The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-21
INST GO TO THE PEN.
=. Appeal for Burglar Wilson
and Joe Young.
oeefk MET GREEK IN JAIL.
- were Rivals I'm the ssKsngssee''
Ss.rt-Damags Suit Of . Young
Lsdy-Ths Biotser.

y.aes Humes yesterday made . final
e1s.osition Of the case Of Frank Wilson.
~ bureisr. who has been confined 10 the
eeusty Jail ever since he was sentenced
= March pending an appeal to the SUI
ereme court, and ordered that Wilson
All leave for waila waiIa at once 70 be-
:. serving an eight-year term. The APP
- had been allowed TO lapse.
Wilson il one OF the most desperate
criminals ever brought into the superior
osurt for sentence. The crime for which
- xfll do time was committed early last
rinser In q lodging house on Front near
girrinia street. A miner was TAX
~ in the town aud had with
him constantly a money bsit con-
! aiming large sum of money,
ssout 5000 He became acquainted with
wilson, and Wilson became acquainted
With the money belts existence Wilson
isid plans TO capture the money belt, and
vent TO his friends room one night aud
eoncesIed himself under the bed. Towards
morning the friend came home. The lat
~ had the feminine habit of looking
under the bed before retiring. and Wilson
vas discovered. A big fight ensued.
wilson drew gun. and IL was wressed
ltom him by the miner, who used IL - .
einb for Wilson's head. This was more
than Wilson had bargained for, and he
Jft the room to its rightfui tenant. He
aiso left his hat. and by the clue thus az
iorded Detective Bolton Rogers ran him
down and captured him. His conviction
and sentence followed In due course.
Al the time he was captured Wilson
vss suspected of being one Of the men
who held mp the Northern Pacific train ct
Hot Springs on January "a, 1888
Since his confinement in the county Jail
Wilson has been the king Of the north
cage. where all Of the dangerous criminals
are confined. lie IL judge of the '.kan-
CARGO" court and his word is Law. Only
once has his authority been disputed.
This was when Joe Young, the black
mailer. was put into the cage. He at
tsmpied TO usurp Wilson's throne and was
nearly successful in the attempt. mainly
because he was in possession of .
big bulldog revolver. At one time
he held the weapon against the pit of
Wilson's stomach and compelled an abdi-
cation. but Jailer Munroe got the gun
away from him and then the former SOW
ereign resumed sway. One Of the frat
sets Of the reinstated ruler was to give
Young q terrible beating. Wilson has
been prominent in enforcing discipiins
among the prisoners in his end of the jail.
but the jaiIers will nevertheless be glad
when be leaves for Waila walla.
Joe Young ID another man who will be
mourned with sweet grief when he leaves
the jail for Walla Walla. Since his attor-
nsy. Frank e. Sims, withdrew from his
case, he has moved 10 withdraw his APP
peal and expresses desire to begin sery-
Ing sentence at once. As an instance of
bis changeabie disposition. IL Is now said
that he claims that neither his wife nor
himself ever gave Sims authority to APP
peal tho case and that Sims did 50 on his
own responsibility.
Henry kennsrd, or kid" Donneliy,
the man shot by Officer Faucet and so
dangerously wounded. was again in Judge
Hames' court yesterday TO plead. His
motion for discharge Was overrulsd. aud
he then entered plea OF not guilty to the
charge of assault with deadly weapon in
shooting at Faucet. His trial comes of on
December s.
Thomas Connors, tho window breaker,
pleaded not guilty.