN. wholesale destruction of Wild game
= fh,s county out OF season has at iast
..~s 10 such a point that PROSECUTING
s.,orney HASTE and his deputy. W. "a
Mryrfs. have decided TO do all IN their
sersY to- assist legitimate sportsmen in
S~ae4ng offenders TO justice. II has been
- known In this city for q long time
.hss any one who knew the ropes cot,ld
- Wild duck and grouse any time he
-sn,ed II by paying good prices. Sports
-.o have been slow in taking any action
s.nsust offenders against the game laws
~sth the result that every hunting ground
!, The county has been worked thorough
i ~ market hunters before the open sea.
s,n began. In times gone by Josiah Col
ina has made the fight in behalf of law
= against the poachers, and Frank At
tius has also done something In the same
Arertion. The latest uprising however
las been headed by c. r. Graf and the
srfdeuee IN his possession has caused in
carnations 10 be drawn by Deputy Prose
sut.ng Attorney Morris under instructions
rom Prosecutor HASTE for the arrest of
Eugene Dupont. a market hunter, who
ives near Renton; Peter Alladio, pro-
,,ietor of the Maison Tortoni restaurant
snd John Romano Quagliotti. proprietor
II the French Arlington restaurant. on
aouth Third street. charging them with
violating the game laws. The arrests will
b made today.
r. Graft was informed two weeks ago
that grouse and young ducks were being
killed all over the county and that per-
sons had been seen carrying game through
he streets OF Seattle without even taxi
gnr the trouble 20 conceal II. The first
Investigation was made at Renton, where
II was reported that two Frenchmen are
frr
he market. regardless or law. Graff put
on his hunting outfit last Saturday and
boarded the Rainier avenue car for Lake
Washington, expecting 10 go to Renton
10 catch the poachers in the act of killing
ducks on the marsh
As luck had II. he found one of the men.
Eugene Dupont, whom he was looking
for al the platform, waiting to come TO
town Graf changed his plans and fol-
iowed Dupont to town. and meanwhile,
engaged him In conversation on the plat
form Graf claimed he had been out
shooting, but had no luck. and complained
bitterly OF the scarcity OF the game.
Graf says Dupont told him there were
plenty of duck and grouse around Rem
Ton. He had seen n party kin six ducks
the day previous. During the CONVERSE
ton Dupont said he Killed ducks I'm the
soughs at Renton, although ne had pre-
yiously said II was against the law at the
present time TO shoot or sell ducks or
grouse.
~ asked him." said Graf Yesterday
afternoon. how many ducks he had Ulled
IN a day, but he made no satisfactory an
swer. During this conversation i stood
close to him and felt of -four sack he
had on the rail, and in which / had good
reason 10 believe he had game. From the
feeling I was sure he had Some kind of
feathered game and while calling his at
tention to the thick woods at a certain
point, for the purpose of distracting his
attention. quietly ripped open the sack
with penknife. had not made the rip
IN the right place and had to give up the
work for few minutes. Finally Dupont.
who did not suspect anything. went into
the car and sat down. taking a good look
ai HIS -four sack When we passed
Brighton Beach. City Comptroller Parry.
A. 3. Gh4mberlin and others got on the
car A. my request Mr.. Parry stood in
front OF the window so that Dupont could
not see me- ] then ripped the sack open
and pulled out the head and neck OF
Wild female maiiard duck.
I called the attention OF Mr.. Parry. r.
J Fisher A. Il. Chamberlln. Mr.. Allen.
the printer, and II. III. A. Hastings to the
fact that II was a Wild duck. l covered
up the sack so Dupont would not notice
anything Dupont got Off the car at
Washington and South Fifth streets. and
walked down to the st. Johns saloon on
Washington street. / watched him, and
sew him take a pail OF berries to Main
street. / returned home. changed my
clothes and got back TO Washington street
TO- continue watching Dupont. / took L.
8. Braiieen will me and. finding mat Du-
ps-t was stiil absent opened the sack In
hn lst.~
Dupont came back and took the sack to
the Maison Tortoni He came out again
With the sack under his arm. | could not
tell whether the sack was empty or not
II consulted with Prosecuting Attorney
Hastie and decided not only 10 go after
Dupont. but the Maison Tortoni and Ar
hngion. which I knew were serving game
dinners right along. Last Monday ! went
10 the French Arlington restaurant. on
South Thsd street, accompanied by a. r.
Chamberlain the architect. and took a
seat IN one OF the boxes. ordered grouse
and II was served at si.2S We kept half
the grouse for evidence and walked out.
after paying our bill. | requested FrTnk
Atkins and ". q. Bromley to 20 10 the
Malson Tortonl and order duck. They
eamplied on Tuesday. They looked over
the hill Of fare but found nothing about
game. Bromley inquired for grouse. and
ia waiter, affef uoinE tn 'hN hAtNht'.
returned. saving he had two pheasants
which he could not recommends but he
had fat. lovely maiiard duck. Mr.. Bronn-
ley appeared greatly delighted. ana ex~
elsimed: Fetch 10 in here
beer
The suek was brought. They ate one
hals. and kept the remainder for evidence
In some way the proprietor OF the Mat
son Tortou, found out that had some
thsns 20 DO with the AFFAIR and when
called az hts place 20 get his name Tor the
Prosecuting attorney. he took me into
box and blamed me FOR causing the trou-
BE 7 advised him 10 plead guilty. Where
upon he said he had rather pay the money
u me and avoid publicity in the news
Papers He claimed that II was tame
daok but when fold him we could prove
That Il was Wild by the taste, ne nhSiiS
admitted that 7 was right"
The complaints were drawn up last
eTeHing and viii be FLED today.
THE CANINE GIpRE-TRoTTER-