The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-13
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CASE OF MARJORIE

prejudicial to the police depart
ment, 50 Marjorie was given a hur-
ried notice to leave the city. She
gave the statement on Sunday
night, and on Monday night she
was ordered out of town. To better
make the bluff good, her place was
then 'raided," with the result that
the police found but one woman,
a hOusekeeper, on hand. 1t was
given out that the place had re-
opened and that the women had
fled on learning of the approach
of the police.
POLICE GOOD WILL WORTH
$1,000.
Marjarie Aliens signed state
ment makes things look bad for
Sullivan and Pratt. Her resort on
Front avenue, between Howard and
Wall, had been closed by order of
the city administration. at the re-
quest of its new ally, Dutch Jake. :"
who wanted that end of the city
purified" The Allen woman then
opened negotiations with Charles
and Marcel Armand, who represent
ed Frank Bruno in the Astoria
hotel. She told them for what use
she wanted the building. Armand
asked $4,000.
The Allen woman then went to
John Sullivan to see If she could
open. He said she could, if she
wanted ito take chance" The
answer was not sufficiently
specific, and she waited. In the
meantime. Frank Bruno's represen-
tatives. the Amands, opened a re-
sort in the place, without interior
ence from Sullivan or Pratt, and
seeing this, the Allen woman went
back to close the deal. Then
Armand and wife asked $4,000, the
other $4,000 representing addition
al good WILL" acquired through
the kindness of N. S. Pratt and
John T. Sullivan in permitting the
place to open.
The $4,000 staggered Marjorie
Allen. so she again hesitated. She
detailed her broker, Archie Ash, to
make an inquiry at the police de-
partment, to see If everything was
right" and Archie brought back
the word that protection was as
sured The Allen woman then
closed the deal for $1,000, paying
$1,000 cash. After running less than
three weeks, she was closed by
Sullivan and Pratt. following the
filing of the Elliott charges against
the acting chief of police. Stripped
of every dollar she has In the
world, the Allen woman has now
been driven from the city by Pratt
and Sullivan. after they had pre-
viously caused her to invest her
money in the business which they
first legalized and then suppressed.
MARJORIE ALIENS STATE
MENT.
I, Marjorie Allen, before buying
the house In the Astoria hotel.
Front and Browne. saw Acting
Chief OF Police Sullivan and asked
him about purchasing the place
above mentioned, then owned by
Marcel Armand. French woman.
and Charley. her husband. l told
him about my purpose and the
terms and asked him II he thought
1t was all right for me to make the
deal. He said. IF you want to take
a chance" He did not tell me not
to open, and made no orders, so
did not then invest.
My broker, Archie Ash, then took
up the matter of police permission
to run, and he told me that he had
gone to the police station and that
everything was all right After
had seen Chief Sullivan, Marcel,
the French woman. opened q resort
In the Astoria. with girl named
Frankie Dewey In charge. I had
been In business for some time at
612 Front avenue and had been