The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-03
FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
SEATTLE. March 9. lse

SEATTLE, March Q, 1852
To the Editor; Accompanying the report
70 the City Council for the month OF Feb
ruary, of Justice soderberg. in statement
charging me In effect with being dere,ict
in my duty in not arrestieg the gamblers,
and having then tried under the city orSii-
nance. thereby turning the fines collected
into tae city treasurer. He does no; state
openly and in manly way that an the
person at whom the thrust is made. but by
innuendo and lnsinuations-,he vilesi and
most eowarilv way In which one man can
assail the character Of another, either in
public OF private life. This statement Ger
tainly comes with very bad grace from a
justice Of the peace aud police judge sho
has been Ia Office for two years, and only
discovers ON the eve Of his Well-merifed re-
tirernent that the city has been wronged
OFT Of few dollars in the way of fines.
The question Dow viii naturally arise IN
the mind of every thinking man who reads
this article, Is SodeEberg knave or foole
II, during his incurbeacy of the Office by
which he was elected by accident for tive
years, he did no; know the city was being
wrongeA In this particular. he is fool. II
on the other hand. he knew OF u aud did
not try 20 prevent IL. then he is 4 knAye,
aud has dSsgraced the position which he
holds
am inclined 10 take the last named
view OF the question. Time and again have
called bis attention 20 the fact that daily
cases were being tried IN his court as terri
torial cases which should hare teen tired
under our city ordinances, and the fines
tunnel into the city treasury. The city Of
hcers had arrested the prisoners, the city
was feeding them pending their trial. and
Sodsrberg stili persisted IN making terri
tor1ai cases OF them. IN some instances a.
the suggestion of the sFresting officer, that
be might &c; his two dollars and twenty
cents witness fees. New. let me ask. who
Is Ais aecideucy, Judge sosieTberg. that In
his righteous ints gnsfion he accuses me of
wroatIng the city | win tell yon in Is
few words as possible who he is. He IS the
sef-ssne man who was indicted BY the
grand jury Al the May term Of the district
coGTs ON Eve different counts of casrgiHg
ilsgas fees Is justice Of the peace. and he
could justly have been indicted on - more
for the same of5ersc. He is the same irdl-
viauAI Who was Indicted by the same
grand Jury Tor keeping q saloon and selling
whisky on sunday. 81 the saEne holding
the position ot president OF temperance
-ocsetF.
He i the same individual who accepted
oSfooli aud Hsndley IS eondssnsn IN the
ease efsthe Territory ys. Dansessoa ssd
Ferguson. the two notorious gamblers
whaEr Capt willard arrested ~ the risx CT
bis life: and by his acceptance Of these
professional straw hoadsmea permits Dan
.eason and Ferguson "a 20 scot tree.
This Il the inAn who assaiaS me soT not
doing sny duty towards the city. Wei, al
have TO say IN conclusion =, that | arr
sorry thai he has 80 feol!shsy left himself
opeH 20 attack I was IN hopes that the
later DAYS Of hts efscinl life might be spent
In pe&ce, and that be woald SAX into that
oblivion which his conduct a. 3 pablo Of
fetal 80 Justly merits.
Thanking yoa 80. the space allowed rae,
remain yours truly. J. e. AiTGHkL3@