The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-12

os Hook Toy b the police
AZ Victoria. n. C.. on the casTss O -
..~v A. fh~ lafest sensation ~ ne pe.N-
-, 80 Of the Puget sos-d -skiHis
which has bean under IRE siN.S 49,
,rreasury Agent Whitehead ana c1ip1
OF assistants began tss i.,,lls-.
~.r,. ps.ks ago The POST intflhsei
go ~ Hook Toys arrest last sunday
,nsisshfnv A speciai dispatch from VIC
torls concerning g.
Hans TOY Ia 0as OF the biggest tnina-
osn in All Canada. and be y chaF =
vtfh having forged the letters when fe4i
into the hands o. Special Treasury Asfi.-
whitehead, and which forHsa the D.
az the arrest OF zee Gee, VINO was ths
scsosaI interpreter while Dir. Saunders
80 COLLECTOR Of customs. Very few facts
e, connection with the arrest OF heok
TOY have as yet reached this city. 81.
yhftehead and Mr. Lewis the Two treas
fry employees who came here Tor the sole
purpose Of usearihlng evidence 70 oe ussa
- the prosecution OK the nsaaoets % m
alleged ring leff this city Saturday niShL-
Leslie cuIlsrn. the special treasury agent
weut with them II Is said he went 70
(hinago. I. IL believed here that these
treasury officials knew all about the ar
rest OF Hook Toy before it took place
and viii 20 10 Washington city to confer
WITH Secretary Gage
1nfFG
hack OF the arrest of Hook Toy. but the
facf remains that II tina United States
roverament attempts 20 further prosecute
zee Gee and fasten on him the crimes %
the ring Il wifi find itself acting directly
an,aronistic 10 the Canadian govern
menf. The latter seems 10 believe that
Yee Gee IL innocent and that Hook Toy
Is the man who II responsible Tor the
trouble.
There are some things IN connection
with the new feature Of tho smuggling
ease which need explanation When Mr.
Whitehead arrived IN the city he had
several letters which purported 10 have
been written by zee Gee and which told
Of alleged details Of the smuggling ope-
fations carried on by the ring. Mr
Whifshsad had great faith In those let
ssrs n ne had not come into possession
Of them he would not have caused Yee
Gees arrest But he believed that they
made out fine case OF aiding and abet-
ting Cinnamon 20 come into tho United
States against Yee Gee. A. a result ne
caused zee Gees arrest on that charge
From the time the letters were intro
duced N evidence By Mr.. Whitehead Yae
Gee and his counsel characterized them as
forKeries But the defense did not show
that they were forRrries AZ the preliminary
examination. and zee Gee was bound over
hy Commissioner klefer 20 await the
action OF thu grans jury. But "A writ %,
haheas corpus brought the matter "a
Judge Hanford'A attention Ex-Mayor !.
r Ronald % counsel Tor Yee Gee. made
an argument before Judge Hanford In
u be- said the letters were f0rgeries. aud
that ~ was satisfied he could prove t.
Wee Gee was released Tor legal reasons.
and Mr. Whitehead wanted Judge Hanford
20 return the letters.
BUT Judge Hanford said he would give
Mr.. Ronala q chance 60 show that the let
tiers were forgerie~ and refused 10 sur.
render them. Since then Mr. Ronald and
judge Hartford have conferred and II is
said. Mr.. Ronald satisfied Judge Hanfora
that the letters were forgeries wee Gee
and his counsel never told whom they sus.
! pcc;ed of the forgery but All the lime
they were satisfied that IL was Hook Toy
Etrn now they viii not say why they were
satisfied Of a. II II known. however. thai
there are IN existence letters written hv
Hook Toy and the writing IA the sam, a.
mat IN the letters which Mr. Whitehead
mad ~ his possession and which ne said
fee Gee wrote There are other things
which satisfied zee Gee and his counsel h
y claimed, that Hook Toy was the forrer
They have offered no explanation a. "a
what prompted Hook Toy 20 write thsss
letters, but as a matter Of fact they thlrh
that HOOK Toy was employed by an eneny
- - NA*tNt3t saunders 70 write Tho fnf.
ters and place them where they would far
into the hands OF the United states -,
cials. Saunders friends say ina, a. NJ.
never me Intention Of those who were ,t
legged 20 he prosecuting Saunderx "a h,y,
MIN arrested. The idea as they aav,,..,
~ was to have his offlcial Interpreter ~
rested convicted and sent 70 iai ana ~.
fact that he was Mr. Saunders. tnterpr.
Ter would BE- sufficient 10 ruth ne re-,t,,..
ton ~ the cN-colleetor.
saunders friends think that NJ w..
head was perfectly honest I'm me -,,,,.,
ana desired but one think. ,he trutb ~.
Fore Mr.. Whitehead left Tor tbo -. !.
told Posi-intetlecncer reporter -, =.
Ola not think that the letters thst 81. ~
were forgegies iTe refused "a -.
Where he sot them bat no fnsfsfe.t a.,
Nj. Ronald would have a hard fir,s ~
inr them % be anything buf genuine Nj,
Whitehead seemed O. thlnk that ,-,tr..,.,
Saunders should have assisted fh, ~,,...,,
men' N prosecuting Nec Gee. Saura srs
friends answer ~ saving thar ssn.ss,.
knew zee Gees arrest was hrt "A t,e~s,
cutics. that there was rathiHr in g, ,,l
thaf Tor that reason Pc refused % tst.
hand IN a. Had Do thought so~ . -,i,,
ute that Zee Gee was EuHt, DO xn.f.
have done everything Ga his power - 60,
Wet him
Judge Bslilnger who Is one - Yea Co..
counsel said Yesterday. Il u,,fs~st,.,.