The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-04

Ills principal charges, now
ever. were levelled against the
federal officials Of the city.
"wen never mest with any
great sacees~ In our efforts 10
stop the Illegal traffic In Iiauor
and dope until there has been .
radical change in the personnel
OF both the prohibition and the
unretocic offices in the federal
building he asserted. They're
all Just blocking the game
The mayor made it clear tina, he
held no brief for Mrs. Hartford.
she'll have 20 stand on her own
feet he said
But he added. "ths real facts
should ho known"
Mrs Hartford was arrested Thurs.
day by Deputy United States Mar.
shal r. r. Gaskill. on a warrant
charging Illegal possession Of narcos.
les. The warrant was hased on an
incident which took place June fs.
when Mrs Hartford went 70 Monro~
reformafory 20 visit her brother. Vol.
ney Burt. prisoner there. while AZ
the reforrnatcry. Mrs. Hartford was
searched. ana. II IL alleged. a auan-
tity of narcotics found on her per.
son.
y don't know anything about shs
truth % these charges" Brown com.
menfed. ''but do know abou; the
leading up 10 them.
In the first place. Nra. Hartford
wns never out of the custody Of Mrs.
Harris. policewoman. from the
time I had her released from Jail I
never gave Mrs. Hartford any
money. paying her expenses thru
Mrs. Harris.
Mrs. Harris even went 20 coium.
bus sanliarium with her and slept IN
the same room with her while she
was taking the dope cure. and they
occupied the same room In a hotel
"In view of these facts. I don't see
how Mrs. Hartford got hold OF any
I am inclined 20 be.
lieve that the quantity OF dope
found on her person was merely n
small pin given her by DR. w. T.
who attended her while she
was taking the cure.
Mrs. Hartford. know. thinks
that the police department Il
partly 10 blame for her trouble.
After she had been searched nj
the rrforrnaiory In June she told
me that she couldn't do anything
for me In the Legate case unless
the city detectives LET her alone.
''she also told me that when she
was searched at the reformatory the
first question asked her was whether
she really believed Legate had been
Mayor Brown said that he knew IN
advance that Mrs. Hartford was
about 10 be arrested
II was informed thru underground
channels" he said. that the charge
was TO be made against her ns part
Of the campaign to discredit me"
Brown said that this was only
one Of number Of cases which
lead him 10 believe that the fed
eraI officials operate more as n
political machine than as a law.
enforcement organization.
Il have in my files" he de-
cIared, "ihe record Of federal
empIoye, who WIS arrested
aboard the Keystone State with
quantity Of narcotics In his
possession. The ease was turned
over to the federal offseinls--yet
no effort has ever been made 10
prosecute him.
ION the other hand, they'll fall all
over themselves II they see the
slightest opportunity Of getting any
thing on me.
"The other day, when called on
r. A. Hazeitine, OF the federal prohi.
bation office. TO see n the city couldn't
get hold OF some Of the automobiles
seized In booze raids. found that
they had dictaphone rigged up in
the hope OF getting me.
"Of course II didn't do them any
good-but u shows the lengths to
which they'll so TO punish me for
calling attention to the drunkenness
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