The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-08
NAY BE A SENSATION
JUDGE HAxFoRD ASKS RONALD TO
PROVE SOME STATEMENTS.
The Court Says the Lawyer Made .
Very Be1d Statement Ahess the
zee Gee Letters. and Chai-

= VII ros surrender these LISTERS for TIE
present Mr.. Ronald made q very bold
statement 70 this court yesterday when %
said tie Letters were torS>rfez. ard pro-
pose % challenge him to make II seed
Judge H2asord used those words IN TIE
Fe1eral court yesterday morning whea
United States District Attorney ". X.
Br.aksr. speaking fer SPECIAL Treasury
Agent Whitehead. &C New York. asked
Judge Harfor6 70 return two mysterious
letters wntca havs figured 50 conspicuous
y II the prosecution q Zee Gee fer aid
Ing Cinnamon 20 pzlawfuIiy enter tie
UnAtsd States.
Those who heard Judge Hanford's re-
mark take Z that his honor proposes 20
FAX uP n TIE Chinese scandal savest4ga-
ton and End cut Just what there IS 20 hs
found out Judge Hzztord's refusal 20
surrender the letters 20 Special Treasury
Agent whitehead may lead 70 serious COM
pGe2tions. The letters. TWO IN number,
purpoTt 20 have been written by Yee Gee.
who Is alleged 20 have been the leader q
ire Chinese smuggling ring. Mr.. White
head. L is said. had them when he ar
rived hare from New York 70 take charge
OF the Investigation. They pnrport 20 tel
sonetA!Eg az the inside workings Of the
ring. Az the preliminary hearing Mr..
Whitshsad refused 20 say where he got
them, or TO tell anything about them. He
stated that 70 do so woul! be TO disclose
the secret workings OF the government.
The TWO letters got before Judge Hanfcrd
Tuesday when Yea Gee had bis hearing On
writ OF hab@as corpus. Ex-Mayor Rem
aid. counsel FOR zee Gee. IN referring 10
the letters. said N substances; We be-
Aeve. your honor. that those lettsrs are
forgsries- and that when the tfns comes
We viii De able, n necessary. 20 prove that
they are forgeriss."
Mr.. Ronald's words made an impression
upon Judge Hanford. but he said nothing
about the matter until yesterday morning
wien Mr.. Brlnker asked that they be re-
turned. The letters are a. present In a
sealed envelope. locked I'D II the big vault
n the Federal clerks ofsica
Just what Judge Hanford proposes 70 %
Is mystery He nevar speaks in ad-
vance Of his acts Mr.. Ronald said 10 n
reporter OF the observation-disclosures: ssYss
have heard what Judge Hanford has
said. All have 70 say IS That I spoke adj
visejiy when I made the statement that
vs. believed the letters to be foYger1es
and that we could prove the fact. That's
all I have 20 say
There Is reason % believe that Judge
HGnfcrd TIn confer with Mr.. Ronald and
IL. as Mr.. Ronald claims. Il can be shown
that the letters are forgersss. there viii
be sensational arrests made IL is a we'll
known fact that ever since the present
prosecution was commenced Il has been
openly asserted that some OF the present
employees Of the government who served
With Ar. Saunders. and who are taking
an active interest IN the investigation,
were very much interested in seeing the
reputation Of the ex-collector damaged.
Il IS claimed that Saunders and these en-
ployes auarreled and that the latter said
they would get even. Saunders friends
have further asserted that several China
men whom the ex-collectcr had caused
trouble. were paying him back. One of
these Cinnamon, IL has been quietly
charged. wrote the letters which later
reached Special Treasury Agent White
head. and which are now held by Judge
Hanfcrd.