The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-23
lllnS WANTS 4 HEARING.
~M REMOVED FROM CUSTOMS
SERVICE AT NORTHPORT.
AGAINST Him. of Which He Knew
nothing Until After He Appealed

s,zesa. Dfapatch 70 rhe Pos.-YnteI.lgeacer.
WASHINGTON, March Z2--A2taoug.,
4 =. elyiI service commission has been In
/ rsr.gxtsgg the claim or Perry J. Lyons.
sxr.srIY deputy collector or customs at
D yorthpcrf. wBo was in the classified ser
r1~e that he was dismissed wffhou,
charges having been preferred against rim
i. i.!a. NJ J Aaisasy WAS appointed as
IA yacceesor In violation OF the civil. SER
\ yes saw. &r. Lyons does not seem la be
.ng nearer TO reinstatement than
= was al the time he fled bis
-orapsalnt. air. Lyons received notice
- his dismissal from Collector
uuesfis on October 90. 1851. by Q
s es,seran which read IS follows. The
49, you hold OF deputy collector and
e.srk II abolished. taking effect this date"
WHEN Mr.. Lyons applied To the civil
~rysce commission for reinstatement he
:. forth his reasons therefore as follows.
ssraa; the Office was not actually abolished
.srcs " J. sfaloney was appointed Oh the
aay following 10 the same position and
arswing the same sa.ary.' 1t = claimed
mat Mr.. MaIcEey Is even doing tho came
rosk
Mr.. Lyons also points out that at the
,Ir1a of his removal no charges had bes n
ssed II his case. and that SO far as he
ssuId know his services had always been
ss.istaefory.
roslector Huestis made a personal state
rsut To MIR Lyons some two months after
the iattsr's removal. IN which he sad that
IL had knowledge OF the charges against
hin at the time he was relieved from his
duties at Sorshport. and considered that
h would prefer stepping down and out
AZ the gsrpfce without these charges be-
ins submitted, hence h.s action In the
msT-er These charges were ali said 10
have transplred before Mr.. HuessIs took
Office But he forwarded a copy Of them
20 the treasury department for It's In
formation.
The charges IN question were preferred
b. A. Bishop, or Spokane. and f. Kirk
tun. OF waiia Walia. Bishop made the
abatement 10 the collector that during the
months Of January. February and March
cs 1884 AZ Northport. he furnished Lyons
with milk al s. a month. and that he
signed receipts 10 Lyons for the said s. a
month as horse hire for the government
account Bishop says that he now be-
lieyex ne was helping Lyons To defraud the
government out Of the amount above
stated Klrkham's charges are more seri-
GUS He SAYS that in the winter Of is!s-s7
r. was engaged IN the livery business ~
Narthport with George Markham. and
that one Jack Nassau was also there at
had been zchooimates together In Waila
WALK. Kirkham states that Massam en-
tered Into ar arrangement with Perry
Lyons whereby Markham and Nissan
we're "a hrtng 1hinamen from Rossiard.
n. C.. by the way OF Northport and de-
iver them III Spokane Mr.. Lyons agree
sng 10 notify Nissan when all the officers
we're az safe distance. so lIat they could
bring the Cinnamon across the Columbia
river AT that point. kirkham makes this
positive statement: Il know as matter
o. fact that they did bring in two China
faen from Rossland 10 spokane"
AZ that time Nassau. Markham and
ksrkman were all placed under arrest:
sAe Cinnamon. however escaped. Mas
sam and Markham also escaped. Markham
81 breaking away from the officers In
charge and getting across into British Co
hmbia. ana Mass am by forfeitinG a $500
bond kfrkhaln went to Spokane and
stood his trial. but owing 10 the fact thar
The team that brought the Cinnamon
from N9rthport to C0lvIiia was furnished
hy him from his stable. the jury was Of
the opinion that he WAS interested In the