The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-08-14
MAYOR HUMES' LAW PARTNER "a
CONTROLS CHIEF SULLIVAN

wha, are the political influences
behind chief Of Police ssliivanT
Ths star = fsw days aso stated
that certain personaKss Ia hlEh
Places were Interested In keeping
chief sullivan ~ effIae and intim-
atsd mat. chief suliiean's political
affiliations were. 10 a lHfgs extent
fssponslbis Ter she failure 81 his de-
pargmrnt 90 uuf an end 90 the car
nINal % crime Ihls sHa not idle
tails The rtaf proposes 70 call the
attention ~ the pslhIie 20 one siAr-
fuE iusfauls g hen city politics pre-
vented ,'hisf salitksn from sdhefshg
60 "a paiicy which until political In
nuHucs waa brought 10 bear upon
him. he approved ard ahleh would
undoubtedly have been Aest fnr the
interests ~ the eits ~ large.
Thla story deals HHfh the reopen 3.
Ina Of the ss-aaiisd Little Paris
hauas. = notorious hHafhai after the
adjournment - the superior court
Ffand tury which closed the entire
-isg last etntsf Hnd aHfins
: = 80 y: :, 60 80 = a. -
she southeast cornsf % fifth avenue
south snG jackson street. last north
~ the new d1ad-ilns established -
chief Sullivan year aso The
dead lin@. according q The CHIEF =
order. 10 drawn parallel with and 80
feet soash 81 Jackson street Thus.
according "a the chiefs own proc e.
iafnatlon. the Little rafis house was
excluded from the Pew isnderiolu
district
Prior 90 the caiiinE - he grand
sary. faz fastia HaEaH haslss Haz
apensd a. q resort fsf efih women,
but d paa never n faNef with the
raifor. and Nhsu the grand jury
caused the polite u close al the
crib houses chief Sullivan leteT-
mined that tho Little Parts house
should nrfsf nsaGsEl and save ln~
sefsslewa 20 the uaW 50 HsFs IN which
NJ made iAat declaration.
Tnlo enough. Nhau the other crib
honA.s renpened their daufs. the
f4tsis pnriF found itself under the
ban ~ th~ police 4 IVES raitsd sew
erai tifar on orders from chief sui
iivhn. snd finally veHt aut % bust
uess AZ Then appeared. fot Eoni and
al.
The Little Paris huusr IL siib .
afsntiai brick structure fhree stories
high ard IL owned hx Frank Huiy,
uha uses The FIRST fiuaf for saloon
purposes The fwa uHusf stories.
which we're and afe hetuE used for
Immoral purposes we're anan after
she com uietiuu % the building le8s-
81 10 Louis HfieneaudY, who had,
before thr fnsetiuR 1t the gfAnG Jury.
rtih-lrt 90 Camille BERNARD the keep
er 81 ihr crihhousa.
Prior 20 the CLOSING # the hfuihel.
HfiEufnufy hnd always Managed %
ugnsie along fairly aall Without the
aid On a high priced lawyer Cam
ne usrusrd vas q prompt paving
tenant. and rent eaa what Brig
Beundy wanted. - Ions a. e cams
FsEuisTiY &c E5i uuf stfs
But when the rent ceased. Brig
nsaufy greN worried. and consulted
a lawyer The las firm ~ avn.
Hayt & Frye. 81 which Councilman
Gul vac q member. locked pretty
good 20 him. ard he PUT his case IN
their hands lie had faith In the
ability ~ n eitv councilman 20 teach
che police n lesson. and confidently
expected that his troubles we're az
al end.
But rot 20 Not even the fact that
Lawyer Gsli was councilman. Eerv-
81 60 bulge chief Sullivan from his
decision that the Little Paris house
should remain closed. and Brig
neaudy mourned
AZ this inncture a little bird whis-
pered something into BrlEueaudy'
ear that dried his tears. the bird
gave him the wise tip that a certain
lawyer hHd y I'uii - much stronger
than Councilman Gtlle that there
wRr no mentioning OF the two IN the
Same breath,
The result was that Mr.. Brig
heaudy withdrew his business from
Councilman giiru law firm and
placed hts case IN the hands 81 John
y Miller. Of the law firm Of Hunes,
Miller a LyHons The next niRht
the little Paris house was gay with
tights. and has been running wid9-