The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-17
s FRED ARRESTED
-, aBoUr sKvKsTEEs NILES
our or THE CIT.
.....s That He Attempted to
I. Miss rr.ford. and Claims That
o.,x rasepded to brighten Her
,.so ; confession.

:. osly intended to Brighten Her
,.to ; Confession
~ Fred, the young man VINO re-
8 - f;nished serving a term in the
CO., ,~ all for threatening the life OF
c. go 4 r. Tilford and who attempted
~, 800 her Sunday evening Is she
9 s rstnrnirg from church, eiuded the
- -. suceessfully until yesterday.
s.,day morning young man aT-
- 4 house near the new CIsion
80, p ;,pu,pany's well. on the other
-. 4 Lake Union, for something to
= BE was given a piece OF bread
- batter and as soon as ne had
- w the road, the lady Of the
- ta3d her husband that she be-
$50 $50 NJ vas the young man who had
49, llzz.s.ss.,,.ed 10 shoot Miss TIlford. The
s.a. s poo-hooed the idea, bat the
ns ". -ss positive that she was right
q ;-dreed her husband to come in
~ ~ , ,.ssts The police The description
n, I:a I'm, T,erfectlv wiih Fred sand Chief
s ss9..stsiI ~ once sent Captain Willard
h',''' er-Captain WooleFy out
- tbe trail mounted. They
9 81. ant the old military road
ps9.s1a Fdmeness, rs it was evident
sal rred was beading for that point,
~ 4 the first landing-place for
80 0s,tsifse OF Seattle. and abont
= .s.Ies n.,t4i,ie Of the city they over
ss'sse.i tl,eir man. lie had stopped &c
,:ssle rahin occupied by an aged
e-s5ish sToFnan who could not speak
r-gs5.h He was ealing bowl of
tsssa and milk when arrested, aud
ri. I'll. he officers that he had eaten
scshiny el-e since Sunday night. ex-
- siiee OF bread aud butter yes
sss5av noon. He was 50 exhausted
tsss he made no resistance, and al
ia~ed binaseh 10 be handcufied with
- fauruur. He did not deny bis
sssntitg. but declared In reply 70 the
,,.a.t scientific pumping that he had
rat shot st Miss Tiif0rd, and had 70
s~vn,yef in his possession Sunday
rivht He asked, however, whether Il
Ta5lI be best 10 plead guilty or not
eniItv. Officers Willard and Woosery
srriyed In the city with the prisoner
81 o'clock last evening. and he was
a once taken before Justice Soderberg.
Fged entered plea OF not guilty. and
hai! was iixeI az 5000. This. OF course,
he could not give, and he was sent to
All 10 await a preliminary cxamina-
Don at p. m. to-day.
THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED.
Fred YVES seen hy Posr-IsTELIf-
nFxcYi. reporter at the sheriff 5 office,
keIofe being committed 70 cell. He
wore a heavy winter overeoat. and
appeared pretty well used up. During
he interview his voice frequently
trs4absesl. and he was considerably
aeitaies. He answered questions with
ira greatest reluctance. and the inter-
view was obtainei with difficulty. He
Al first denied that lie had revolver
5 n biz poses ion sunday night. or had
Ere,l a sh0t, until shown hos over
whelmiae the proof was against hisn.
He said he spent Sunday and Monday
nights IN. Seattle, bat had not been
hsrbored by friends.
a5s FULL STATEMENT.
The following Is bis fuil statement
urescnted In connected form.
sMi3s Tiiford and ! are both from
iowa. and were acquainted before
cnming out here. In fact. We used 70
work together on farm in Lucas
county. Iowa. When | came
"a Seattle she was working
at the Empire laundry, and when
the proprietor wanted another
man she reeonitnended'm me and got
the Job. | went % work in the mang-
ling room while she was in the polish
ine room. We went out 70 places
together two or three times, but she
always asked me 10 90 with her. The
fsst time she wanted me so so to
church with her one night, and | went,
because he seemed TO want 20 60 and
hadn't anyone else TO accompany her.
Finally, she said she did not Ike 10
work In the polishing room with lot
Of men she did not know and wanted
me 10 change work and come into the
poishing room. told her | wouldn I
DO Il because the wages were better In
The managing room. | don't suppose
she liked that very well.
War CAUSED THE TROUBLE.
DO you think she was in love with
ven and wanted you near herr
II don't know anything about that,
but she seemed 20 pick on me 70 take
her out 10 places. She can't deny that
she always asked me TO go with her.
The next morning when | entered the
laundry, she called 10 me All, there,
I've heard bad reports about yon, and
then she said that she understood that
Twas in the habit of drinking whisky
and visiting houses OF ill-fame. she
also spoke OF very disgraceful affair
which she had heard | figured in in
enc OF those houses. This made me
mad, for | never go TO such places.
and work hard and don / drink. She
refused 10 tell me who told her, but
kept teasing me about IL. The first
thing knew | had a letter from
relatives in Iowa stating that they
had received letter from Sc
sttle with the very painful in
formation that got drunk every dav
ami visited disreputable houses every
night, This made me madder yet. |
had not cared SO much about what
Miss Tillord said 10 me, but when
such lies we're sent 70 my people | was
pretty hot, | again demanded that
she should tell me the name Of her in
lormant She Just leased me, and
pressed the matter SO warmly that she
had me arrested for threatening TO kill
hes and her brother, and | WAS sent 10
jail because couldn't give bond for
my good conduct lt is false that l
drew revolver ON that occasion.
Finally A. ;. Pinkham went bail
iaf me aud went to work fer him. I
Intended TO make little raise, enough
toeet ont Of iowa with, and then 90
out to the mountains somewhere and
50 "a work | didn't want 10 stay
here after AL the trouble. 1t is not
true thar haunted the laundry after
\ was released | Just went there once
b get gfipsack that belonged 20 me,
diiln'l raise ans TOW, but everybody
SEEMED to point AZ me and say, lie 5
crazy be out oi his head IL made
nis mad, ani somebody ordered me
oct told them | wouldn't 50 until
got ready, nud would get really
when got my valise, which ! did.
ne SAYS II WAS Aa3pESrAt.
Well, how about the shooting e.
! met the girls as ] was walking
down street. IL Is lie that WAS
lying IN wait Tor Miss Ti8crd. OF
eeliEsc | went by the laundry several
TINE bat wasn't looking for her.
When met hcr | again demanded 20
Know who told her sHeh stories abeu,
ne She began screaming and | told
Re- To shut nm 10 cara her and