The Underworld War Over Seattle’s Gambling Dens

The gamblers and 'kid committees' have secured a new ally in their fight against Chief Jackson. It is the Telegraph, which yesterday morning accused the chief of conniving at divers and sundry wicked practices alleged to have been committed by the Clancy & Burns combination. It would appear from the Telegraph’s statements that the Clancy & Burns crowd has the Democratic chief bound hand and foot, and that they are allowed many special privileges. The Telegraph says that Clancy & Burns are colonizing for the next election; that they have a gang of gun fighters about them; and that with the connivance of the police two or three prizefights come off each week in the basement of one of their saloons. All this business the Telegraph charges the chief with standing in with. The truth of the matter, as everyone familiar with local politics knows, is that Chief Jackson has no love for Clancy & Burns, and has never lost an opportunity of convincing them of the fact. Considine and his crowd, however, have been jobbing and doing everything in their power to secure exclusive gambling privileges. Recently, Chief Jackson has been making things exceedingly warm for Considine's games. The result is the renewed open fight on Chief Jackson.