Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-02
Battans AMI s,imm,nss. rev lines Just
ia. 81 Chester Ci-Ars's-
AN IyTERESTIIG CHAPTER.
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4 member OF tie late grand j1sy add
81 some remarkable statements TO tie
general fond Of 10 formation feistrvs to
The basis upon which the somsshat Gel
ebrate6 AID 500 ewhst shattered report
Of that body vas prepafed. He said
q nuubsr OF conpiaints had been re-
ceived about the sspitsry condition OF
small section OF the city. Tnc grand jory
,ner informally visited thai part OF the
city and made Q css7sl inspecsioa Of It's
condition. Then tns jury appointed .
COMMITTEE Of i've 10 eSsmtne the mat
ter more carefully. Ibis COMMITTEES re-
turned and prepared . report. which,
after some discussion. vas ruoulted tn
TO the paragraph appeasina N tbs re-
part ~ vrsseCted 10 the court. There
Gas not entire ssrsemsns among the
jarymen as 10 the terms OF tie report
although tie report - daaiiy prepared
vas agreed 10 and submitted 70 tie
court.
"Tne report vas IN ,erssood BY my
self and some other" said this jasy.
man, 30 censute cert,iu city .fh,isls
IN this order: the chief OF palice, the
health eff seF, the common council and
tue msyof. IL appears Eov that the
reference 20 The coief OF police and
heath oficef ~as omitted. l certainly
understood that these 9TH ,ers vers iu-
cluied 9th the msyof and common
couac OIL"
"Hos did the jlfy come 10 q conciu-
sion as 90 the tous-s Of III fsms!"
Certain city of1siais we're before rs
giving irfofmatisn ~ to gambling, and
they were Questioned IS 20 shat might
be done With refsrei CO 10 the houses OF
~ fame. Tney made certain represent
siions and ve e,neiadsd to hear tbs
other eide go ve were furnished with
shs nance " q numbef of 'madams'
who clnducted those houses aud soh-
o. lss vsfe issued directing them 10
sppear before the 81 and jnry.'
IBID they come p ask II the reporter
'Ceraiuis, they everyone appeared
and gave us an exact explapstlop OF
hos iheir at airs vere conducted. They
said lhey Paid before one Of tics poiice
jastices n regular qnsrieriy nae fer
sell ne liqa1r xitboat l. &C. The
som they raid amounted - as evess
thsse months. Ia oGe instance only 500
sere paid, bat that ses'is 20 have been
an Ter special circamsfsRess These
their bousts the grand jlry would be-
upar ssipR only thoss wbish, from
tier standpoint, we're respec able
sou 90. aud whisn we're a source OF re-
W, ne. leaving usto1ch. d the lowest
aud vilest dsns, each II which vas
occupied By only one woman. These
nou 90 were rot ia the eyes o. the iaw,
nca yer. honses Of i'll fame."
h. s-p ~ 4
plans tom"
I'VE sent q request 10 Chief Justice
Jones for an opinioa on tbs point, ana
he rzp.isd that vhtie he wss sorry, the
lac was 81 weak that the houses re-
fefrsd to ~ beine ccsnpiei eac os
ouly one womsu were not hon-es OF Ill
fame Then we tnclu3ed se had BIT
ter recon mend that ste legislature
ueud the las"
Attire same tiue these vrUs o pos
"a before the frsud jary ~ keepers OF
hons-s d ia fam Y"
Yes. | euess that's right"
"Aad they, ais !, conf sssd to selling
liqnar without ilcen . =
"Yes. but they exp|ained that they
piit ,hs equivalent 81 Shs hseese
xoaid have cost them"
y
toy OF hoasss % II fams and selling
liaaar Gas iil-esll'
"Certainiy"
"was there any movs msde to ind!ci
an, Of them =
'NA."
why didn't The grand Jury osusore
itself for criminal nsslirenss n not
d,scs>rsire their ssors doss under the
iaxy'
To this question there vas 20 an
sxer.
Chef OF Police M1rphv yesterday
ssict Il DEFY Health ON ser Smith TO
name one instance where he pointed
on, q mi .ance vaich ] did not sup-
pre-s. AZ % the sever connections,
some OF the coancilmen them elves can
give srna information abou. them.
Oae m. mbeY of tie council 10 agent fer
a iot of houses from ~bicn ssser con
ueotsons shoaid be made. | vent TO
bin. and be saiS ihss he had authority
orly % coll o. rents. and was cot sm
| ,oxered TO ysv oat any money. lhe
owner liv-s ontside Of the territory.
What esnIdl? | propose 10 write q
Litter and have 70 presented to tbs
co1acil teis evening, and | ell shcv
! lost hog te,se thiugs are. ! am pc.
pared to take nv share of the ceusuFe
% the grand jary. Arrsseemenss
| shszid De made for garbage damp.
Sseps are 10 progress nos along W.sa-
inei n stress 10 c,esa u"
Assi tbss tne IN after stants. IL !sex
| .~ted ihst there vii be Q lively session
l If the o3ln-fi tonight