Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-18
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noANks1kRs Nay 3L-A strange case
y that 9f Alfred Z. Morton, urder A.
rem IN soethbfides. Mass-, for 4 series
o. oafRiaF5es, thsfts and petty Isrcssiss
ZOE months ths people of ths town kav.
oee1 sisti.sizsd, The wsrk Of the thisf
naslnR fzeAodeA about everything. from
ofeakinR and entering q hsuae 10 cuf-
TING osEn eioshesiinss. Plowpr gardeDz
ano Greenheusss have alss sntfered ex-
teianseiy. Although the looal pcliss s1id
thsir bsst. and outside assistanee vas
called ses ne clue was discoverpa until
Wednesday afternoon. Thea 4. J. Har-
flilgfons Who has lost Q nnmber Of valn-
aoae plants. recognized some Of then
enoving In MoFt0n's well caked-for gar.
dsn- The same night s0ms one sut-rsd
q pool room 10 the center Of the town
and stole deak containing over 800 in
eash. Later the desk sas found on Ore
% al aileJsaS N the rear Of the Public
Library boiidina. Soms boys who we're
IoiinginR in the POSI- room we're posi-
tive that they saw Morton, Who 10
known all over town Is sChub.n
!eaivisR the saloon with the desk under
b q ARA
Iiss aeoessary papers we're procured
and Morton wts arrested. His house
vas sesrehed ard Q most astonishing
hnd. even 20 Soofhbridge people Who
th0agbf theT knew all sbsut the shefts,
was the resnlt- There were many rare
pisInss, ssoEre sf which had besn broksn
up ard fhFOwn into the Rubbish heap;
. trunk hlisd with an extensive and sis-
Rant assortment Of ladies' hose. property
loas by dfnmmsrs who have visited the
tossn; silver spoons, stolen from the ex-
prasss etsnpapy; ehiidren's stockinxs; O
markctEnan's hamper packed with high
priced cioth; house rugs partially worn;
aftsclss Of wearing apparel Belonging TO
ladies and gentlemen 10 various parts
OF the town; . shotgun; table and bed
hnen-tn all, more than goo worth OF
property. nearly ell Of which has been
idantihed as takea from persons In the
tOwn. Mach that has been stolen with
IN the past few weeks is yet undiscov-
cred. ls vas astonishing hou many
people visited the house Of Morton at
tor the search had begun; Representa-
tives Of nearly every family putting In
an appearance In quest of mIssina ar
tieles. and hundreds gathering out Of
Ifiosity.
Merson Was arraiensd in court IN
Friday. and was held for trial in 1900
AsfAst<3s Wk4tN4A HSAo AOA2AktAy I0futcAE9@
In the evening" he was on the street, ss
usual, driving q trotting horse, of which
he 10 tAe owner. and was again ar
rested.
@Chub" Morton 10 the only con of
Lorenzo Morton. one Of thu solid men
OF the town, who is estimated 10 be
sorsh frons $50 900 10 100000. He was
Ter many years tie propriet0r of cloth
In store, in which moas Of his wealth
vas accumulated, but for q number OF
years past he has been @ gentleman of
leisure, always having mopeg 20 loan on
COED sesar1ty, and specializing consider
ably IN real estate. Father aud son live
90 sdi aiming estates near the center of
the tosn. Tue young man is about Is
years old. He vas born and has afways
lived Ia the town. and vas for son.e
time q cierk IN his fathers store, bot
since that was closed has had no reeu-
lar employment. He has nevsr been
regarded as bad boy. He has been
Q iraquenteY Of fifteen-bail pool rooms
and the skating rink, bat has never
scat money 20 freely ~ 10 Attract
attention.
Although the evidence against Nor
ton is regarded ss coaelustve, the peo-
pie Of tfie town are at q loss TO under
stand the esse. Young Morton never |
haa wanted for anything. and the bur-
giaries and thefts have not been CON-
miksed with view of securing money
or goods winch could be turned into
money. In fact, no attemps has ever
made 10 dispose Of them, a. far ~ the |
police have yet been able TO discover;
Morton Simply slowing them away In
his ewn house. Much of the property
found on HE premises. which has been
idantified BY others a. stolen from them,
has very little. u aRy, value. Among
sone there is feeling that Morton has
sifnpiy been tool In the hands Of 9TH
ers, and that they have taken the more
valuable articles and disposed Of them.
10 ascertain II there 10 any foundation
for suok belief, the case has been con-
tiared 20 ALLOW an investigation; bat 10
ts not believed that any such condition
of affairs will be discovered. as none
Of the parties whose houses have been
rebbed claim 70 have lost anything Of
greater value than the articles found
Ia MoFton's house. The greatest com
piAint from the outset has been Of
the annoyance csasea By the thefts
rather than the ameunt OF the pecu-
niaay loss.