The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-02

C48FEEcE LAiss BLyEefs AksA sefetA@ - -
rsea ws.h interfering with the sieetion-
Tbs ~srrAaI wzs fhen transferred 70 S5er-
IL Woolery, wh0 tanned to Chief EoEsTs
and said.
Ire got q warrant for your arrest.
All right, " said Rogers. with sareas-
&c smile. ss Be saw hos agitated Hooisfy
Vas All hos anxious Considins app@ase8.
Notwithstanding his brayado. BEAD tie
warrant"
woolsry got IS far as the words, Bolton
Rogers aud other officers" when John
Considine ehippsd in:
"Tes. two more. enc Richard Roe and
John Doe. take them al while yoa are
about H.
Rogers told woolery 20 read the names,
and a. they were called o1t--gil Phiibvick.
F. z BRYANT. John Sullivan fhey STEPPED
cut and their places we're kleo by other
officers When Il came 10 JOAN Doe and
Richard Roe, Considine pointed out officers
J. l. Bates and !. Ward, who also ssepp~d
forward
"Ail right. sad Rogers. what court
vii We 20 tor
"Humphreg's. T" replied woolery.
The party moved toward the edge Of the
cFo~a. which vas yelling and hosting N
an aimless manner. and suddenly found
that woolery bad eft then and could not
be seen. Rogers said TO his men;
well. oovs, we will go 10 the court
without m officer" aud they walked up
South Third street tosard the Occidental
block. No sooner had they disappeared
than Sheriff Wo0lery walked mp 20 Officer
Laubscher she. IA company with Oiiicer
Thorn. was holding the door, and said:
'I'ii have 20 pat yoa under arrest.
Where's your xarrant7" replied Laub-
scher.
THE NOE MAKES AZ ATTACK.
II dom nave to have any " said Wcolery.
That was the lass word said. Tor the mob
and deputies. as If acting NJ a signal. made
= rush for the door OF the voting place
that was guarded BY the officers and swept
LaubscheT and Thorn to one side. Willard
chung 70 his position and Was roughly
handled. one man. whose identity Is not
definitely settled. struck Willard in the side
with \ heavy gun, and others tore his sus-
penders of and broke his watch chain, but
be held his ground and With the other two
officers kept IN the fight in hopes of rein
forcements. Everything was in confusion
aud the crowd Of men was now getting
excited. and = serious time was imminent.
Luck had II that Chief Rogers and his
officers had been released OF personal
reoognizanee by Justice Humphrey as
soon as they reached his Office. and as
they came out on the street man rushed
mp in breathless state and gasped:
Quick, quick; your officers are being
beaten TO death"
ROGERS TO THE RESCUE.
Rogers and his men made a run for the
scene of the trouble and charged through
the crowd toward the confused mass Of
humanity that was struggling in front of
the polling place door. As the reinforce
ments rushed in Sheriff Woolery. who
was standing in doorway next to that of
the voting place. grabbed Rogers by the
coat collar from behind. Officer Bates
raised his club and struck at Woolery, but
the blow fell short. Denny o'Bren then
rushed into the fight and in a moment
was knocked in a heap on the sidewalk by
a blow from 3 heavy cane. he was
dragged out, carried 10 "a drug store and
his wound dressed.
SEVERAL sCALFs CRACKED.
Now the trouble was at its height and
guns and clubs were seen on every hand.
three resounding blows on his head and
incapaeitated from service. One deputy
sheriff. who wisely kent his mouth closed
lost bis gun and it was found in the middle
Of the street When IL was found that
Chief Rogers and his force had won the
day and had charge of the door the battle
subsidized. In fact Leader Considine bad
been absent in q saloon while the trouble
was going on.
THE JUDGES RETURN.
AT this time John Caldwell and Charles
Weber, the judges. appeared, having been
released by Judge Osborn on their persona
recogniEance for 500 bonds to appear in
court for trial. liz was found that in the
melee w. l.. Meredith, the interloping
judge. had succeeded in getting into the
polling place and refused to 20 out hen
ordered to do so by Caldwell and Weber.
Chief Rogers, upon being appealed to.
sent Detective Phillips and officer Phil
brick into the room TO put Meredith out,
Meredith. who was armed with two re-
voivers, one small and the other large,
drew the latter and pointing IL at Phillips,
said:
II will shoot If you approach nearer"
Phillips took the critical situation coolly
and said;
"Now don't he SO fast, young man: you
may do something Of which you will DO
ashamed. "
This seemed TO bring Meredith TO his
senses and be lowered the gun a little, but
still maintained his defiant attitude. Off
Ger Philbrick meanwhile came I'D behind
Meredith and grabbed the gun Phillips
took a hand and after disarming Meredith
they threw him out OF the door by the
seat OF his trousers. A short time later
Meredith explained 10 Chief Rogers that he
was deputy sheriff. although he had
not shown the police officers any badge
in tho room, and Was given back his gun.
THE voTfHs = RESUMED.
The regular judges declared tue polls
open and got ready to receive votes. Con-
sidine and Wooiery were still helligerent.
aud insisted on seeing the inside of the
ballot box. claiming that IL Was already
stated. The top OF the box was
knocked Oh and the inside was die
played In fulI view TO disprove the
sherif's charge. Woolery remarked
that the box was all right After the box
had been nailed up Woolery waited to see
il again and 30 satisfy him II was opened
found 10 be all right and closed again.
Another objection VAS raised 70 the fact
that the door vas nailed up. but this vas
settled by putting the box on chair in
plain view of the people on the street
Then the voting commenced.
About this tine r. q. Wrestling served
an order on Woolery from Judge Osborn :
court. restraining him from interfering
With the far voting AZ the precincts At