The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-01

o.-whare.
A-In rom Is a. ire Butler hotel
Obs you see him enter the roons
A.--Fss. sIr.
Q-Wh0 was = fhs Foonag
A.-Dr. Gardner wes with bin n he
room.
o-what tfsnsp3red in tire room. & you
saw both these mene
Al aaa them xa over 70 she corner a
the room ard 81 6esu ard begin taking
J eosIs not heaF whaf they said. bat saw
their Has 81 eonve~sa ton.
Q.-T@li what ygg s8w between them.
A.-Tney were sitting talking perhaps
Eve minutes, when I saw ire defendant
take a roll - znogey srem hfz pocket an3
ofYer u - Or Gardner For q minute
the chinsmau vas trying 20 force ur-
Garduer 70 sake ghe money. Dr Gardner
refused % take it-he pat il assay with bis
hand.
oven, DID be Offer It aeaing
A--Tes, ~ q few minutes ~ offered the
money again. Re seemed 70 try TO force
Or. Gardner - take ne money. Cuce he
tried - las Il o. TIE chair bat Or. Gard
ner put his hand away. THEN % offered
tho money avaln and ~. Gardner took Il.
counted IL ara handed Il hack - him.
=
back, and seemed - insist on Or Caro-
FER taking 81 bat me batter refused. and
the ChiuAgnan finally took il back
Q-Wtlat fime dld ChiHg Gee Aee enter
she ro0n2
At was ~ Eve minutes 10 70 o'clock
that night
''rn2t's all said SIR Whitehead.
During LeEfs' examination. ard espPcj-
aiiy when fhe direct testimony concerning
as~If.
neys for the defense we're buslly engaged
in consultation. and there was = buzzing
sound IN the court rom, indicating that
Tire evidence was regarded as the most
important THAT had been brought out.
Doing His Duty.
Judge Hgmes was Immediately or his
feet With questions FOR cToss-examination.
DO you mean to tell this court. thua-
dered Judge Humes. t0at you sworn
officer OF the government. whose duty il 20
prevent crime. stood by 8nd allowed this
violation o. the law 10 80 on without
stopping ~"
4 was obeying orders and doing nay
duty" vas the quiet reply.
The attorney handed the witness piece
q paper. Here draw a diagram OF the
Fo0m.'' ne said.
I'm not mneh Of draughtsman, but
viii do Hay best" and Lexis smiled as ae
"a
81 room 81. Or. Gardner : apartment. with
reference to his own. room 8. from whore
be viewed the corrupt offer of money. The
doors - both rooms open from the end Of
ehe hallway, and t. appeared from Lewis
sketch that a man looking through the
}rausom over one door could see through
iRe transom % the other room.
Q-Fei the court how you saw this
transaction.
4 -
Fcom and placed a chair on K. I mounted
the chair aud looked through one tran
SOM through the other and into the room.
9.-sDid the secretary Of the treasury tell
you TO watch for this occurrence?
AIR Whitehead told me 10 be on the
watch for this. and | did 50.
Q.-Were YOU waiting In your room. be-
iieving that Gee Hcc was coming there 10
make AZ tempt TO bride Or. Gardner?
Al was told 10 Do on the watch for
anything Gee Hee might do.
on redirect examination. the witness
testified that there was no light in his
own room, While a light burned IN that Of
Dr. Gardner He said he thought no one
could see from Or. Gardner's room into
Is own. Answering 20 further questions.
he said. Il had no definite arrangement
Hith Dr Gardner As to where ne and Gee
Itee should sit. | told him 10 place him
Mr.. Gardner told me that be expected zee
Gee 20 como b his ropn that night
Here the examination Of NJ. Lewis end
81. The government introduced the rec
ord Of the zee Gee case wherein he is
charged with attempting 10 bride pr.
Gardner No objection further than TO its
ipcompeteney was made by the defense.
mr. Jennings Questions,
When Mr. Lewis left the stand, the at
toruCys Tor Yee Gee asked that his case
be taken up. and recalled Or Gardner.
The latter took The witness chair and AIR.
Jennings began plying questions thick and
fast tending 70 discredit him in the eyes
OF the court
pr Gardner was asked why he left the
service OF the Canadian customs depart
ment. and h. replied that his office hsd
been aholis ned. The attorney drew out
the fact that Inspector ParmIeo OF Otta-
wa had Investigated the official conduct
~ the customs employees AZ Victoria. IN
Guiding hts own acts. Re denied thar
Parmlee had given him the option OF re-
signing az being discharged
DID not the Chinese merchants petition
for your removata" asked Jennings.
II ala not see the petition. bat heard OF
it, ! was there So prevent tho introduction
o. Chine G prostitutes and have been fgh'-
ms the men engaged la it for fifteen years.
AUS - WNN tftfA we've hfitN9ft "a Aitf
said Gardner.
Ou reassembBng Of court after lunch
Special Agent Culloa. Of Tacoma. identi-
fed che signature OF J Crowley super
vlSing agent or the treasury department
to some papers en- the ease pertaining TO
Or Gardner.
Air Jennings resumed tNr cross examtn-
alton of nr Gardner The questions
brought out the faCg that pr. Gardner ha1
established lyinK-lu homo for Chinese
women 40 Victoria. which had afterW ara
bteu turned over 70 the Methodist church.
Here the attorney brought up the ease ~
Prof Meuzies who was convicted of 0h-
tanning money under false pretfnses. md
tried to elicit an admission that fhe Wit
ness had to'd Chinaman that he was NOT
properly married 90 chinese woman he
hat obtained throueh Prof Mruzics. ard
ttat for 50 be tCiardneD would properly
mary him.
- DON'T want O. try that c1sc over
again" interrupted thr court ''rht= case
hss tees dr7sgra olt ai great length and
councils present questions ao not hear
property go Croes--N ar1lna tioo
Witness 3spffd shat hf ha3 Jyied to exc
gnft mansy frsm Isn Ssw srd other chi
nssc II Nictefja. named g., NJ Jennings
\ number ~ questions calculated go exc
sort damagiu~ admissions wefe yu.ed r-t.
Them Gre attorney trtrl Another ttrk
"3s ia uot a Fact he said 'thaf Nau .eff
Vancouver because vau weve ch4,s = w.th
rroaUelne an aho-tiou ga chiHsss E.ric"