The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-17
BATES IN BAL ODOR
The Dog Catcher Snsended fer
Taking Fees Ilhgally.
AN INVESTIGATION oRDEREDs
Police Commissioner. Gee ato ranSle
over Election Of . Falee Clerk
A New Omcg,

around for a few days sho Dog Catcber
Bates taxing money from Ike Washing
ton refreshmeut venders g minated last.
evening, when Chief Rose BepOried TO
the board of police conf d Oners that he
had suspended Mr. Bates. = h permission
of the mayor. for violating lies 81 and 20
of the department regulate.
Nothing came out 81 the Getting about
what preceded this acton. 4 as matter
of fact Bates was taken hel1s CHIEF Rogers
yesterday afternoon ana ulfronted With
S. ]. Parker and Joe ksa oase, each OF
whom stated positively 1t they had
given HIM money, beliexlg hat ne was
deputy license collector ter the secret
session was over the eha notified Mr..
Bates of his suspension. al prepared the
following charges for gbe ollce eVmmis-
sioners to consider: -
THAT E. W. Bates did present HIM
self TO be deputy cn'erfu' -IfCenses OF
Seattle to ). J. ParkeT ani TO Joe Road
house. and thar on fana ID he received
from Parker $21 which rksr paid be-
lievlng Bates TO be depuf collector. on
June - Bates also neCr q from Road.
house $40 and June i rN we'd $40 MORE.
making $50. On or a,tef June ID Bates
received from Mrs. PatF.ek cuI.in s., Yrs.
Scullin believing thai hai was deputy
collector"
The following are n@ms' as witnesses
for the city: ;. J. Parse. 1e Roadhouse.
Capt. Frank Taylor, Mrs. itrlck Sculiin.
Bolton Rogers.
Chief Rogers said Bate romised to be
at the meeting. and sad y was ANXIOUS
tor an investigation. AL lid not come.
and Commissioner Malilr. ord wished 10
treat his case immediafe-, but it was
finally decided TO let th suspension re-
main in force aud investtite Mr.. Bates
tomorrow night
The designations Of Id olman@G. NJ.
Leighton and Clerk Frani Fleming were
accepted. officer Lei ton resigned
voluntarily, but from q Chief Rogers
said to a Pcsr-INruGfg SCR reporter
about Fleming's case s. appears that
Fleming absented himsc& thout perms-
sion on the night Of y 1. alter ataik
with the chief, wherein = vas told TO re-
port and would be grsnsi leave Of abb
sence if possible.
Chief Rogers reported at he bad APP
pointed Special Ofiicer g. Reed 20 fill
the Office OF clerk maize acant by the
resignation of Fleming. md suggested
that the appointment BE- lade permanent
Then the commissioners roceedea to get
into tangle as to what clerk really
was. Cheasty wanted a. CIV. B.Witten-
meyer appointed, and a. that the old
commissioners had ou ne clerk, and
that under a special rulIn The cl@k and
patrol driver were not req red 10 conform
TO the physical requiem ats of the de-
partment. Chief Rogers id it was hot
legal then, and told the tard that, as he
viewed the matter. all 4. sons who be-
longed to the department. must conform
to the physical req 3ments. The
clerk was nothing ms' than pa
troll man acting a. clerk. Relfe
agreed with him, and hal fact inclined
10 that position from ths st, feeling that
as no authority could hs iown for elect
ing a clerk the man ai n the position
should be admitted a. q q rolmau. After
further argument it "a deciued to pro-
coed to the election "A I clerk. Chief
Rogers said that il the lard was bound
to make a clerk be- mllld recommend
Frank Kennedy, the strn rapher, who is
a regular member of ths q e. and Cheasty
named Nittenmeyrr. "a g then divided
the other commissioners SAYING. - $i1
Hold on, nov; den do anything
illegal | amt sure Yea a electra clerk:
and what do the rest 81 4 thlnksabontl
taking man outside a. departnieut2
Canhe be elected CLERK 80 ~ ?"
Niggle thought a clers lid be.:elected
from outside the depart Ont, but@nfust=
conform to the physics requirements,
which he said Wittenmugt did.not Asa.
compromise he moved Ell the corpora:
ton counsel be asked e. ecide whether
the board had power Cd Z clerk and
must the candidate c0afa to -thephysi-
cal requirements OF The as. " go -tss
Waliingford thougas sac had been a
good deal of boys p.aV 81 1t the matter.
but he was willing O. .e the matter 90
over until tomorrow nleh Allagreed s.
On recommendatioB Chief Rogers
Dennis Milan Was drlrtl from the4oree
and Special Officer a. ~ rant appointed
TO fill the position. CASEY opposed the
action. 80:
The following app cat s for positions
on the police force 80 received anu
placed on file: Georre q Aliott, John ~
Burkman, William Mes Z. ). Reed,C. 5.
Robinson. e