The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-03
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rassCE LEARN or A sECRET CHI
uEsE COURT IN THD cBrY.
cn6ef Reed Deter.iseS 10 STAMP
out the Organisatton, which n
Yet IN Its Infaney-Nerehsnss
1syeotteJ-systen 81 Extsetise.

rnere is story behind the trial Of ten
fynfnansen yesterday afternoon I'm the
e.unlcIuai court. on the charge OF zmok-
- opsum and the continuance OF the
60 OK two Mongo.ians charged with
ambilng.
f.bsef az Police Reed has good reason to
,eakese that aSsishbsnder association Is In
- tffarcy. He Is positive that a certain
.ssutss has established a court before
vhsh of1enders are tried for violating It's
decrseE
=, Tar az can be learned no Gle has yet.
S<sn marked for the assaszin's bullet or
tusfe. but all who refuse 10 do as hidden
s.. xfyeu to understand that they may
swpect unpleasant consequences.
The police know from reports made TO
saxn by Cinnamon that system OF coz
srefog Is IN its incirienc5. II iz being
ronducted. according 10 the statements OF
sne .nformers. on the iiner OF ioyeotts
vs,h unsiated penalties attached If The
hoyeoit IL not ob9yed.
Chief Reed says lat he has no reason
Do 6oubt tsle train Of his Information. "A
hxf.p.Dder organization Cannot exist tn
ms city" said the CHIEF last night. cit
4 q tang thai must be chsekssi inmedi-
ate,v and shall take prompt Steps TO see
mat a stop Il pat 10 this secret court"
Notwithstanding that many Of the
Cinnamon are in terror Of the secret or
9snizatson. they are afraid 10 give The po-
sce the names OF the leaaers. The reason
Or this IL TIA, they realize how terrible
8 The Vengeance sute to fall on their
leads The history OF hlghbinaers In San
Francisco Is written in blood. HWw harsi
fht possce 81 thai ely found 1t 10 ssop
the numbering OF marked men Is well
hnown Tie socai police do not intend to
ii fs,e aisrepntahIe Cinnamon OF this city
extend their system Of exforti01 tn the
point wheae II requires years 10 break IT.
Influence,
IA old Pacific coast detective who has
been assisting Chief Reed in getting TO
the bottom OF III. local condition Of at
fairs. but who refuses 10 have his name
used said: ZIP to the present time the
CLIQUE under investigation has confined
liz work 10 gifuple Eoycofts In doing
fhs. however. a threat Is made which
means trouble ahead for those who do rot
ian In with the plans Of the leaders. The
San Francisco highhlnders commenced In
the same way. Before the poiee fully
realised what was going on they had a
large Job on their hands. From hcycosts
mail They levy tribute in almost any di-
recsion and kill If deiied. / have heard
thu. in Seattle a secret court Is In exist
snce, where trials are being held. China
men who ought 10 know what they are
taking about have been complaining. BY
ed II will not do TO let the case drag
along"
IL believed that the headquarters OF
the organization r. I'm the Wa Chong block.
On Fourth avenue south. II was here that
ten Cinnamon were arrested Tuesday for
smoking opium Each OF them was fined
80 hy Justice Austin yesterday afternoon.
He ordered their pipes destroyed Attor-
nfy Glenn took an appeal on the point of
whether the court had authority to order
Two Cinnamon charged with gambling
viii b. tried tomorrow.