The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-19

ploye. were arrested. In the truck
aere is eases OF booze
Al II .. m. Chief Buckingham
got a telephone call from Fred
Billlngslcy
He wanted the chief to release
the two drivers. and agreed TO
tip" the chief on how to catch
Margett n the drivers were releas.
cd. Altho the drivers were sup
posed 10 have been carrying Mar
sett liquor. they had formerly been
employed by the RilllngsleyH.
Chief Visits Fred
4 went TO the Mckay apart
inenis. saw Fred and got the tip. "
the chief explained to Tho Star.
Two hours later a squad OF po-
lice. headed by Chief Rockingham.
had captured MarEett. guarding
the whisky IN his warehouse.
In his pockets was $4,000 In
money, lHcIiIn mating Letters from
the Jasse Moofe-iIunt company,
showing how he had oonspired 10
Illegally ship large quantities OF
liquor.
Margett had been trapped.
The letters would convict him
and probably the Jesse Moore. Hunt
people
But he oleyerly devised the east.
est way out.
So he agreed TO show federal au-
thorities how to get the evidence
against the Billingsleys.
lie knew that pressure had been
brought to bear upon Attorney
General Gregory at Washington to
Ipsh government prosecutions in
Seattle Powerful influences were
behind this move.
The rest OF the story Is fairly
we'll known
Margett played for immunity.
and Is scheduled TO receive II.
The Jesse Moore Hunt company.
In danger of trouble with the gov
ernment came thru" with the
correspondence.
Baker Here as Burke
Eddie Baker. OF the company.
quietly slipped TO Seattle. register
ed at the Ethelton hotel under the
name OF Burke. and testified
against his old customers, the
So did Charles Young. the man
for whom Margett worked and
who is the Seattle sales agent for
the Jesse Moore-Hunt people.
Logan. Fred and Ora Billingsley.
W. H. Pielow and William Frazier.
transfer men who had handled
liquor shipments. were indicted.
Logan was arrested in San Fran.
cisco.
Logan Decides TO Tell
The names OF the others were
published before government ar
rests we're made. For days, Fred.
Ora and Pielow evaded United
States marshals who were hunting
for them.
Logan was kept in jail in Ia
coma before a low enough bail
could he arranged. His friends
had seemingly deserted him. lie
became bitter. and finally decided
To tell his whole story TO District
Attorney Allen.
lie did--and the startling rumors
that his confession implicated May
or GIN and Chief Rockingham suu-
ienly spread.
The king bootleggers were trap
ped by the government. Each one
.old what he knew in play for
Sldelight developments broke in
quick succession.
OF these the arrest OF Patrolman
e. ]. Mullen was the most startling
lie was caught by government
agents and a dictagraph. when he
attempted TO persuade the Billings
cys and Pielow to flee the country.
He was a suspended patrolman-
put afterward. in his play for inn
he told the government
that he had been suspended as
'stall" and sent to the Billingsleys
by Chief Rockingham.
Mullen Denounced
This was emphatically denied.
and Mullen called "A crook" a
nut and a liar"
The investigation Is nearing n
-iimaX today, with Logan Billings
ley, gelf-ccnfet sed corrupter of
he city and county government.
telling in detail how he gained and
operated under protection.
If. after hearing the stories. the
nuch.talked-o indictments are re
turned. Seattle will probably wit
ness the most dramatic legal bat.
lie of it's exciting history