The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-19

be sroaaA TIE Tsvcss az O'clock n ths
sEsnsss. Ae~1~sparte5 ~ frts-& nz-ser
Georgs BsFsfezux. went 20 TIE TtFoA
ard naes F5zxsag ard Edwards. Tnex tos1
- take ogr srsp@ ard SO 81 ne Fys-
d@@< ard - would meet Is there ard II
T. We me- toy azmea Lard ~ ire
dock, AID after waiting ter russntss ksi-
Wards came doHn and tod - 70 fossow
him. TnS sSco~ 70 sns car vas iocks1 ara
Edwards sad ne xo4sd haze 70 20 and
zet kex- + uas 4 Baggage sE6 mai
car Presently E6psrcs rsgarne2 and nn-
tarke<g z1s ao1r We ~eat 81 ard PAID
Ed@zrss shs money. TO apiece. Write
~ we're IN Fss car sczns ore whistle fFsna
TIE o2thi3e II she ear. an1 EtSaTsts, attsr
tooksas through crack IN ne car, SenE
oDi. telling - rot - make 4ny noise re
iorkest the aoor after hsra- We tod BIN
We did not expect 70 he toskec - and
dsSz't ike that Kind 81 work. We wanted
ouy sToney bark bat he xousaz't give y
70 -. saying BE TAI 70 fgrn the money
over 70 some ere e.@s before The train
sfsrseS. ard that everything was a. right
lie sssa- fer y. not - make any r4cksi.
as the mail man wss nor on 20 ;hs dea.-
lie SAID everything vss fixed xish me
con. We rode a. far a. gszesee sa7nsi.
where we Were put OF the trails ~ we
eond9etog Afterwards ! went 70 Spokane
OF uaoaey received BY telegraph. Later
] came back 20 Seattle and saw Edwards
and told him how Ue were fired Of the
train. I told him be had not kept his
agreement arr that - wo8id have % pay
back Ti1e money ne had taken from me.
afe pat me or az the tine. saying he
would nays 10 see tao o. three parties
who Here oct Of fown. Tfa tod ne 70
soue aroaHd a oc.ock that evening
mFt Edwards that night Tn front Of the
E8litSaE building White we we're taking
- rsA
said. There d ms man. ! guess I'll get
Word Dow. Re said he had 70 commit
nieate through swo or three people. as he
MAS being wafehed ard dare not speak 70
any Of bis nteu direct. After be had
talked ~ith the elevator men he came
back and said ae eeala net get shs money
then ami wanted IRE 70 come around he
next day. told him I would give him tn
Saturday 70 pay me back lie showed me
letter directed TO him ard signed by
Dick. which sfzted that the meg had
gotten drunk IN the car AMI raised dis
tars'zisce and that the con1uctor had Aired
them The letter said The postal clerk had
heard the user IN the car and had notified
The conductor. The writer sald ne would
hx /; when he got back 70 Seattle. Ed
wards said BE had been sending men 10
spokane rtghs along and had never had
any trouble before. He had sent sixteen
Or seventeen. I presume he meant that
month. Edwards sad he had been max
ing 81 per seek himself after dividing
sith others z5d paying his men"
Armed with the statement Of Fox. the
detective vert 70 Edwards aud forced A
fulf ecnfcz@ion from him. inplscatag a
number 81 train msn running out o. Sc
attic On the Great Northern. Edwards re-
fused 70 gsFe tie names OF his accompanies.
The deteetIve icfa EdgarsIs that 81
wanted 20 go 10 Spokane without paying
full fare. Edward. said lie knew now
L could be done lie said thar for $50
he could send the ssetecfive through al
aay time Abruptly breaking of the con-
vefssftan along this line. the detective
told Ean ards he wanted 10 know where
he got i1e icy TO ogsen the ear and let
three men ride 10 Spokane on the night
IN question. At first be denied all knowl-
essge 81 tbs matter. but when he was
convinced that he had been watched
through the whole performance. Ed
wards gave in and made fun breast OF
the transaction. On the following day
Edwards said he had sent nearly twenty
men over the line aud had made 30 and
- per week ont OF the deal
Bordeaux. one OF the three put OF at
Cascade tunnel. told an Officer IN this
clsy that Edwards had told them he had
Il AL arranged with the conductor on the
train for them 70 SO through. This con
agctor's name has not been made public.
bat Re j. 4 well known railroad man. lie
has been laid on b the officials OF the
corlpany.
After procuring the confession Of I'D
Wards. Carr. The mail clerk. was seen.
lie denied that he bad heard "a. men ia
tha esr that Might or had VARIED the
conductor. He said he knew nothing
nassYtr about men being carried Sc
cfe'iv, The nrst knowledge Re bad Of the
men riding ca the ear was when they
we're pnt OF at Cascade tunnel. AZ
tCsfrl II he had heard the men In tho
car. and he replied nat re had not
heard sound.
Who Edwards l..
TsEwarts Is well-kHown character
10Th in Seattle and Spokane and Tacoma
he vas foYFnefig editor Of The Spokane
sunday sun. a sensational sheet. lie was
ARRESTED many times In Spokane. charged
wish ishei aAd SANDER. At Seattle he con
suoted lob printing Office In room 81
az tae Sullivan hinsk lie lives &ssh his
wifc n ragraS = and = in the Wsef house,
on FIRST avenue sad Union street. Airs.
Edwards has the appearance az being a
iaGy % refinement anf education. II Is
uof believed Thar she had ans knowledge
AZ keT husbands aoings.
Sex filed a criminal complaint against
t,aNaFlx cbarEfa< aim vita obtaining
money auaer false preterses Edwards
arrest Vas DELAYED IN order 20 give him
ehsuee - eonfeSs 20 tac railroad officials
ana to pay shs money 70 Fox lie had
agreed &c 10 tais
f.sNaras was interviewed ~ ore Of the
sralu crew MO vas iaia OF lie told
h.m 3has ~ woaia swear that he. The
brakeman. MAS innocent And No8l3 not see
him safer,
ather Men Implicated.
few FAR ,the conspiracy has extended
RmoEx The employees az the Great North
ern ~ nos set kuawn Certain 4 il that
oshsTS assae from tsie trainmsn were
I aware ~ Tire work - tae E5warls gang
: Ths rg.ssATs 81 tae pest -futerigcucar syil
remember : Mrs MAJ KNAPP atlas Wia-
eN II sINiuloy. sliaa If Z. Woods. The
woman has spformed one 81 The detectives
Eezsps0ca ca he case thzt sae bad male
f Arrangements ". 3 anenapicYe ~ the Great
Northern 80 Pc sEken - Rasta IN company
wgsa a siri for so for the uAir. TIE reEu-
3 lar fare IS Nt p faF cash Messenger. Xvi
senca ~ islH rcaebinE the company. the
rfspioye la aaestsoa reslSned his POSI-
Sion
Ancther siasalat fsct B. that Edwards
1 haA The osaadeHce ar4 assistance Of
rum eer - sinutgyes IN other departments.
+ lie received a eepy ~ teiexram sent by
fox 20 tae detective. from some erer8toF
es .he hue, NNa vas evidently aN8re ef
sAa efforts ths; were being made % cap
s tars The nlesnoers ~ tac EaNg.
Elw sFsls' sfstrmsHI ga reEarf - the
? manner On whfca hR has heen slolnE bust
ness aas Nash fftliV yertfse8 hy luterxiews
WITH 6.Gefest peraaas whsu ae hss seat
axss ghe lire - the Great Northern. Taey
81 ,e1 tas same story, oaiy there was
Fslte variation Occasionally wsen they
wsaasE he earg.ca ia tae eeaeh sasgrzs Of
tss sakEaEn ear Edwards. IN bis
.sas. FsRssss % che detective sfareH thaf a-