The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-20
MARSHAL HAMILTON DENIES.
He Invites Public scrutiny Of His
Official Arns-
Charges Reiterated ~ Mr.. d'Hsirry
--rhsy win he Eeaueed
Ia writing.

In an gnseyFfew. Mr.. PxuI q Hairy,
cnxfrrnsu Of The executive COMMITTEES Of
TIE Harrison T.sglsm. yesterday sa@1s far
t1eg charges xxafast T. 8 sfzxzkaI HssnlI
SOS. and stated fsssf fh3y wsrzld be rsdAeea
10 wrfsang and fsrxar5<9 70 Washington
ne arss aexzzs3sI0a "a that NJ H<aafstna
sftEEs tsa1 20 6efrxsa o Kzss0w oEs o.
saasEy sakTszsfez 80 hsrs. Il second eh8rgs
II gkas he paid tesok ~ f.ie EeHisertlari
9Th Z personal ezseck Essr was ssp'
honsrsd hy fhe nEnk upon Nnieh g was
3rswu.
.1ssgsoHs ebaFzes were preferred against
hsss EsT Coy sesnpse.1 szaf Ar. 9'aesrry.
Aknd his eeudner was 80 seardalous thss .
government examiner ass Instructed 70
fooS jnf0 s. The examiner. made a report
no e01ap.iF ae1i2fF 70 Mr.. Hamilton The
seatfls pabsic xery vel remembers the
charges 81 ts9yysropgf&tszg pub1sc
MONEYS ard violation - personal fzsth
made tsy Charles Henry, CHE Of Mr.. Ham
lIt0as Deputies ! % not appreh1nd that
the sxeeutsvF committee will have any
serfossx s5issscs1lty Ia ssaoMIeg the n srshsA J
ssruoxe.iuxsS e the snshoTities at washing
ton We are now preparing our charges
and wiII soDE hare tslsfa ia shape.
Il Was stase1 eisewhers thai Marshal
HAMILTON has ssot pzzd DIS 'SepEties- Those
who hs9 saTi9sgz cause for TrteTaEcs were
said % b Depety sheriff wo-oiery, ~ y
Wiussow. Os3cgxx Holden and Jones,
James Ardersun, Z. II. Reed, Of Yakima,
atsd others
NJ HxMxTox's STATEMENT
when the time eesaes will take tie
psosser steps towards tbs RECITATION of the
siaaderous resolution Of tue Harrison
Legion safd Marshal Hamilton 70 d re-
porter who called upon hizn yexsesdsy.
THE resolution would b. very ridiculous
Il is we're nor very seriogss, and do not
beiieYs that the members Of the legion
rSalized IS faH import sFhen X wss In.
doE1ed ty their xDtsk
aTiae charge OF Mr. asHearry that hare
defrauaed wiaow cut Of money intrustee!
% ne. ! denognee "a wholly aud masic-
lousy false. The statement about the
peusteusssFy cook preeentiug my personal
cheek a. bank, where Il sas diehonorcd.
ID also utterly untrue. The emily ground
cheek nn the government fund in the bank
at Halia wasia- ~ the time the cheek
Was presented the fund Was exhausted-n
very eomnon occurrence. The cheek
gave the cook was exactly the same give
to others 20 whom there ~ something due
from the government through myself.
"Chsrses Henry was fhy bookkeeper
whom / discharged as utterly Inc0mpe-
tenI he made serious charges against me
and brought them 10 the attention OF the
grand Jury. The members OF the Jury, six
teen In number. started 10 investigate
them, Tat had not Proceeded far before
they ascertaiaed that there was nothing In
them and they unanimously exonerated
me and practically coavi'sted Henry IS a
liar
THE charges about nay troubles with the
deputies over nay refusal 20 pay their iees
Is altogether false | owe none. Ny dep
uffes are paid by the government, aud
have the usual difficulty in getting their
claims audited. have the same trouble
that evegy government official has when
he makes his requisition upon the govern
menf. For instance, ! made q requisition
last month for 1900 and I got SEQ Ny
deputies all understand tlsis, aud | know
of no one who thinks aH responsible FOL
the governments delay. Besides. there II
no deputy to whom there is owing more
than few dollars.
The charges Of GOV. St.nple aud Sheriff
Coehrane were rnade against me In con
neefion with the Newcastle riots in Jan
uary. when | placed number of United
States deputies al Newcastle 20 guard tbs
property OF the Oregon improvement Com
paay. do not think the public win cal
Upon ne for any Justification or expiana
ton Of my conduct ia connection with
| that affair. The government examiner
sent to look into the matter, made report
supporting my action, aud not condemn
/ Ing IL, as Mr. d Henry iraplies.
II invite the fullest aud most searching
public scrEstny cf my official acts" con
ciuded Marshal Hamilton. Il have no feal
whatever of the result =