The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-09
THE sPdhANE PRESS
ROBERTSON

He said that he had heard or a
man who had lost $50 playing
poker in gambling room run by
Denny Sullivan, brother OF Chief
Sullivan; that the man reported the
loss to Chief of Police Sullivan;
that the latter detailed two police
officers to accompany the man
back to Denny Sullivan's, where
the loss was settled.
Attorney Robertson said that
this evidence was suppressed and
that all efforts to get it had proved
of no avail.
STILL ANOTHER CHARGE.
Mr.. Robertson further charged
that one May Helen Wood, with an
understanding with Sullivan, had
opened disorderly house in the
Pioneer lodging house, that she
gathered nearly 60 women there
and that after running two weeks
Sullivan had the place raided, the
women arrested and run out Of
town for fear of exposure. May
Helen Wood had been subpoenaed
in the case by Police Officer Bri-
ley of the claim department, but
had refused to cOmeyto the trial on
the ground that the subpoena was
not effective.
Robertson said that he would
show that tribute was levied on
women engaged in prostitution and
that this hearing was not boys
play, to be thwarted at the will Of
interested parties.
Attorney Robertson demanded
that the council take action to en-
force its subpoenas and insisted
that it had the right to do this.
Attorney V. T. Tustin Of the cor
poration counsePs office, hotly re.
piled to this, and insisted that the
corporation counsel's office be ex-
cluded from the charge of Robert
son. The latter agreed that the
lawyers were not guilty. Tustin
challenged the right of the city
council to make the arrest of any
witness that failed to appear, and
the controversy was finally settled
by the council entering an order
directed to the board of police COM
missioners that they order the chief
of police to see that May Helen
Wood and other witnesses are pro-
duced before the city council, and
If they then refuse to come, to
learn the reason for such refusal.
DISGRACE TO CITY.
Attorney Robertson denounced
the alleged conspiracy, which he
lai dat the door o. Sullivan, to keep
witnesses from the hearing and
cause the purpose of the investiga-
ton to miscarry In words that
burned with force and eloquence
Robertson charged that things had
been committed under the Pratt,
sullivan police regime that were a
disgrace to the city, and that now.
when the truth was about to come
out, there was frantic effort to
run the witnesses out of the coun-
try.
FIRST WITNESS TODAY.
The first witness this morning
was Olive Hand, a neighbor of the
Elliott family when they resided In
Union Park. She testified to having
been informed and always believed
that J. HI. Elliott's brother, Ernie
Elliott, was the father of Rosie FL
liott's child, until Ernie Elliot ap-
peared on the scene, and the Elliott
girl was forced to change her state
ment because Of his presence. He
previously lived in Minnesota, in
ignorance of the charge. The Elliott
girl then blamed young man that
she had met back In Minnesota for
the paternity.
1t was after this that the Elliott
girl made the charge against her
stepfather, which she told Mrs.
Hand at the time she made for the
purpose of getting even" with FL
lott for crossing her path in her
relations with Glider. Mrs. Hand
expressed the belief that the girls
story was untrue, and told of the
home life of the Elliotts in refuta-
ton of the charge.
Mrs. Hand said that Elliott was q
physical wreck when he came to
Spokane from Minnesota, some
months before the child was born
to Rosie Elliott.
ARMSTRONG KNEW OF
GAMBLING.
Commissioned George w. Arm
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