The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-11

me to try to raise more funds Oh INC
mortgage that he held on the property OF
the John Saunders Marine Railway COM
pany 1 tried to do SO, but didn't succeed
and he raised the money himself from
people i'll Providence. He had SSoUV Win
him; told me to send for the Grew, anu
said as soon as the boat was ready we
would be off.
There were five on board the Tolna-
hawk, including King. the steward, TWO
OF the crew and myself. We sailed ~. W
Boston, remaining few days ID tne
harbor, where Judge Thomas n. Lee VI
Woonsocket, close friend of Kings, ana
young woman that Judge Lee calieu
Miss Calvin visited the yacht. AFTER
getting uniforms for the crew we sailed
from Boston to Yarmouth, n. s.. touch-
ing for night at North East Harbor,
Me On arriving at Yarmouth Mr. hlI'g
gave to me S227o in the form OF enoorseu
drafts on New York through the IN,
dustrial Trust company, and told me anu
one OF the crew who acted as mate, TO go
to Halifax and purchase all of the drugs
we could that were named on llsb uilao
he gave u.s. We proceeded to Halifax, re-
naming two or three days, waiting o iJr
one OF the drafts to be sent to New YORK
for collection to satisfy the druggist thaG
1t was all right. We bought $496 Wortn OF
different kinds of drugs, including SUI
fonal, phenacetine and antipyrlne, ana re-
turned to Yarmouth. Mr. King SAID We
must spend all of this money, as ne
wouldn't have enough to make greaU
deal of profit upon unless we did. Iheh
he sent US ashore in Yarmouth 10 CON- /,
to st. John, N. B., and got the rest OIL
the drugs When the stuff arrived, Nj.
King remained till everything was put
aboard the yacht all right. Then ne TOOK
the steamer Boston and came to Boston
leaving me orders to sail to Portland
land the stuff and ship it to him by ex-
press at As College street, Providence; :.
81 came by train from Portland to East
Greenwich, having part OF the drugs
checked as baggage as far as Provloence.
King sent for me the day following une
arrival of the drugs. went to Provloence
and gave him the checks. The next gay
he sent for me again, and he had Ine
drugs in the hall at his home, AZ College
street. He got me to help take them up
stairs and unpaok them in his Office. he
counted up the packages. and SAID they
must have cheated him, as the amount
was short compared with the amount
specified on the bill that gave him. He
said he would keep the drugs there in his
house and try TO sell them; also that ne
had sold some to Blanding & Bland1ng,
which | afterward learned was untrue.
After keeping the stuff while and fall
ing to dispose of it, he said he would
have to get it out of the house. as his
aunt was coming home at the close OF the
| summer season. He sent part OF the goods
to Pawtucket and part to East Green
which, and afterwards sent and told me
to send what was here in East Greenwich
to Pawtucket also. From there the goods
were conhscated, with the exception OF
one hundred ounces that were given to
the government officer by me here in East
Greenwich.
''We supposed that we had 5000 ounces
on board, but the count was somewhat
short of that.
Sin Yarmouth we got a little shakey
about the scheme, and King said: Boys,
| there's no need of Icing frightened about
this, as I've seen my lawyer, and also
stand in with the judges, and if there's
any trouble the only thing they can do Ii
to confscate the boat and the goods, and
that will be no loss of yours
''If we had been aware that the Law
provided any penalty for our part in the
| transaction we would have had nothin &
to do with 1T, but, by promising us big
sums of money and saying that every
thing would be all right, we acted as We
did.
~ have had nothing to say about the
matter since talking with Mr.. Hentz, the
government OIDcldlS, ana my attorneys
until now, and have never boosted that
the affair had been hushed up.
II have never been engaged in any
illegitimate business in my life before,
and would not have had anything to do
with this except for Kings representa-.
lions that no penalty could come upon me
or the crew, and that he offered US big
sums of money. King is the man who
got us into the scrape, and now he is try
ing to throw all the blame upon us. -
Providence Journal.