The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 27, 1907, Page 3

if T cam and I propose to be treated the same as the other fellows, 1 only want an even break.” The even break he was fighting for, however, consisted of games pro hibited to other operators, Clancys “Pulley” Again, Chief refused to be bull- x1 wo when the Clancys reopened their lottery in violatic of his or dor he pulled the place again then GIC KILLING OF “BILL” REDITH OUTCOME OF THE CLANCY RULE among them approximately a quar jter of a million dollars in profits. original jurisdiction, the defendants v on” and, upon busin by B pleaded guilty and were fined the jce “threw the towa wide again, Thereupon Charley Clancy | the fight waged on him by the Con went into Justice Austin’s court/sidines appeared to upset Chief land swore out warrants for the| Meredith, To friends and assoct ere big fellows” the Standard and! ates he made vague hints of “got inved.) month and a detatied statement | Horseshoe, In the trial of the casos | ting even” with his accusers, One ————ecee—m was submitted to the grand jury) Prosecuting Attorney MeBiroy stip | afternoon, a few days after being the dutios of the office he | of 1903 that in 17 months the pro: | ulated with the defendants that the! relieved fr the duties of the together a conference of | Prietors of the pa had cut Up) justice of the peace should have |office, he spent the greater portion JHE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, UNE 27, 1907. itagor tulle offered to atand by Chief Meredith If the latter de sired to “face the musio” of fur | ther disclosures threatened Chief Meredith, however, chose the alternative of tendering his remgnation in June to take effect lon July 1, Wappenstein also re | signed. | The Death of Meredith. | The loss of his position through ‘Edward G. Crueger, “Slain of the afternoon lounging about the | corner of Occidental av, and Yew © Throughout his admintatra.| [t Woutd probably be no exaggera | maximum Justice court fine of $100/ler way, armed, ax it afterwards repeatedly announced that| on to estimate that during the/each. The houses reopened the | developed, with two concealed re abe ready to close the town | *!* and one half years that Thomas evening after the cases were dis | volvers and a sawedoff shot gun in whenever the “business J, Humes was mayor there Was! posed of. On the same day Charley | the latter wragped, in paper and demanded it, but if such a|t&ken In over pablic gambling ta- Clancy called on Chief Reed and | carried in his hands Bs was cver made it did not| Sls In Seattle not less than $5,000 demanded the privilege of run-| About 6 o'clock, John and Tom at and was not favor | 000, and despite the heavy expenses ning a lottery which Reed refused |Considine turned the corner of Ren pon. Meanwhile con-|!8 fletitious rentals charged by ta! Having failed to achieve their| First av, and Yesler way and ol from bad to worse un-| Pacious landlords, high salaries,/ ends by direct action the Clancys | Walked up the north aide of ler notorious lawleasness pre-| Campaign expenses, blackmall le approached the matter {indirectly | Way to a polat almost opposite the in Seattle attracted des | al” services, “graft,” blood money through politica in the campaign | alley on the th aide of the criminals from all parts of |@%d the services of political fixers | thon pending, trading their support | street, They then crossed over to feountry, and the rich field for fully one-half of thia must bh in the republican convention of Gay's drug store on the corner. 1 operations created by the | een profit. And all this in addi-| February 21 of that year to the Meanwhile, Meredith hastened up from Alaska of thousands of | (On Co the Incatculable cost to the) Humes managers (George U. Piper | Yesler way on the south side and rich miners and prospectors |lty tn crime, poverty, blighted | chief tn command), and when the i in front of drug ste Peuitivated with a daring now | manhood, prostituted public serv-)amoke and din of battle had cleared as John psidine was about “y ince mprehensible tee and corrupted citizenahtp, away with Mayor Humes re-election |to enter the store ‘ of 1899 conditions | Too Much Gambling, they were recognized as entitied to| As John Considine passed ape summer of 1899 conditions | é ee »|the enjoyment of special privileges |through the door Meredith fol grown so lawless that gambd-| But with open gambling and the : ey a Pg page Rie gee Ph ed fees temporarily prohibited by| privilege of conducting certain |!” the gambling kame. | | Nel At a eee venting . ono od » to yh ne of the results of that ¢ en 7 r r pamayor ang oe por yeypen ed pear Aare a oa poiben B ~ paign frameup was the determina:| The swinging screen door struck oF the Semen Se all cesar Guan one went ap fi tion on the part of Mayor Humen’|the upraised gun, however, and io July of that year at) overdone and a ory went up from 4 " ’ " vraeeod in the business for backers to put the Considines out of the charge passed — harmlessiy Ht was agreed that it abould | those eagagad in the businens for | Packers to pul the Cone ties ta ough Considine’s hat. John pitted to reopen under re-| police restrictions limiting opera-| business, Hit belore thal wae tn Considine ran to the rear of the c » od oe ona to t ecognized” houses, | dertake niet Reed resigned m ¢ tea “bee ieee, “This| the administration at firat endeay. lice. To the lot of Chief Meredith | ing the second charge from the abot i “brace a he ad of wt endea n ah : b pegyger v A ‘ mace was subsequently con-|oring, in making them, to treat all | fell the task of putting the | fe ea Mag oa in a " t ‘ ctlo: ° ater ‘o. dines out of business In acer anwh 1 Considine by certain of ite partict-| factions of th tr nity alik With the exigencies of politics and {ed the store and, pursuing, seleed paper aha be on But ~ Gamiiore, — ¢ pon he began to close, arrest and ha | Meredith from behind as the latter of the coun u a socontance ome and arrogant, began to quar-| M0, beeen (n purwuance of that tm-| As endeavoring to draw a revoly h Chi Potice Charles T.| rel among hemeelves, carrie ot a Bln Tata to ae ens ak now perintendent of the /their differences into politics, en- | Sertaking combining thelr strength the Coa industrial school at Chehalis,| gaging in bitter factional fights Refused the permia n to partic aidinas Grenthed the doreiver tram the leading gamblers into his|over the distribution of the rich | ipate in the lusctous profits of the |r 1 the Considines went eredith and with it Tom began and instructed them what! «polls of their criminal operations gambling gan “ os ‘« - ae ent | heating Meredith over the bead would and what would not) Ry about 1900 the Mg gamblers pe PostiIntelligencer with sO | conewhat recovering bis wits al itted. Almost from the be-| were divided into two warring ties of graft and corruption In the | iar being twice fired upon John the limitations established | campa known in a general way as Police department. « b idine drew a revolver from hi B were brazenly disreagrded. | ihe Clancys and the Considines. | Intelligencer, on the ‘basis of this psc ay Ah ap bsg Shayla _ 4 other information, inatitute Navin Gets Busy. John and Tom Considine conducted | and other te mange Ng sceactenal th’s body, killing bim tr January 2, 1900 saaiionnn | See Senne’ Gasanene botee wate Kg ‘to an investig by ly z ve vi » > ~ onduct. | Which to an tnvestigation y Navin Introduced in the Jon and Charley Clan 4 caged Pe city council | The Considines were immediate & resolution which recited | Od (Clancy's Place’ at the comer tt ly placed under arrest, tried for bling wae running with the | Second av. south and Washing-| At the ¢ of the Investigatton | murder and acquitted, Detective ton st. with a Chinese lottery the elty was collecting a regu e e and consent of the mu i " . . Bris Wappenstein remained off the force ‘authorities, including bunko, | *8ort card wry on the site, tribute of fine sf jm the amt in tal chante adie icantamae ane On8 ee ee oa f Reed’ a te ‘of the ‘proved : t bh sade month, the task - or his reinstatement were Hing wyon the police depart: | Cust Reeds crow waver, bed not | mening (he col made by influential business inter fo suppress it. Discussing | OE "Ny: ty onforced, and Peo ers it De eats and political leaders when he Intion he declared that the | been strictly Gniprewe, “pulled” on |aecia, pow wae relastated, abd the Clancys event 00. Maeeeee cere: vot te cee Pre tert oiee ad tenn are! ontinued in the enjoyment of their of police, that their influence | S¢Sount ©! 2 ae a tee Preferential treatment in the mat a She court Bouse and | When arrested, issued An interview | given before the council committee | TP Ori oy easet Tees wnt a “ in which he declared that In the | that Mr. Wappenatein was favoring ga ’ om Mh ree was made that they - + th police John Sullivan. the ell If this charge | ™2nifesto of July Chief Reed had | certain b in estimating the —_ s charge) vohihited certain akin games with fines, also that he was being paid | Cry Aganet Morality. true” he declared “let this | P iM ” b~ 5 Pl her one de Chief ere be adopted.” ‘The reao-| tbe provizo that Clancy's, boing | money for 0, doing. | Calet Mare | In the campaign of 1902 the out Was referred to the commit-| *™all place might run a sho Gith admittes ery against the rank immorality game in order to compete with the after arresting burglars and hold a Gl eer" Preetke | big houses, but that the big houres | ups he had released them without Joved by the gamblers in |encroached upon his private pre-| prosecution upon condition that tele d serves compelling him to open upithey “blow back” their booty immunity while looting the ity it is difficult to estl is claimed by men who Upon this showing the counc!! com the lottery. In defense of his spe-! mittee reported t neither Chief cial privilege he declared Feenducting it that for a while “I Intend to gamble In thin town Meredith nor Detective Bs ae 7 Dan Fe oid pe lard Gambling house alone | ~Tlank cartridges, Halls, 1111 ist stein were fit persons nid pow! eee tions in the department -& net profit: ot $20,000 a Ave. THE GROTE-RANKIN co. Complete Furnishers of Homes, Steamboats and Hotels. ALL REFRIGERATORS AND ICE CREAM FREEZERS ON SPECIAL SALE the delicacies you might en of inadequate nd Have the past few days brought to your any « during warm weather if you had a refrig but Boling facilities? Have you found it difficult to keep the pon and dinner time? 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SECOND oe ae AVENUE DERS CARE i LIVERIES | : TO ALL | FULLY AND BURBAN | CORNER u es SECOND AVE.|| | PROMPTLY oe | | AND FILLED. 4 | guy Now | UNION ST | PAY LATER and indecency of the Humes policy hi become even more bitter and the political support of the Clancys even mor ential and they were taken into a fuller partnership by George U, Piper, still manager of the Homes organization, As a re | sult of the exigencies of that cam paign the Clancys came, immediate ly after it was over, to be recog nized by the police as having the exclanive right to conduct certain Kames, games which they refused permit other gambiers to con doct unless pald a percentage of the winnings. To enforce their demands they called upon the ad ministration and the police depart ment to close gambling unti) such ® time as (he other gamblers were willing to “come through.” At the mayor's office it was explained that gambling was closed until euch a time as the gamblers should sottie their differences, but the only difference existing wheth er the Clancys © be permit to levy biackmall gambiers Having no other other gamblers did and for several months regularly paid in biackmall to the Clancys and others some $2,000 a month The grand jary of 190% which went into this biaekmailing scheme quite fully traced some of those upon other recourse the come through” payments to George Piper and to th Paget Sound National rm of the jury we that some of the * way eventually ot certain officials Efforts were ma T testimony from Mr ng ite disposition but per refused to testify or ton as the jury believed, falsely. jury returned an indictment him for perjury. Bot ing Attorney Scott, who was a creature of the Piper pollt al organization, permitted the |p dictment to be dismiane bank ¢ money into the and Mr tifled and the against Prosecu P a Gamblers Grow Bold. the gambling oming gradually Id and i pnt tenderloin tion of the was for a while con the retall business mand even the big hotels, A established in the 1 hotel, t operated Dunbar in which the faro was yked and the rou no controlled by had at win. E the machine in the and the « of the hotel nd other cod at This ap t jury Panwage f the {ter that « cam to run ttle under Humes re Ha Meanwhile nad been be graft more Leavy and more lx the where ng fined it inva¢ acct house Ratt by H n lay« tri wheel that ity 2 player olute ly no chance to money paying slot bar room was “fixed machine In the lobby doctored.” In this joints” victims we der with dition conve re tion ywledge oattle the grand and the hat year act. Even ome a law permitted pla n credited or police existed ning January the act h bler f 1908 legislature nd be tar were sem aime ad he Inger LOCAL FLASHES Ground Plans Complete the Alas a the who 6 architect ans, has return Decide Upon a Site Sunday the Tr { od if pots of an excursion a on, passing a Puget Sound and with a stox ne hou at Orcas Isiand, the and ative of al Ar go. Leaving 0 harp and returr i 4 vieinit for lunch beautiful prir the hipe m limited 1 d 80 an to pre be or Bartell number can secur DEAD MAN LED A DOUBLE LIFE — Women. Haze) Wells, & woman of the town, on whore ac Albert Lipinekt yesterday aft m shot and killed Edward G er in the basement of the Hotel Barker, re Lipinskt was employed as man, as told elsewhere in this paper, today gave the police her story, From the information now In the possession of the police, it appears that Crueger has been liv ing a double life for many years, and that he has at last been over taken by the Nemeaisa. Me has been known to the police for some time as & man who had different dealings with many women and to the police it t 20 surprise that Crueger has been killed Although Crueger has had rela tions with various women, for some time past the Wells girl, who gives her age aw 19, and ts pretty, said my that she has known Crue: since last Thursday. At that she met him in a rooming on Third ay, and Columbia st. He Invited her to lunch with him and she accepted. They went to lunch and the next day she came to his room. She spent the after noon the and after that returned several times. When she was told of the threats Lipinski had me she went to Crueger and told him to tell Lipinski that she waa through with him and desired no farther intimacy Thin Croeger did, and when he returned again yesterday, repre senting himself an a detective, Lip ki who ref knew of the 4 to Maten to r tr masquer him and k him over th he grabbed his U Detectives ad when Cr head with Kun aad shot Crue Sergeant of © Tennant Ravenna park, having been acc n ed, Three other lots were offe: one ot in at one in Des} Motnes and one in Auburn Return from Rate Hearing Victor H. Beekman, secretary of ! the Paeifie Coast Lumber Macu * association, and Austin ffithe, counsel for ihe as m, have returned from the rate hearing before the Interstate commerce commission at Washing t vw. C Inupector Here Marcus Hraun of New ¥« teapector #t large of the Immigration, te tn Sentt in the west to be rendy tah any investigations be ordered Telller's Body Found. | The bedy of Charies A. Tellier wh drowned In Hehring Lake near Gatalla, Alaska, October 12 1906, was found last week by som Alnska Indians. The r takes in-charge by a Catalla ander taker,! but will be sent to Beattie in about-two weeks } te Aceidentiy Shot. | au of He ts to under that may 8. 'M. Davis, an employe in a shooting’ gallery, w accidently shot through the wrist while ar rangije % target. He was taken to th@ Wayside hospital | PB. A. White Dies. P. White, a business man from IndiatapOls, visiting this cley, died sudd@hly’ at the residence of his brother,” Thomas White, at 159 Twenty second av. north from an attack of apoplexy last night. The deceased has a brother and two ney living tn this clty HARRISBURG © Special ®e Pa tee) June 27 the Deme Re cratic olutons written State committee condemning the “republican grafters” and arg ing the capitol probers to make MOONLIGHT excursion on lake Thursday night. Fortuna leaves Leschi at § i Madison at § The Light Fantastic Toe y better exemplified indy is wearing and comforta Was never than when 4 one of our ble Summer Oxfords Vici Kid or Patent Colt Lace Oxfords or Gibson Ties, Hand Turn or Heavy Soles, New styles, Extra value at $2.50 RAYMOND & HOYT 405-—Pike Street—405 UNION STORE UNION Sfort FURNITURE If you need range Arpe efrigerators or thing in the housefurnishin At one-third less than any house in the city We carry heavy lines ¢ FURNITURE m the und the largest stock of hand furniture In the Woodhouse & Platt Furniture Co. Sole Agents f the Fa ch r Oak Rang 418 PIKE STREET Phones: Main 3998; In Tr , bim. “by Albert Lipinski, Was RECEIPTS WILL Known to the Police and Was Involved With Many BALANCE BOOKS | The special committee name - - the finance committee to ex has known Crueger for some years. | the reports of the Ehorrock One prominent police official stat on the books in the ‘ ed today that not long ago 4 hack secretary of the board I man, with the Montana stables, was! works, has asked A nt Be called by Crueger to go to @ cer tary Charles MeAllister to p tain #aloon and take home @ wo: cure new receipts from par man, The backman did so and a whom he returned moneys in fow days later when he came to!course of transactions with Lipineki's vietim for hin pay,|bourd. This will clear up M Crneger informed him that he ow ter’s books him nothing. The hackman then| ‘The spectal committee has found threatened to inform the woman's | that ©. B. Bagley, secretary of husband of the oecurrence and this,| board, who paid over abe it in alleged, brought Crueger to|to square his books, paid $100 too time. much and this money will be r Crueger’s body will be shipped | turned to him by an appropriatior te Snohomish for burial. No in-| Passed by the council quest will be held by the coroner | Tj TIEAT the iar and no action has yet been taken |t7ptodatenens. Bome by the prosecuting attorney the time in sporting good 1 mechanics’ tools at Theo. Wilts 6 Co, 1008 First Ave eee LIPINSKI FOLLOWED =|" GIRL TO HER HOME PORTI and Self-reliance petty the independ es ence of circumstances ND, Ore. June the Portland girl over Lipiowki killed Kd at Beattle yester 1Syeur-old daughter of Mra. B. J. Wells, who keeps a rooming down town here Mrs, Wells says she warned her daughter Lipinskt two months the latter's Jealous disposition { that time Hazel was visiting her mother Portland, and Lipinski followed her here. Seeing her “jollying” a gro- « he threaten shoot the delivery man, whereupon Mra, Wells threatened to have him ar rested for carrying a revolver, Of Crueger, Mr. Wells she knows hing. characterize man with @ whom ward G day, is the bank account Start one NOW—with us. against ago, fearing We Pay 4 Interest On Savings Accounts ® boy James D. N. B. Solner, Hoge, President Cashier says InKCTORS vigorous efforts i shared in the boodle of the $9,000 000 “trimmings” of the new capit were unanimously passed by th delega the democratic con vention here today The business before the body is the nomination of a candidate for 4 William Ex Re: pres ative John Harman, of Bloomsburg, has been offered the nomination but does not care for it. Delegates gen erally admit that it is almost w leas to attempt to defeat Repres tative John ©. Bheat, of Ph phia, the republican nominee, and fow care to make the race against to discover who Ferdinand Schmit man Stewart a Dunn, James D. enberg. D pick. 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The regular price is 5¢ a spool, Not more than 6 spools to one customer. 2,000 yards of aces | handsome laces from 2 to 4 ins. wide, in white, La cream white, ivory, ecru and 2 champagne col- ors. Regular prices from 10c to Ide a yard Tomorrow, — yard 2%. Half a ton of Prunes good quality California Prunes go to- 1 morrow at 6 nds for 2Se. 4 ind out what others — sell them for and you will ap preciate this snap. Limit, 5 pounds to one customer. 1,000 cans best xckeye Salm- on in large that sell in store in 20e per can Tomor Salmon row here at 10c. Just half the ar price, Only 6 cans cans every town at to one customer 500 pounds of ( ffee »: Mocha and 0 Coffee Il be on sale tomorrow at 28c a pound, instead of 40c, the egular price This is a_ perfect blend and will give the best f satisfacts lovers of colfee Ve reserve it to limi yuan sold to one ¢ ner Swift's Butter- k Soap, 3 1 know this 1 ap sells any and everywhere + at f 1 LSe to t the at € be 10¢ f iree ¢ la 1 you m a hem in re, { but The Fair Second Avenue Bet. Pike and Pine Streets