The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-21
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GIRL GOES TO HOS
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nervous prostration. The hospital
authorities, when questioned, re
fused to say what it was and sug
gested that her physician, Dr.
Webb. be seen.
The brother of Rose Elliott testi-
fled, in a signed statement, that his
sister remained alone all night with
the policemen, that he told her
things did not look right to him and
urged her on three occasions to
leave, that he returned in the morn
ing, when the officers slept, and
found the doors locked, one day I'M
til noon, with Rosie inside. Chief
Sullivan said that the girl went to
the house to nurse Officer Hood for
a case Of humps, but the girl told
her brother that Hoods ailment
was not humps.
The question of the character of
Rosie Elliott's illness would be i'm
material if it were not for her asso-
citation with the policemen When
the denial is made that the police
men had immoral relations with
the girl. then the question of the
nature of her illness becomes vital
in this case.
1t Is quite possible that the Elliott
| girl will again come to the front
with the statement that some one
other than the policemen is con-
cerned. but that remains to be seen.
In the effort to becloud the issues
in the Elliott case, the character of
]. II. Elliott. the foster father of
the Elliott girl, has been assailed
Bot this. even if it were true. does
not clear the policemen, who by
the defense of Chief Sullivan admit
that they installed the girl in theil
rooms. The character Of Rosie El
lott. however low she may have
fallen, does not mitigate the con
duct of the police department The
fact still remains that the two men
wearing the stars of the Spokane
police force. installed q woman. tC
whom one of them admitted that he
had been paying court for weeks, ir
their rooms, while the girls father
who had fought their attentions tC
her from the beginning, was safely
| otoN W q " III VIC 1OhiitN ldiis
Any attack on J. II. Elliott vii
not explain why Chief Sullivan
after the matter had been pre-
scented to him by Mrs. Elliott. re
fused to act. and why, after he hat
heard the matter presented to hin
officially by J. f. Clark of the
Grand Army, he again refused t.
act, saying that he would let Glider
off with a reprimand. If Sullivan
thought his man Glider was without
fault. why did he find it necessary
to change elders beat from Unior
Park to the Gonzaga college dis
trict?
The more the police department
tries TO clear its skirts in this Ell
lott case the deeper it gets into
the mire
The formal charges preferred
yesterday against the police depart
ment by Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott now
places the police on the defensive
II is up to them to clear them
selves. A trial before the board
OF police commissioners or a fake
police investigating committee viii
not suffice. The public will de
mand that this case be probed to the
bottom. before a fair and impartia
tribunal. where the merits Of the
case will be threshed out, with al
sides represented by counsel.
J. II. Elliott who brings the sworn
charges against the police, wears
the button of the Grand Army. He
is a Mason and an Odd Fellow He
may have his faults, like most men
but his word will stand against that
of any policeman on the Spokane
| force.