The Washington bee., 1898-12-10
HE CHIEF OF POLICE TO TIL E
RESCUE.

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KEseOE.
he DENoUNcES THE SCANDAL RUMoR.-
THE BEE FERRETs OUT THE LIE.-AH
ATTEMPT To INJURE THE REPUTA
TIoN OF PURE woMEN.-THE CON
sPIRATORs TRAILED.
The question has been asked why
THE BEE published the article of Nov
10th and the one of Dec. 3rd 1t is
plain. There had been malicious
rumor circulated against the good
name OF one of the noblest young
ladies' In this city and her associates.
Every person of reputation had been
accused of being in this alleged raid.
The BEE never heard of the rumor for
two weeks after the alleged raid said
to have taken place. 1t knew ofthe high
moral standing of the persons alleged
to have been caught in the raid, hence
IT put no credence in the report. The
rumor became SO general until The
BEE concluded to adopt me thods to
ascertain, if possible, the instigators of
this malicious scandal against these
reputable people. To do this, it pub
llshed the article that appeared in its
issue of November 10th pretending to
have been present at the station house
and saw the principal actors. The fol-
lowing week the pretended friends
and scandal hunters rushed to THE
BEE office and declared that it was a
God send, that such people were
exposed. TO their surprise they were
told that there was nothing i'm it.
Numbers of them volunteered to furn-
iSh information and stated what had
been told to them by persons who were
inimical to these ladies and jealous of
their high social position. Who are
THE AcCUSERS?
They are persons ofno moral stand |
ing. These are the people who are
more inclined TO believe falsehood |
than they are the truth. A persons |
honest motives are always miscon-
strued. THE BEE is accused of being
bought off. Will some one put that i'm
writing? No one has asked THE BEE
to make any statement nor has anyone
agreed directly or indirectly to compen-
safe this paper. THE BEE assumes the
responsibility in making this defense i'm
the interest of justice, and it challen-
geS any one TO publish or to write un-
der his own name that any one has
asked The BEE to make any state
nent. How such a rumor could be {
started is elSily
EXPLAINED. Il
The Sth precinct, The BEE is i'm
made raid on a house no. {
ar from I street. There was no iusti- {
lcation whatever for the raid. Some {
one had to be the escape goat" The
scandal hunters assumed that it was A y
louse on / street hence the rumor, c
THE CHIEF OF POLICE. h
Mr.. Richard sylvester, when he was \
zen by representative of The BEE t
IN Tuesday afternoon December 9th, il
md when he was informed of the in a
ustice done the persons referred to in v
his article readily consented to write v
he following. @
Washington, ID c. u
V. Calvin Chase, Esq. T
There IS no record of any raid hav- Z
1g been made, such as YOU inquire A
bout, and SO far as | can learn no
uch action has been contemplated in b
his Department or any part of it.
Richard Sylvester, c
)ec. =, 'oS. Superintendent O
Major Sylvester also writes the fol- IL
owing: N
Washington, ID. c. December 7, 'eS. e
o Whom 1t May Concern
have investigated report made to a
le that raid had been made by the =
olice on L street, involving the repu- =
alton of an employee of the public a
chools, and | am positively informed, !,
nd have no reason to doubt such in "
that nothing has occurred ,.
r was ever contemplated which would IL
+ could involve the reputation of such
erSOn. -
uch report was evidently circulated u
} inJure the reputation of some =
erson unjustly. :
Rich'd Sylvester, ~ ~
Major and Superintendent. =
From the above letters of the Chief y
Police, it can be readily seen that n
o raid ever took place nor was ony +
yer contemplated. l.
In the face of this statement will ane II
ne now believe that there was any a
aid on I street? -
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE N N
RUMOR. u :,
The Bee stated last week from the III
lmor that was circulated that a gen CT
eman on 10th street an ex-police- CT
Ificer was responsible in connection OF
18th two other persons for the report tn
rCulated about an alleged raid on 10