The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-30
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roe and Mitchell in trouble and had
enough of it, l tried to see White about the
matter, but did not. / heard of a petition
being circulated among the city council
and signed, requesting that be deposed.
This was circulated down town by WOOL
cry and Jun Neeley. the tailor. I was in
formed. l am ahead of my story, how
ever.
Before this the first proposition OF my
being chief was preached nv Col George
Lyon. / went to Whites Office and at
first said I did not want the office. Finally
/ agreed to take the matter under consid-
Grafton. He agreed TO keep the matter
secret He did not and soon people CON-
menced TO Willy me on the street. / de-
cided / wanted to be chief and went after
the position. got 1t. To return to the
petition. / went to Whites office. he
tried to escape. but / insisted on his
listening. I told him that I did not in
tend to be jobbed, but IL he had reasons to
remove me because l was not following his
policy, wanted to know his policy and
would carry il out. He came to me and
said many business men wanted gambling
opened. l said that licensing gam
bling and prostitution was the right
thing. l objected against the blackmai-
ing system. This talk went on until
White told me good business proposition
could be had by taking p per cent. interest
with Way and Mullen in the Nj. a ".
combination. l never affiliated with Way
or Mullen. We belonged to different
factions Of the Republican party. During
this time Manning was making his fight
One evening walked into GUYS drug
store and saw him talking with Way.
asked him WHY he kept that outfit there
all the time. He told me 10 talk TO him.
went back into the store and started in
to roast Way. | did il on purpose. l
called him all the names l could think Of
/ told him / never talked behind mems
backs, and what said applied to his part
ner, Mullen. l further told him that
when the mayor gave mo gambling
policy he and Mullen would receive the
same privileges as Others White pro-
nosed the IS per cent. deal. / was to put
up one-half. White and I were to
control Hoisington & Griffin's interests.
l was working for my own interest, and
cared not for the gamblers. had no use
for them. saw the way they treated the
other chiefs, and knew they were working
TO get their claws into me. told White
could not raise the money for my share.
1t was decided that the Horseshoe.
NJ. Il N, Butler, Never-Tonched-M Me-
Delcho and Turf should run. No minors
were TO be admitted. no saloons connected.
Each house vas to have doorkeeper
told White TO take the proceeds from the
NJ. & n. combinations and never mind
what l got from the others. Ii got
cent or milsion, it was none OF his bust
ness. That is the way gambling opened.
After the houses opened Way came to me
and told me White could not have the
whole Is per cent, but that was TO have
izlk per cent. told him did not want
it and would not have anything to
do with him. / never talked with him
again until after was out of Office. l had
heard rumors about gambling money and
prostitution money. l told III. III. Thomp-
son was tired of the stories. Thompson
aasA h. a hff.E IA. -.
Iuents. l met Way by appointment in
Goldwater's cigar store and ne denied
making the charges. Since then l have
never talked to Way until this inyesti-
CATION.
when Mullen says he gave me money
from Jap Tommy he lies as he also does in
other statements. Japanese Tommy Was
convicted and sentenced TO the peniten-
tiary when I was chief Of police In the
gambling proposition then / did not pro-
pose to have White and his gang skin my
friends.
"As to the gambling proposition. now
take the same stand took before the min
isteriai conference. l do not believe in
allosing prostitution and gambling to run
under the hne system. Ii gives prosti-
tutes and gamblers too much freedom. Ii
you want TO license those evils ali we'll
las to the First ward primaries. that is
not worth taking about. had inslruc-
tons TO see that order was preserved, aud
carried them out. acted uader the cor
poration counsel's advice and put back the
judges, who, 1 was instructed, were the
proper ones to offleiate. think | have
covered the charges"
you did not explain Considlne's money
charge" said Chessty.
II believe that IS right, said Rogers.
but Considine never paid me . cent I
think that Considine talked about opening
bis cellar. / asked him il he Was rarn-
blsr. lie laughed and said no After
this he wanted me 10 let him open his
basement on the old game plan and give
me Is per cent refused the offer"
Al this point Commissioner walIing-
ford said he would lose the last car horne
so an adjournment VAS taken to 10 O'Clock
this morning in the chamber of tbs alder
men.
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