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SEATTLE JEWEL ROBBERS ARE NABBED e NIGHT EDITION J | Evidently Bremerton is getting 4 jealous of all that graft publicity ALL EDITIONS itis affair ot ita pay pi i peeeeeereees OOOO enn rw Dene on rr he weather sa "Ton All the Time \ THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NE’ ws and Sunday, occasional rain.” VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, MARCH 24 4 ‘Police Made Me Lie,’ Metzdorff Says: Amazing StoryThrills— “isme rise AIR HAVE LOOT © AS TREE FALL and Bewilders Crowd a | | _ Round the Logan Pole! ASTORIA, March 24 ght logger Hed ye Astoria today, Elght oth riously hurt, are in th here, and it is feared some may die ; Eighty workmen, sitting on two r flat cars, were riding back to camp for dinner. A heavy «a ing. The wind uproc | one of the cars, pinning mar & | men beneath it The work r | | was still mo » men saad 4 swept off the » fie THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT | APS eeul Were planed under. the Police trapped two rob bers, who have systematic: cal This is the Billingsley Bookkeeper. Hatton | “ , until jacks were used to lift it ly plundered Seattle homes of jewelry of all descripti ons, | This is Bill Hazlett, who gave the lie to the Billingsley Bookkeeper Hatt: | el at their room at the O. K. hotel, 212 Railroad ave., a EEG Logan, who said Haslett lied when he gave the lic to the Billingsley Bookkeeper BRAND WHITLOCK IS = 10 2. m. Saturday. Over $3,000 worth of jewels wi Hatton. coy 9 . recovered. Re This is Watson Smith, who said Logan lied when he said Hazlett lied when he gave the CALLED FROM POST at ths Bitliaesley Bookkeeper Hatton The tip that the — were at this hotel ¢ is is E foril is f | h, Ed . s f S This is Eddie Metzdorif, who said Smith lied when he said Logan lied when he said Haz pee. MaTTHaWs rom a hungry youth, Ed James Somme of San lett lied when he gave the lie to the Billingsley Bookkeeper Hatton y cisco, who asked Bill Rodhe, 23, laborer, and Ha fe , } 4 BY ROBERT J. BENDER : F — | A 1 Press Blatt E. Crottey, 29, painter, the thieves, for some mon¢ | “WXSuiNGrox ; : ped 3 7 a : . ast night. They to im to come up to 0 True or untrue, the testimony of Eddie Metzdorff, recently Brand Whitlock, iar aalatotee| fe h ‘ hey told him to come up to their MJ ‘ to Belgium, has be withdrawn, | ar Sleep there. i waiter at Chauncy Wright’s restaurant, when completed at 11:40 Merten perempation bt ON Gr Aces cheer te he cackaa ee days snece a a. m. Saturday, added one of the most thrilling chapters in the al- ernment tn Belgium relief work s/yy the two jewelry thieves retur- been from one to ten reports ° . * . . aR ond ing from a nieht raid, with watches ing in every morning to | __ ready sensational trial of Mayor Gill, Chief Beckingham and four E |” This was gnnounced in a sharp| cna other loot. ve. didn't Tike the ters of homes robbed of q *, : ° offic statement — toc WHICE tiene at thie: as hie We > the | chane city detectives, who are charged by the federal government with polbtediy mentioned the sinking of| Cons, °f ‘bings. 90 he went, to ihe | chenge ACpitteuden, 5014 ° Belgian religf «hips pite Ger r . c f suspicions se ows b " conspirocy in the shipment | of liquor in _violation _of interstate weny's pledie thar thay sould be} DOT™ing and told of his suspicions. |N. 1. woes howe wae. Aa ' 8 . Get Suitcase of Loot night, identified his jewelry @ traffic. ase 1 Ber wag given safe passage e statement) Sergt. (. H. Comstock, and Offi-|morning at police headquarters, Following Metadorff in quick “I told a pack of lies then—1 said | uncle. also revealed that Whitlock had! cers J. G. Grove, Ballard. 4 Fort Crottey was not at his room were three witnesses = anything that came to my mind Weren't you running away? been denied the privilege of com) rer made the arrest, finding a sult-|the detail of officers entered, Se —a Milwaukee conductor,aser- (the witness asserted again and| “¥es, I was running away.” municating with the state depart-| case full of the stolen goods. |Officer Grove remained. In @ geantiof detectives and Watson | axain was paid to do that—to And Logan Billingsley was the ment, even in plain language. 1 always knew I wouldn't make | minutes Crottey walked in an acquaintance of (noise around town that Billingsley ——__———- good as a burstar,” declared Crot- new suit of clothes which he eee the lie di- | bought me, and I nolsed it to every tey at the police station. |purchased with funds he had - to the waiter’s story. one.” | Police were busy Saturday morn-|lected the last few nights, Bis Metzdorft went on the stand late; Interspersed between the jargon jing checking up the watches, neck-| Grove relieved him of a big gy Friday afternoon, having voluntart-|of the underworld with which wl laces and rings that were retrieved. and told him he was under ly after the. United| witness told his amasing..aicry, . States ‘and police bad hunt-| there were occasionally ovigras| a # os RN A eb ‘NAME BILLINGS Ie Metzdorff's story 1s true, then) Once, when Attorney Tucker was Bavsman «ie the police department of Seattle crossexamining him as to why he “I've heard was used to aid Mayor Gill's and|could not remember the statement | — lot of Se G e Beckingham’s defense by he gave the attorneys Wednesda attle’s to “ ing to revive an old charge | in detail, but was able to tell in de tem pole grand larceny against him if tail the story of the alleged police and the Se } di@ not agree to “tell a pack of lies” pomneerees. the witness said attle spir- go as to discredit the government's) “The truth remains fixed—and it,” says chief witness, Logan Billingsley. you know it.” | | Cartoonist Miss Bremerton made her sheriff, Dan J. Davis, in the If Metzdorff’s story is not true,| va cmomyag point, he vg oe Bt Bert Wil debut Friday night in the Bill- | tentiary. 2 then Logan Billingsley must be/courtroom in an uproar of laughter! cox, who fs ingsley class of towns. Hearty applause greeted # credited with having achieved an-| when he sald that while he did not) in Orphe- T y yard town is hav- | mavor, other trump card, in his own mas know a man, who loltered in the} um vaude ing a spasm of scandal, graft “I fail to see the cause tor terfal way, to “cinch” the case| wing of a hotel as he left it, was ville now charges and dictagraph ex- |much excitement,” he against the mayor. ja detective, he presumed #0. ded play pri “My. enemies area Gets Kent's Money BBE age. phytate ing at the Nearly the whole town gath- [cause I've got the gag Metzdorff, in brief, repeated, un “ _ tg ¥ letective : Alhambra ered at a big m meeting I'll tell ell] knew before thie Ger severe crossexamination by | Eieitetadorif anid. mu | | theatre last night at Eagles’ hail |jury Jndge French has promis Difense Attorneys Tucker and Bell| right. Metzdorit sai’ | | this week where charges flew thick and |to call.” Saturday morning, that he accepted, Metzdorff's testimony, it was! | But after fast. The meeting was called | Son Defends oa $100 of Detective Kent's money “to hinted by defense attorneys, may taking in by City Attorney Marion Gar- | “I want to speak,” yelled a a alae it afound town that Billings /be shaken by « girl chum of his.! | the trial in | jand, in whose offices the may- |and up popped a lad of 18, a ley gave him money to testify false- tho it was stated definitely thar the federal or, M. E. Giles, placed a dicta. | “I am the son of that alco ly or get some other men to act as che would be placed on the stand.) | pulding, it graph, for the reason that he [buffoon that Bryan has told See inseees. | After siving the defense attor) | seems to believed Gariand was seeking |about, and I want to say Wednesday Metzdorff had given neys his statement Wednesday, | me it's the to “discredit” his administra- thing,” said John Jessup. the defense attorneys a statement Metzdorff testified, he feared be! | Logan pole tion. “J. W. Bryan, who said te to the contrary—namely, that Bill-| was going to b double crossed, round which | Garland claims that the may- [things about my father, is ju as ingsley gave him money to swear and that s¥ he immediately left or wants a “wide open” town, | dirty and despicable a charac falsely. for Spokane. The last ones he saw and wanted to tip off his raids. | any ono of those crimin ok were tip Miltingsley brothers, and | ‘That the Billingsleys, thru their about. Why can’t Bryan be just he took the train without stopping right bower, Charles sier, an ex-|much of a grafter as he says my fm to bay 0 ticket. He paid his fare According. sonviet and former king of Brem-|ther is? ! ADVERTISING MANAGER'S on the train iy ba tees Srton's “anderworld,” are operat-| “Ile le—only he aula am » sanadahbvoncad | M.A. Lee, a conductor, was put! | this mete ling under the mayor's protection, | big stuff—he hes the W, Gols oe on append ane be denied seas ‘ eee 7” jin Bremerton, was one of the start- With him, and gets in on the | i one paid any ¢ are on tha aged a se tres. |grati--thk : New Bills at the train to Spokane. The attorneys ° woen — (JEX ssc |!ing charges made by Garlandites. tthe, water, woe a ’ A é got into a legal argument, and the won Bryan Opens Fireworks |All these yells were hutlel aan judge declared Lee's testimony in- a me Congressman Ww f » Theatres competent, as it was too remote Panis beta oF ot Beattie; and @ for [on rom tbe sellery: aa ; from the real issues of the trial yi resident of Bremerton, presid-! Aq) thos ‘ Watson Smith, the man Metz ll i t= at the meeting and made a hot|/Bryan are ppergtien ts fore v. dortf testified handed him Detec-| ~ eens ames ee A eae — aA DT A MIE EE LD SRE 55 + ——— speech against Mayor Giles And why shouldn't he op chem it @ ready reference wh itive Kent's $100, was then called him ever occurred,” replied Kent. |“nolse it around town that |could wear good clothes and get| just like the rest of you ; The Official who betrays the|—they are work ng against h him of where te go to be am Ie it true you gave this man $100 Judge Lets Him off | Pillingsley was getting false wit-|slong without working for eight] Defense attorneys 4 from tho|public and grafts, and the official) this water works plant,” sh cotton t00 is to circulate a story for police offi-| Metzdorff, as a boy of 19, was|nesses to back up his story and tonths prior to getting a job &t|stetament he made to them W who seeks to defame and besmirch | young Jessup. cei cers?” asked Fulton ee E convicted of grand larceny with|tbat of his bookkeeper, Hatton |the restaurant, Metzdorff said he|pesday, but Metzdorft repe: fellow official, is worse than the And for five or ten minutes PP il Metzdorff is a liar!” shot Smith. | two others for defrauding a farmer | Was Afraid of Old Case jalways had a little money—that he! declares that he “told a pack of | Worst criminal known,” declared J.| crowd ran riot and a nearfight Colleeur William Kent, sergeant of detec-|of $55 He testified that Judge “I was afraid they could bring | sold ofl stock in Calgary and Seat-|jies,* that he couldn't reme: enyper | W Bryan sued before the boy was taken Moore | 2 tives, whom Metzdorff identified as Ronald, before whom the case was|the case up again and I'd be sen- | tle what he said then, that he did Why is it,” he asked, “that the/ the platform. ie Saoer the police officer who bribed and tried, did not sentence him tenced and sent up,” he said Wanted “Old Dough” believe himself under oath, tha’ jmayor and that alcoholic buffoon] After ten minutes, when ede Pantages 2 frightened him into involving the 1 was not gullty of the erime,| He had a taste of jail for 28| “If you did not want to ‘noise it|/raised his right hand because 4 of an editor, W. B. Jessup, stand) was restored, Bryan asked GHes Palace Hip Billingsleys in a fake story, was but I would not snitch,” said Metz-|days once, he said, when the po-jaround town’ but did it because | torney | 100 per cent with the people down | 5 reqt leral peli i V jtorney Fulton told him to, and he ign a request that the ee called i corff, who is now 24, “and the/lice kept him without bail and|you were afraid of the police, why | jad been told by Smith that Fulton | below the line and zero with the) grand jury be called to inv bs er Saw Him judge must have seen it that way.| without letting him communicate lis it you admit you asked Kent! would “protect him best people of the town? The men| liquor importations into tap “Did you r have any conversa- He called me in, said if I'd | with any one, and without any|how much there would be in St for down the line all have ‘confidence’| county, and particularly Brem on tion with Metzdorff to ‘noise’ a out of trouble, he'd let me go. charge placed against him you?" asked Tucker. Told Some Truth in the administration.” Giles refused, saying he cot af: —- i ——\ story?” asked Fulton. It was around this clreumstance| Kent had been after him once Well,” nonchalantly replied the But I got to thinking that he Mayor Asked to Explain jread Bryan's writing. MORE THAN 61,000 COPIES I don't remember ever seeing that Detective Kent, according to|tefore, he said witness, “I thought that since 1| Wasn't going to protect me and} Giles was asked to come up and| A Law and Order league, with J DAILY him in my life until he came here|the witness, frightened him into! To Defense Attorney Tucker,'have to go thru with it, I might!that I was being double-crossed, Jexr ain just what evidence he had|W. Bryan as its head, was o esterday—no conversation with! becoming a tool of the police to who questioned him as to how he just as well get the little old dough (Continued on page 2) that would put Garland and the ized. ‘The most amazing recital of the; He admitted Friday that he wentthe vays, “to tell the truth Hig The witness was confused atyamination. He started asking his{stand Thursday and said he went} “I got $100 to noise it around |him to testify falsely. : whole booze-graft trial was unfold- ‘0 Logan Billingsley's room after} went to the Calhoun hotel, times and made ridiculous state-| questions in a low voice, bringing|to police headquarters with Mety-|that Billingsley had tried to buy| “Was it a $100 Dill?” : ‘i sien making that statement, and then tered under the name of Eadie] inent 4, saying once that “Kent gave! out the information that Metadorff| dorff. lime.” ‘Yes—in an envelope. Nothing ed before a stunned and oi “1, fled to Spokane, where he changed | Wa and then telephoned U. 8.|me the Keg your pardon, I'm|had lived in Seattle and Spokane,| “Did you make a statement?” he| “When did you get the $1002" | else in ft.” z ed jury when Eddie Metzdorff, walt- +1. $100 bill he says was handed to| Attorney Reames getting of my story—It was/and had known Logan and Fred | wa asked “Saturday between 1 and 2) “What did you do with it?” er, took the witness stand late ee him by Watson A, Smith Saturday.| From there he went to the fed-|Smith.’ ra Year. Yes.” lorctock in front of the Owl drug| “I put it in my shoe when T day as a defense witness and de-| saying that an officer named Kent|eral building shortly before 2 p. m.| He then explained Sinith said it whisky for them?"| Pack of Lies store. © | back to work at Chauncey Wri clared he had originally been paid/ one jt, Smith is the witness who|and surrendered, Reames announc-|was from Kent | asked Do you cjpim {ft was false =| “Who gg *" restaurant” " $100 and threatened with imprison- testitied Thursday that Billingsley|ed at the opening of court that| There are two Kents in the police] “No—I bought whisky from| “yes—it &. a pack of lies.” “™ ho = It to you What did you do with it?” ment by a police officer to circulate jired him to perjure himself Metzdorff was “in the United States | department. One is Sergt, Kent, of| them. I took customers to them. I| After leaving Tenant's office he | heat mo. Yan gente ee OF he] et got it changed in a bank we the story that Logan Billingsley)” phe whole fabric of testimony by {attorney's office, under guard, and|detectives, and the gther Harry! got a commission for it,” he ai-|gaid he went to Logan Billingsléy's (Cent 7%.,1'™ setting ahead of my | syokane,” bribed him to testify falsely. Metzdorff and Smith is a monumen-|avatlable as a witness Kent, his brother, a patrolman . confused rooms, and there became fright-|qidrt gine” itvan pardon—Kent | “hie said he went from > Wednesday noon this same man—|tal tale of jobbery and plotting to| Moetzdorft was called to the wit-| At other times hls recital was) "Where were you at noon Wed-Jened, thinking the goverument (anmed Smith eave tt to follow ' piningsley rooms Wednesday night | 24-year-old product of the under-|throw a monkey wrench into the|ness stand following the regular) chronological and damaging | nesday? ts were going to arrest him. 80) "This was one of the weakest |10 the depot and caught a train fors world and former bootlesger-—had| machinery of Justice—and absolute: |aftemoon recess, during, which pe-| Kept Under Guard | Goes to Tennant First Jacparted end caught a train for] points in Metzdorff's recital. He /SPokane. Arriving in Spokang made a sworn statement to De ane ly conflicting riod Reames told the defense attor-| 16 wag kept under guard follow-| “In Captain Tennant’s office with | Srokane |was plainly confused, and defense |L°UTsday morning, he said Attorneys Wilmon Tucker and Wal Big Job Somewhere neys that the witness had told ali.y cajournment of court lyou, and Fulton, and Williams and|. “I saw Fred whisper to Logan,” attorneys smiled at his efforts to |*ousht he woud go call on ter Fulton, in Capt. Tennant’s of Either Billingsley or police effi-| stor involving Attorney Walter) ian rangy, and speaking the jar. |}'Terry end the mayor's secretary | he explained straighten himself out aunt or uncle, but then decided fice, that ‘Logan Pillingsiey hired cers have laid the foundation for a| Fulton gon of the underworld, Metzdorff| part of the time.” He said he didn’t buy @ ticket! “po you mean Smith—the man {return to Seattle and “tell thigy him to testify falsely and discredit! gigantic plot—that's admitted by Fulton Picked for Goat held the attention of a breathless| He sald he had never seen Tuch-| 9nd had no trouble getting thru the| who was up in Billingsley's room | Ut! ‘¢ defense testimony defense and prosecution ‘They've gotten to Metzdorff,’| crow er before then but had seen Fulton | ate at the depot | Monday night? , 1 got ek at noon today,’ 2 et aanast tee ae Ram eemaa tae aa amd Goes to Reames Fulton explained to newspaper men,| Judge Neterer leaned far forward| before, and went to police head-| Paid $100 for It “Yes—that’s the one I mean.” testified, “and went to the Calhoum Polish up the auto for the first Metzdorff reached Seattle Friday|“and framed him to lay the whole|to catch every word, Attorney Wil-| quarters with Berry, W. 'T, Ker Why did you make the false! He referred to Watson A, Smith, | Hotel. 1 registered under they Spring Drive |noon, coming back from Spokane,|thing liaon Tucker conducted the cross-ex-|is the gambler who was on the | statement asked Tucker. iwho testified that Logan bribed | (Continued on page 5)