The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-13
Il HALL A ROBBER2
I'M Wrestling With Z Chain
Of Circumstances.
Loo STAINS ON HIS COAT.
- Csssty Must Pay shs Costs n
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Turnsr-BIoeser.

"a. Hall. Who 10 charged with sand
n.rrssg 3. H. Anderson in . stable baek
feke Belivue hotel on the night Of lam.
- m sss tried in Judge Humes' conrs
,redsy, bat the jury did not agree IN thu
= hours before adjournment Of court
p . sealed verdict VIII be brought in
- nornsng.
he srial was very interesting. and II 4
nnther strange coincjdsncs that In sew
= fsspscts IL rssemblsd the Wilcox
nssder trial in the same court last week.
~ evidence against Hail was almost en-
fssly eireunssantiaI, and . bloody coat
~ m old hat, the knowledge Of s:ss vic
en possessing large sum Of money and
= spparently perfect ziIbi. all figured
ppminentiy. Anterior. who 10 an old
nsn and late arrival from Sweden. keeps
sffocssy store on Front street. between
yins and Cedar streets. He has no
bith In banks, and for . long
tims before he Was robbed and beaten
6lnost to death he carried in belt around
rs vast all Of his money, about 81. loo.
o. that evening he had just put his horse
= the stable and vas standing usar the
dor when some one struck him . terrific
Now on the head with sandbax. He
vhirled around and xrzpp!ed with his
s6asilart who struck him Ave ttrnes mora
sBfting deep scalp wound with every
Now. They reeled out Of the barn int
BE street and then . ray OF light from :
ucre near by fell on the sandbagrer's face.
anderson shouted, "Ah, it's ron. ss t."
md the man ioossned himself and took TO
his heels.
The police were on the scene ct once and
Anderson told them he suspected 8 young
nan who had formerly worked for him in
DE store, w. A. Hall. who knew that he
bad money and who had been sitting
Gound the store all day. He knew, ne
nd, that Hall was out Of work and des-
pirate, maybe.
The only clue 10 the foospad's identity
vas an old soft hat and . long buckskin
purse with stone In the end, which had
besp used - . sandbsg. But before the
dsseesives started out 10 work MP the case
Hail. whe lived nesr by, came into the
store to see Anderson and ask why ne was
suspected. Detective Phiibr!ck placed him
under arrest. At police adquarters his
coat Was found to have blood stains upon
Il and his face was bloody. The old man
was not positive that Hall was the firht
man, but several little circumstances be-
sides the bloody coat served to bind Hall
over TO tho superior court
At the trial yesterday Hall claimed that
the blood on his face came from q boil.
while that on his coat--ths stains were
very faint-cams from brushing against
meat in butcher shops. The hat he de-
MED owning. and by the clerk and pro-
prie.or OF the Grand hotel he proved that
he was In the hotel Office very soon after
the alleged robbery. He was In the habit
Of spending his evenings In the Office and
vas well known By the clerk He also
proved by several former residents Of
Walla Walla. whore he spent two years ~
musician In the regular army. that his
sepntation was very much shove the
sversge. In appearance Hall Is prepos-
sessing and he would never be taken for .
criminal. Even the detectives say that
they think the robbery was his firss Job.