The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 3, 1924, Page 1

|. SEEK 5th BOOZE GUNMAN Accused Cops, Fired, May Face Murder Charge PPP PLP PPP PPP PP PAP PPP PPP Paarl atrtnctrttrcpata dts The Newspaper W ith the Biggest Circulation in WwW ashington Bntered ax cond Clase Matter May 3, 1699, at the Hestottion at Ken i. Wash. under t Congress March 3, 1479, Per Year, by Mail, SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JUNE 1924, * TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE. 40 OFFICERS INVOLVED y HIJACK IN CRIME, RECORDS SHOW ‘STOP | VICTIM (NCE again Seattle policemen figure in the major crime story of the day in Seattle. Two of them are in jail in connection with a shooting far outside the city limits—a shooting which the victim says was done by “hi-jackers,” | Policemen Prisoners wich he iin ty vs done score Balk at Picture Taking} CAUSE OF | #22 | Records Juggled to Howdy, folks! This is June, the month of marriages, when a girl promises to love, honor and nd to spend all obey some ma his money. The participation of city policemen in crime and knavery in Seattle is not new. The list of Cover Up Crime TROUBLE a ag have been caught red-handed is a of Officer, It’s Seattle has endured this state of affairs as Charged Now long as it will. The time has come for drastic action. Two Seattle policemen, QO. > Some of Accused Police Chief Severyns is the responsible head L. aie me Joseph - Bull mM and two civilians are he! in Are Back Again of the department. the county jail Tuesday pend- ° He says he is unable to find the crooks and ing the filing Of formal ; on Force, Doing, the black sheep on the force. Civil service law, | charges as a result of a raid Neill. graduate acon s looking for a president will please communt cate with the university. ¢ brides, however, will be anted the degree of D, D.—Doc tor of Delicatessen the “sage ‘of llow,. gays he ty going ing his hair cut, because it's too doggone feminine, oe rs" PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION he a ts him fr ousti enon Sis- on a moonshine headquarters Ping Pong Duty Here ‘i ee ee ree ae Shee One oe) te near Renton Monday. Louis Tiddledy Winks ’ P erty ; Barei was wounded, probably Crehinale ‘ g RAL se ae Shei It's the old excuse. It has passed muster time | fatally, during the raid, rk : ‘ 1 (0. Genttio. policemen, adc after time. But it can’t be used again. Seattle Charges of murder in the Ouija Board the ‘records, havé been ¢ is tired of it. first degree will be filed | Diablo suspended for off against all four men if Barei tJ Pogo Stick There are only two ways out. dies, Deputy Prosecutor T. H rs burglary and manalaug lies, Deputy Prosecutor T, H. | als Sines A edt’ ot duty. If Severyns, trying conscientiously, CAN’T | Patterson announced Tuesday. | eee | Two more officers, Joseph u.|| weed the crooks and the knaves out of the' po- Sheriff Matt Starwich and | Hurt end O. 1. Nedden, impliested | lice department, he is in no position to rid the || {pulls were secking a fifth When that Engiten ‘sefenttst per | man in the hijacking and shoot in the shooting of Louts Baret on! fects his “death ray,” which will Rill at a distance, casualties among saxo een : tug city of the great host of crooks and knaves out- | tng Th fifth man was accused “ 5 pis dairy ranch near Renton Mon * . |) by Barei of having fired the sec- fosoe payers a8 going to be hor l day, were added to the fist ‘Tues}} Side.of the department. In that event, he is in ond Mist een ag ae | day, when both were discharged by efficient—and should resign. He is said to be Jack Mon- Adsl tmp ete a trose and, according to Starwich, Incidentally, the death ray will end | Gyre ya au tat pe If Severyns DOESN’T WANT to weed the has a criminal record both here all wars. Even if he stays 10 miles ; Some pf the officers, atter bens’! crooks and the knaves out of the police depart- and in California, where he is behind the front-tine trenches, no 4 j Clemsiened, have been reinstated and all d hy s “ Schaal wee be cnt employed on the|| ment, he isn’t the kind of a police chief that Se- a ty pentilen tay tata eae 4 aro i ed ‘ police force ns guardians of law eod)) attle wants—and he should resign. - charge. he death ray may become the Dassen Theos. wits fave od the| For the sake of the honest men on the police Montrose has not been seen since great weapon of warfare among no ks: of the discharged cops. are early yesterday, Officers have eo. but for fights between indi-| Seaeat tixcror Wautehant’ ont force—and there are many of them, who are |) watched his home, but have filet P viduals the favorite weapon will te- now alleged to bo head of the «reat trying to do their duty—for the sake of the peo- || te locate him. Starwich expects his main the beer bottle. We lest rum smuggiing ring on ° the |arrest before night , 2.0 ) || ple of Seattle who must count upon the police The two policemen were discharged Sign om the Hack of » Ford @ Hore ts an incomplete list of some|| department for safety, let’s have a cleanup Pueniay Spe ie ceae ee & SERRE of the former policemen | ‘olice Severyns. Severyns de- We won't get home un- SERGT, E. W. PIELOW, liquor NOW. ie Siared ek the evidence nxainst til we won't get | runner; dismissed tn AND IF CHIEF SEVERYNS CAN’T OR ner, 00d. ROTieS <eper Ot ane | til morning; we won't get | | PATROLMAN ED HAGE N, liquor , , 7 ceived, warranted their complete dis- | home until morning. | - Bigalag e or WON'T GET RESULTS, LET’S HAVE A _ |! tissal, recardiens of the octenne Ge & - Pea ns | SERGT, TOM CLARK, tlquor run CHIEF WHO CAN AND WILL! the case, hates ner; fired in 1920. |REDDEN ARRESTED Ed Hagen has been caught run. | PATROLMAN DICK SHIVELY, | ONCE BEFORE ning booze into the United States fired for “hijacking” liquor, te a The two other men held—C. Ry again. If that fellow is not more | PATROLMAN A. G. FORD, fired | Rothermel and Harry Landaker— careful, he'll be sent to jall some! for taking bribe and lquor, $30. 5 j both have police records. Landaker day. | CAPT. A.C. SULLIVAN, police | |was arrested in Bellingham and -*@ | secretary, fired for mix propria ting | | Seattle on booze charges. Rothermel Remarkable affidavit filed in oui oP ATROLMAN: 3 . 1. TWOMBLY,| Me INCREASING STREET CARS B py See parepeai a Derior court: | F ~ ing to Sheri: Matt Starwich. “The defendant denies that he is ex-convict cop, fired foe burglarizing | Patrolman Redden was arrested the father of the said twins or either | |e eerao tae rer ae 1 ORT, oe ae in ie attle are epaitaes sy by De- of them.” | dis-| . + {| tectives Claud Fortner and Ernest eres \* missed for killing man and injarine Killers of Boy Are Identified | Washer Seriously Hurt in| ccs on Some te defrauding |woman accidentally while shooting . | be Ge anaglitter 1888, Abaustted etl in Another Crime Accident at Barns heard pene | ath) eae Cae card game. He was sentenced to 4 30 days in the county jail, but later | PATROLMAN | was dismissed. His record in police | fired for kidnaping aff Correspondent) ave., was seriously injured Tues-| headquarters was removed when he ane 3.—Nathan L¢0-| day. morning when he was crushed | W88 Put on the force in 1920, under | DETECTIVE W. | fired on narcotics and Nquor charge,| pold and Richard Loet Today's Fable: ‘Once upon’a time! ~ * there was a holiday on which no accident occurred. ee | manslaughter, Reipsta’ BROWN, | BY EDWARD C, DERR Anton Swanson, 57, 311 Seventh 1923 (United Pres Wwowsraih | CHICAGO, Li'l Gee Gee says she calls her Sweetie “Pillow” because she has # " who have 2 the Searing administration. cage om him, | jfinally passed over the “bridges of|Petween two street cars in the|” pare. a gairyman, is in Renton Ae Sl Sige PATROLMAN PAUL KNAPP, are held securely in the} Jefferson car barns. hospital with two bullet wounds CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON , |fired for robbing a man of Nquor, jail for the first time on! $wanson, who is employed as a/thru the abdomen. He is not ex- IVY CLUB | 1922 : s of murdering Robert Franks, ¥ Th Hi Ke . . washer at the barns, was|Pected to live, The shooting too The gink who names his twins * | PATROLMAN GLEN FULKER-| 14-year-old school boy, may be con.| ae he bide ‘ place 11 m. Monday in the Ham and Eggs. cleaning one street: car, when an-| Place about 11 a. m. | SON, fired for selling liquor, 1923, | nected with another murder, a brutal | kitchen of Barel’s home on May ae | | PATROLMAN H. J. HUHIN, fired| gland operation, and possibly other | other car backed up, pinning him] creek, six miles east of Renton, Our idea of a y original wom-| Patrolman O, L. Redden| for extortion, and later reinstated, | crimes, It was indicated today at tho| between, ‘He ‘was taken ‘to the] RROTHER TELLS an is one who thinks up a new ex:| | hid “his face with his hat,| | 1924 j : Si office of State Attorney Robert E.| Providence hospital, where it was] QF ATTACK cuse for having it bobbed, | while his companion, Patrol-| | PATROLMAN JOHN WUCH-! Crowe. sald that he probably has internal According to the story told Sher- | TERL, fired for letting a civilian use| Charles Ream, a taxicab driver,|{nJuries and may have sustained jhis badge, in an auto accident, 1924.| who six months ago was attacked | Some broken ribs | PATROLMAN A. GUNTERMAN, | and mutilated, identified L fored for being drunk on duty, 19 | Loeb as the two youths who made ATROLMAN B. T. HUNT, fired| nim. prisoner and gagged him wn B : (Turn to Page 7, Column 5) — | an ethersoaked rag. Ream said he | | Man and Girl iff Starwich by Umberto Barel, the a (Turn to Page 7, Colunm 2) opold and | om tenes sting oH SSE " Sree |man J. H. Burt, hung his} pee Be eae ———§| 5 i There is a wild rumor going || head, when a Star camer around town that a Seattle || man appeared as Sheriff | restaurant is putting a straw-||Matt Starwich was taring berry in every one of its straw- | | jail Monday evenin berry shorteakes, j them Med y a x—___—— Below are the other two pris- ‘ EEE Dl) . oners, Harry Landaker and A hick town is one where the in-|C. R. Rothermel. Below: Pa-| habitants never see an automobile| trolman O. L. Redden, (left) tourist except when one has to de- i eo” thru the town. and 7: Bs Burt eda was positive of their identity and LAMPING QUITS <=" MEETHERE | Hunt Rabbit: | vestigating possible connection of the Peas aS ager ‘ e PRESIDENCY (snc ss Corwin hanks, seatte Man, | Are Missing! |University of Chicago student.| Presides at 1924 Session Photo by Frank ee o.% @ | —BStar Staff Photographs r pave OUNTAIN LAKES, N. J, DIZZY DITTIE: “a aero aiec 7 Tracy's murder on the evening of : rae Nashaa'te deh George Cotterill Elected by| November 25, 1928, was never ex-| yrrtaws Wis, June 3.— saline a Risin) And Stutz to Stutz; | Port Commission pee ; The 1925 Northern Baptists’ con-|| tne New dorsey woods to-cateh If the Oaklands don't coved | IDENTIFIES TWO vention will be held at Seattle, the a rabbit eS hr. Sa handel The Bucks must! 3 AS ASSAILANTS convention, in session here, decided eh and Charles Carter, who went I} w ", are alive purs sions will come to a close tox|} Wh Net paisa sventeel Ream oaid. “Loeb| night with an address by Corwin|| ‘Mer back-to-nature adventure, hanks, presiding officer, erday’s sessions were marked George L, Cotterill is president of} “Leopold and Loch—I knew them | today. the Seattle port commission Tues following the annual officors’ olec-| {Ne Par jdrove the car on tho night I was ‘| kidnaped, It was Leopold who held offered reelection to the presidency, | first when T saw their pictures In| Ss rmc sums wants it en | UNDER ARREST HUNT FOR BODY the man who inv ents a silencer for motorcycles, tars Drunk and Speeding Cases Fisherman Disappears; Ma siiiea Axiom: It’s a long lane Slated for Hearing | pp i“ y no flickering campfire betrayed their whereabouts last night, that ether bandage over my face.”|by declarations of peaco among the State troopers and volunteers, | declined. He said sho Intended to} With Ream's identification of | Ba as , who have hunted the couple for identification of | Baptist factions by the convention. s no chicken dinner inn. | Be Drowned off Endolyne jonter the governorship race and for|teopold and Loeb as his attackers,| Tho convention adopted all reso.|] 48 hours watched thruout the tee dud | that reason wished to hold no office | authorities tion Monday. Col. George Lamping | announced they would Dr tt 6 i night from the watertower atop Vhrée auto driveys were in jail] lutions presented, except the r Pitst tinine t6. Sede lou cae ‘ ja'|_ Believing that Frank shepard, Jexcept that of commissioner Investignte every recent unexplain-|iution on war, without opposition. |{'the highest hilt’in these parts this spring appeared on » a yes.| Tuesday,” following ° their is ¢{ 21+ $216 Beach drive has been W. 8, Lincoln was lected as}ed crime on Chicago police records — sparc without catching a glimpse of a WAN mistaken for a ateoot |Sbortly after midnight on charges o {drowned,. the harbor patrol | secretary of the commission, in the bellef that the millionaire A « fire. dronken- driving and speeding. lday. started search off i | Retiring from the presidency, | college students may have been con- German Aid Bills ‘The girl and her escort, who FO | Gus Nolson, 35, was arrested at| West Seattle, for his ho |the beach near. Endolyne: Friday, |Colonel Lamping called together of-| nected with them. Several murder |] were at a) house ‘party » here, Maynard and Jackson st for driving) Shepard went fishiig Thursday | by. Otto Clemonts, “Nhe ‘craft waa |ficlals and. empfoyes and. thankeds mysterio and gland operations wilt Lose Two-to-One disappeared Saturday : night {while drunk, Harry Harkins, 66, \affernoon jn @ mull bont, accord: | identified by the brother as the one|them. for their work under his ad+| be investigated |, WASHINGTON, June. 3:—Tho}| shortlysafter: a discussion. agsto was taken at 1. Marginal way and jing-to: his brother George Shepard, | used by. the missing man ministration, Ho said that, in the} ‘There is no telling where our| Fish resolution appropriating $10,|| whether a man and a-awoman Dawson st, oh the same charge, J./4064 Ninth ave, i, and lat She Wis w# window | washer | past year, assets of the port had ap:|investigntions will lead us,” Crowe | 000,000 to buy foodstutts for Gor-|} coutd survive in the. wilds? With {he day being hol, |". Adams, 40, was chased at 30 miles|the boat wax seen drifting upside |by ti He, was dressed ‘In a | preclated more than $1,000,000 and) said, “These boys, if they wern|man relief, was defeated today by| | ino equipment or tools other. than na wrclock boat the country, | an ron Fourth ave. and was|down on the hay dark suit, hip boots, and soft hat, | thi equisition of the Skinner &|capable of kidnaping an innocent |the senate foreign relations commit:| their hands, ‘They haven't been ore me, the eats faiehli Jered '9) failed. All three men failed to pont) ‘The capsized craft, giving mutelwhen. he lett (o go fishing, Holiddy alte would prove valuable Jn|acheol boy and murdering him, may|teo by a vote of 11 to 6, party] | heard from. since. ee. 3.8, Wall, evidence ‘of tragedy, was found onl was unmarried, future years. (Turn to Page 7, Column 3) Mines being discarded, va ra ji, TER RE