The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01
They VIII Be Investi-
gated Next Tuesday.
GAVAN EXPOSES FALSEHt0D
DENIALS OF THE BUREAU CHIEF
HELD BELOW PAR.
This Has Been Bad Year for Col
lector Jackson and His
Pull at Wash
ington. ..::

Special Agents Smith and Link. who
have been detailed TO investigate the
charges Of ualcorGucL preferred against
Special Agent Moore by. has. old quarry,
ex-CoLeclOr Wise, will begin the iuves-
cation next Tuesday. In conformity
with the precedent established by Euro
pean police methods, the inquiry viii be
secret, and all parties concerned VIII be
warned under dire penalties not 70 reveal
anything that hapeus within the sacred
precincts of the official star chamber.
The appointment Of these gentlemen was
q disappointment TO Collector Jackson and
his ally. Mr.. Wise. Mr.. Wise insisted all
along that Collector Jackson should be
designated as the investigating officer to
handle not only the charges against
Moore, but those against Meredith as
well. but Assistant Secretary Howell
I0lnu so much discrepancy between the
statements OF Jackson and Wise and the
report OF Major Moore on the matter Of
The escape OF Fong Suey Wan, through
Cit1, that he did not consider that Col
lectcr Jackson would go into the inquiry
win that cold, calm, judicial mind which
ls the Ideal or the sedrcher after truth.
Fer instance, Wise said in Washington
that before he left san Francisco Col
lect0r Jackson had informed him that the
Chinese Burean had let FOng Suey Wan
50 because Miss Cameron Of the Chinese
Presbyterian Home Mission and Assist
ant United States Attorney Bert SchIeS-
niger had pleaded with Major Moore and
be allowed % 90. Collector jackson has
denied that he told Wise anything Of the
taken place But Mr.. Wtse's TeckleSsness
IN making statements and the fact that
he stood by Boodler Dick Williams TO the
last Just as Jackson IS standing by Mere
Ci-h. have induced Assistant Secretary
Howell 70 select a special board OF Spe-
CtaI Agents TO try both Major Moore and
the Chinese Bureau Another COnsidera-
ton ~ llCl mad LUCn Welg1E with M
Howell was the fact thar Jackson IS the
head of the Chinese Bureau, and Is such
is responsible for It's management and Tor
the acts OF his 2ppCintee. Hence however
proper q person Mr.. Jackson might be in
other matters Il might not appear 10 be
in good taste for him TO sit IN judgment
Chief Meredith has seen TT 10 deny TO
members Of the press the statement made
in last Sundays Call 10 the effect that he
VINO had seized a Chinese letter OF in
s-rUC-IOus On the person Of man named
Brown. 2 former. clerk OF NJ. NJ t'oOte, an
attorney who has done. considerable Chi
uese business during the past year. Mr..
C4aVal was seen after the denial and
made the following statement;
ON November H.: 1888, I received on
official letter heads the following note:
In the matter CT Wong DO shia CBeIgicl--
I1a aoove case IS set for hearing n Judge
HeacociIs court to-day at o'clock. Il VIII
order W Il. Gavan. Customs LabCrer. TO call
on ne AZ the bureau not later than ?. n to
49, ----- ~ rrls. -7s-rer A letter concerning
'--7 p z MEREDITH
The foEegoing note was add addressed =; 70 Q
Collector Jackson On Gle pack was the
following Endorsement =.
Mr.. W H. Gavan. Please call at room Il,
Appraisers building to-day oeLOre ci9cA
7 &
''T went to the private .office Of Mr..
Meredith III the Chinese Bureau and ne
did his best TO make me. say that q let
Ter which he showed me was the one l had
found on Brown. He asked me again and
again II I wasn't mistaken and ne kept
Il up for half an hour at least: n :
seemed 50 much 70 want me 70 say tnaL
the letter he showed me was the one thaC
asked him Do you want me 10 say
that this Is the letter. He didn't DENY L
OF say anything in answer TO my question.
tinally / told him that II was no use
thar he might as well give up the at
tempt. for I had put private mark on
she letter / had seized and that l. knew
ir was not the letter ne showed me-.
Meredith'S denial Of anything that may
be charged against him, however, viii not
g for much, for he has denied the truth
more than once the most CONSPICUOUS IN
stance being the denial OF the fact that
q reporter mad warned him Of the expect
ed escape Of FOng Suey Wan. Meredith
was forced 10 withdraw his denial on
Withdraw his denial OF the Gavan inter-
view as We'll
This has not been a good year for the
forces Of Collector Jackson Every fight
he has made has been losing one He
. worked for months in the eudeavor 70
have Colonel irish removed from the OF
fCe of Naval Officer and TO nave colonel
BILLY Hamilton appointed in MS place:
But President Mckinley said that he did
tsor propose 10 remove irish and that
Colonel Hamilton should be sausue0 with
.eF ian "a 90
Tue next body blow that the Collector
received was the appointment BY the Sec
.re-ary of the Treasury Of DR. Gardiner as
a fuIl-fedged Chinese inspector. II had
been stated by Meredith and his friends
that DIT. Gardiner was pig-headed
.zesIot ard that he and Major Moore and
the reporters of all the San Francisco
daily papers were IN conspiracy to ruin
him (Aeredith), and GARDENERS appoint
nle-r therefore knocked the wind out Of
the BureauCrats. This was followed by
the rejection Of Jackson as the investigat-
= Or and judge Of misdOtugs charged
against his own appotntee and IN his own
Cepa artmert-
Verify it has rot been q happy year
. for the Federal brigade. Gardiner, q min
lister Of the Gospel and man unused 20
the guileful ways Of politics. stands upon
the Federal heap alongside Of Colonel
Irish. a Gold Democrat. and would crow
defa1tly II he didn't have use for his
neck % preach with.