The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-14

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statement to the jury OF what the gov
ernment expected to prove in this case.
He said that the government intended
to show that the defendant HOey had
been appointed collector of customs
at NOgales and that as such 1t was his
duty to see tnat the Chinese exclusion
act was enforced; that while he was
collector at this point it had come to
tne knowledge of the officials at Wash
ington that hordes Of Cinnamon were
crossing the line from Sonora and act
ing on this the government ouicials in
the Treasury Department had sent
Secret Service Agent II. G. Dickey out
here to investigate, mat he had engaged
George Webb and other officers of
the custom house to gain Hoey's con
tidence. engage in the business win
him to secure evidence to convict:
that Webb had done this and received
checks from Hoey in payment for his
share of the plunder and that In the
! case of these particular Cinnamon,
| Webb while at Bisbee received check
for 500 in payment for his share OF
the hush money in four of the cases
Mr.. McLemore stated that the govern
ment intended to urther prove lIat
Frank How and Hoey were in close
relationship and that the latter re-
ceived money from How inpayment for
permitting the Cinnamon to cross the
line and poacing a letter A. on their
"choc gee by which they were to be
| identified
After this statement of the case. the
government witnesses We're called as
follows: II. {. Dickey. George Webb. f.
j. Roush w S. Cudaback. Robert Han
nah, j. A. McEnery. Edwin Baker, r.
y. George and Julius Paush. The lat
ter three were not in court but were
expected on the Nogales train this
morning The following witness were
then called for the defense: r. X.
reeman. r. J. Bristol. o. W. Brandon.
w w Flewelling. Louis Adams and
Judge Culver. The witnesses were then
sworn and instructed to keep out OF
the hearing of the court room while
the trial was going on. 1t being al
most the hour for the noon recess,
court adjourned. The jury was ad-
mnished by the judge and the balance
of the trial jurors were excused until
9;o1 o'clock tomorrow morning.
When the court met after the noon
recess, II. G. Dickey, the first witness
for the government was placed on the
stand. Mr.. Dickey on being questioned
stated that he was a secret service Of
ticer and that he had been engaged in
! Investigating the Nogales custom
house since July 1G last, under in
Istructions from the government. The
Investigations continued until August
-. when Mr. Hoey was arrested at
Nogalcs
Mr. Dickcy stated that George w,
Webb. Robert Hannah j. l.. Hath
way and Edwin Baker We're associated
with him in the investigation. On or
about the night of July 10Th, Mr.,
DipEcy stated that he had met six
Cinnamon of the names stated in the
Indictment T. l.. Hathaway and George
We,b were with him at the time. He
.ta The Chuamcu again when they
H.rr tried in Tucson, August }, before
uG@e culver. dispute arose at this
point over a matter OF eVidenr" ana
tu. counsel tor the government called
G.ora, W. Webb to the stand
Hr Wehb started that. while a line
-itrr ut Nogales. he had operated an
der A. G. Dickey. whom he met There
tisf IlIlN. lie Ndlh iudb iD'bA 'hlg --.'
be- went to the house Of Frank How in
Nocales, sonora. and met the six
Chinamen mentioned in the indict
mout and had there examined
their certificates. He told the China
men that there would he a wagon
waiting for them at the graveyard
later. He stated that previous to that
time he had met Mr. lTocy. who said
/ to him that he. Ilocy. had just returned
! from the residence Of Frank How and
that the latter had a bunch of six
| Cinnamon, whom he wished to get
across the line Ilocy asked Webb to
get wagon for them on the American
side Oh the line. WeDb stated that on
the evening of August lst Hoey came
to his room and stated that he had re-
ccited a telegram from Inspector
Jossey at Tucson saying that the six
Cinnamon had been arrested there.
Later Webb said that Hoey told him
| that two of the Cinnamon mad come
through the United States in bond and