The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-11

give up blood money Tor privileges
to which common deconcy and the
law entitle them.
Il ia c0ntouded that The only dl
ference between buffalo and thnHe
other cltioa Is that the officials here
are being found out In "a general
way their shortcomings were Ha
well known that the city hall was
fnectlnunly dubbed tho steal plant
An eciur first gave the municipal
building that pleasing title Il
aremod Hn appropriate that n passed
| from n stage joke into common Use
| Everybody knew that there wHa
! efookodneaa there. bat Il did not
Huom to be- uuYbudy'H particular bus
inoHa 10 ferret ont the wruu9doinE.
| On "a woeful day the hnodlefa en-
enuntored man with the ability
aud determination to fight for his
rights Il happened. too that the
prosecuting attorney waH an able
honest and conscientious official
The combination was too much Tor
tho boodlera and that ~ why the
Hnnd jury Is nov doing business
with them.
Friouda OF good government say
that a. ia only the absence OF such
a combination that prevents similar
disclosures in Cleveland. pittahufE.
/ Cincinnati aud other bis cities.
Conditions are the same n only
needs some independent American
citizen 90 assert hia rights aud
some Folk, Jerome or Coatawofth
te sustain him.
/ Symphonic Of the WOO that
come 10 the hoodlors In office
here appeared several years ago.
An impoalng little line Of dts
/ honest officials marched 20 Auburn
prison. Trouble also came a. other
dellnqucnta. but those who escaped
seemed 20 consider themselves Ina
muue. Within three years three
public officials have been sentenced
% the peniteutiarY, one was fined
one removed from office aud one
/ secured an aeuuittal after a hard
/ fight II IL doubtful whether the
record can be matched In the COM
/ Try. and yet there are charges And
| witmoascH enough az hand to keep
the grand Jury aud an investigai-
lns committee grinding fnf weeks.
A grewaome exhibit In this chap
Ter 81 WrunedoiuE was a coroner
/ Who was accused nf having robbed
the dead. During bis Felgn i Be-
+ N0oVrd Buffalninna Who were Kuihg
a. die away from home 20 dispose
OF their yaluabiea before they shut.
lied Oft An lndlaereet citizen dfew
500 from a bank aud a few minsfsss
later dropped dead ON the main
street. The 500 died with him. 90
/ far a. his estate Naa concerned I'll
heirs never saw - cents ~ a. An
~ her man careleasaiY wore a falus
/ ble diamond ring when he dropHsa
dead la the public highway. Il as
/ not Hrnt home With TIE body. There
uas a BID ron over the matter and
the ring vas finally returned VIA e
/ pawush0p. An Italian iaborsf AMI
his t~o weeks paY brought matters
t. a climax The Italian inadFets
tally haA himself run over by 10
esssnaslve The uhncin passed nFrf
his waist lins aud the money. about
as. was Eithin the blood znus
Tao mcn swure that they had given
the money "a the coroner and Tat
I the outer btu ~ the roll was
blood stained SIC hank no,s Wheh
the body Was meat hume there waa
delivered 10 the family fi.na A
hue ana cry KaN raised Il AS
claimed that the eoeoner had passHd
a 80 bin with red stains on j ct
saloon. lie Nan arrested and n.
dletrd A. The trial. huwevef hn
Nfaa acquitted.
Offtceholdefa wbo received the Il
sentlon of the grand jury soon after
thr coroner escaped we're not -
fortunate. Nineteen hundred Ana
two waa a bad year Ter them.
Though not aa bad a. II might hare
been. philllp Gerai. city treasurer.
confessed that be miaapprupriatrd
ss5 00o ~ public funds and Eai
away with q fiu~ ~ $1,000. All 81
the moncy was restored 70 ne
treasury.
Jos. Brady xas convicted for haFs
ing robbed the rpuntF Nhiie hettae
a. special deputy county eleFf.
when urady Was before The court
for sentence The assistant district
attorney said theFn WAS 10 much
confusion Ia The public miud wnstn +.
&c tublic funds belong 10 The public
+ 81 - the polifleiana- that he Faa
prompted to ak that an example be
made Of the prisoner. Brady vas
s@utracrd o. serve three yeafk am
aix months At Auburn. lie vas pat
daned ~ the end Of = year.
There waa 20 much confusion
al,onf public funds At the tire that
the bonding companies refused to
give surety for the gentlemen Hhe
= ere handling the money. tity
+ treasurer Adam Boeekel said ln an
{ interview
The bonding companies hAfe ~
fused 10 Accept me or give me
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