The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-10
A CAPTURED BURGLAR.
DETECTIVE wseEExY Is sraT m mas
EsorcH EvlDx,eE TO tosvsrr.
PARK OF. win he Developed At the
Preliminary Examination To-day
sn - Mainsaias His Inneceaee-Hls
rerm.-r Arrest

| J.,lsn shea. who was arrested al 7:
leona Monday sissr,.. con ~. csps1i
James Wcolerv. the a. 'eshfs- ~
haze = preliminary exam AAsieA
Justice 50 ferbergeF's eossrs ~ p J.
to-day. on the charge c< be;ng h. p
Gated in the recent burglary 81 "a.
Ocyisensal hctes. Owing 10 the arEeacs
OF the case. Captain woclery wss
Obliged 10 arrest him without 4 war
rant. and put him n jail wltaeut a
commitment. Yesterday, however. a
complaint was sworn out in justice
soderberg's court and 5 commitment
issued.
| HE CLAIMS TO BE IxxocEyT.
Shea was seen In the jail by q Posr-
IsrrLIisESeER reporter. yesterday
afternoon, and was asked: what
have yoa TO say about the charge on
which YOU were arrested ?"
| Nothing, except that / know no.
thing about it. ] don't know whether
or not | was in Town that night.
went over TO Tacoma on the Olympian
shout that time, and want to see the
tao yeang fellows ] went over with to
| and out whether il was before or after
the Occidental burglary
Don't you remember hearing or
reading OF the burglary before you left
Scatter
mo, SIR
What do you know about the man
who gives hi name a. Charles Martin.
who was arrested in Portland charged
with being connected with the burg
lary2''
Nothing at ALL / never saw him
and never heard OF him. -
You must be pretty well known IN
Seattle. a YOU have been tried here
for robbery. What have you been
doing since you We're released from
jail last Juue2''
Haze been In Seattle most of the
time. have been suffering from
rheumatism since July 4, and have
not done anything. can prove this.
although Wooiery says my ianeness
is rtlse
~Nou ought to be able 10 prove it If
il Is tact, by your physician. What
doctor did you have p
We'll. didn't have any. | went
out and get some salye ard Imminent,
and doctored myself Yes. and
went and saw the Indian doctor once
How about the statement that YOU
once served time in the Joliet peniten-
tiarv2''
THAT isn't 50. never was in the
state OF Pennsylvania.
Joliet is in Illinois
@Well, I've been in Illinois. but
never al J.liet, | don't know who
started that story.
As the reporter turned away he
said, ''0f course yoa are innocent -
Cert" replied shea, smilingly. He
appeared very seli-possessed and con-
fideat during the interview. He talks
with slight Irish brogue, and appears
10 be quite Intelligent.
&R. wooLERY POSITIVE.
what reason have you 20 believe
that shea was implicated in the ocei-
dental hotel burgiaries ?" asked a re-
porter OF Mr.. WeoleFy. last evening.
The best in the world, = replied Mr..
Woolery. "for | have reason 10 know
il. ] am in possession OF sufficient
facts 10 send him TO the peniteniiary.
a. YOU Will see at the preliminary ex-
animation tomorrow. The burglary
was committed BY John Shea, whom
! arrested in Tacoma, and Charles
Martin. who is Bow under arrest in
Portland. Martin had taken the
jeweiry to Oregon to dispose OF it. and
shea remained on the Sound with his
oyeralls on 10 allay suspicion. There
was third person interested in the
burglary, or. nj least, who had a guilty
knowledge OF il. who Is still in Seattle.
and who IS liable to be arrested at any
time.
How do you account for Shea hay
ing nothing on him which would tend
TO implicate him in the burglary p
NO one knows Yet what found on
shea. nor will they know until the ex-
animation. | could tell very inter
esting story in regard to this matter.
but / think that the ends of justiee
Will he more surely accomplished by
keeping the facts from the public I'M
til the trial takes place. Some of the
facts viii come out at the examination.
hat orly enough to warrant the justice
in holding Shea 10 appear before the
grand jury
suRA's FORMER ARRrsT.
The charge upon which shea was
tried at the May term OF the district
court. reference to which was made
yesterday. was garroiing John Wilson
and attempting TO rob him. Shea was
arrested Nav Ii by officer Jones and
was committed BY Justice soderbeTg
Ia await the action OF the grand jury.
The grand jury found a true i,ill
against him and he was tried June
g bv a jarv. Wilson. the com
planning witness, could not he found,
and as there was not sufficient other
evidence 10 convict Shea, he WAS nee
essarily acquitted. The authorities
thought al the tine and stu believe
that Wilson was induced by pecuniary
consideration not TO appear against
shea.
Chief Mitchell has ieleEraphed
the Portland chief oi police a aeserip-
ton of the iewelry and other articles
stolen from the Occidental hotel. AMI
il awaiting a reply to determine
whether or not they correspond with
the staff found in .ihe Possession 81
Martin, Nho Is unaer arrest in Port
land.
NAKTTN STILL RlFrsgs r. Talk.
The following * from Yesterday
Portland N.gs The examination OF
Cherries Martin. one ot the siielset
sneak thieves In the eouatry. who was
arrested by Detectives Barry and CRIT
lin and charged with being the per-
petrator Of the numerous robbeTies o.
late. was continued Till to-day. lie
stu refuses 70 talk TO reporters, stat
ing as an ezeEse that he i ton oil a
or" TO not know when be is lnsar-
lHs lis ease.
sT0HFS MATCHES IpESTiFiEp,
PanrLsNu. oet. 2, - Two oi the
watches found GA Charles Martin have
been identified as the ones stolen from
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Z. Hamalin wiliie al
Seattle
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