The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-23
STOPPED BY AFOOTPAD
..rroW ESCAPE or A PROMINENT
CITIZEN FRos suKBER
I. defective Revolver Saved y.
,. shsubat's Life from the Hznds
a. Hixhwayman-A Chase and .
Capture.

Mr. B. y. shaubut was stopped By a
sootpad Friday night. and escaped
~;th his life through most remark
.hle accident. His assailant il now
in jail
M. shaubut il manager of the Seat
q. Tran>fer Company and possesses
,.ore presence Of mind and courage
than ordinary men. Following Is his
statement OF the attempted robbery
~ i've on tho corner Of Tenth and
Main streets. and Friday evening
.I,out ii O'Clock ] left the stable in
company with Mr. Fen Allen for my
home, going directly up Main street.
NJ. Allen left me al Fifth street,
and when within 50 feet 81 Sixth
strset was walking with my
head down and hands behind
me. thinking OF some business
matters, when -usdenly saw iss4ka :
foo. directly in front Of me. As I
raised my head he placed revolver
IN nv face and said Thro& up Jour
hands Your money or your iifei' As
scon as l coaId get my wits together
I made 9 grab for the fellow, but he
stepped back and said stop. -, or
mi Kill your As / advanced toward
hin be snapped the revolver NJ me
tj,ree times. but fortunately for me tie
thing did not 20 off ! then made 4
erai, for him with both hands, de-
mauding him 70 give me the
revolver and throw no his
hand. but instead OF doing
"a be broke and run directly across
The stseet. ard followed, close at his
heels. On reaching Tie silewaik,
stumbled and fell. driving q nail into
nv hand. and iniafiBg ore Of my
knees. When got up he was 10 feet
ahead OF me. bat | gave chase again.
bat seeing that he was gainingon me.
I called ID a loud voice for help, seger-
Al times. Both Messrs. Frink and
Ben Alien hesrd me and tarfesi 10 my
assistance. when the fontpai cut
across the street and run into Officer
Mears's arms. When he saw Id was
captured be shouted: ! give upp
'Thc o.5ieer. asisted BIZ Others.
nut irons on hun, and when they
commenced TO search him, he
said he had no gun, and that
il was only drunken freak
OF biz. as he did not intend 20 do me
anv harm. Mr.. Frink and | started
home, and on arriving ct the point
where I was Irst stopped ne ioura.
the cylinder OF revolver. and four
cartridges on the sidewalk ana | real
ized for the first time what a narrow
escape had had. When | innged for
The fellow the cylinder fell from his
bulldog revolver, rendering il harm
less
"On my arrival home, fhad my
wounds dressed, aud arranged with a
neignbor. Mr. Van Wort 10 get up
early In the morning 10 look for the
pistol. While making the search he
learned that tie revolver hal been
picked up, and was az the Clancy re J.
dcnee. When he went To get it.
Miss Clancy told him that the
evening before, while two men were
running By. size heard something
strike the house and she got her
brother to see what it was, and il
proved to he 4A-ealiber bulldog re-
volver. minus the cylinder.
When the w0mid-he assassin was
brought before Justice Jones, he waived
examination, and was held in the sum
OF $500 to appear before the grand
jury.
The prisoner gave his name as James
He is stranger in the
city, only having been here feg days.
He wore full blonde beard wher he
came. but Ut the time OF his arrest
wore only r blonde mastache lie Is
a decidedly hard-iooking character,
and very peculiar accident prevented
him from being murderer.