The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-20
THE PUGILIsTIc STATESMAN.
ConsidIne Thrashes o witneas Who
Won't BE Bought or BuIldoxad.

NoEsiQtaG InrAeue9 q Wttnea1 VINO
Won't BE Bought or Buildoxed.
John Considine. proprietor of the Peo-
pie's-Standard theater. was arrested yes
Ierday afternoon by Detective Cudihee on
n warrant sworn out In the municipal
court by w. /. Wilson. charging assault
and battery last Tuesday night. Consi-
dine deposited $50 cash bail with ]. B.
Dowd. clerk Of the court, aud was released
to appear this afternoon at O'Clock
The trouble originated over the recent
raid on Considine's crap game in the
basement OF the theater. Wilson and
Jack Cameron, of Van ASSET, were wit
nesses for the city and were in court Tues
day, when Attorney John Wiley argued
against the constitutionality of the gam
bling ordinance. Considine in some way
learned who the witnesses against him
were and, IL Is alleged, offered Cameron
$40 TO get out OF town. and Cameron I'm
turn got Wilson to meet Consdine Tues
day night at the theater. According to
Wilson's story, a. told q Posr-INTKLII-
aKScER reporter, Cameron found Wilson
after supper and told him that Consiiine
wanted TO have social talk with him.
Wilson went along with Cameron as far
IS the Green Tree saloon, a few doors from
the theater, where he stopped and said:
I'm going in here and IL Considine
wants to see me he can come here and
find me-"
Cameron went into the theater and soon
came back and tod Wilson that ConsI.
dine was so busy he couldn't leave his
Office, and that he only wanted TO see
Wilson for minute. Wilson finally con-
scented To go along. and they went up onto
the second floor OF the theater, where Con-
sidine's Office Is. adjoining the barroom.
Considine asked Wilson 10 come into mis-
office, ard when he did so he shut the door
behind him. 4 short time afterward VIII
son appeared on the sidewalk without his
hat and his face bleeding from several cuts.
He told the following story:
AS soon as he shut the door of hi,
Office Cons.dine turned on me and accused
me OF being q stool pigeon for Lieat. o.
born and wanted TO know why | gave his
game away. / told him I believed that
II one game was allowed TO run they all
ought 10 have that privilege. and that If
one was shut up they all ought TO be shut
up. He then expressed a vile opinion OF
any one Vi ho would be q stool pigeon and
| told him guessed ne knew more about
such business than did. He then said !:
'pon't you know you can make more
money by playing for me shan you can by
playing Tor the oity7 You can only get
81 10 out Of this by working against me.
| tod him that | wasn't working for the
s. - and II ne wanted il he could have IL
aud that IL VAS the principle OF the thing
I looked At. We talked this say pro and
son for few minutes Rnd finally said !.
Well. COnslalne, | guess there's no use
for me TO talk 20 you. Ioa sent for me
and | dian't come here 10 be abused. So
guess I'll 60 | then walked out. and ne
followed me. As | started 90 20 down
stairs. with basket OF grapes in my hand
he struck ne with his tixt blow on the
side OF the face and either kicked or his
ne another on the other side. cutting my
ear and nay cheek. offered no resistance
bHt kept on going downstairs Conslaiue
followed me and hst the another lick. near
the sidewalk they threw nay bat out after
me aud told me to scrsw."