The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-07

crackers. either from ourselves or the
Oregon German Bakery, he did not
know which. l asked him if he knew
what this man Parks was doing. He
said: No. l do not, but there is a ru-
NOR about that he has had some deal
ings in opium. | asked him if he knew
where Parks was from He said: No
but my clerk knows l then talked to
Mr.. Hobson, the day clerk. He said
that they had worked together for the
Puget Sound Machinery Company, of
Seattle, in 1890. l asked him if Parks
had ever been TO Honolulu. He said:
Yes l asked him if he knew where
he was now. He said he did not know.
| asked him when he registered at the
hotel. He turned to the register. and
it showed that he came there on the
18th Of October. registering from
Spokane. Coming out of the hotel,
Mr.. Haas followed me. He said: The
day clerk just told me since you
stepped out that this party is now in
the city; at least he was here last
night, and I will find out if he will
be here tonight
q then met a barber-'Doc' Wheel
er by name. He said: Parks was in
the barber shop here the evening be-
fore that piece came out in the Ore
gonian, waiting for a shave. Some
one came in and handed him a tele-
gram He opened it and read it. and
felt very much agitated, and got up
and left the shop
wheeler, the barber, said: If you
go up to 1919 First street, to cigar
factory, and inquire for man named
Kruger. he will be able to tell you
considerable about this man Parks.
81 went up to the place mentioned.
/ opened the door, stepped in and saw
five or six parties inside. | asked if
Mr.. Kruger was there. One of tho
parties said: Yes, what do you want?'
[ told him / wanted to speak TO him
in private, and stepped back into an
alcove, and he followed me. / asked
him if he knew man named Parks.
He said: Yes | asked him if he was
here now. He said he did not know.
At this moment some one in the other
part of the room spoke up, and said
That is enough; we do not know any
thing else. Don't tell him any more
Il will state further that | went
down to the Grand Central Hotel and
had another interview with Mr. Hob
that he went with Parks to buy the
crackers, Parks saying he was going
to ship them to Honolulu.
81 also desire to state in this con-
nection that 1 find from information
given by our Seattle house, that this
man Parks was at one time connected
with Morris & Co, in Honolulu. He
at one time went to our Seattle factory
oh inc
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 soldered. The goods
were made and packed for him, and
he sent a drayman up and got them.
Our manager in Seattle claims that
about one month later, after we had
discontinued shipping from Seattle,
and were shipping from Portland to
Honolulu, he found, on passing through
Yesler's dock in Seattle, four cases Of
our crackers marked for A. L. Morris,
or the Washington Feed Company,
Honolulu. He did not think anything
about it at the time, until the matter
of this seizure came up.
Gin this connection, would state that
it was Parks who ordered those goods
of the Oregon German Bakery.
81 wish to explain our connection in
regard to the shipment of these goods:
On the 5th of November we cleared
through the Custom House 166 boxes
of crackers We obtained a consul's
certificate for the same number. We
delivered these two certificates TO the
Oregon Asiatic Steamship Company,
sending our goods down to the steam
ship dock with our own receipt. on
which our own name is printed, and
for this number of cases. We now
have this receipt in our possession,
signed by Dayidge & Co., per Dunn,
who is their receiving clerk on Aims
worth dock.
ION receiving the news from Homo
lulu that the Portland Cracker Com
pany's goods were seized, and that
false entry had been made, we took
our bill of lading and compared it
with our shipping receipt, when we
found that we had received bill or
Iading for eight boxes more than our
shipping receipt called for. This bill
of lading contained in the body ia
boxes. and on the margin thereto il
was marked 1874 boxes, but l believe
that this was merely a clerical error
made by the man who made out the
bill of lading, and was unintentional
on his part On finding this condition
of affairs. | Immediately went down 10
the office of the steamship company
and asked them to produce the ShlpA
ping receipt that we had sent TO them.