The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-15

Made In an ANONYMOUS Letter and
TmphaficaIlv Denied hy Him.

Made In an ANONYMOUS Letter and
Tmphaficatly Denied by Him.
An anonymous letter charges Detective
Wells with taking two young womenA fu-
fyitives from Victoria. 70 the Maison Tor
toni 10 dinner last Sunday night and get
ting them gioriousiy drunk on wines ana
LIQUORS. Wells does not deny having Ia
ken the girls out TO dinner, nc- does he
deny that they drank csaret at the meal,
but ne does deny that they were ine6T1-
ated when he returned them TO their cell,
end saYs that they made no uproarious
noise while In the restaurant. He took
them out 10 dine on the order OF Chief
Rogers. and claims that the only intrao-
ton OF the rules be made was in taking
too long for the meal. For this he was
reprimanee1 by .hs chief III speaking Of
TIE affair last night, Wells said:
THE first had 70 do with the girls was
10 take them 10 the chiefs office. and
when J was putting them back IN their
cells they asked me II / could get them
comb. I told them the matron would be
down shortly. and she would look after
their wants One OF them said: on. don't
send that woman I'm here; she gives me
the horrors I said her duties were 70
look after truant girls. and they said: 1
wish you would get the chief TO keep her
out. She INQUIRIES into our history and is
very annoying. VIII you surely do thisr
] told them when she came / would tell
her they did not care 20 see her. When
Mrs. TAYLOR came told he's the girls did
not want TO see her. In the meantime
had borrowed a comb OF Detective Cudi-
hee and gave II 20 them. Mrs. Taylor did
not believe what ! said. and went in and
talked 70 them. and then came back and
said they did not say anything or the
kind. I went TO the girls and said: You
used me nice: made me out liar TO the
matron' They said: Well. we don't want
TO see her. but We couldn't tell her so to
her face
IN the morning they had their break
fast brought TO them from the outside.
which led me TO believe they did not care
20 eat jat food, so I asked them IL
should order their meal with the balance
OF The prisoners They asked II the chief
would allow them 70 so for dinner. told
them did not know. but II he did an OIL
Ger would have 10 40 with them l took
their request TO the chief. and as he was
leaving the office he told me could take
the girls down 70 dinner X I wished to.
This was about 5 o'clock in the after
noon. We LEFT the iail about $50. ] asked
the girls where they wanted TO &c. and
they said they wanted 10 so 10 good
restaurant ! told them the Maiscn Tor
toni was a good house. and they wanted
20 so there We went into box down.
stairs They ordered regular dinner. and
each took q small bottle OF claret. took
the same. I kept hurrying the waiter.
and they would tell him 20 60 slow. as
they were not anxious TO so back They
each drank their half pint. and when the
meal was finished we went 10 the station
direct knew that Z was overtime, and
hurried them back. They tried every way
TO stay back as long as they could. When
we got back there the girls went 10 their
cell with tho matr0n. and that Is the last
l saw Of them. as / was cent ont on
case as soon as got hack. knew moth
:. - leo .sfs afg
I'll the next day. when I was reprifnRnded
by the chief. They showed no signs or
being 'fuli while with me, and l never
suspected such thing. As 90 hilarious
ness and noise. Detective Cudihee, whom
] saw In the box next 20 me when ! went
in. VIII bear me out that there was none.
Nothing occurred in that box while We
were in there that would not occur In any
party.
You can easily see why the girls want
si 20 remain at the restaurant as long as
they did They had been IN the station all
day crying, and aid not want 70 go back
I hurried them all 7 could. ana when l
discovered that much more time had been
consumed than should have been l knew
that I had overstopped the bounds IN that
respect and hurried taem hack.
Mrs TAYLOR reported % the chief that
she had been kept waiting some time Tor
Wells return with the girls. and that when
were clo~sclisly fall The chief went 20
the cell and saw that one CT the girls had
vornltsd. and thought Ter the time that
they were drunk. since taat tire he has
changed his mind somewhat, and IS not
posltIve whether the girls were drunk CT
stick. Jaller Peer. who was on duty when
the fuEftives were brought into the station
on sunday morning. SAID last nIEht that
they directed 10 being pat into the cell,
and during the morning one CT them conf
planned OF being sick, and during the Morn
Tag vomited IN the cell
= ANaa!o. proprietor q the TortoEi. says
.h.. hs saw Wells and the girls when they
went into the restaurant. saw them once
IN the box and again when they came out,
ara AZ no time were they m!s7eh2ving
themselves or g his knowledge a; az in-
tox5catea. He said they were each served
v-ffh a half pin, q ciaTct. sacA as secs
v,ite a regular dinner ana IS used nightly
by patrons ~ a..
Wells has pretty fair idea OF the lden;-
rv o. the writer of the anonymous letter.
ana rs belief IS shared b. several men,
bers OF The department