The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-18
ROUND UP Of CRIMINALS.
Each One Convicted In Eastern
washIngten 81 selling Liqser 70
laAiass-A motley Array ~ Rep
resentafives ~ many Nations.

Special Dispatch to the Poxt-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Nov. E.-About the toughest
looking lot OF crooks ever gathered together
al one time tn the state passed through the
city today en- route to the government
prison at Mcneil island from Walia Walla-
There were twenty-eight of them. Almost
every nationality was represented, the only
absentee being John Chinaman, and ii u
quite probable that he. too, would have
been included In the choice bunch were It
not for the fact that he does not get along
any too well with the Indian. who WAS the
cause of the Imprisonment of each OF the
batch, as he must have whisky to drink.
no matter what the price, and the prisoners
each had taken a chance at enriching HIM
self by getting the firewater for the abo-
rigine.
The prisoners were in charge of Deputy
United States Marshals A. L. Oily Of North
Yakima, John b. Wilson OF Walla Walla
and f. K Pugh and T. NJ Arment OF Spo-
kane. The guards and men left Walla'
Walla last evening at 3 clock in North
ern Pacific day coach. arriving IN this city
at ii O'Clock this morning. The coach was.
switched to a track leading to Commercial
dock. where IL was allowed to remain until
the arrival of the Muitnomah from Seattle.
when the men were marched aboard and
taken to the pen on the island. The people.
on the dock at the time were very much
at the transfer as the men were
manacied together regardless OF nationality
and herded from the car to the boat. A
negro and an Ipdsan for instance. we're
bound together, but az they were partners
in crime neither seemed to mind the other.
Many remarks were made on the tough
ness of the prisoners for the section of the
state from which they were sent. This
was explained By Deputy Marshal billy.
who said:
MANY of the prisoners are undoubtedly
men who gathered in the different towns
In the eastern portion OF the state for
the very purpose of carrying on this Illicit
liquor traffic with the Indians. as they
knew the season was an uncommoniy good
for for picking pic s hops others sold wheat, and
still others disposed OF horses at good
prices during the Klondike craze in the
early fall. With money galore they. OF
course. wanted whisky with which to
celebrate their good fortune, and they did
not care how much they had TO pay for it.
Probably the largest number of the Of
lenders came from the country about
kane and adjacent counties. and some hail
from Walla Wa.la They were all tried.
convicted and sentenced by Judge Han
ford during the past week. Every prts-
oner. excepting two. viii serve terms rang
ing from three to six months for selling
whisky to Indians. The two exceptions
are an Indian named Willie Porter. sem
fenced to serve one year and to nay a $500
fine for stealing horses. and James f.
Brady. of Seattle. who viii be tried in Sc.
attel for selling whisky"
The names of the prisoners, their sem
fences and fines are as follows:
George Clark. eight months. 500 and
costs.
Joe Mercer. four months. same fine.
Fred Stewart. six months same fine.
Frank Hennessy. eighteen months. 500
and coSs
J. NJ Mcneil. four months. 500 and costs
Augustus SchuiS. six months, same fine.
Ed Berry five months. same fine.
w. w. Sullivan, four months, same fine.
Isaac Robinson. five months, same fine.
Willie Porter. one year. $500 and costs.
Thomas Bennett, FIVE months. same fine.
Harry Hubbard, four months. same fine.
Max Shear. three months. same fine.
Henry wilkins. three months, same fine.
Pat Kelly. three months. same fine.
Charles Surnan five months, same fine.
w. NJ. Henry. four months. same fine
Peter Roberts, three months, same fine.
Arthur Hobbs. three months. same fine.
W. NJ. Douglas. four months came fine.
Joe Jowel, three months, same fine.
Henry johnson, three months, same fine.
Barney Carr. three months. same fine.
Jasnes Bell. three months, same fine.
John Jones. three months, same fine.
f. Webber three months. same fine.
Harry Johnson. four months. same fine.
Joa Valiant. four months. same fine.
Archie Bodin. four months. same fine.
This Is the largest batch of prisoners
taken to the government pen. at one time
for over three years.