The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-25
WILLIAMS Is CAUGHT.
He Reached Leavenworth on a
Freight Train.
DELANEY MADE elkNCk QUIT.
Hart and Brown said 10 Have Beer
seen in -sagit County Absurd
EufDor-s Anoat.


leaving only bunko man Frank j. Hart
and coanterfeitsr = "a Brown AZ lis-
erty. Is was Charles Williams. the al
Legged burglar who fell into the hands %
che officers. and had II not been Tor tAe
descriptions together with pictures that
Chief ~ Police Rogers sent out he would
probably have gotten away.
As Il was he reached Lsayea~orth. %
nsIes from Seattle. and was making his
way by train when captured
one Of the circulars that Chief Of Police
Rogers sent out fell into the hands OF
Harry Stewart. The Northern Pacific rail-
way telegraph operator al Madison.
Wash. small place f02 miles from this
city He kept a sharp lookout for men
answering the descriptions ami. being
materially assisted BY the pictures at
tarhed 20 tho circular. had no trouble IN
picking cut Williams yesterday morning
when he took freight train No Is East
Stewart showed the picture TO Williams
who appeared very nervous. but did not
give himself away. and Immediately
boarded boarded the train The telegraph
operator then wired to Seattle "a follows:
Williams, an escaped prisoner. board
81 train No Is al SIS O'Clock this morn
ing Train due al Lsaveaworth al 20
O'Clock this afternoon. Identity pos tiFe.
as had his picture and showed Il 70
him he appeared very nervous Had
two bundles OF blankets and was bum
ming grub"
The operator At the local Office sent
the news 70 the county Jail ana CHIEF
pauutv Crabtree Immediately comm need
rr4cking up the officers az Leavenworth
10 capture Williams when the train came
In TIE instructions were evidently
promptly carried out. for before o'clock
a sispatch vas received from Jorden
Webb saving that Williams was locked
up AMI held awaiting instructions from
sheriff Van De Nanter.
DEPUTY Sheriff Tom McCory left last
night 10 bring the prisoner back 10 his
old boarding place
Williams : an ordinary criminal and
I'm police circles Is recognized as chronic
petty larCenlst He has a record In ore
gon and. according 70 the best infoT-na-
ton al hand. has an unserved term N
that state.
he was arrested in this city octooer :,
iss4 By Officer Dexter for stealing an
article % small value and sentenced 70
F three months ia the county jail
on getting out he attempted 70 burg
farize the~restaurant on South Third
street near Washington, aud was caught
In the attempt by oti1cer Williams ne
preliminary examination came before At
ing Judge of the Municipal Court Kline
hart. ana although Williams claimed ne
was drunk and simply fell against the
door h wassboun1 over 20 the superior
court for TRIAL
ElauCkf> BODY on ENAfbtt iet4s
/ Coroner Askam said Saturday thar
+ Blanck's hody would be buried in the
I r,orear.s field today but yesterday a Mrs.
/ shaw OF Fremont walked into The
( Undertaking rooms ami said, according
% TIE report at Butterworth s, thst the
+ fnterment should ROT take place until To-
/ morrow because the husband Of a friend
! ~ hers went 20 the woods about Week
/ ago and had not been heard from al
I though he had promised To write She
+ Thought that Biancks body might be
4 ,hat Of her friends husband How she
/ figured such an absurd proposition she
/ alone knew
Another woman remarked that the
! fac ~ the dead man looked like that Of
! h.r husband and the report Immediately
/ went out that a woman had declared that
I rla had found her husband instead OF
/ Bianck.
/ Tn. persisteucy with which the ru.1ors
! about the body not being that OF
! rlarrk are spread seems peculiar when
auv thinking man has only 20 remember
! thaf the tail KEYS and the gun taken from
/ Yerh4rv were found on the dead man
/ II T. was not Tom Blanck who was killed
! leaving all question % features. etc. out
+ of consideration. then Il was man much
/ worse than BlancN.
The body has been lying In state
( since last Thursday night and as yet the
MORBID curiositv % the crowd has not
/ fs.a7 satisfied Ey actual count &a pFo-
+ Me viewed the remains yesterday from
/ morning up 20 the middle OF ne after
+ noon Already one carpet has been worn
out and the mating which replaced X
has been scufed untA Il shows severe
wear
Rlanck Meets His Match.
One ~ The most interesting incidents in
,se NE 81 Tom Blanck has just come 70
Light tn connection with his record a.
( PORT Townsend, and in which Tom De
lanex tha eN-chief 81 police % that
+ place one II che finest looking aad most
I determined men ou Puget sound took
( mos, active part. What enhances the
t interest IS thar for once ia his Hfe Mr.
( Eiar~k ~ a rndu-to man scrap. met his
, equal ana ha1 % drop hts gun or o.
4 kille3
Delaney is man over six feet tail
! ana from fhs 'op % his head 20 he sole
I ~ his foot s. Constructed on the Hercules
+ plan sac never hraEs an6 IS e universal
/ favorit- hat WHOM - comes 90 business
he Is always frF~c
short issue after tle Peer BRUINS
! fnrttert ar E'sifhaTeu Delaney vas after
a ptrko,,ck~t ana arrested Torn Banck.
( v.h, was travelling a. fhat t.r~e as James
Moore When The rnfef attempted 20
. make tAe arrest R'auck rev hts g-n.
tut Delaney Was eco Qai X for him and
f haF hfS ovn aEivsf -Ne 3asTera3o's body
before ne could shoot After ttis Elsr.k
Z uaS rrHd As "a k5tteu Ffs was afi8 IN
taH a few dayS ana released 81 being sv-
tie.t that he Was nor the uaan wanted.
Incidents of the Wcl~cr Mur~icr.
,~==~ies r. K5ar. ~ Olympia. Who was
/ assistant p~.Secars1S attorney fer wash
iaxfon -oan-s ltaAo. iur5nE tha winter
& ef rVa ari tSs-. relates t1e l-..3c--s coE-
r+.-te-s WIN q n4~3er az Neise~ 81rlgE
his tvrr1 ~ -fF-e- wa}-h b. tataSs. taAirg