The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-16
1 FOOD Of PETIT CRIME.
The City Full Of Trsmps and
Midnight Mechanics.
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The city i nox infested @zsacrocks,
burglars. sneak shssvr-. lsss. pads and
criminals Of ever ssegr0e rs il has
ueyer h@ea .~,~s sx-assre. and the
vigilance % tn svssisse saree l. taxed
10 iss ufnss 81 i1hsgslf a,sssiEg them
entirety Ia slsstK. Eses ighf ore or
mere cases II iignwsF Fess-rry are re-
ported. ard nss s Jay p-sSss without
the police are E-osiiss1s OF q burglary or
theft. Re-isssa.sa &c The oa.sSirts OF
the city are ;sfrorixs5 hs yagranss,
who not onsy hsg osst slemsDd aims.
In tie NhitecAapeE district prostifu-
ton is more opeEiy carried on than
ever before Gambling has been sup
pressed 10 certain extent for several
days CHIEF Mitchell hss set about clear
ing the city OF all undesirsb e
classes. and has ins tructed his others
TO enforce all tine ordinances as strictly
as possible A large number OF arrest
have zen made since Annday, and u
The force continues its .aort- the cifs
may I've cleared OF the tough eisnsef.I.
BURGLARY IN sogTE sxATTLE.
The tore OF j. W. Jones. the lock
smith. AID dealer tn sportsmen :
goods, al 2.6l7 Front street, was en-
tered and turglarizei some time
Wednesday night. MIR. Jones sleeps
in a Rooms at the rear end Of his store.
He was first sppsisea of the burglary
when he woke up Yesterday
morning and found that hi
gold watch and chain hai heen
taken from under his pillow. His
next discovery VAS that So had been
saken from the pockets of mis- panta-
looms that Law on chair By his bed
side. On going info hi stoferessm
he founa that three fine reviewers and
q number OF rsz rs ha.G been taken
out of u showcase in the front @in-
iow, and that several chiseis and
other tools were missing from the
shelves. Ii was easy enough 10 see
how the burglars had effected an
entrance, as the back door was I'M
locked. The key, which had been
left on the inside, had been
tarned With a pair of nippers, which
had left their mark. The burglars.
after unlocking the door. had visited
Mr.. Jones room, and had then
gone into the storeroom. For some
reason or other they did not pass out
OF the back door, but made their exit
through transom over the front en-
trance. A step-ladder stood in front
of the door and the frame OF the tran
som bore the prints of the burglar :
fingers.
Mr.. Jones at once notified the police,
and Officer Willard started in 10 work
up the case after regular hours, Mr..
Jones gave him certain Information,
which with other clues led To the
arrest OF George Collins. commonly
known a. Doc" and James Murray.
They both stoutiy protested their in
nocence. but il is thought that there
Is sufficient evidence To convict them.
Ii Is known that both of these
men have been engaged in shady
transactions of late, and Mr.. Jones
himself has sold them blank KEYS and
tools which would he very useful To
burglars. Officer Willard is of the
opinion that others are implicated in
the burglary. and was hard at work
last ras ht trying 10 ferret them out.
FORGED 4 CHECK.
The police are looking for Emmett It
Lewis, who is described as medium
lied young man, of dark complexion,
With pleasing address and black
cut way coat. Mr.. Emmett Lewis Is
wanted on charge OF forgery
shortly before nom yesterday Lewis
stepped into j. H. Smiths boot and
shoe sore, at the corner oil Second
and Madison streets, aud asked to be
shown the best pair OF ladies shoes
in the house. +. J. Madigan.
the clerk, compiled with the request
and after showing his customer sew
eral different styles and qualities sue
cee,ied in selling him So pair Lewis
took the shoes with the remark, Now
| III take these home and If they don't
~ NV wife | will bring them back ana
Get another pair" lie then rendered
a check for so on the Wash
legion National bank purport-
ing to have been signed by.
the Rl>don-Cain Co. and in favor
of Enimett Lewis. He explained that
be sas working for the Risdon- Calm
Co. and hadu' { time to 20 10 the bank
TO get the check cached. so the un-
suspecilng clerk asked him 10 indorse
il ana then gave him SIS in change.
When the check was taken To the
bank In the afternoon 1t was at once
pronounced 10 be forgery by the
cashier and his judgment was after
ward sustained by the Rision-Cahn
Co.. who said that they never issued
such check, nor had no one in their
employ by the name of Emmett
Lewis. IL was afterward learned that
the forger had been hanging around
the front Of the Risdon. Calm Co
place OF business about an hour be-
Tore he visited the shoe store. The
police are looking for him and every
boat and train leaving the city will be
watched.
fooTpAps On JACKSON STREET.
J. t. Finnegan reported at police
headquarters early yesterday morning
tina; he had been robbed by footpads
ON Jackson street during the previous
night. He said he had started for his
home In the eastern part OF
the city, about midnight, and had
gone about block beyond the gas
works on Jackson street. " hen he was
confronted by i've big. tough looking
hoeos. one of whom showed a cooked
revolver in his face and commanded
him Ia throw up his hands. He was
50 taken by surprise that he made no
resistance, bat allowed two of the
men la 60 through his pockets and
take S2o in gold 81 81 IN silver and a
silver watch. When the footpasis had
relieved him of all his valuahIes be
was told 10 walk straight mp the hill.
while they took an opposite course
nv FluueEan struck AT the man who
had held the revolver on him. ana
t'en started up the hill a. fast - he
cont run, followed hy three OF the
highway men. He outstripfled them
however, and shey gave az the chase
before reaching Eighth street. Mr.
flnnigan couia not give an accurate
description al any one Of the men
h1lt the police think tbey "a N be cap
taFst IN the general roundup ol
Migrants.
CAUGHT rs TnE ACT.
4 burglar VA caught In tie act ~
going through the residence o John
II. Gardner. OF Rice 4 Gardner. at :
- clock last evening. Mr.. Gardner
house = situated AZ the rear of his
meat market, On Yeslrr avenue. near
roath fFtti sire l. " ben be eIs.s.4
biz market for tgle night he went haek
q, his house, which had been tea.
gofafisy deserted hy Ms family A.
De stepped inside the door he cam,
e1fa man who bad 4 cost over H.
sFsn AMI small bundle In his hand
lie dTorled ihe coat aui started Ia