The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-28

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gate be cshumed and . belat~d
Inquest held by tho coroner.
Il win be glad. To hold the IN
quest announced Coroner willis
II. corson. land win do everything
In my power 20 aid In tho investigs.
ton Of r~Knfe's DEATH
ccrson aligned Legats's death GER
tificate as Homicide or suicide. un.
determined. and failed TO hold an
Inquest
He said. however. that Leeats
was legally held 10 be . murder vic
tim until proven suicide.
Because a clique headed BY Chief
Of Police W. ". Soaring had baked
her efforts 70 obtain q police pen
sion Of tss 4 month. At the last
meeting Of the police pension board.
April 0. Mrs Lerats has decided to
take the matter 20 the grand jury.
she aid.
Soaring h saId 10 have d.
cisrrd that Legafc was ~jus< .
plain suicide and that the little
widow was not entitled 10 q pen
sion. lie was supported In this
contention by nearly every po
iiceman on the board
The matter waa continued until
next Monday for further inventiEa-
ton. AZ Mayor Caidweifs sugges
ton. Caldwell In chairman Of the
police pension board
That Soaring refused 90 ses
her when she weut 20 offer her
aid tn IN. murder investigation
IL further charge made by
Mrs L~gsfe. who said Captain
% Detectives Charles remnant
did not question her ~ TO what
she knew. or receive her with
any enfhusls1n-
JUDGE HAIL
PROMISES ACTION
II have b.ea approached BY Miss
ForSus. In regard TO q grand jury
investigation" aaid Judge Calvin g
Hail Friday. And Mrs. Lsxnis has
perfect right 20 demand consid-
eratlon az their hands II 4, 10
brought besors tho grand jury May
81 will see that the casa 10 prooed
10 tho very bottom
Judge Hall said ths evidence that
had been submitted to him appar-
entiv warranted tho Investigation
, In . statement MADE before her
a. fr4 - :
MY husband. shortly before
his drzsh told me that another
officer and hhnseif wore watch
Ing the formsr owner Of the
garage In which he WA 1ain.
and that this man hsd $4,000
worth Of narcotics- Charley
negafe) guarded with this Of.
fIccr over tho dispo~L OF the
dope
-Ths OWNER Of the dope was
planning on going To California,
where he Intended 10 cell H.
Charley said he would never
| get swny with H. and he would
disregard orders TO prevent n"
This man was arrested by Ten
nans on the day Of tho murder and
released after investigation. lie Ia
now IN California. Il IN said
Mrs. Lsgrte continues
-My husband. after he and
Sergeant T.. w. Pielow had bccn
suspended In February. for fall
Ing to keep their districts free
Of undesirable women. told me,
Tin going 10 clean UP that dis
triet. against the ORDERS Of cap
tains or sergesnfs. 40 that ] can
see myself coming or going"
SUSPENDED FOR
TWO WEEKS
pisIow and Legsts were suspended
for two weeks after Inspector Hans
Damn had watched May Curtis.
nerre@s. solicit ~ men In house
near 18th ave. and Main ST.. across
tho street from where Logats was
shot to death. May Curtis was
found guilty in police court Of run.
ming a disorderly house.
Mr.. I.egate also said that he
had been bitterly accused by his
brother officer OF talking too
much after the suspension"
tIfS. tSFEHtf WIN utfs
81 know that they were collect
ing money from those women"
I.egats told her that they were
flirting with the penitenti1ry. and
had better watch out" according TO
the widow. and that some officers
had planted moonshine in building
and then had beaten up and arrest
cd the proprietor. Iegats was fear
fuI that the truth would come out
some time" about n.
He often told me- said Mrs.
Iegate, that II ] knew all that
went on down there ! would 20
down and clean put the police
station, and that II was rs much
as his life was worth to repeat
some Of those things TO me.
"He said he was being made
the goat for others In the sus-
pension case.
"PieIow came 10 my house the
day before the funeral and asked
me n my husband had ever told
me Of the things shat happened
down there. He seemed much
relieved when ! said No."
Soaring ACCUSED
BY TWO WOMEN
Bearing Is accused by the two
..,o.ns,, Mrs. IeDate and Attorney