The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-10-13
Special Agent Lewis and DR..
Gard ner Charged With
Robbery.
SEARCHED THE HOME OF
THE MONCOL.
Carried Away Papers to Be Used
In Prosecuting the Puget
Sound Ring.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

SEATTLE, WASH, Oct. 12.-Charles Z.
Lewis, special employe Of the United
States Treasury Department, and Dr.. J.
E. Gardner of San Francisco, Chinese in
terpreter for the United States Govern
ment, were arrested in this city tonight
on warrant sworn out by zee Geo. who
was official Chinese interpreter for !. C.
Saunders while he was Collector of Gus
IONS. The warrant charges them with
robbery. They will go to Port Townsend
tomorrow to answer to the accusation.
Warrants are out for the arrest of Spe-
cial Treasury Agent George W. Whitehead
and 81 ecial Treasury Agent Leslie Gull
lom. Whitehead is now en- route to the
Els: having left this city last Saturday
night for Washin gton City. CulIom is in
Chicago. He will return, but it is not
known for a certainty whether or not
Whitehead viii! come back. His mission
to Washington is TO place before the
Treasury Department certain matters
which have come to his attention. 1t is
said they reIatei 10 the case on which he
has been working since he came West but
their nature has not been made public.
The arrest OF Lewis and Gardner was
kept very quiet, and there were not half
a dozen people in the city who knew any,
thing about it. Those who know zee Gee
and who claim TO be acquainted with the
details of the case say the Government
officers find themselves in a serious pre-
dicament, out of which it will be hard for
them TO extricate themselves. zee Gee
charges them with having robbed his
house at Port Townsend OF several pri.
vate letters and books. IL has been
rumored for some time that the arrest OF
the Government officers was contem-
plated, but no one believed that zee Gee
would be so bold as to make a mo We
against the Government officials, who are
backed by all the powers of the United
States Treasury Department.
There were not many details known in
this city tonight in connection with the
issuing of the warrants. Ii was stated
that zee Gee had gone TO Port Townsend
and placed his signature 10 the iGlorma-
ton filed before Justice of the Peace Enos
Snyder. The warrants were brought to
this city, and Constable Pike was instruct
ed TO serve them. He found Gardner and
Lewis in this city, and told them they
were wanted at Port Townsend for rob-
berry.
Good lawyers who are acquain ted with
the present case say that the Government
officers under arrest are undoubtedly
RulltV Oh technical TODOery. W men
Whitehead arrived i'll this city from New
York with Lewis to investigate the acts Of
the alleged smuggling ring. they very
quickly came 10 the conc! usion that it
would be good idea to search zee Gees
place OF business at Port Townsend They
went before United States Commissions r
>Keifer, and Whitehead swore out a
search warrant for zee Shings grocery
store on Washington street, Port Town
send. Instead of entering zee Shlng' s
place, it is alleged, they went into zee
Gees store, which is next door, AM there
proceeded to help themselves to every
thing thew thought would aid them in
showing zee Gees connection with the
ring. They took quantity of his private
letters, which told, as 1t is claimed by The
Government officers, many details Of the
alleged ring. book containing writing
supposed TO be that of zee Gee was
seized.
zee Gees claim is that the officers en-
tered his place without authority. Ii the
search warrant had called for a search of
his place he would not hive thought so
much about it. The Government officers
say, that as matter of fact, zee Gee had
been interested in zee Shing's place, and
that he had sold out a few days before
without letting any one know it.