The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-15
SAW FRED PAY
CHIEF BRIDE,
SAYS PIELOW

occupied tnN litnellknt III IlN pooN'
graft case nil Wednesday afternoon.
/ lie appeared as u witness for the
government TO confirm the story of
Logan Billlngalcy and help cstab-
lish the contention that they
paved the way with groenbacka to
conduct their Wholesale law viola.
tons.
4 Saw Chief Get $500
II Plelow. carefully groomod, a pic
trre OF health. with hair carefully
brushed back. told OF seeing Fred
Billingglcy pay money 20 Chief
Rockingham between two buildings
near the Star Carriage works. at
First ave s. and Stacy st. and
said Fred told him Logan had paid
Mayor GIN $4,000
II Pielow also said he saw Fred
Bnlingslcy pay Detective Jack Pool
man "a crisp $50 bill" for proteo-
tinn he didn't get This was AT the
o.W. depot June II. 1915,
Attorney Walter Fulton had not
flashed the REORGANIZATION OF
/ Pielow when court adjourned
Wednesday afternoon The witness
appeared 10 take pains at every
step TO keep from contradicting any
part of his story.
Fred Said Gill Was Brlbed
Did you over talk with Fred or
lsognn concerning any arrangement
with the chief OF police or mayorf"
asked u. s. Attorney Reames
Yes. One day. | can't remember
just when. Fred and we're riding
In the machine on Third ave.
anked Fred how much he paid
Mayor GIN for tho return OF the
papers. Fred said. I can honestly
say I didn't pay a cent
Il Then | asked. How much did
Logan pay lie said. DO YOU think
Il would be wise for me 10 tell YOU p
! said wanted TO know where they
stood in case ! ever got In trouble.
Well Fred said. Logan gave him
$4,000, II was popularity supposed
Logan paid him $500. but he only
gave him $1,000"
II Chief Case 10 Cited
II Then pielo9 was told 60 tell In
detail OF an incident concerning
Chick buckingham at the Star Car.
rage works.
II Piclow said he and Fred had been
tipped that Margett was carrying
away a carload OF liquor. and they
followed I, 10 the Star Carriage
Works. where the driver evidently
left II temporarily Fred called up
Chief Buckingham. Pielow said. and
asked him II he wanted 20 gct a
truck load OF Margctt whisky.
Something Worth While"
we waited ten minutes" no tes-
titled. and then the chief arrived
In the police machine. His driver
Was a man I'd known several years.
and spoke TO him. The chief said.
What's doing. boyar and | pointed
to the truck. lie said. What r. it.
beer and I answered. no. you got
something worth whllc-lt's wills.
ky
The chic, went In and Fred and
went around the hack and looked
thru crack and saw him counting
the cases Tho chief came out |
heard the chief say 10 Fred. There
ar. so cases We went around the
corner and In between two build
ings. and Fred reached into his
pocket and took out roll OF bills
and counted off six Of them. The
chief walked away to get rid OF his
driver.
II He came back In a few minutes
and said MarEctt had appeared on
the scene. and then some one said,
What's tho matter with going To the
o-W. dopotf There's a whole car.
load there and 40 We went there.
Buying Whisky From Chief
I THIS was the first testimony since
the trial began I'm which a witness
told Of the chief taking any money
from the BllllngsieyE.
In other words asked Prescott.
or Reaaes. You we're buying Mar.
gett'G whisky from the chief"
That was the idea
Did Billingsley ever get any OF
ln7"
So far as ! know. he nrver did"
The inference has been that the
ltruckload OF booze was taken to po-
lice headquarters and confisca ed.
and that Fred was out the 5000 and
the liquor. too
Putnam Got Carload
The witness was then asked 10 dc.
tail the seizure OF a carload of Bill.
ingsley liquor by Scrgt. Putnam OF
the dry squad
pielow said he remembered going
TO the O-W. freight sheds and seeing
Sergt Putnam having whisky loaded
on truck.
y called up Logan" no testified.
and he said for me To 20 20 see the
chief. and that he would telephone
the chief went. and Rockingham
told me he had received Iogan's tel.
ephone message. but wasn't able to
do anything. | laid the bills Of lad.
ing on the table and said: Charlie.
that shipment Is worth a lot Of mon.
ley
Had 10 BE Protected
Tie said he had telegraphed to
Alaska. to the coDsignee. and got a
telegraphic answer which Just said
Bunk so he couldn't do anything,
and hat he had TO be protected.
i told him I'd like to have n cou-
pie of cases OF the whisky. anyway.
He said II he gave them TO me that
might excite the suspicious of Put.
nam. But he reached into the draw
err OF his desk and pulled out pint
bottle of whisky and gave II TO me.
Tells OF Hodge Incident
Reames then told him to tell OF
the famous Tim Vogel shipment.
which was seized by Sheriff Hodges
men. and afterward turned over TO
the Dillngsleys by Pielow, after 1t
had been placed IN Pielow's ware
house by Hodge.