The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-22
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cts council efficiency committee
Wednesday
Mayor Brown came 20 me" ken
nrdy said. and wanted AN ordiu.
auco authorizing a split three ways
he said be would have 10 take care
Of the investigators and the at
torneyH. as well us the clty'u pur.
ton q any rebate,
Il told him ! didn't want any
dlyyy.
Brown said Attorneys A. y.
ThorgTlms8n and Caldwell ought 10
BE- Boz on u, lie wanted hts son,
IA Brown. Jr.. to BE- IN charge ot
the investigation. ] said, Wen. IN
be in charge. I'm corporation coun,
Hsi and II there arc any suits
brought. IN bring them
II told the mayor that no would
almost have 10 prove that somebody
got money I'm connection with tho
deal before he could hope 10 recover.
Brown replied. Yes, that's tho dope
I've got Tho dope night here. but
there's u missing link"
Kennedy said that be first became
interested IN the case when hc heard
that r. -. Minich. private invest.
gator Tor the mayor, was having
drinking parties with persons he
was supposed to b. investigating.
II told Mayor Brown" Kennedy
said. "that Minich was spending tho
city's investigation money on drinks
and parties. and told him that Bob
Whiting was there. Brown said Il
wnH all right, and that MiulCh was
doing II 10 get next to those fell
lows"
Allnlch continued his testimony
before the committee with tho fat
statement:
III the mayor had done his part
and kept his agreement, We would
have had complete case TO take
to court. and could have saved mil.
lions Of dollars for tho people Of
Seattle"
AInich. questioned By Chairman
Ralph Nichols. refused to so into de.
tails concerning his final split with
Mayor Brown this summer.
AFTER whiting and Brown re.
turned from New York" Minich ties.
titled. II felt that something was
wrong. The mayor said that whit.
ing would not so thru with his part,
but that he would go thru. anyway"
II was shortly after this that the
split came. The mystery office run
by Brown at $500 White building
finally was closed and the furniture
taken away by Henry Dahlby. the
mayors secretary, about July 81,
Minlch said.
Closing his testimony. Minlch read
this statement into the record:
About the street car deal: want
10 shy ! always found the mayor
conscientious in his work IN this
deal. and II he still feels that way
about IT, | am still with him and
will help him to put the deal over"
Commenting on a statement by
President a. W Leonard. Of the
Puget Sound Power and Light Co,
that he was discharged as chief In.
vestigator for tho Stone & Web.
stcr interests, FOR good and suffl.
cicnt reasons" Nrinlch told the com.
mittec that when he quit ne was
given a $500 bonus check, and that
this was tho best comment on soy.
eranco Of his relations with the
company.
o. u. Thorgrimson. an attorney,
told the committee of conference In
the summer OF 1929, between him
self. Lawrence Colman aud the
mayor, concerning the possibility Of
Il suit against tho stone & Weber in
tcrcsts TO obtain rebate on the car.
line purchnrc.
~ gathered from the mayors
statements that he might employ US
on contingent basis" Thorgrmsou
testified. hut he didn't make any
definite offer"
Did you ever discuss Harry Boil
tom" Nichols asked
yea" he answered
"What did he say? Did he tell you
he thought Harry Bolton was a
crook2'
NO. not IN the exact words, but
I gathered he thought the story
That Bolton had accepted money, w@
true" Thorgrimson answered.