The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-12

Charges Against the Chief of
the Firemen.
HE'S SAID NOT ga CITIZEN.
A Disappointed Applicants Brother
Furnishes Information-TrUeS Story
of That False Alarm.

A. b. Hunt. chief OF the fire department. is to
De asked 20 resign on the ground that he is not
a citizen 81 the Unted States, and therefore in
eligible ID hold Office. William el.ey, sub
stituie who WAS rejected AT meeting Of the
cornmissiopers,,M onday night, has given in:orma-
ton which j: is said will show that his natural
izstion Tapers will not hold, and relates the
supposed scheme by which they were obtained.
L. A. Kelley. q brother OF William Kelley. the
rejected substitute, is the man possessing the
iacts that will De used against Hunt. Kelley IS
astauncE Democrat and p grea: worker. In ire
department. matter. he has always been sup
porter OF JACK Mcdonald for the position OF
chief, and during the fight on Kellogg, when II
became apparent that chief was TO be ap-
pointed. re stuck to Mcdonald until 1t became
apparent that Hunt had the appointment. He
then supported Hunt the man selected.
When Hunt was appointed his naturalization
papers were examined by Corporation Counsel
Donworth and pronounced all right
Things novel along, with little friction be-
tween Kelley aud Fire Commissioner Masel
about patronage. until about three weeks ago,
when, at kelley's request, his brother William
was appointed a substitute by Chief Hunt, who,
1t Is said. told him TO go TO Masei and see II he
wouid vote for him when he came up for ar-
poInTment as a regular. 1t Is said that as KEEL
ley went out of the room the chief remarked
that he had done his part of the appointing aud
was not responsible for the action of the COM
inissione-s. Some one heard this AID told hci-
ley that he would never get on the department
list Kelley went TO his brother Tom and the
latter told him TO go and see Mase He saw the
latter. who refused to vote for him. but re-
marked that he would do no more. When Will
lam Kelley tod Tom about i. the latter came to
the conclusion that il was a move on Maseis
part TO stab him through his brother. He
thought it was no use to make any attempt TO
get on the list IL Masel would not vote.
The matter rested i'll that shape when the
false alarm was sent in New Years night. The
detectives were put on tho case, and, contrary to
expectation, i. WAS fonud that James Campbell,
one OF Chief Hunts bondsme,l, was the guilty
party. The unexpected turn in affairs caused
IN attempt TO have the hushei I'D, but
Chief Jackson said NE" and Campbell was
fined 81 in the munich pal court Tom Kelley
had reason to believe that he was suspected in
:he beginning. and this did not please hin: when
he knew the facts Moreover he had had words
with Hunt about who was running the depart
ment, when the name OF Campbell was brought
in we'll rs that Of Masei.
when the commissioners mot last Monday
night William Kelley and Tom Kelley were
present, waiting what would be done.
Williams name was proposed and rejected on
the votes OF Masel and Jones, Foster voting for
him. Haut did not saw Il word one way Or the
other, and this angered William.
THIS quarrel IS said to have prompted him to
give the Information which will result in
charges being made against Chief Hunt. These
endfges VIII atiege that ne Is not citiAen anu
that his papers Illegal. 1t will also be
claimed that his papers were taken out at Ia
coma and Mount Vernon. one set being mno
papers aud the other intention papers, within
SIX months OF each other. ard within COM
parasivelv short period of time.
Chief Hunt was about the reports last
evening and said that he had nothing to lay for
publication one way or the other He said he
had his naturalization papers and thought they
would hold, but until charges were made IN
writing and placed before the fire commissioners
| he did not care 10 discuss the matter.
Tom Kelley was secn last evening. and. when
| asked about the matter replied that he knew
| that rulaors about Chief Hunts eligibility were
| current the streets aud that he was blamed
| for the whole affair. ~ cannot say" said he,
| what will be done, but know that no written
| charges have been filed either by my brother OF
myself When asked II it true he had
| proofs tha. Hunt was not a citizen, he replied
! that ct present ne did not care to say what
proofs he held III his possession.