The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-22
Doherty Put Ont of Tacoma
Board of Works Office.
AL THE OLD MEN RESTORED.
Scme Of Fswcett's Police Wanted
10 Resist the Sheriff.
Governor Teats Tells Them to Obey tho
Court Three Blocdshirsty Police
men and One OF the Barber's Ac-
countants Arrested - Another Row
at the Light station.

Tacoma. AuS 2l--It took sheriff sam
Parker and = f0rce of dozen deputies 10
compel Barber Tom Daherfy 10 sarreasig r
the atfiee Of board OF public works to Mr..
Mullen and release his death-Grlp on the
patronage la the various departments con-
aecte4 vita. ghe office. Shorgly after >
o'cloek tais morning sheriff Parker,
armed With the wgit ef executien issued ia
the case brought by Mr. Muslea aEains (
Doherty. entered the Office og the beard
ana served Il upon the Incorporating bar
oeT. Mr.. Mullen and Ed SuSaman. hts at
torney. stood alongside 10 see that the job
VAS properly doae and TO receive the
books. papers and office furniture when
Doherty gave up. The erstNhlle COM
missioner OF public works has very little
respect for court orders ana WFilz, and be-
fore the sheriff had haif finished the read-
ing OF the document poherty broke away.
nuttered something aooat nxlng up his
bond and IN trice was gone.
Acting under nohegiv instructions. the
men in the water department refused TO
yield possession 20 Mr.. Muilen. and IN this
they were aided hy eighteen policemen,
under command OF Captain King. who had
heen detailed by Mayer Fawceit 10 guard
the Office and 10 foreihly prevent the exc
cutlon of the law u they found IL neces-
sary. Sheriff PaFkeTs attempt 20 pat Mr.,
Mullen IN possession. was ansVaillng. and
BE sgccumhed 10 superior forces. The
sheriff Office VAS notified. however. ana
A large force OF deputies FASTENED 10 re-
inforee their chief As soon as saey ar
rived on she ground Sheriff Parker began
preparations for cleaning cat iAo clerks.
policemen and spectators, who we're as
numerous as tho actual participants tn the
affair. Captain King and hts men We're as
determined as ever TO resist the court :
DEGREES, when Guvunr Tcais. Doherty's al
torney, entered the Office and, after read
ing tho writ. ordered the police officers
and the clerks 10 hnmeeiately Nacate. X
was Teats' unexpected eSninltion OF geod
sense that avertea what might have been
a bloody fght. both sides were pre-
pared for trouble.
The police were very ugly in the mat
ter particuiariy Capt. King. who flew
into 4 rage and, drawing his club, threat
ened TO DO violent injury 10 sheriff Far
ker and Special Deputies j. w. kennedy
aud T. Z. Webh. who mad been sworn IN
for tho occasion. King was held oy MS
friends, and even then ne struggled des-
perately 10 got al tho deputy sherifiA.
Policemen Thompson and Nash resisted
the execution Of the writ, and they, with
King. viii be arrested and made TO ans
wer before the court for their conduct
:. 4. Wolf. formerly deputy city clerk.
who has been an accountant ia nonersy
Office, abused ncpnty Sheriff Macarthur
SO violently that he was arrested on the
spof Wolf was particularly vicious ~
hts denurxgaffon Of the court officers ana
the law lie VIII be arTatgned tomorro~.
At the light station a serious encounter
was narrowly averted. Mr.. Mullen ana
peputy Sheriff Macready went TO the
s,stIon to take possession Of the plant.
Here to their surprise. they found Capt.
King and a large crowd Of employees ana
their sympathixers. KING stood Ia the
doorway and barred out Mr.. Mullen and
the deprfy In his course ne WAS abette'l
hy an employe IN the department named
Todd who fourished revolver anu
threatened to ksn the FIRST man who tried
10 enter the station. II WAS necessary
to send Deputy Sheriff Perry 20 the sta
.fon with the writ before Mr.. Mullen
could secure possession II the electric
piant. This was done early In the after
noon. and on the showing OF authoFi-y
The crowd vacated and The station was
cleared out In the fracas Capt King ar
rested Deputy Sheriff Maeresdy ana or
sered him 10 appear in the municipal
ro,,rs slrts afternoon. The police also Hr-
rested Special Deputies Kennedy ana
webh but no charges were fiied against
any ef them. and they were discharged
BY Judge Reid.
sf-Tfs affsrnoon Mr.. Mu.fen installed his
old fo~ce Of clerks, bookkeepers. Inspect
ara ara esactric.ans Superintendent kert
Tcbpson VAS rfapDcinted and tonight d
r., CHARGE ~ the light plant, with his old
force of trirnmers. dynamo tenders and
inspectors. Tomorrow Doherty's appoint
ees In tho power houses and ~ the city
han will he removed and new men put
ia thelr places. -.
The case came SD ~ court tnts ter
noon on fhu motion 0f ItoheFtys attof-
,ees,s -fo- a STAY Of proceedings and su-
,,srselIeaa Judge Pritchari fixed tho
bond AZ sis.eaa. and roherty t. rusiling
ne sur.tls.s. The hearing was then con
tlnued until Friday.