The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-23
THE DAILY NTELLIGENER.
Friday, February IS, 1877

erlday, fecruary %, 1877.
MADE : "KILL.So. Tt ta Bur
tor. who was arrested here Oh Tues .av
ls. hy officer I.tz. upon 3 telegram
from Tacoma, stating that he had stolen
; boat from that place, turns out In 10
a pretty rough character, and isevi.
IDENTIFY as astute and old in crime s.. he
Is INSCRIPTIONS. When arrested. "a we
stated al the time, be vas foiled =, the
Jail door In al attempt to draw a knife
on the officers, thinking to make his C.
cape. The knife was taken away from
him. and his person was searched fo-
other concealed weapons, but w;,bou,
Success. II would appear, howe yer.
TIA. he had another knife concealed ~,
hi. person at the time. or one was hand
81 in 20 him. This FAC. appears from y
circumstance which borders q little nm
the ludicrous. related TO US Yesterday
by citizen who bad occasion 10 90
through Painters alley on Wedne.-
day. When just opposite the rairow
space separating the city aud county
Jail. he noticed the fellow Burton up a,
i's window IN the city Jail. holding on
% the btrs with ole h:Gi. while in the
other. whioh was sticking ont OF the
window. he held long sheath knife.
He ha!looed 10 frllo" confined in the
county jail to know if he had any
bread. The chap soon appeared at bis
window with several biscuit; sang
out "here you g" and commenced toss
ing them across to Burton. who caught
every one OF them on the end uf his
knife without "a miss. After the bis
cuts were all in. Burton struck up
little conversation with his fellow pris
oner on this wise: You bet Your old
pal, I'll get yer out o that: I'll saw
yer out. be ID il don't: I'm on 1t
now. you bet your life, and know jast
how ter fix them fcllcrs, when l come
for trial I'll get Out yer bet yer life.
and I'll got you out too. I've been in
lots Of places like this before, and |
alars get off Burton was brought
before Justice Selye that afternoon. aud
transferred to the custody of the Sheriff
of Pierce County, where he was to
answer to the charge of boat stealing
Burton was as laxative as a Connect
cut Yankee, after permission was
granted him 10 speak; he would even
have takch the palm from Madam La
Frochard" rs y hypocrite. HIS sophism
was so well rendered that one not ia
miiiar with human nature would have
declared he was innocent at the conclu-
sion Of his explanation of the little |
trouble about the boat" Burton WAS
marched back TO jail again, however, |
to await the departure Of the Sheriff
for Tacoma yesterday morning, and on
the night following he struck a littl
bonanza About II O'Clock the Police
picked up Oil old man lying on the side
walk considerably intoxicated They
put him in Jail to keep him out of the
storm. after examining bis pockets, and
not finding. as did be not expect TO.
any money on such an unlikely
subject. Yesterday morning Bur
ton WAS taken out and left with the
Pierce County Sheriff for Tacoma on the
Messenger, and the stolen be I was
taken along with him. This boat, how
ever, he had sold on his arrival here TO |
u fisherman for $40. and tha, man was
10th To part with IT and lose his ten
dollars. Burton then handed officer
Lytz u twenty dollar gold piece and
told him To take so out of 1t for the
fisherman. saying that he wished to
show them that he was buncs:; and he
had II plenty OF money But when
Burton was arrested he had no money
os his person that the officer could find
Tne old man. who. by the way, WAS al
immigrant just arrived here from Eng
land. and who hal gotten little too
much bad whiskey. was shortly after
taken out OF Jail. and stated that Bur
ton had robbed him during the night Of
SEQ in gold. which he had III private
inside pocket A telegram was sent 10
Tacoma. aud an official answer WAS
received stating that Burton bad, when
he got there, 800 i'll coin in his pocket.
and that he had been discharged on the
bnat case; but could probably be found
AMI arrest u SO lac may make another
visit 10 Seattle.