The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-07

sou he served said term in the state prison in
| said state OF Colorado with
That since arriving in seattle on to wit: Tues
! day, June ., 1891, be has been twice ordered to
leave the city of Seattle by ono of the policemen
OF said city. to-wit Detective Phillips. That he
! met said Bolton Rogers and he, the said Rogers,
\ gave him 20 cents without being asked for IT
| He met said Rogers and asked him where
| cheap place to sleep could be found, and he ran
| his hand in his pocket and gave him so cents
| and told him that would get him a bed. That be
was sent to the state prison in Colorado for
! cutting afray. WILLIAM x. ROE.
| Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th
day OF june 1891. JOHN s. JUREY.
Notary Public
Ali eyes were turned to Rogers, as the
mayor asked:
What have you to say to this.
The chief stood up and replied en-
| phatically;
| 1t is absolutely false. There lie not word OF
| truth in it. understand It was procured at the
instigation of Captain Manning I would like
| to ask him where he first saw it.
| Captain Manning was home the day before
| yesterday and man came up to my house and
told me that was wanted down town. / went
down town and went to Jackson street. There
was a man sitting on the rail OF fence on
Jackson street and
At this moment Inspector Willard en-
tered the room, followed by man with
sandy hair and a rudy complexion. He
looked like a hanger-on around saloons,
but was neither particularly vicious or
tramp-like.
Captain Manning stopped suddenly and
sat back in his chair.
Without a moments hesitation Chief
Rogers said: II would like to have this
man sworn" This being done, he was
asked: "Are you William r. Roe?" II
am" he replied.
us this your signature, and are you
aware of the contents of this document"
asked the chief, pulling it from his pocket.
1T is | remember what is in it,
The following affidavit was then read:
William K. Roe, being duly sworn, upon his
oath, deposes and says: "That on the Sd day OF
June, 1891, before notary public in the city OF
Seattle, he made an affidavit. in which affidavit
he stated that in the year 1852 and 1885, in the
Colorado state penitentiary at Canyon City, he
men, among fifty or sixty other men, a man who
is at present known as Bolton Rogers, chief of
police of Seattle: that said Rogers was at that
time serving sentence in said penitentiary of
four years, and did serve all the said
sentence with the exception of fourteen
months. when he was. pardoned out, and
that since coming to the city OF Seattle met
said Rogers on the street, and he gave me 80
cents that said affidavit was false in every
part and particular; that / never knew said
Rogers and never saw him until the evening of
the 9th day OF June at o'clock p. m, at the
Office of the chief of police, at the city jail, in
the city of Seattle; that 1 never saw said
Rogers in Colorado or in any other place until
my interview with him at the city Jail: that
the circumstances under which said affidavit
was made are follows: that on the night of
the Sd of June Officer Charles Phillips spoke to
m md Ham md
man named Brock, on Jackson
street, in this city, warning US to
leave town, and that on the next
day at 10 o'clock in the forenoon Officer Phillips
arrested Hamilton on charge of vagrancy. at
which became very angry; after the arrest of
Hamilton ] went to the Blue Front saloon in
this city and while in said saloon | made the
remark in the presence of persons that IL would
make it hot for this man Rogers" thereupon
man, whom | have since learned to be Charles
McGrew called me aside and took me in q back
room and said, "What did you say about
Rogers" To which replied, 81 heard he was
in the states prison i'll Colorado" McGrew
then said that "if you will make an affidavit
that Rogers was in the state prison at Colorado,
and you were with him there and knew him there,
that will see yen through with it and give you
money TO go to any part of the Union with;
that the councilmen, aldermen and commits
sioners of police and best backing of the town
unless you wish to- that will see that you stay
here as long as you wish that viii stick with
you; shat If was arrested at any time that he,
McGrew, would bail me out, and that could
cat and sleep at his place and if should be ar
rested he would see that nothing was done with
me. Thereupon McGrew sent for man whom
he introduced to me as Commissioner Manning,
saying that Manning was all right and would
stay by me and do what was right by me, and
asked me to tell him, Manning, what had said
to him, McGrew, which l did, Man
ming then said; 'If you will stick to
that and tell il, and not be afraid" that
they could not do anything with me, and that
I'VE will stick to you until we die, we have sew
eral parties here that want to get Rogers out
and put a man that will tend to business in
there for the good of the community, that we
have got nothing against him personally" that
Rogers made the crack TO certain alderman
that we would like to find out where he was in
certain year, that ii was nothing but damn
opium ring that put Rogers in office and that
Rogers stood in with the opium ring and that
the sherlH didn't have any use for Rogers .and
he wanted to get him out and the couucilmen
and the police commissioners wanted to Get a
hold on him so they could Dust him ont that
they hao the power to put him in there
ana they could GUST him whenever
/ they had anything against him, and
would do ii. Manning then said to me to 90
with him and see the sheriff, and he took me I'M
TO the sherih's office, and he says: .This is the
man that knows all about Badly Rogers" and
the sheriff says, "What do you know about
Badly Rogers" and says just what have told
this gentleman. and repeated the story over to
him, and the sheriff said, "u that is so that is
all want" He says: 81 want to get hold on
him, anyhow that / took a prisoner down
by the name of McComb, who told me
on the road that Badly Rogers wa,
there for stealing government mules: that
he was sentenced for four years and
served all but fourteen months when he was
pardoned out, and the sheriff said he had his
mug and was going to send it back to Colorado
and hunt the records up, that will send man
right there and hunt the record UP, and then
they took me up and repeated the whole CONVEX
ton TO notary public, that Just as we were
leaving the sheriff's Office Mr.. Manning handed
me dollar and says, sMe and three or four
others will keep you" and he said. Here is a
dollar At the first start he says, 'No won't ;"
and then he says, 'Yes, will, by God; / viii
give you dollar" he says, "You go and eat
your breakfast and supper on that" and he said,
II VIII see you again in the morning at the Blue
Front saloon, and if they attempt to run
you out oftown, we won't let them do il; after
made the affidavit, says: 81 guess you are
through with me-" and Mr.. Manning replied,
''fcs, until Saturday night; he says, "you can
80 down and stay with McGrew and will meet
You there tomorrow evening"" he says you can
stay there or any other place you want to in
town and we viii see that you don't want for
anything; that there were three or four other
| parties that would help to take care OF me-"
| then went back TO McGrews and stayed around
there until j o'clock today and slep; there last
night That when got up in the morning Nc
Grew gave me slip of paper and sent me over
Il - DN 49,