The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-21
SHIPMENTS OF
TORPEDO BOATS
RUSSIAN SPIES SAID TO BE
WATCHING THEM tN SEAT.
III d.

SEATTLE. October 25.-mtense eN-
element prevails along the waterfront
over the report that plot has been
Matched by agents - the Russian gov
eminent FOR the destruction of the nine
Japanese torpedo boats which are now
en- route to Japan For several days
suspicious-looling characters have been
been lowering about the Great North
ern dock at Smiths cove, ostensbly
for the purpose Of watching for the arr
rival Of the torpedo boats which n is
supposed win be shipped TO Japan on
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha company's
Kanagawa Maru.
Yesterday the same person who was
seen watching the Boston steamship
company's steamer fremont, while she
was loading at the Arlington. dock
was seen at Smiths cove by Tom Nor
gan, "a longshoreman Of this city. At
the time the fremont was loading in
this city, Morgan become familiar with
the man i'm question, as he was for a
number of days seen nosing about the
wharf where the vessel was laoding.
one of the peculialities of the man
noticeable at the time was that he al
ways kept one hand in his side pockets.
Shortly afterwards the cause of this
was revealed. AS the man jumped down
from "A box on the wharf it was seen
that his left hand was terribly scared.
Since that time he has been known
! among the longshoremen as THE man
with the SCARED hand"
Yesterday while standing in the en-
trance Of the Great Northern hotel at
Smiths cove, Morgan easily recognized
the same man. Morgan says the man
did not attempt to get within the gates
of the dock knowing that he would
have to give an account of himself
| if he did. but in the afternoon he was
| Joined by companion, who alighted
from Ballard car.
Finally, the man with the SCARED
! hand drew a package from under his
! coat Morgan, who had by this time
grown interested in the case and had
followed the men, was within 80 feet
of where they stood. He could plainly
see every move they made. The pack
age, which the man with the SCARED
hand gave to the other, was in a tin
box about one foot i'm length and six
inches wide Morgan is firm in his be-
lief that the men mean mischief, and
/ thinks it is their intention to locate. if
possible. the japanese torpedo boats
and destroy them with dynamite.
! After talking for a moment both men
rsturned to the car tracks, where they
boarded the next car for Seattle
The. dock authorities scott at the idea
that the men intend HARM but they in
tend to keep a sharp lookout until the
| Kanagawa Maru sails for the Orient
! Chief Clerk j. w. Richardson, of the
| Great Northern dock, stated this morn
ing that he was not aware of the pres
ence of the men, and did not think any
stringent measures would be taken. In
regard to the torpedo boats, ne said
that if they were there, he did not
/ know it. There are several shipments
OF steel consigned to Japan on the
steamer Kanagawa Maru, but what
the material is to be used for after it
! arrives in Japan he could not say
The officials of the Nippon Yusen
/ Kiasha company, owners, of the Kama
/ gawa Maru, said this morning that
! while there were several shipments
4 of steel, beside a number Of cOnsign-
ments of iron to be forwarded on the
! vessels to Japan, they did not know Of
I any japanese torpedo boats.
The consignments to be shipped to
Japan on the vessel are just about the
/ same that the vessel took on her last
trip" said the local agent. THE bills
of lading on which the material is list
| ed call for structural iron. The iron
and tsee is consigned to the different
merchants of Yokohama and other
cities of Japan, and as far as we know
! is merely for jobbing purposes"
Tom Watson says he doesn't expect