The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-19
BLACK Cat
TAVERN IS
PULLED BY
.STARWICH
Complaint Made by Man
Whose Daughter Wae
Drugged in Noted Resort


On complaint Of a prominent catr
izen. whose 1T.year-oid daughter +
said TO have been lured to the n.
sort. dragged and outraged. Black
Cat tavern, a notorious roadhoune =
mile south OF Lake Forest park a
the Botheu road. was raidcd Last
night by Sheriff Matt Starwich and :
party OF deputies Five were -.
rested:
d. n. SCHOONOvER polceman
recently suspended, one Of u -
legged proprtetors-
AARON McSPAREN. alleged booe
logger and Joint proprietor Win
Schoonover.
JAMES LOCKNANE, sasd b -
owner OF the property.
MRS. J. A. LOCKNANE. alias sB1g
Elsie" alleged proprietress Of severa1
downtown resorts.-wife Of LoclnanA
MARIE ALLEN, said to have been
known as the wife OF McSparcn. tho
she gave her occupation as '-worIking
girl"
BEER AND WHISKY
TAKEN AS EVIDENCE
Several bottles of beer and . QunGe
Of whisky wcrc found in . cupboard
under the kitchen sink This wnD
confiscated AZ evidence.
The five prisoners wege tn1Den -
the county jail and hcld without ba0
on open charnug.
GIRL NAMED HUTH
CALLED DYNAMITE
About the last week in JauuaFgs
a young girl named Ruth Wa -
ported to have been lured to tlo
roadhouse and piled with liquor. The
following morning warning woo
given to the roadhouse people that
she was the daughter OF a weIl-tDdo
shoe merchant who was "dynamit8.s
that she was under age. and II would
be well to be quickly rid Of her.
Later. it was reported. she ha4
informed her relatives she was 60
ing TO Portland. and boarded q train
with ticket for that city. but lefe
the train at Tacoma and returned -
Seattle. A woman met her at tn
depot hero. and is said to have ta1om
her to house in the suburbA She
was in such condition when slo
reached the house. that she was said
to have required assistance to walk
from the auto to the door.
For several days relatives Wero
said to have conducted q franttc
search of the city for her. without
being able to locate her. During tn
time she was In the suburban houno
n man rcputed TO be a bootlcGgee
and drug addict, was said to have
been with her constantly.
Sheriff Starwich declined to dlo
close the name OF the citizen who's
daughter met her downfall q The
Black Cat.
FORMER CHIEF LANG
PROTESTED ABOUT PLACE
Hes a weli-to-do business man,
said the sheriff. ~who did not wish
to be known in the case. Louis
Lang. a former police chief, came 10
me about the matter.
HE told me that n man high up
in the Masonic order hero had com
planned that his daughter had becn
mistreated at the roadhouse. Lang
said the mans name must not be
known. that neither he nor hia
daughter could testify. but that II
my office didn't have evidences
enough to raid the place, they would
form vigilance committee and 60
out and tear the place down.
Il told Lang l had had some fn-
vestigators working In the roadhouso
getting the evidence and that wan
about to raid the place personality
At 10 O'Clock last night the shcrA
ifrs raiding party left the County.
City building In two automobiloa,
Starwich in the first machine with
Deputy Sheriffs Frank Brewer, Bill
Downcy. Bob Morrow and CHUCK
Kearney, the second following ~
some distance with Deputies BIN
Sears. Charles Jarrett. Joe Hill ana
Frank Anderson.
APPROACHED ROADHOUSE
ON FOOT
They motored to positions near tho
roadhouse. left the cars at a safe dlor
tance and approached afoot, waiting
for a prearranged signal from tho
inside workers."
At 1895. by Encouragement, whilo
lively party was in progress. the
four "Alaskans' suddenly whipped
out guns and announced to the five
others:
You arc under arrest
Schoonover, McSparen and the ree1
were taken completely by surprise,
Mrs. Allen. who was lightly clad in
silk nightie and robe. turned palo
as she looked into the guns OF her
captors. The prisoners were hastily
searched for weapons and. while tho
men in the arresting party kept The
others covered. the two young Wump