The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-15

himself says that the garbage PEG
pie had requested his aid in protect
ing their interest in the garbage
business and Councilman Gill. when
shown a picture OF the man today.
announced that Il was undoubtedly
cicoria whom he had referred ia
Murphy in March.
ciccria's Statement.
4 never met Mr. Murphy n thu
Brown block" declared Mr..
Cicoria today. and | never gave
him or any other man any money
on this garbage proposition. Meth
er did offer him or any other per
son $1,000 OF any sum OF money
70 Ye,e for a garbage bin. OF take
any action on this garbage matter.
So far as ] can recoliect / have
never talked with Mr.. Murphy per
sonally about the matter. mean
BY this that | have never spoken
20 him alone on this or any other
thing
4 am a gentleman. and would
not do such a thing. work hard
for NO living. and have my wife
and two children 10 look out after.
! would not try 70 bribe any body.
To begin with. the members OF
the Drivers union came 10 me and
asked me II l would help them.
They said: You can talk the Eng.
lish language better than we can.
and viii you help u.s.? I said:
4 will They are my friends. aud
Il Is good business for me to help
them. They patronize my place
and ! do what | can for them.
The scayengers held a meeting
and they passed a resolution ask.
Ing that II the city make any
change or give Il 70 anyone else
that they get a chance too. That
Is. II there are any bids. that they
can bid.
Asked Him to Help.
These people came to me and
asked me to help them. They said
sme that II had TO hire an at
torncy or went 10 any expense they
would pay the bill. whether Il was
sT5 or several hundred dollars.
NANNN 0Mi EhAA(nltAl anu
went 20 the city haIl one day ut
a meeting Of the committee. Jimmy
Conway was there. and this man
Murphy. handed the paper to
some man and he gave II to Con-
way. They started TO read Ii and
then said; No. this is for the
other committee. Nou must 20 TO
the other committee with it,
This Is all the time ! know OF
my seeing Murphy only know
personally Jimmy Conway and an.
other higfaced man, who is tho
head Of the sanitation department.
THE only thing | ever did was
before election time. | and several
other Italian gentlemen had an
automobile and one night we went
out To Georgetown aud then We
came To Seattle. We had these
cards. Miller Is the Man. and
got maybe six or eight votes to
vote for Miller.
They Voted for Miller.
Maybe | am sorry now II so,
may ! be forgiven. These men they
come 20 me afterwards and they
say Now we vote for this man
Miller for you. and now YOU help
MS We make maybe a few hum
dred dollars In the mines and we
come to Seattle TO lead a nice life
and we have our money all IN this
business. which is our bread aud
butter, and now you want 60 help
us so they won't take our bread
and butter, We have our children
and families and we make our homo
here You help me-
II tell them | do what ! can for
them Il Is good business. They
help me and help them Maybe l
do not do as much rs | can. May
be | should do more but | do what
/ can. tell them This is long
time ago. I go to the committee
aud / say y read lots in the papers
about this garbage, but ! do noe
bother about it, Novel say we
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