The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-18
THE news IN TACOMA.
Sympathy for Mrs. Observation-Disclosures
4. Tsa brought Home At Once.

TArax.. geut. f-fspecial News OF the
capture of Edward AlbeFtson and his accom-
pIice Chandler oecssi6aed much rejoicing in
this sity among the friends Of the Fidelity Trust
Company bank This rejoicing reached its
height among the officials OF that institution,
who have been fn sore distress ever since Albert
son decamped The employees OF the robbed
bank Joined in The general rejoicing.
Bur with this rejoicing over the capture Of the
embezzer much sympathy was expressed for
AIbertson's wifa She has heart trouble and
has been in ysry poor health since her husband
absconded. The news OF her husbands
capture aud bis being shot, it is
feared, may leopard her life. She has
been q resident Of Tacoma less than year. and
the few people she met during that time,
especially ladies, have been thoughtful In cali
ing upon her, or keeping away, as her condition
might seem 10 warrant Her sister, Mrs. John
l. cohoon, informs correspondent OF the Posi-
1rrEfIIoETcgR that no startling facts about her
husbands acts or whereabouts are allowed TO
reach her, and that all newspapers and mail,
containing reference TO the unfortunate affair,
are kept from her Several Tacoma ladies, in
commenting upon Mrs. Albertson's distressing
condition, said IL would have been better for
her had her husband been killed outright
This afternoon the directors of the Fidelity
Trust Company met with Prosecuting Attorney
snell and arranged for the immediate issuing Of
extraditlon papers, which will be taken TO
Olympia by sheriff Price in person as soon as
they are made out. After securing Governor
yerry's signature Sheriff Price and two deputies
VIII proceed 10 Salem, Or, and armed with the
necessary documents, secured at the capital of
Oregon, they viii go TO Rosehurs by railroad and
proceed thence by stage through a country
which Ia said 10 be very rough. That is the plan
ut present.
Even should Albertson be in a condition 10 be
removed. Sheriff Price says he does not think he
can bring the men to Tacoma in less than five
days Fred Alspaugh, of this city, who has
made the trip from Roseburg to the coast, snys
The country Ii rough As he will have 10 be up
several nights, Sheriff Price deems it the safer
way TO Be accompanied by two deputies, La
order that someone may watch while the others
secure little sleep.
II II 10 true, as rumored, that $4,000 was
found in the possession OF Albertson aud
Chandler. then, President Wallace, OF the
bank. has all along maintained, AlbertsOn has
not squandered. as he claims in his letter, over
$1,000 during the past year, inasmuch as the
bank "a only short $4,000 all told. And IL
10000 has been recovered, the bank will be
out only the expenses OF legal action and
detective fees, as Albertsons bondsmen, the
Casualty and Surety Company. must pay tho
bank $4,000. However, the fees OF the detec-
tiyes viii aggregate quite a sum, az in the
neighborhood Of twenty-five men have been
employed on the case, and have been searching
In all parts OF tho Northwest, including trips
about tho Sound shores In a tug and on horse
back into the foothills Of Mount Rainier
ave shall prosecute Albertson 10 the end"
7. b. Wallace, president of the Fidelity Trust
Company, said this afternoon TO a correspondent
OF the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. eve shall pay no
attention whatever to the contract stipuiating
that We should not do so In case the securities
and combinations to the vaults were returned"
Mr.. Wallace received a telegram this after
noon stating that ex-Deputy United States
Marshal LAmpkin made the arrest; that Deputy
Sheriff Coehrane and others were with him:
that Aibertson resisted and was shot. but not
seriously; that they had taken possession oil
everything, but had not yet counted the money
secured, aud that Chandler would be taken out
via Drain on Friday.
Many Tseomans express pleasure at the cap
ture OF Edward Albertson for tho special
reason that as they claim, he viii exon
crate II. b. Albertson, of Seattle, from
any connection with the robbery, and
they express chagrin at the delay
I'm the capture, because, II Edward Albertson
could have been put on the witness stand, and
would, as IL Ii presumed he will, tell the whole
truth, there would not have remained the
the superior court
when he volunteered suggestions to sherih
frice about whom he should send 10 Oregon e
bring Albertsou and Chandler to this city
sheriff Price told sullivan that he would attend
70 that matter without any advice from any