The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-16

II re sfzs. instituted by Ire wcEaan Civ
Iax asr na.-s as Daisy Philips. against
Chief os Police Reed aud his eondsEns2
for SIS ss damages for false Imprisonment
ever So-nes 20 rial. sc Interesting ssoTy
concerning the plaintiff vii. come % hgat-
In tie con plant she alleges taAs she vas
subjected 10 great harshDess n that ssa
was stripped and thrust into prison with
out warrant Of Law.
While there .s no direct statement. the
idsa conveyed by the words 'Strip2sd
gives the pahlic 10 understand that tas
WOMAN wan Dox says she IS Da-lsy Phillips,
Gu, who told the police that she was Mrs.
q. III. Eecr1aLl was subjected 10 uuas22l
.r1iguit,ez. A Post-intri..ge2ce reporter
investigated the matter yesterday ard
learned that Ms. Beskdaii was searched
by Police Aatrnn Taylor IL private. and
that she had money concealed On her per-
son which she had failed &c give ao WHEN
requested TO hand over her money, etc. -
the registering clerk.
Police Marion Taylor. III speaking of the
case yesterday afternoon. said:
II myself personally searched Mrs. Beck
dull. and she was aol subjected TO harsh
treatment. Size had on her person & con-
siderable sum Of money thai she did not
give up TO tAs clerk when sks was regis
tered"
Mrs Beck9uil was arrested on suspicion
iieve they were warranted IN ar7a-sting her
and the more they learn of her alleged
record the more convinced they become
that they did not make an error. TIE his
tory OF the arrest Is as follows. Word vas
sent 70 police headquarters by North So
attic saloon man that there was tough
gang in the back part OF his place. De-
tect.ye Williams ard patroinan Stewart
aent 70 the saloon and according their
- In. "a
dispute.
The dispute said Chief OF Police Reed
last night. was ever SO which had not
been divided right according to the con-
iention OF one Of the parties
The officers arrested the gang and took
them to headquarters where they were
locked up under the following names: j.
W. Wilson. William Williams, H. Arthur,
and Mrs c. IL. Beckduii or Barkduii. II
will be recalled that this occurred last
after sneak thieves stcls so from a fruit
stand near the cornes OF First avenue
and Battery street. North Seattle.
The evidence against the gang was not
suffleienr 20 warrant the fling OF q COM
paint and eventually all o. them were
released. While they were in Jail. one OF
the men, who IS now known TO the po-
lice a. Walters. admitted. according 10
Chief Reed. that the woman known a.
Mrs. Reckduli and another man came to
Seattle from Spokane. The police claim
that Mrs. Beckduli was registered at the
Northern hotel with a member OF the
gang under the name Of Mrs. F. X. Nor
gan
When Chief Reed was asked last night
II he knew anything OF the history of the
woman. he said that he knew her as
Daisy Phillips. alias Mrs. c. H Beckdull.
alias Pearl Raymond, alias Mrs. r. "
Morgan.
She lived In Spokane under the name
Of Pearl Morgan" said the chief s'aad
have Information that she is well known
IN Los Angeles She also lived on Grant
street in San francisco, but I do not
know what name she used there She
has been In company with Kid Cunning
ham. a notorious fellow who has worked
for Poker Davis of Los Angeles"
The chief does not think that the wo-
mans reputation has been injured. and
when the case comes up In court more in
teresting details will come out.