Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-05

The Thieves Capssred In Victoria.
Lambert makes . Confession.

o1SSk8 Al ' INVITE oA S0SAA0<1y oAs0A-
noon, With Q description of the men who
robbed the Boca Beer Hall, - given By
Mr.. Funk. the police Of that city con-
msnesd shadowina two smoothly sha-
ven men who arrived BY the sems steam
y with the paper. On Saturday Chief
woolsry, Of this city, tslsersphsd to the
Of Police at Victoria .
minute description Of the two men, Dix
On and Wise. and Superintendent
O'Connor detailed Officers Houeh and
Flswin 70 work up the case. The Of
icers at once set metbodically to their
duty, aud ascertained that two men,
to the description given, had
arrived by the steamer North Pacific
from Puget Sound. Late on Saturday
plight Officer Flswin dropped into the
Colonial Hotel, on Johnson street,
where he became thoroughly convinced
that two clean shaved men sitting in
The hotel we're the men he wanted. Hav
ing communicated the fact to Constable
followed all Saturday night and all Sun
lay, and during the afternoon Officer
levin managed to get into q common
place conversation with the men, Who
lot out the fact that they had arrived
from the Sound ON Saturday. The Of
icer made q close scrutiny of their
and saw that it not only CORES
pended accurately, but the jsvelry they
voro also was precisely similar 70 that
At a quarter past 6 O'Clock So
OConnor sent q telegram
10 the Chief Of the Seattle force and in
} very short time word was sent back
most emphatically that the
prisoners be arrested. So at 8 O'Clock
N Saturday evening Officers Flewin
and HOugh, accompanied by Mcleod
and Speed, went down to the Colonial
Hotel, and on entering the sitting room
found the men there. The officers told
them they were their prisoners, and at
once put on the handouts and took
them to Jail. One gave the name of
Henson and the other that of Wise. and
on being searched it was found that
they had some 500 in geld and green
backs on them. One of them stated
that they got on board the steamer at
Port Madison. On one of them was
found the photograph and description
Of a man who Is wanted for shooting q
policeman in Portland, where they gay
they came from.
A watch and chain and some other
article of jewelry, and two punches of
keys were also found on them.
Saturday evening before this news
reached Seattle, the citizens committee
held > meeting. and had Robert Lam
bert before them. Lambert is the man
Who came with Dixon and Wise from
Portland, aud was seen with them up to
within half an hour of the robbery.
was asked by the committee
TO make statement. He did SO but de-
MED any knowledge Of the robbery, and
called on high Heaven to witness that
he was telling the truth. The commit
too promised to protect him if he would
out with an honest confession, but he
still persisted that he know nothing of
the affair. Seeing ii was useless to keep
him longer, the committee turned him
over to the Chief Of Police, and he was
locked up.
LAMBxRr's CONFESSION.
At IL O'Clock Sunday night, after the
news had come that Wise and Dixon
had been arrested in Victoria, Chief
WOolery rugged the following plan to
get confession ont of Lambert:
He took telegraph blank, and filled
It out a. follows:
"VIcroRIA, Dec. 3.-Chief Woolery,
Seattle:-Dixon and Wise have been ar
rested, and confess all. They demand
The arrest Of Lambert aa.ar saycomplice.
tSiRnelj "O'C0NNoR,
"Sup't Victoria Police"
Accompanied by a witness the Chief
rent to the Jail, and handed the dis
'atch to Lambert. The prisoner read
I. and turned pale. The Chief then
aid: Il have no threats nor no prom
nos to mako to you, but If you wish to
make statement will hear it, in the
presence of this Witness"
Lambert then made tho following
tatement: ~ never took part in {
obbery in my life. came to
'eattls with these men, and II
vas around with them. They
slammed the robbery of the Boca Beer
dali DUR the day, and in the evening
Explained to mo and wanted me to
lelp them. l refused, but did not fatty
10 10 till short time before it was COM
nittsd. They told me the plan was to
o in Just before the saloon closed. and
stand the barkeeper up" and make
im open the safe. ! left them between
On and eleven O'Clock on Mill street,
pposite the B0ca Beer Saloon, and went
yer to the Bijou Theater, ON Washing
on street, and had not been there an
or before ! heard tho robbery had
cen committed. / had NO hand in Il.
nd when l refused to assist them
Wise called me id coward and came
ear shooting me. Until I heard of
heir arrest ! feared il would cost me nv
lfs IL gave them away. This 10 all /
now about the matter. except that the
aen up to the time of tho robbery
id not have over Ave or six dollars be-
ween them, and intended TO ''beat"
allied"
On the night Of the robbery Chief
V0olery went down to the steamer
'orth Pacific. and saw two young fell
ows apparently asleep in the cabin. He
allied the watohman Of the boat and
be cabin boy, and asked them when
hose men came on board. Both these
Employees assured the Chief that the
10 men came on board at Taooma.
Believing these men were telling the
ruth the Chief did not disturb the par
lee who were apparently 80 soundly
The)watchman and cabin boy
Ow admit they Were mistaken, al
hough they made . positive statement
0 tho officer ct the time. The watch
nan now says that when they came on
GARD one OF them commenced to iosh
i'm. and among other things applied
Or . job on the boat. The other went
ack among the freight, undoubtedly
" the purpose OF concealing the stolen
honey and the watch till after the boat
1T.
There IL no doubt that the mon
rrested in Victoria are the parties Who
the robbery, and Chief
Voolsry has already taken steps TO have
hem SAINT here for trial. Il win prob
bly, b necessary TO get ont extradition
,apers, which viii require considerable
ime.
Our worthy Chief of Police has
pared no pains nor expense in working
his matter up, and 10 deserving of credit
or the skill and DILIGENCE displayed in
e0ard to it.
The latest news from Victoria Vas .
lispatch dated last evening to Chief
NOolery, from Superintendent O'Con-
lOe at Victoria, which reads a. follows:
The man under arrest are undoubtedly
he right persous. ~ they answer the
Inscription infinitely, even TO the JevslEy
hey wear. You can bet they viii be
lfmly hold till Won oonae. or and An