The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-19

The reported seizure Of opium az Homo
frlu in IN cracker boxes OF the Portland
Cracker Company SCI afoot a strict in
vestfgatson II tie usual routine OF 0uzi-
ness the company shipped lss cases %
goods last November. Cor which the regl-
lar shippers manifest and consular Ger
tIncats were passed a. the custom house
IL nou traasp@res that after thess goods
had been regularly shipped, eight add
tional cases wers shipped. being added TO
the regular coEsi gnment- They were nat
urxffy received by the steamship company
without comment or suspicion. as IL fire.
quentIy happens that additions are made
TO shipments. The company, naturally,
wished 20 be free from the suspicion OF
smuggling ard has traced back 20 find
who was responsible for the cracker ship
rnent containing the dope. Suspicion s.
now conferred on James r. PARKS. for
merry Of this CITY Parks has been in thu
employ Of the Puget Sound machinery de-
pot, Lowrnan & Hanford and the Haley
Grocery Company. Three years ago ne
went 10 Honolulu and Was q partner with
A. L. Morris n The Washington Feed
Company He returned here last summer.
Local Manager A. NJ. Brookss. OF the
Portland Cracker Company. remembers a
visit from Parks sbous that time. Parks
came to him TO order twenty ten-poun6
tins, four tins TO the case. OF soda crack
ers He said the goods were not to be
shipped foreign, and that he did not want
the tins sotdered. The goods were made
and packed for him. and he sent a dFay-
man up ard got them. Manager Brookes
was at Yesler dock about a month later
when he found four cases OF crackers
marked for A. L. Morris. or the Washing
ton Feed Company, Honolulu. He thought
nothing OF It until the seizure recalled il TO
his mind.
AS showing how the shipment was ef-
fected and the work OF sitting the mat
ter to the bottom. the following interview
with III. Wittenberg. manager OF the Port
land Cracker Company, Is taken from the
Oregonian:
"A letter reca;ved from Honolulu, from
our agents there. gave the first point 20
begin On They informed us that the bill
of ladiug they resolved called for eight
cases more goods than our invoice called
for. which they had received
''On getting telfs Information we irnmedi-
ately compared the Dill OF lading delivered
to US by the steamship company with the
shipping receipt that we ha. sent down
with the goods. This also showed differ
ence of eight cases. The question then
arose, Where did those eight cases come
who would be apt 20 ship them foreign,
as goods " this kind are generally packed
In tin.
Upon investigation. we found that we
had sold 20 Mr. Iaebe, of the Oregon Ger
man bakery. on the I'D OF October, eight
cases OF crackers IN hinged tins. for as he
claimed, some shipment TO go north This
was about the time the Mount Lebanon
was expected.
Liebe the cases OF crackers. but. on find
ing this difference of eight cases. went
20 the Oregon German bakery and asked
the young man IN charge II he could tell
me who bougar those crackers. He said
he did not know tho party's NAME but
that he could describe the gentleman 10
me. and said could find out who ha was
at The New Grand Central hotel
81 Immediately went 10 the hotel, and
asked Mr.. Haas II he knew any gentleman
clIere who had bought crackers recently
He answered, Yes, that rhere was a
party named Parks-James r. Parks-who
had bought come crackers. either from
ourselves or the oregon German bakery
he did not know when. / asked him II ne
knew what this man Parks was doing He
said, No, I do not. but there Is a rusnor
about that he has had some dealings IN
opium I asked him II he knew where
Parks was from. He ssid, No, but my
day clerk knows.' / then talked 10 Mr.
Hooson, the day clerk. He said that they
had worked together FOR the Puget Sound
Machinery Company. OF Seattis, in 1880
] asked ham II Parks had ever been 10
Honolulu He said, Yes I asked him IL
he knew where he was now. He said ne
did not know. I asked nm when ne reg.s-
tered at the hotel. He turned 10 the regis
ter. and IL showed that he cams there on
thu 18th Of October, registering from Spo-
kane. Coming cut or the hotei, Mr. Haas
followed ne. He said. The day clerk has
Just told me since yon stepped out that
this party Is now In the CITY: al least ne
was here last night. and wiz find out IL
he VIII be here tonight
y then met barber. Doc Wheeler by
name. He said: Parks was N the barber
shop here the evening before that piece
came cut IN the Oregonian. waiting for
shave. Some one came n and handed Nm
a telegram. He opened q and read n, and
felt very much as.tasea. and got up ard
left the shop
wheeler. the barbsr. sad: IF you go
up 20 4g1s First street. 70 q cigar factory.
ana Inquire fer a man named Kruger. he
will De able 10 tell you considerable about
this man Parks
II went up co the place mentioned /
opened the door, stepped IN and saw 1--WE
or SIX parties inside I asked 81 Mr. Erue-
ser was there. one OF the parties said.
Yes: what do you wantg' I tod aim I
wanted 70 speak % him IN private, and
stepped into an elcovs. ard hs followed
me. 1 asked him u he knew a man named
Parks He sad. Yes I asked hin II Re
vas here now. He sad re did rot know.
Al this moment some one IN the other part
OF the room spoke up. and said: That Is
enough; we do not know anything else.
Dent tel nm airy more
II VIII state further that went dow--
70 rhs Grand Central note. and had an
Other interview with Mr.. Hohson, the day
clerk. Hobson told sne thai he went with
Parks TO buy ne crackers. Parks saying
he was going 70 shtp them % Honolulu.
y wish 70 explain eur connection II re-
gara % the shipment % these ,ycxdsi On
ths srh OF November We claa red through
the custom house les boxes OF crackers
We Obtained = ecnssis csrt4acat. FOR the
Fzre number. We delivered these two
certfdcatss 10 the Oregon AsiAsfo Steam
shin Company. sending our goods down
% the steamship dock with our own re-
cetnf On which our own name IS printed.
ara FOR this number % eases We now
have TITS recelp: In our possession. signed
By Davfdgs & Co. per Dunn. who Is thcss
receiving clerk on Atasworth dock
'.on resolving the nsws from Hoaoluln