The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-08

Highwayman Williams viii Ae-
company Welek.


berry, occupied nesrsr al 81 the Morn
ing session OF the district court yeszer-
day One nighs Last September W.
EArss stood up Mr.. shnnbut On Main
street near Sixth and demanded his
anoney or his Life, emphasizing his de-
naxnd with big revolver. shzslbut
declined yielding up either his ms,ney
or his life. and GRABBED the highway
mzn. who made an Intellectual attempt
70 shoot hlfa- Then the hsghwaysnan
turned ard ran. hotly pursued hy
shaubut- until he vas stopped IN his
fight BY 0fzieer Meares, who arrested
him. The revolver was afterwards
found where Williams had thrpwn it
while trying 70 escape. When on the
stand the defendant admitted the as
sanlt. bat denied having 4 revolver.
ard said that he Was under tempo
rzry 2berrasion Of naind az the time
from the elects OF an attack OF desiri-
um srenerss. from which he vas lust
recovering, The jury was only ont an
hour before they returned . yerdScs of
guilty as charged
- E&&kNLe 40&L-
J. II Fred, the young man that shot
At his sweetheart as she Was returning
home from church on the night OF Oc-
tober Is. issS, appeared as defendant
IN an indictment for assault with in
tent 10 coramit murder. The tessi-
ulony was to the eject that Fred had
on several occasions threatened the
lie of Miss Tilford. who had him
bound over TO keep the peace. In de-
fault OF bonds he served q term in the
county Jail, and. upon his release.
sought revenge and the fulfiIimenf Of
his threats by stopping Miss Tilford
on the street and shooting st her,
as above stated Miss Tilfori
was sick at the Empire
laundry. where she works. and could
not attend TO give testimony in the
ease, 50 the court. jury and attorneys
were Obliged 20 go TO her bedside to
take her evidences. After the prosecu-
ton had rested its case the defendent
changed his plea from mot guilty. to
guilty. He attempted to explain
the whole affair away as q AXE By say
ing he only intended 70 give Miss I'll
ford and young LADY who was with
her d little scare A term ut Walla
Walla viii probably take some Of this
playfuIneSs out of young Fred, to the
great relief of his lady friends
.sor A BURGLAR
James Shaugnessy. indicted for bur-
giary, had his trial yesterday after
noon. About o'clock on the morn
ing OF September q. lsss. Shaughnessy
wss found in an outbuilding belonging
to the residence of ]. L. Mears. with
an overceat which he had
taken from Mr.. Meares' resi-
denee in mis- possession. Shaugh-
messy claimed rs his defense that
he had gone into the clubhouse while
In drunken stupor to take a nap and
that finding the overeoat there he had
used it as a pillow The jury brought
In q verdict of acquittal. This trial
only oecaapied an hour.
FOR TERRITORIAL oFFESsEs.
True bills were returned by the
grand jury on the part OF the territory
as follows. John Nngent, for assault
with q deadly weapon. Charles Parker
and Ed Worley. grand larceny: All
Hang. grand larceny John Melon
aid. burglary: Harry Smith, grand
larceny; Richard Coulter, burglary,
Indian John, assault with q deadly
Pleas of not guilty were in
terposed by each OF the defendants,
none OF whom had money with which
10 pay an attorney. Counsel were ap-
pointed by the court and the eases
were set for hearing to-day and to-
Not a true Bin" was endorsed
on the indictment for burglary against
Lewis Boden, who was thereupon dis
charged.
THE FIRST AcoriTTaL.
The jury in the case OF ]. D.
vanatta, who was tried for grand
larceny Wednesday, returned a YER
diet of not guilty against him yester-
day. after having been out nearly
"a hours. 1t is understood
that the jury was about
equally divided on the question OF his
Innocence or guilt when il first went
out. and that great many ballots
were taken before the verdict was ar
rived ct. On motion of the district at
torney Vanatta was discharged from
This is the only defendant
acquitted so far this term.
FURNISHED LIQUOR TO IseIAys.
The grand jury. in the part Of the
United States, returned true bills
against the following on indictments
for disposing OF whisky to an Indian:
Gregorio Aliyaria, James Murphy
Joseph CHILEAN, George Henry, Will
lam Willis, Robert Fleetwood. James
Gardner. John Costello. Daniel Shea.
John Dalton, Jack Sims. All pleaded
guilty on arraignmenf. except Aliva-
ria, who viii stand trial. The United
States grand jury Is devoting all its
time al present 10 thu large number of
cases Of this kind and viii probably
return big batch of indictments To-
day.
FOREIGN RoRS CITIZENS.
The following we're made full citi-
zens in open court Charles RoSse, of
Sweden; Ole Thompson. OF Norway
Griffin, of Ireland. Declare
tons OF intention were filed by the
following Magnus Miller, John
OF Norway and sweden:
George c. stevens. OF Great britain
and Ireland