The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-25
Mr.. SAUNDERS NEW JOB.
CLEvELAND's COLLECTOR OF Gus
TOMS TO GO TO sANTO DOMINGO.
Employed by Eastern Capitalists,
Who Have Loaned That Govern
ment $4,000, 900, Taking as Part
Security the Customs Receipts.

J. c. Saunders, who was Grover Cleve-
lands collector of customs for the Puget
sound district, has struck it rich again.
Mr.. Saunders, who for some time past
has been making Portland his home. left
that city few days ago and is now en-
route to the East, where he will take
passage for Santo Domingo. There he Will
take charge of the customs receipts or
that government for a syndicate of prom
inent men, headed by Samuel NJ. Weed.
which has loaned the Santo Domingo gov
eminent 10,000.o00 agreeing to accept as
part security the customs receipts for
stated period.
No man has cut such a prominent hg-
ure in Democratic politics in this state
as Mr.. Saunders. When he was in office
Jefferson was the most-talked-of county
from political standpoint in the North
west. Mr.. Saunders had many warm
friends and many bitter enemies, His
friends fought for him, and his enemies
never lost an opportunity to do him a
political injury. Toward the close of his
administration politics were swept aside
and Mr.. Saunders enemies got personal.
A Chinaman came forward who swore
that Collector Saunders was mixed up in
a number of crooked transactions in
volving the office of the collector 1t was
alleged that Mr.. Saunders had permitted
Cinnamon to unlawfully enter the United
States from British Columbia. The mat
ter was carried into the federal courts.
but Mr.. Saunders won out
His friends charged that the entire mat
ter was job on the part of enemies to
injure the collector. Among those who
were said by Mr.. Saunders friends to be
back of the job were Treasury Agent
Leslie Cullom, now in the East, and In
spector Jossey, of Tacoma. Mr. Cullom
and Mr.. Jossey were very bitter against
the ex-collector and never hesitated to
say that they believed him guilty of the
frauds charged
After Mr.. Saunders retirement from
office one of his bondsmen came forward
and swore that he had never signed the
bond, and that what purported to be his
signature was in reality forgery. That
matter was aired in the courts. Mr.
Saunders won again. and the bondsman
was arrested by the United States dis
trict attorneys office for committing per-
jury.
Another of Mr.. Saunders troubles was
to have a United States revenue officer
well known on the sound and who had
made his home at Port Townsend.
charge that the ex-collector had forged
his name to some mining stock. The
courts of Jefferson county held that the
signature to The stock was forgery
but did not say that Mr.. Saunders was
guilty of the crime.
After having all these troubles Mr..
Saunders. who had in the meantime re-
moved his family to the East, was ar
rested by the state authorities OF New
York for allowing a Christian Scientist
to treat one of his children during a
severe Illness. The child died. The case
was later dismissed.
Throughout Mr. Saunders unfortunate
period, his friends, who are legion, have
never hesitated to say that he was the
victim of persecution and that he had
never done dishonest act They be-
lieve that In his new position he will
make record which will be more than
pleasing to his employers.