Commissioner Spriggs
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- Nov 26, 1893The Commissioner's ConflictCommissioner Williams denies avoiding Banker Atkins's case, calling the 100-mile warrant assignment unnecessary.Sumas, WA
- Sep 18, 1894A Moldy Box at the Wharf: How Customs Agents Caught a Father-Son Smuggling TeamA $1,500 shipment of fine woolens from Canada was tracked from Whatcom to Seattle, leading to the arrest of R. Simons and his son J. Simons.Seattle, WA
- Jan 29, 1895The Wrong Chin Quong: A Smuggling Case Collapses in SeattleFederal officers arrested the manager of Wa Chong & Co. as an opium smuggler, but Portland witnesses took one look and said he was the wrong man—while the real suspect sailed for China.Seattle, WA