The Opium Trunk With Everything but the Opium

The customs officers have been watching a handy launch. It has been learned that the craft left Tacoma under the charge of Frank Goodrich, alias Seymour, alias Wilson, and William Ryan, who was the engineer, and that they were arrested some months ago when the boat was seized on the charge of smuggling Chinese immigrants. Goodrich was also connected with the landing of a carload of Chinese immigrants at West Seattle, had charge of the steamer Milton when she burned, and has been identified with several other boats suspected of smuggling.

The customs officers received an important tip yesterday morning that a trunk, which had been attached and was held in Justice Caldwell's private office, contained forty pounds of opium. Deputy Collector McDonald and Chinese Inspector Schuyler made a raid on the office of Justice Caldwell and surprised that official. They found the trunk where the tip had indicated, and they found everything else except the dope.

Collector Sanders has received instructions from the secretary of the treasury to the effect that hereafter anyone who expects to receive a fee for giving information concerning smuggled goods must report in person to the collector or his deputy.

A second seizure of opium was made on the City of Kingston Thursday night. Inspector Loftus found twenty-three five-tael cans of opium in some boxes of curios shipped to a Chinese man at Walla Walla. The whole shipment of curios was seized.