The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-29

Tb~y Stole siIverware and Robbed Cur
ney-fah sfabIe--A Confession.

rFy-tau ~faDle--A confession
James Murphy. william Jamison and
FIRED Simmons. three hard-iookfng char
acteTS. were yesterday charged with steal
f1z a large quantity Of sstyerware frori a
freight car AZ Ballard several weeks ago.
The men we're arrested last Friday on
suspicion. but yesterday morning Jamison
weakened and gave the ~-fteie story awav.
The scheme was veil worked and prob
ably would have gore all right had L not
been far the vigilance of ofEcer Raidus.
one OF the sbrew3csf men IN the depart
WeHt IL detecting suspicious characters.
Balaus vas standing On the water front
ono afternoon about three weeks ago
talking 20 Detective Corbeft. and noticed
the three men a short distance away talk
ing ~ an earnest manner. He told the
detective he did not like the looks %
them and intended keeping a sharp look
out on their actions. The officer edged
up little nearer and heard one Of them
say that they were watched so closely
BY The police officers that they did not
hive a chance 10 do any work. Noticing
the officer. the men got out Of sight end
nothing vas thought Of them until Super
iutendent Kline, Of the Seattle. Lake
Shore e. Eastern. reported 10 Chief Rogers
the breaking open OF "A box car at Bal
lard and the loss Of a large amount OF
siiveTware consigned 20 a Ballard leweler.
Detectives were detailed on the ease
notified 10 keen a sharp lockout for any
suspicious characters. Detective Cudihee
Was sent out TO Ballard. and after con-
siderable work the case, reported TO
chief Rogers that IL was the work Of
homes. The Indications showed that The
thieves has cut the car seal Oft with a
knife and had then broken onen the box
containing tho silverware with a coupling
pin or something Of the kind. This was
on October 10. and on that same night
thieves effected an entrance to the stables
Of the Quincy Cab Company on West
street and got away with considerable
wearing apparel. which they afterward
dropped and two gold chains. a silver
watch and chain. and other articles Of
tewelry taken from the clothes. While the
officers were working ON th.s case a
message was received from Ballard say
ing a mill office has been broken into and
a macintosh and other things stolen.
ON the 18th the officers found the mack
intosh. watch and chain in the second
hand store on Railroad avenue. conducted
by Moses Droxman, and secured a de-
scrlption Of the three men seen on the
water front by Baldus and Corbett. The
thieves were not 20 be caught mapping.
however. and disappeared for a couple of
weeks They returned last Friday. and
were apprehended on Weller street by
officer Baldus and placed under arrest.
nroxirnan went up TO the headquarters
soon after the arrest and positively den-
tilted them as the men that had sold him
the stolen articles. The men told him he
was mistaken and remained firm IN their
contention until yesterday morning. when
Jamison weakened and told the whole
story.
He said Murphy opened the car with his
Damison's) knife and then broke open the
box with a coupling pin. eNclaiming:
Boys. we have made winning Jami-
son and Murphy went 30 town and stole
some gunny sacks and also the mackin-
tosh from the mill Office. They then put
all the silverware In the sacks and buried
them in the beach below Smiths cove,
and came on down town ON reaching
the Quincy cab stables they stole every
thing they could find. but dropped the
clothes on hearing noise. though not be-
fore the pockets had been rified. and ran
down 10 the water front. where they took
a boat for Tacoma. remaining until last
Friday.
Jamlson was taken to the place where
the iewelry and silverware had been
cached. and there II was. buried in the
sand IN the gunny sacks, The stun was
loaded on a car and brought 20 headquar-
ters. but little the worse for the rough
handling Il had received. There were but
ter dishes. cake dishes. berry dishes.
cups. card trays. match holders. etc.