Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 87.

CHAVELLE, EDWARD H.: A LAWYER of Seattle to whom success has come as a result 
of his unassuming demeanor and the care and attention which he gives to the 
interests of clients, is Edward H. Chavelle, of Seattle.  Mr. Chavelle is a 
native of Connecticut and was born in 1884.  His early educational training 
was had in public schools, following which he entered the New York Law School, 
from which he graduated in 1908, with the LL. B. degree.  IN 1909 Mr. Chavelle 
came to Seattle, and since that time he has advanced rapidly in his 
profession.  He is the attorney who represented the receiver in the famous W. 
E. DeLarm case. The conviction of the defendant in this matter was clearly the 
work of Mr. Chavelle, it being one of the most difficult ever tried in 
Washington.  In the Grant County irrigation fraud case, in which $30,000,000 
was said to have been obtained through fraud, Mr. Chavelle handled the affairs 
of the Irrigation company.  In 1908 Mr. Chavelle married Miss Maude Gray, of 
New York, and the couple have two children.  Mr. Chavelle is popular among his 
colleagues, and numbers many friends among members of the bench and bar.  Hard 
conscientious work has had its reward, and has brought to him a clientele that 
is large and representative.  He has the reputation of well fortifying himself 
in the preparation of his cases and there are not a few magnificent victories 
to his credit.

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