Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-27

The ns1ezss 81 Hsusy Castsisa fssu
~ b eesst1 Ceshs1na. - ~ sdvtsI
e AstssDsy 0snssai 1GssasSs. assA
oaSietea haa hesn senaistsa e jaii b
Poiiss JusGies eodsxosse. - ~ ssb'
jsoe u eosslp On ell hands yssassday.
D1sinG The day 6hesiR Coshssns -
ssgy a0idooos Ia his so0<aVofs q
sDou9bs shinas osee, although - man
. ID 70 ksep Caxjetou tu eoseDdy I'll the
anna. Aftosnay Geoesni 0seoalfe ted
9 foR lwxnzk1ouBuno reporter tAas
Cssleeoo hod basn sstoased aotil ave
o'sioek 10 permit hin - attend 10 ep.a
oos1noR. HheHf3 Opehsano 49, says
the eomoitosnt vss illegal, aud thss
b hBa No rtebs 10 hold Casie4so- 1ce
sheyia says Att0sney 6enesaI 0etoaifs
had nothing 20 do With ths eAse. Nc.
4ssealfe himself sdmits that CAslesoa
would not have bean selaoseo IL be
Mstcatfe1 hsd nos asDussa the sneRiH
that he would Eesusu u nvs O'clock. 10
u sppeass that Attorney 0eseRAl Mo-
eaifs had ussoin9 10 do With the cAse,
yet the sheriff acts on Attorney GenesAl
neeeaife's advice; the eom@lt0eut u
illegal. bal Oasietoa 10 beid all the same;
tbs account Of tss PoaS
(sccosdirg 70 SbesfG Coehnone) 10 ali
wrong, and set tee shefid lab seioosiy
attempts 70 justify doing what tee -
e0ont said be had done.
On Wednesday evening, L. O. Oil
man, one Of the ateorpevs Of Sheriff
Coohfane, vent 10 the once Of Police
Justice s1desbess and tpqaIrtd into Ne
case. HIS zsked Mr.. Hodofhera ali
about wnss had been done In the case
and then said:
sWeiI. C. Carleton hiss not given Q
bond .tss commitment - legal and l vii
sail tie sheriff be must keep Carleton
IN custody"
Wbether Mr.. Gilman 20 iufosnsd the
s5eSie ~ rot knovr. bot that be ed-
mitsed Oaflston's commitment vAs is-
gal there can be no doubs.
Mr.. Sodesesre said yesterday thst The
real fscgs Of tee case should not be lost
sight Of. III should be remembered
that Henry Carleton 10 notorious - be-
ing coDlson gambler. His name ap
pears ON the Rscords OF the police courts
of this city time and again. He has
been fiaed over and over again. The
records Of the courts would of them
tss chAFsctss a. common gambler. He
u brought before me on . charge Of va
araucy and IL convicted. The costa be
refuses 10 pay. he refuses 10 give Q
bond. He refuses. on advice OF his at
tofpev. Uho II she iav partner Of Altor.
neg General Gescalfe. 10 comply with
the Judgment Of the court. l ordersd
his commitment 6rst fer noe payment
Of costs, something the statute clearly
authorizes. ASIDE from that, be 10 ssh
fenced To impfisonmeus under the stat
az. for faiiufe 10 give bond. the las
ter 10 precisely toe reason which led 70
tbs comnstmens Of employment agent
Read. Reeds csmmitment, hoUever.
IL oonsidefed legal and be 10 actually
con6ned In jail. Casieton's commit
ment, on the ether hand. 10 pronounced
not legal, and this common gambler Is
uursed BY the attorney general Of Wash.
inRton TERRITORY and the sheriff Of King
counsy and enoe arased to Openly resiss
the lag. II this 10 not eIcoufaaipe
gambling 10 vosld be difficult to say
shss amounts 10 encouragement. Tue
public now can understand some Of size
difficulties attending the enforcement Of
the Lag against gambling. l see Sheriff
oocbrane r. quoted a. saying that Car
leson's counsel notified NE that u 1.-THE
cotnmitme}t) vas worthless and tbas be
vould hold me accountable for false i'm
pfisonmsnt II imprisoned Oafieton-'
TIE counsel 10 this instance must
mean Attorney General Metcalfe, 90 the
latter's Law partner II not In the city.
rhis In In substantial agreement wish
uhs. Mr.. Metcaife himself says trans
pred in the shsrid' private ofaoe. The
shoie matter 10 jast this way; II Oar.
leton's commitment is illegal % 10
Reeds. and as Reed IL in js,i II affords
the best evidence that Sheriff Cochrane
ia satisfied that the commitment IL ali
right"
II is nov said that writs OF babeas
corpus will be applied for in the district
court. THIS will bring the matter di-
rectly before Chief Justice Jones'.