The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 17, 1917, Page 1

j The Seg four toe tam THE ONLY PAPER in SEATTLE » datly VOLUME 19, i] | STAND TELLS OF GETTING MONEY ExSheriff Hodge was dis- | missed as “not guilty” on a di tected verdict by Federal | Judge Neterer at 1:15 p.m. | Saturday in the booze-graft tconepiracy case. The judge held with his attorney, who ar- Qued for an hour, that the gov. | ernment had failed to make a case against Hodge. The court exonerated him from all blame. That he received $1,000 from/ the late Clarence Gerald, in the presence of Logan Bil- lingsley and gave it to Sergt.| Putnam, along with hundreds | of other dollars he raised to/ enforce the dry law, was the| testimony of Dr. M. A. Mat-)| thews in the booze-graft con-/ Spiracy trial in federal court Saturday morning, shortly be-| fore the government closed its ase. “Clarence Ge and Logan Billingsley came to my « e August 16,” said Matthews, “and told me that they had been and put out of business, but that other boot-| leggers were being protected Gerald gave me $1,000, sayir “We brothers use this to cl ea ltaat raided ant you to up Soth said they had quit.” } Matthews said Gerald 1} Billingsley promised to quit the liquor business, that Bil- lingsley broke his word after ‘his compromise with Gill, Aug. 30, and that Gerald| “died doing his duty and liv-} ing up to his contra A packed court soe room, . hung breath. word of the pastor's ¢. That he had first been subpoenaed by the de fense, and then appeared first as a government witness, added zes ithe dramatic se fless to Matthews said he didn’t know how much of the money was from ;Billingsley or how much from Gerald, but that Gerald's statement, “we brothers,” made him assume it Was a joint donation Gill Didn't Aid Weedin Walter Fulton recalled Harr Weedin, son of the late Patrolma John Weedin, Saturday, who te fied Mayor Gill had n to do with the choice of attorn to bring the $5,000 damage suit against Fred and Logan Billingsley following the Westlake a trag edy,in which Patrolman Weedin was killed. Weedin said he went to Attorney Frye of his own free wil Deputy Sheriff David Boyd was called by Attorney William R. F He answered he had let Logan Billingsley leave on his persona recognizance Christmas eve w out consulting Sheriff Hodge Boyd had accompanied Logan to the home of ree Vanderveer. Dr. Mark A. Matthews was called &s the next witness at 1 | Necks craned as he entered Dr. Matthews told of his efforts to reform Logan Hillingsley and of j his going after Logan for bribing detective: er he learned in Oc | tober that the latter had ken } his promise to quit the liquor ness He told of is office Oct. 25 calling Logan to t and telling him he'd heard he'd paid Mayor Gill $7,500 } to compromise with him and his brothers. He said Logan reterred him to his attorney when preased for a confession and threatened with prison Asked Gill of Bribe Matthews said that *.en Logan ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Where to Goto Be MORE THAN 61,000 COPIES DAILY 1 Picture by Jacobs, Star Photographer, of Dr. Matthews on the Stand eep his promise to re Attorney Hell then launch e next day he went down/a long and brilliant argume Nete ne ot Mayor Gill and as Gili |directed verdict for Hodge r about the bribe rumors. Gill, he| He said he was 49, had lived in asked ‘ sald, denied them. 1 said he Seattle since 1902, and was pastor you know a man compromised to escape sults from of the First Presbyterian charch the Billingsleys he largest in America e At that conference, Dr. Matthews Do know Log ngsley? sin Augu eri aid he asked Gill to either xi On Sunday, J 30, about business ‘ him the machinery to put the I was engaged to preach © a conversation with ® Bilingsleys in the pen ary or ermon of policem resence of Logan % to use it himself for that He said tat mayor did not t purpose. Billingsley war before shed th « conduct? August 16 1 atate to yo time at that morning ser Did Log a declar had warned ru bi few le who were/ation concerning his future conduct © James Crehan, that Dr n I saw alreiative to the Hquor busines was not the ma oung man standing under the bal-| “Yes said Gill did te t cony. I went over to Bausman objected, and was sus efore the federal grand dicted hin Disclaimed Murders that time were you paid by't Clashes With Fulton “He said, ‘I'm Logan Billingsley.| thous men $1,000 for cleaning Matthews clashed Walter | You are to preach the funeral ser-| jootleggers in Seattle? Fulton, attorney for Chief Becking-|mon of a man killed in ham, during cross-examination over house. We have been « Told of Protection * statements he made to Fulton in a, murder. I don't want as paid $1,000. It was handed ¢ by Clarence G me with Gerald handed me the mo ng, ‘We brothers want t out the ca murderers in the who g last us Iton | mon Attorne ame to Logan.» ay noon. He had “badly mixed” o and corrected others. He said b line of te jected to t thought Vulton had mixed the! Reames explained he leggers investigated, Others are re-: statements unin bring out the purpose ceiving protection and we are not.’ "q] Most of Dr. ¥ evidence conduct prior to August 30 Hausman objected to the “ex-a was given ove ated obje The objection was sustained planation ie tlons of detense “What declaration did Logan} “Was this money by you turned). ! In a wordy a with Attor-|make whether or n as going |over to Sergt. Putnam for the pur-r ney F th r leaned for the liquor | pose of cleaning up bootlegging?” yt to retire or contin TMAT | Seatde ward and { hook his| business in Seattle?” asked Reames,| “Y 1 gave him hundreds ofa long index finger defense| Attorney Bausman objected, say-| doll ° counsel ing Logan was a mere schemer, and| ot only that, T raised hundreds) | Judge Neterer denied Tucker's|that if is evidence was admiss-| (Continued on page 2) | motion, and said the jury could| ible, other conversations in support | ~_ h ‘lof Defendant Gill, such as conversa with Laurence Colman, were They're making shoesoles of pa per now h the value of the Billingsle tions Seattle Has the Matthewsitis---Thi And when the town got over spasm, it discovered that t it was impossible to n. He was always its By Mabel Abbott Well, here's Dr. Matthews nly conspicuous Dr, Matthews had been in that, © | again! was a smaller town too. He had hired the detec: © shin tha Me ae ee. har tives who got the evidence on ot tp annie: facia Cin (podae which the housecleaning was © ¥ ion of bigges Presbyter 4 ever known y t “21, sa baieollawed ao ag elit jan church iw the United States eae I eae vee ld h h And Di Matthews was ita p since on~~y bd ot y a would be unthinkable , Pee tc sh 9 indry revolutions in eity gov Some people say Matthews 4 rnment, the passage of the js at the bottom of it, and Also, it found itself the ; prohibition law, the bitter bat he is riding on the of the moderator of the Gen tte with bootleawers; ete, And but everybody knows eral Presbyterian Assembly people have got the habit of M it somewhere, and and Dr, Matthews was tho asking themselves, when any- §% knew he would be moderator thing happens, “Well, now, > 8 the way It has been Presently it became uncom what has Matthews got’ to do ever since Dr. Matthews came fortably aware of trouble in ita with that? Where does ho to Seattle, years ago ong civie midst. It had been wide come | lank, black figure, toppe a open for some time, and had And he always does come jn, | head that looked as If it were absorbed some elements that somewher of mostly hair, but has proved to didn't e with It. Its mayor He came ito the Billingsley @ be composed of other material was recalled Its chief of exposure when it became ru" He was so tall and ao pictur police was convicted of bribery mored that It was he who in ve PRINT Gerald Gave Him Cash to ‘Clean Up’ Town]R, R. STRIKE IS GIRL ENDS LIFE: POSTPONED NOW MANAGER SHIP ttle Star DAKES SEATTLE, WASH, SATURDAY, MARCH 1 NEWS ONE CEN FOR 48 HOURS — LINE DETAINED NEW YORK, Mar Look Willard ight of the yourself ushered ft tn s I | | 40 orvers in the ultimate oute IRISH CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY This in St. Patrick Irishmen {their friends ta the number of 2,000 by attending the | she Mionadrome Frida Gara" and and : ef 4 La Sunday Noon Concert Wallace Manuelita, March Melodie in F, Paraphrase Song mes Pala \e Three Dances, Henry VIII ng to Capt Rigid police investigation of how handsome Mabel Howe, 19, was shot and killed at 3 a. m. Saturday in the home of Eugene P.Erckenbrack, manager of the Border Line Transportation Co., 110 W she worked as a maid, was still Smith st. where going on this afternoon The tragedy occurred follow ng a booze party, according to Erckenbrack, which lasted from 11 p,m. Friday until after 2:30 a. m. Saturday He reported the tragedy, and was held for examination Mrs. Erckenbrack has been in California, and there was no other adult in the house except Erckenbrack when he reported the tragedy to the police r: Her body was found on the lower floor. There was a cut or tr temple and a bullet wound in her head, The sieeve of her dress was torn Phat MissHowe killed he fros rom attress of } ed He sald, ace Tennant, of ¢ infat reled with another woman i her he reprov Swore At Her “T was mad, ard I guess I swore PR frost LAST Tonight and tonig IN RUSSIA Duke Michael De-. clines to Accept the Throne. : PETROGRAD, March 17.—The triumph of demos: acy seemed assured today. he line of the Romanoffs has come to an end thru the abdication of the hereditary monarchs, and today a republic was in the making. Order was completely restored in the capital todayy In declining the throne of- fered him by Czar Nicholas’ formal notice of abdication, Grand Duke Michael issued a report that all the people of Russia obey the provisional government until a vote of the people could show what form Edward Cor-| of government they preferred. sae te rty, |. Estimates placed the number of r having told his story to| killed and injured by the polic Hedges and Capt. Teanant|%® Satu und §=Sunday at 300. two or ree times kenbrack | This was really before the act was taken to his home early this Tevolt started and the casualt jafternoon to go over the scene of | Were in small riots r the cit the tragedy, step by step, and After Sunday the number killed count again what happened. jand wounded was comparatively small Thru prompt and enthusiastic co- loperation of the railway employes, DOOR a our Wurlitzer Hurtado Rubinstein Selected German ‘IRST AT PIKE—CONTINUOUS, 11 TO stricts thruout the land: ckly relieved. Hum of carloads of provisions were rushi= ed to these sections fs n stores everywhere have) nm requisitioned by the provise 4 fonal government, fair prices being y paid the owners Abolish Land Barons Evidencing the complete — democracy cf the new order in Russia, and utter disregard of the ancient, almost feudal rights of other days, it was announced today that local committees of the provi: government are taking over . estate of more than 125 On every side of P £ jheard to renewed @¥¢ | vigorous prosecution of against Germany Ki VATE Chester Conklin in Dodging His Doom Two reels of new Keystone fun, in which our no-bul hero is storm-tossed in a comedy gale of glee on the sea of comedy circum- stances. 11—ADMISSION 15c CHILDREN 5c