The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-21
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
Yee Gee Must Await the Action
of the Federal Court.
BOUND OVER IN $500 BsIL.
The Accused Chfnsmans a'"rh'f.
rrx Hard 20 Have Him set fr"e
-4.orernmrnt 0nrisis
With stresehing Their
search warrant Gee
said 10 Have Cleared sS'o""'

said TO Have Steafs"
No s.nsaslouai evieenee eoneeff'ins ''s
alleged Chinese frauds az Port 2o~nsei'o
vzs introduced lss the course o. tae eN-
unrt,..io, os Yeo Gee yesterday, uhsess
/. vas the fact thai the ex-infeFpfe'sf
rad received u.eo as his share o. the
nroata az the eo-par.nersh.p. which car
RED on quite large business IN landing
Chinese.
Al me end OF the examination The ae-
fenee moved 70 discharge the prisoner o.
the ground that The evidence vas ineon-
p.sent and improper. and that Z did n0'
connect the prisoner with the crime Al
Ioesd in the information. The motion be-
ing overralea. the defense declined 10 pat
In any evidence and the prisoner WIS
hound over to answer before the Feaera
sraxa fary bail being faxed Al tiss1 This
~aa a,leklv furnished. the bondsmcn
being Charles Armstrong and J. ID r..
Atkinson.
During the examination OF Or, Gardner
the defense sought 70 show that the raid
Of Gees grocery store al - Washington
street Port Townzend. was made By the
treasury officials under a Hisrepreaenta-
zion thar they had secured search war
runt for eonfrahana opium and 50 stated
10 Ger while IN reality they weFe looking
for evidence 20 sustain another charge
and took private letters and paper 81 the
accused to which they had no right under
the search warrant The com missioner
held that the letters were properly before
the aoart and with the exception OF those
addressed 10 Gee from San Francisco
allowed ali % the discriminating doenmen =
IN evidence.
When the case wns taken up yesterday
morning b. Commiasisnsf kiefeT. u was
expected that hot hght would be uade
rs the defense against the introduction Of
the ineriminafug iesfors found In Gees
place Of business az Port Townsend. ana
alleged to have been written by him 70
parties ai Victoria. The opposition % the
consideration % this testimony WAS re-
served TIL later IN the day II was msde
bv the attorneys for the defense after the
government had concluded its case. The
commissioner held that the letters wrlt-
ten by Gee. or bearing his signature
were competent evidence and as The de-
Tense declined 10 introduce any testimony
the commissioner held the chlnAman 10
answer before the Federal grand Jury.
There mere runaors yesterday that an
application would be made for a writ Of
haheas corpus before Judge HanfoFd.
Special Agent George ". Whitehead
conducted the ease for the government
On the other side were such astate adj
yorates ~ Judge n. A. Ballihgpr Mr.. Al
fred Battle and X ". Jennings tt
seemed rather hard on Nr. Whitehead TO
have 10 20 up against such an array Of
legal talent rs this. hat he did not seem
10 fear the orde8l and though confessed
~ layman In the Law he held bis end
up we'll IN the arguments on the motion
Of tho defense for the discharge of the
prisoner. the three attorneys talked for
about twenty minutes each. while Mr.
Whitehead. not apparently frightened hy
the authorities cited c0ntentcd him self
with simply stating the ease Tor the gov
eminent In rs few words as possible.
Interesting letters.
When the examination was resumed
two letters were Offered IN evidence bv
the government addressed 10 zee Gee.
objection was made 10 them as had been
made already 10 the others. but Commits
sionsr kiefer allowed them 70 De read
pr. Gardner was placed on the stand as
Interpreter and read hls translation Of the
letters az follows
'HongkonE Aug T. isq7.
ITO Mr.. Yee HIN Cheune Dear Sir.
Your highly esteemed answer came 90
hand on the 9Th day ~ che present mont n
tAAsust y. and its contents have been
carefully noted, You tell me 10 reckon
W. on m carts day tine accounts con-
neetta with the sending az paHssngei-,.
slso GOT word from Tsanr Tsanv ad-
'isifiR ne % hand over SS.eo az ttonuko7ts
70 zee } M Chez, - keep for van AZ a
matter Of fact. ail ~ the passengers have
rot Yet writtsn back 10 those with whau
the af1oHnts were dephsusa. pendtn .
Their coming. and 50 those amounts have
npi Yet been paid in. You viii understand
from this what I mem TsonE-s words
must he regarded as important. n mon
zone promptly. / feared Sc would srera
IKE breaking promises. S0 I went lnsple
elHtei1 10 those who had guaranteed the
amounts Rod hurried them az. SAVING
whgsher the passengers HAD written hos.
o. NJ. go ionF "a my partners have no A.
hft ne or Their having been allowed ia
and that the money must b. nsg4 tr.,.
need nas fear seSdinE me over the ,nooa,.
50 that ! may PAY nv martinez fav nav.
uersl and those who ruar,nt.ea ts.
amounts Tor The passengers pafa rs ,,-
0uested. and | Immediately handed ,,,.er
70 Mr. \ M fhee s. $50 and fht4 ia ,,-,...,
10 YOU ~ the fast
There were besides $50 wffh Gee t;..-t
cheang. ~ Wee wan iNpr 4 d, MIA
| understand yuu have Instructed hfs., J.,
Keep Tor you. These two amoltots v.,f
make the sum paid up s. ~ ktrs,,.
MAKE memorandum az Sc ia vaur tveeltk
hook ana 10 Viii be an riehf Fen,tt..
lasE year ! handed 50 Ar Ner Yat yh..