The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-19
Collector Tells of His Troubles
With Smugglers.
DEFENDS HIS OWN COURSE.
Now in Seattle ON His Way Back TO
Alaska. With Ten Men Who Will
Help Him sappress frame in Con-
trabsnd LtqGor-says . Vigorous
War II 10 BE Wsged On the VIOLA
tors Of the Law ON the sukon.

J ". Iyey. United States collector OF
customs. L. at the Stevens hote., on his
WAY 70 the Yukon. He Will take with him
tan men 10 handle the work there as dep
nty collectors and Inspectors lie says ne
will carry on q vigorous var against the
ssnuggIers on the Yukon Concerning the
seceni tros1s.e In Alaska. AR. Iyey yessef-
Day made the following statement 10 q
Post -Iutelligencer reporter:
II assumed tho duties of the office Of
collector OF customs OF Alaska on ihe oth
of last Aug gst, and Immediately Instructed
the deputy collector. and inspectors 10 be-
Tin a vigorous enf0fcc a1ent .! tae law, not
only 10 seize ali sEluggsec liquor. out also
to arrest the AZIAng2iers. IN rev weeks
time many tons III liquors were captured
personally arrested one Frank Kane. the
chief sanuggler Of Alaska. who had grown
rich during the last eight years from the
profits of his iIieEitiuate otAssDeSs, Ar.
Kane had never been arrested ID Customs
officer before, although there officials were
aware Of his business, and he had made
his boast that no man dare arrest him.
found him IN one Of The coves OF Lynn ca
mai where he Was In company with three
other snuggIers. seized his boat and cargo
OF between 10 and SO gallons OF whisky
and paced HIM under bonds at juneau. and
later secured his Indictment by the grand
5uYy. The character q mo Judge and dis
triat attorney may De determined fran the
fact that al a recent term OF court. they
allowed Mr. Kane's attorney TO plead gull
~ for him and nned The defendant the
nominal sum Of 500 without even reuuir
ing his appearance IN court. AZ soon as
Mr. kSns was arrested and large seizures
OF liquor were made, the asnaagiers. saloon
keepers and their allies became aroused
ard Indignant at my attempt 10 enforce the
law. and threats OF murder. mysterious dis
appearance blackn1all and removal from
office we're freely made. Despite these
threats. twen:y-seven tons OF seized liquor
were taken 10 Portland in December and
turned over to the collector OF customs for
that district To be sold under orders from
th,, secretary OF the treasury
my deputies and ( 40 Incurred the en-
nifty and bitter hatred Of the liquor ring
Of Alaska that about ten weeks ago a con-
sp!racy was formed. with It's head at Ju-
neau, 1t was aided and abetted by Judge
G. s. Johnson. Burton r.. Bennett United
States district attorney: w. a. Bed2oe.
blaekmaiine editor OF Il small paper pub
lisled at Juneau. and by one James A.
c'conneil. until recently deputy collector
OF customs at Juneau. The object Of this
conspiracy was to cause my removal fran
Office by dsshor0rable methods Some of
these consp!faiors openly admitted that the
reason OF their fight agsine 'Ivey was
that they could not handle him on the 10
por question. The conspiracy was welt I'M
der way before I learned Of Il and the
methods agreed upon by the conspirators
10 be pursued were "a follows: First 10
raise n corruption fund as the necessary
sinews OF war: second. to use the grand
Jury. which they claimed 10 be able to con-
troll. THIRD. 10 send trumped~up charges
agaius. myself and the customs service 10
various senators and congressman and the
reasJry department: fourth TO Influence
fhe wheleFSsio kuuor men az the Pacific
coast against me: nth 70 promise my in
snsctcra that In case they stood In with
Them and assisted tn securing my renewal.
thar they would retain their positions under
Try successor: sixth. by promising disrepu-
table characters. s.lch as one Haggertv.
pos;tiors under my successor IL they would
20 into the saloons. hotels and upon the
street corners and manufacture sensations
erainsf the customs service az well ass 10
create damaging public sentiment: seventh
The eonsp!rstorss select the before mem
toned Mr. James \ c'ConneN 70 he col
iecfcr Of customs after they had succeed
I'd IN nay removal eighth w a reddoe
she edite" waa % handle what they called
the 'whiekv graft In Tho Interest OF tho
conspirato tors
A. the consplraSQrs were very nuner-
ous, and confided their secrets 20 TOO many
pc9p'e, IT vas an eagy matter for me - run
Them 20 earth. ana tlnd out all their plans
evsn - fho proceedings of their f1r=, rrret~
inr a Jancsa Among the many details ~
their pans that ! discovered was that they
haf onrred money - certain people - 10
- fore 5hs gan1 jury ana perture them
selves against me IN the hope 20 secure
ans Indictment fn fact every dlaho,ica,
means that couid bc conceived of ~ thce.,