Show TRUTH ABOUT OUR POLICE by by William B. B Seattle Chief of of Police 1922 to 1926 S SI I was dismissed from the Seattle police department once for a term of ot a few days and resl resigned ne later Inter for Car alt all time Here lIer is ho how ho hoit it came abOut r in the mi midst st of n m nn personal drive drie to break break the power lOter of th the bootleg bootleg- king kin kin R Roy y Olmstead in our city S Firs First I want to make mak make it clear how I felt toward Mayor Major Blown In all of his in the program of ot which the Olmstead ad interests practically ran tan wild lid in the city and l then men said Roy Almstead not AVI WI Ham was chief of police pollee I did do do not not believe believe that Mayor Brown made any ally DIRECT d deal al to give Olmstead control ot the bonde bonded 1 liquor traffic in Seattle But I think that the mayor was listening to his collectors as we ire termed his Is political lieutenants who had raised money for tot hint him lm In hi the tile hectic hours of the second camPa camp cam cam- p Pa h ign n. n To me the most explanation pia ex-pia- nation was that men close Mayor I or Brown had made unfortunate unfortunate connections and I promises while setting getting the thoney nd that the mayor major was permitting them to fulfill these Promises a H. blind LUnd faith that al all r 1 would uld cm come put out d right ht TRIED TO SMASH RING Such a It situation could f felt he he- remedied d b by drastic action on my part vart I to smash the Olmstead Olm- Olm stead tead lines of communication to put Jut an ef end l to U the Ilif uen certain persons persons per per- sons eons seemed to have With the mayor major and finally release him from his hs embarrassments Then the ma mayor o decided t to attend I Q the Democratic national convention in New York and I told him lim thu did not believe he ha should go while things were weri in such a state H Hf smiled slapped me on the shoulder and said That all right Bill w well we'll ll straighten things thiT out when I Ire re return re re- re turn Mrs Land Landes s will be acting mayor mayor major I have he t talked with her and she has agreed agree 1 to do nothing but attend to routine while Im I'm gone Just before this two policemen n Joe Burt Durt and O. O L L. Reddon Redden had captured a still ne near r Renton with two other othe- men and ha had stolen a load of liquor In n fight the Louis Barci wa was shot Later he dl died d of ot his wounds The policemen later were tried and convicted cOn of ot the IdU ngo Also th there re had been a holdup in iii ih the llie department store of ot Frederick Fredlrick Nelson and the town va was vas over ovel the crimes i r reminded the mayor major of these things and ind nd ask asked 4 him again not to leave town But i he left So I determined t to the Olmstead liquor ring and t 1 tl free e the mayor hom whatever ob obligations oh- oh his advisers ers might tell him ilin still existed I planned an hon honest honest- st- st to-goodness to cleanup that woul-i woul the city to Its cpr core MRS LANDES WANTS CLEANUP But I planned without Mrs Landes who h Is s now the duly elected elect ed ma mayor major or of Seattle Seattle- In Jn he her capacity capacity capacity capa capa- city as iS head of the city council she had campaigned for a n cleanup and h fl she h became urne acting mayor mayol for foi fora a few ew da lays s she s set t to work I Had hind she e I t me undisturbed she would wouW have hav had her bet wish instead td j of inaugurating SO something she she would be powerless to al aid in Just a afew aw few w days das A newspaper reporter report t whose Paper paler Pa pa- per ler was a i bitter enemy of the mayors majors but ri a goo good friend of ot mine dropped In in ono one day dai a as he lie said for fora rora a friendly chat His Hi paper laPer already h had d cali called on the tire mayor major to Sl give me Ine a free hand han In police affairs affaIr and und h had d i expressed confidence in my ability to right affairs During buring our chat chal the reporter report r sf id If you jou ou were given a free hand Without civil service rules to hamper hamler hamper ham ham- per ler you ou what would you jou ou do Fire a lot of cops COlS I don't dont trust I replied As AB m many ny as one ofle hundred hi asked l apparently In fun Maybe 1 Maybe I dont don't know I r re plied lied That afternoon his newspaper S came out with the tile stat statement ment that If Jf 1 I had my way one h hundred cops would woul be discharged Mrs Landes sent for fot or m me post I haste and handed me a l letter j I Dont read it here sh she com coin Take rake it to your office lt It will trill not be given to the news- news Until you ou hai ha have r read ad it ant and have hart a re rely ly BUt Iut I r had har hardly ly reached my of or or- net fice before the tho papers were QT on en the streets with big big headlines headline MRS MItS IR LA LADES LANDES DE ORDERS F TO 10 tiRl 1 00 COPS The papers had th the full uli text of her letter to m pie me I f frH IZ that the l letter was inspired Und baa my l' l reply pl to Mrs Landes ably His cds not diplomatic 1 I wrote poi her that she could not riot possibly ex Cx- Cx x- x bed to accomplish an j thing In tI the e few Cw days s 's in which sh she Would Woul occUpy oc- oc cUpy the InU s O chair chall AlsO I palled railed her att attention to that t section of or he city charter chatter empowering the mayor major to remove th police chief n a at his discretion I added that t the p people had decided the poll political Is- Is RUe 1110 and nOd that l It would be brayer Ion for h her hr r to o fight the mu major l' l h When n l he e was as on the sc scene scene hot not ne miles s away way Mrs Irs 5 s promptly fired She s said 1 l. l she did Ill it to r retain t inC me her n r I S ir wo would Id P be e t out but I knew only a a. of few days daya that and Ii t I Immediately set to work to g set get tJ plans in shape hape for the anti C anti 1 sledd drive S Copyright 1926 Cosmos N paper Syndicate In Inc the American Free Press Pres 1 Tomorrow Tomorrow How How police raids V tipped off from within the dep depa ment Read every chapter 1 A. 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