The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-21
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GIRL GOES TO HOS
PITAL

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 IN
til noon, with Rosie inside. Chief
Sullivan said that the girl went to
the house to nurse Officer Hood for
case of mumps, but the girl told
her brother that Hoods ailment
was not mumps.
The question of the character of
Rosie Ellott'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
J. II. Elliott, the foster father of
| the Elliott girl, has been assailed
| But 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 their
rooms. The character of Rosie Ell
| 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 a woman, to
whom one of them admitted that he
had been paying court for weeks, in
their rooms. while the girls father,
who had fought their attentions to
her from the beginning, was safely
slowed away in the county Jail.
Any attack on j. H. Elliott will
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 had
heard the matter presented to him
officially by ]. f. Clark of the
Grand Army, he again refused to
act, saying that he would let Glider
off with reprimand. If Sullivan
thought his man Glider was without
fault, why did he find it necessary
to change elders beat from Union
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.
1t is up to them to clear them
selves. A trial before the board
OF police commissioners or a fake
police investigating committee will
not suffice. The public will de.
mand that this case be probed to the
bottom, before a fair and impartial
tribunal, where the merits of the
case will be threshed out, with all
sides represented by counsel.
]. 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,
of any policeman on the Spokane
force.