The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16

A Chicago Burglars Brother Murdered
I'm Chicago.

Chicago. Nov. 15-Edward Dix a pri-
waite detective. shot and killed Frank
White in a carriage on the West Side last
night. He said that under orders from
his superintendent. Charles Mcdonald. he
must decline 10 say more than that he
thought the man shot was Clarence
White. who had been sought for months
under charge of burglsrizing the resi-
dence of Norman Ream. a well-known
Board of Trade man. DIX edmitted that
he may have been mistaken. The agency
has for months. had charge OF porch
climbing eases. The residences OF several
wealthy residents Of the South Side have
been burglarized by a gang. which is al
legged 10 have been headed by Clarence
White. brother Of the murdered man, and
well known 20 the police. The agency
had a man watching the residence of Mrs.
White. mother of Frank and Clarence.
and Yesterday evening received word that
Clarence had come TO the house. appar-
emily 70 pay a visit Five detectives were
al once sent over \ spy announced that
two men had driven away from the house
in a buggy Detectives followed and met
the buggy at the corner OF Polk and Laf-
lin streets.
Dix who claims he is intimately ac-
quainted with Clarence White. says he
recognized him as one OF the men in the
buggy, Jumped to the bride of the horse
ana tAtltQ on W flltt 70 SURRENDER. lie
agency people assert that one Of the men
in the buggy Immediately fred a shot.
Dix returned it, and the other man in the
buggy began shooting. DIX dropped the
bride. and the buggy was driven rapidly
away. Some time later a man residing on
Heron avenue drove TO the West Thir-
teenth street station in a buggy contain
ing the corpse Of man later identified as
Frank White. There were several bullet
h41lgc In Ia hax 81 ba In ba
bottom were five bullets of large caliher.
The man who drove the buggy to the sta
tion said he saw the horse running west
on Polk street. and. thinking II was a run
away. stopped it aad climbed into the
buggy lie then found the corpse. Char
ence evidently left the carriage as soon
as he succeeded in driving away from the
private detectives. The case promises to
become a celebrated one. as IL is asserted
that In no state but Illinois are private
detectives allowed TO make arrests with
out warrants.
The inquest over the body of Frank
White and subsequent Investigations on
the part of the police. may result most
seriously TO not less than six members
Of the Beech detective agency. including
the superintendent. White was supposed
to he burglar. The circumstances sur
rounding the case go TO show that the
buggy IN which the men were riding was
brought To a standstill when the tragedy
occurred, and that at least three detect
ives who were detailed 10 assist in the
arrest OF Clarence White made an effort
10 crowd about the vehicle and explode
one or more chambers Of their revoiverS
I'm the direction Of the innocent man who
was killed As a result Of the police in
vestigation a wholesale arrest Of the
members of the agency was ordered by
Inspector Fitzpatrick. and tonight seven
men. I'm addition to w. J. Dix, previously
arrested, were locked up at police head
quarters The names Of those arrested
are. Charles 4. Mcdonald. superlntend-
ent Joseph Well. David McLain, Joseph
Mcdonald. Jacob Fischer. Charles Poole,
Tohn Frew and W. ]. Dix. Five OF the
prisoners are known to have been at the
scene OF the shooting. Fischer and DIX
having been positively identified by an
onloOker.