The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-13
JURY QUIZ
into Sale
Of SYSTEM
NEARS END
Brown Won't Turn Job Over
to Assistant; Contempt
Action Dropped

dent Of the Young Mems Republican
club here. was not engaged ~ .
detective" in the $4,000 street cAr
probe. was the flat denial Of Mayor
Caldwell Saturday.
whitney was not engaged By me
to investigate the traction deal~
Caldwell declared emphatically. He
has not received any Of the ms0ey
appropriated for my investigation of
the street railway purchase He
was not sent East by me-"
Rumors have been current that
Whitney was employed by the mayor
to invessigate the SIS. .ooo. 900 strese
railway purchase They aasrFts4
that a part Of the $4,000 appr0prt
ated by the city council for Ca1dr
wells probe OF the traction deal had
been devoted to whitney's ..tmket-
ing trip to Boston and New Yos1>l
and other Eastern cities.
The mayor also denied sln& 1Gta
Sweetman. rho mystery wonnm~ 81
the grand jury inquisition, wAs eoo
nected IN any way with his probo ~
the street car deal. 4
Barring unexpected devvlopmGnk1.
Indications were today thot 49,
Grand jury's inquiry into Cal1Uu1nI
|tWssstieation Of the city's sersee Gnflv'
way purchase probe with1n -
| probe--wiil be completed Monday.
This, II Ia believed. viii cpnc1u1o
all the grand jury's activities -
this year. The jury win file Z wr11r,
ten report OF its findings with Pro-,
siding Judge J. r. Ronald be6oeu,
being dismissed.
Twice yesterday the mayor tr1o1
In vain TO draw Brown out Of IL
grand jury room and leave the pro
ceedings TO be conducted by Deputy
Prosecutor Thomas Patterson.
CRlTIC1ZES BROWN FOR
CAR PROBE INTERFERENCE
The mayor said he did not believe
the jury would get anywhere with
It's investigation SO long as Brown
was conducting the examination o9
witnesses.
He criticized the prosecutor for
cumming up his investigators. o1
the street car deal.
Brown replied that the mayue -
getting unduly excited. using hio
tongue instead Of his head"
The mayors final attempt to 81
Brown away from the procestnnoD
was made AZ $50 O'Clock CaldWUu
went into Judge Ronald's chambxD
and asked the Judge to call BrOW0
from the grand jury room. Tho-
prosecutor came out. listened - 49,
mayors request and went hack -,
the investigation.
The mayor was n0e 0ftsd yuou(
day for contempt tho Pruoseut1pe
Brown informed Judge RnnaA thnG
Caldwell had refused - tan ~
grand jury the name Of . nsuuDn
per reporter with whom H. Mayed
had talked
After Ronald hnA 3nsesuu1n
Brown to draw an ordar fnsfxuae1nol
the mayor to explain his cunAnue,j
the mayor hurried back 3uED ID
grand jury room
you can draw your en- 1nGu(
cnce." said Brown today, >ss ~
what happened"
The inference n olsAA eho mnyu1
told the grand jury the name o<i
the reporter. This led to the onl14
ing Of several Newspaper repcrteeo(
before the jury.
Following the testimony Of Ma
Maude Sweetman. "the wcman &:
mystery" In the case. and osvora1i
other witnesses yesterday sfternooQ.l
whitney appeared In the corridee
leading to the grand jury room. caEs
rying a portmanteau.
whitney paced tho corridor for
nearly half an hour. and finally dis,.
appeared down II : stairs A few
minutes later. at s I, lock. the grand
jury filed out, and p secutor Brown
announced they had adjourned until
$50 a. m. Monday.
Other witnesses were to be heard,
Brown said. One OF these Is believed
to be Mrs. T. II. Bolton. wife OF
Councilman Bolton. who, before her
marriage. was Daisy Dennis. . pri-
vate detective. -