Blackmail at the Courthouse
Architect O.P. Dennis receives a mysterious, threatening letter suggesting corruption in the building of the Pierce County Courthouse.
Architect O.P. Dennis, who prepared the Pierce County courthouse plans, received a letter with a Seattle postmark that constitutes an attempt at blackmail. The letter is signed 'P.H. Det. Agency' and the writer claims to be conversant with crookedness in connection with the Pierce County courthouse transactions, implicating the architects, two of the late county commissioners, and the contractor and sub-contractor for the stone. Mr. Dennis immediately made the letter public.
“The writer claims to be conversant with crookedness in connection with the Pierce County courthouse transactions.”
Public infrastructure projects have long been targets for both legitimate oversight and shadow-world grifters; Dennis’s choice to go public immediately is a classic defensive tactic against corruption allegations.
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