Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-17
THE weeIERT-sMALI CASE.

For some time past bad feeling has
existed between J. II. Woolsry, Chief of
Police, and tt Small, one Of the police
officers on the night force. This feeling
has continued 20 grow. and officer Small
is not a very prudent man, and has
| probably talked too much, and made
statements that be cannot substsntiate.
All this finally eliminated in the Chief
of Police preferrine charges agains,
Mr. Small to the City Council, as fol-
| lows:
To the HoHorabls the Mayor AID Com
mon Council gf the CITY Of Seattle, or
| the Commiffse thereof, on Health and
| Psl5cs:
GEyrLEMEs: l, the undersigned, Chief
| of Police of said city of Seattle, come
now and charge L. J. Small, police of
| ficer of said city, of criminal libel and
| SANDER of the Chief of Police, and
| thereby iniuring his usefulness as an
officer, neglecting and refusing to per
| form his duty as such police officer; of
| characterization, and by interfering
| With the proper administration of the
| duties of the police force Of said city; of
| conduct unbecoming police officer of
said city, as follows:
First-That the said L. j. Small did.
within said city of Seattle, and within
| the thirty days last past, and In the
| presence and hearing of divers good
| people, falsely and maliciously spoke of
| and concerning yo1r informant, that
| be, meaning your informantl received
| money for the purposs of shielding and
protecting Chinese gamblers in said
| city; meaning thereby that your inform
ant had, while being Chief of Police.
| received bride for the purpose of
shielding and protecting gamblers and
criminals in said city, and thereby
| greatly injuring the usefulness of your
| informant as an officer of said city.
| Second-That the said L. j. Small,
| within said thirty days last past, and
| while being on duty as such police Off
Ger, did wilfully absent himself from
| his beat, and remained absent there
| from for the space of more than An
hour, drinking beer and other intoxi-
| cants, with divers women at the French
laundry, on Front street, In said city,
| without any reason or cause therefor.
| Third-That on the 10th day of Sep
TENDER, 1884, the said L. j. Small was
| guilty of insubordlnation, in that on
said day your informant ordered and
requested the said L. j. Small to take
and conduct prisoner, then in the city
Jail, from said jail to and before the
City Justice, s.. b. Vrooman, which said
order the said L. j. Small, then and
there, without cause, absolutely refused
to obey.
Foarth-That the said L. j. Small has
for the 30 days last past greatly inter
fered with the proper administration of
the duties of the police force of said
city, in that the said Il. j. Small, on
divers occasions, within said time, and
i'll the presence and hearing of divers
good people of said city. wrongfully.
falsely and maliciously charged your
informant of being under pay of the
gamblers and prostitutes of said city,
and of endeavoring to cause it to be
believed that your informant was
bribed and winked at crimes committed
in said city, and of ignoring your in
formant on all occasions, and of SAYING
on repeated occasions that your inform
ant had no rights, and had no authority
AZ such Chief of Police over the police
officers of said city, and of other con-
duct unbecoming police officer.
| Wherefore your informant asks that
action be taken by your honorable body,
that the charges herein enunciated be
inquired into, and that such final action
be taken by you as shall seem Just and
proper, and that in the mean time the
said L. j. Small be suspended. That
the charges herein made your inform
ant is at all tines ready to prove and
establish. (Signed)
| J. II. WooLERY.
These charges were subscribed and
sworn to before L. j. Humes, Notary
Public, and submitted to the Council
by Mr.. Woolery at the last regular
mee'in of the Council, whereupon a
committee, consisting of Councilmen
Yesler, Latimer and Clancy, to hear
testimony and make findings, was ap-
pointed.
All yesterday afternoon the commit
tee listened to testimony. Mr.. Rasin
conducted the prosecution and MIR.
Murphy the defense. Some Is or 20
witnesses were examined pro and con,
and at O'Clock the committee ad-
iOurned to some future time to hear the
arguments. The writer does not feel
justified in commenting further on this
unfortunate affair until the committee
shall have made its findings. In the
mean time officer Small stands sus.
pended from the force, by order of the
Mayor and Chief of Police.