, 1889-09-19


employed by. the committee to prose.
cute Inglis, laid the result of his inves.
tigation before the meeting, Colonel
WINSTON read statement made by
Inglis and signed In the presence OF wit.
nesses. In this statement he told of his
own stealing. ,aggregating about $3.50 in
an VINO lie divided the proceeds Of sales
with, where numerous loads OF goods
went, by whom they were ordered sent,
and draymen who hauled them. Inglis'
statement implicated several parties,
put cast no reflection whatever upon the
ofhcial conduct Of Chief Clerk Hayward.
THE SICK MAN ON THE ISLAND.
colonel winston also read the state
ments Of number of expressmen who
had delivered goods. Colonel Winston ex-
planned that he had labored under many
difficultics In securing these statements.
lie had encountered large number OF
expressmen who had delivered goods to
sick man on the island. 1t was aston
ishing, the colonel said, how many loads
OF provisions and blankets had been de-
livered to this sick man OH the island
whenever an expresSman would not ex-
plain In any other way where he had
delivered certain load of goods he al
ways managed to get out Of II by say.
he had delivered 1t to the sick man on
the island. This man., real or imagin-
ary, had, In the coloncls estimation, re-
ceived about thousand loads of
goods.
After hearing the statements read, a
number of earnest speeches were made
by members of the committee and other
citizens present. The expression was
unanimous that Spokane Falls had been
disgraced by boodlerism long enough,
and that the present opportunity was
the best ever offered to take the matter
in hand. Every gentleman present ex-
pressed determination to assist In sift-
ing the matter to its utmost rotten
depths, and to prosecute to the end of
the law every man concerned in this
dastardly outrage against honesty,
decency and the good name of Spokane
Falls. Il is doubtful ii ever more de-
termined and indignant body of
representative citizens of any city ever
assembled at a meeting.
1t was decided that AS the relief fund
was given to relieve the distress of suf-
ferers from the fire 1t would not be
proper to use any portion of the fund to
pay for the prosecution of the vandals
who had stolen good share of 1t, and it
was the unanimous sense OF the meeting
that all expenses of the prosecution be
paid by fund to be raised by voluntary
subscription. A subscription paper was
at once circulated in the room and in
fifteen minutes $1,000 had been sub
scrbed and the money and checks were
deposited on the table of the secretary.
A committee of five was appointed to
solicit further subscriptions from the
citizens.
On a motion which was carried unain-
mously those present organized them
selves into a citizens committe whose
object it will be to unearth and prose.
cute rascality in public affairs wherever
found. +. Z. Hogan was chosen presi-
dent and j. ID. Sherwood secretary. All
good citizens who have the welfare of
Spokane Falls at heart are cordially in
vited to become members of this com
mittee. Frank Graves and James B.
Winston in the prosecu,;on Of the rolief :
fund boodlers and the meeting Adjourned
subject to call of the president.
iNeLis FAILS TO APPEAR
Two o'clock T. Nj. was the hour set
for the examination of Robert Inglis be-
fore Justice Curry. Il had been ru-
mored around town all day that Inglis
had fled. A considerable crowd had as
sembled In the council chamber before
the hour for the examination had ar
rived. Mrs: Kellogg, who went on In
giis' bond Tor 1000 for his appearance,
came in shortly before the proceedings
opened, and took a seat inside the rail-
ing. She beckoned Judge Curry to her
side, and, after conversing, with him for
moment, got up and left the hall;
Messrs. Graves and winston appeared
for the prosecution, and James b. Jones
for the defense. Chief Warren took a
station behind the Judge, and called
three times for Robert lnglis to come
into court or his bonds would be for
feited. Robert tailed to come. Then the
chief called three times for Mrs. Kellogg
to produce the body of Robert lnglis or
her bond would pay the forfeit; Mrs.
Kellogg failed to produce Roberts body
and the bond was thereupon declared
forfeited ana the court adjourned
fns 'onrIA.sls.
AT 7;3o T. NJ. the attorneys for the
prosecution appeared before Justice
Dunning and swore sN, out Complaints for
the arrest OF Siuney u. waters, Peter
Dueber and William gillespie. The
complaints were sworn to by all the
members OF the relief committee except
Mr.. Dueber, who Is out oftown, and Mr..
Belts, VINO was at nome ana unable
bers be S'S of " aRe committees % waited Al e on s Mr
Belts, VINO slgnlied MS Willingness to
sign, nut as nc mas peen SUMMONED as
witness and is member OF the city
council, IL was decided best not TO nave
him sign the complaints. Following Is
the complaint against Mr.. waters;
TERRITORY OF WAsHiNoroN,l ss
county OF spokane. Wi r
a: Nj; cannon, Henry l.. wilson, w.
II. Iaylor, >. ~ Glover ana =. X. Burns
being iirst duly sworn on tnelr oaths
complain and say; That Sidney ID;
waters, OF the county OF spokane and
territory OF washington, on the 2oth
day OF August, 1889, III the county of