The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-11
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weeping charges OF fraud and gross
against the county
While superintendent Of ferrlcs. EN-
ployed as bookkeepcr n man who WA
At tho same time employed In tbs
same capacity for the Anderson Tow
boat Co. whose president Is Capt
lohn Anderson's brother. Adolph An
icrson.
as a result OF this
'erry investigation. she jurors also
'ound evidence OF padded payroiis In
he construction OF the Maple Valley
,ridEc.
The only reference 10 the scandi
aavian American bank A. contained
IN the section of the report dealing
with the ferries. After desailinE
'harses OF extravaganza the report
says:
In this connection we may
state that we find Capt. John l.
Anderson and the Anderson
Shipynrd company were heavily
indebted "a the scandinavian
American bank Of Seattle, that
nj one stage Of affairs the bank
virtually became the owner OF
the Anderson shlpyard nj Hough-
ton and that the yard was oper-
ated hy the Price Construction
company with representative
of the bank employed there to
safeguard It's interests"
In conclusion. the Jury makes the
following recomme ndations:
4. That the prosecuting at
torusy AZ once Institute such
suit or action ~ may he neces-
sary 20 cancel the contract and
lease between the county and
John 4. Anderson. 20 tho end
that the county may recover
control % the ferries.
:. That a en~c audit Of the
bills presented. vouchered and
paid for all Of the repairs 10
the county boats during the
period In which Capt. Anderson
was superintendent. be made
forthwith: that In the meantime
the prosecuting attorney ascer-
tain the legal liability and re-
sponsihiiify Ia this matter %
the county commissioners. Of
fa~mer Superintendent Andrr-
son. and Of the persons or firms
paid. respectively, for the wrong.
ful payments and overcharges
for repairs. and then institute
such action. or actions. In court
a. may he proper or necessary
for the recovery Of tho amounts
lost TO the county by such
wrongful payments and over
charges.
8. That ~ soon ss the coun-
~ can control tho matter the
ferry service 10 Bellevue be- re-
established.
In regard to tho death OF Patrol
nan Legate the report says:
''one OF the matters presented 70
his grand jury for investigation
was the death Of officer Charles o
I.egate. whose body was found IN
he Main Street garage on the
Of March II. 1915. with two
bullet holes In the head We have
exhausted every source % lnforna
Ion that could be reached and have
had put before us rorne evidence
xhich was not available TO either
he detective department Of the city
- - a..
u the time OF tho inquest upon the
uody OF officer Legate. ard froui
III the evidence before us II has
,oen concluriveiy demonstrated
hat Officer Ilegate was murs~rcd
W some party or parties unknown.
This grand jury has no evidences
,cfore II OF the identity Of the per.
on or persons who committed the
rhine.
In this connection We recon-
mend that hereafter. when bodies
arc found and there are any In
dIcaiions Of death by violence.
the detective department be Inn
mediafsly notified by those In
charge 40 that that department
may have full and fair. oppor.
tunify Of observing the condi-
lions surrounding the death be-
fore the body l. removed or any
article present Il taken away or
Its condition changed"
Briefly. summarizing the purchase
n the county ferries and boats from
he Anderson Steamboat Co. and the
port commission at cost Of SIS. 900.
he jurors found that the whole flee'
sas then placed under the manage.
ncnt OF Capt. John Anderson in
February. 1919.
The vessels purchased from the
anderson company were at this time
TO be IN first class cor.
iition. but subsequent events proved
hat thig was not n fact" II IL stated
The operation Of the ferry system
" the board OF county commission.
srs from that time on. under Super
ntendent John l.. Anderson, was one
II gross mlsmanagement, and an ap-
parent system ard scheme was on.
erred into for the purpose Of mis-
eadlng and deceiving the taxpayers
n King county as 10 the value OF
he ferry system 20 the county and
more particularly with regard 10 the
,ost Of operation.
I'm their cndeavor to show
loss In the operation Of the fer
ries during the years 1919. 1920
and 1921. many large sums en-
pended for dock sites. terminals
and other permanent improve
ments, instead Of being spread
over n term Of years as costs 10
the system or shown NJ assets
and improvements. were charged
up to operating expenses for
the current year. clearly for the
purpose OF leading the taxpayers
and Tho public to believe that