The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-07

q - - arrest of Henry u1aAson, Rudolph
sS.1Seea aad David yones. three incogrtgsnis
1870 Who IRE In the vicinity o. Lake
$s.ien. the police have been enabled TO
ssfnw 10 lghs the perpetrators Of several
1870 lately reported TO them, and OF
1~ hurnlnx Of fhs Lake Shore Compahy's
Ss:s - the west shore OF Lake Union last
-. None Of the boys u over u years
"a -. hut thef2 have carried on their
e.eeraoue peac,icss for some weeks with
- tte least sign Of detection. and have
- things that would b oonstoefsd
1870 ~ oid-ssme crooks.
qHen lads have been In The hahef Of
kasvfng asay from home for four Or ave
~ a. Z dime: in fact. they rented room
- Yo61er way. for which thsy paid out OF
- areds Of their pilferinxs. On Saturday
- usAson reported the boyu' actions
"a - eo1ice. with the result that the on
- vere ordered 70 keep . lockout for
1Scn. on SUNDAY night Odlcer Corning.
- Setrols Third avenue. sAw the iads
- - Third Avenue theater. took them
g hoadoazrters and locked them Up for
= rieft. The next day Chief Reed had
~ bo0s taken into his once separately.
~ ouUped out Of Jones the whole story.
~ named Barker. who was "W1d Dc
49, at the tbeater and also Arrested.
Sn6rmcd Jones story to the chief.
V5om the boys stories n 10 learned that
~ have beer In mischief for some time.
~ Gfpf thing they dc was to break the
W1n1ows At small church at Lake Union.
- they stole sacks and other articles
a. baxu IN that vicinity, which they
o1lA 70 Z Junk man. Encourage By not
S11ng caught. de gang got holder and
fnnofnSrod their Held Of operations 10 the
neeo oopulous portion Of the city and
eenko1 . room on yesler way. After this
- fhey bogan work on Second avenue.
66nIlng purse from . baby carriage In
tint ~ the Ratio. the owner betng inside.
fhors was no In this purse, which
aneGua was divided between the three.
- growing bcldor. the juvenile thieves
woxerstty grounds. where game wes In
nprPeea. Under the guiss OF watching
- Ray one Of the Madison boys stole =
nnreo from the bench and uneaked away
uHbeut baine detected. This haul did not
nrove q profitable ~ the other. thsre BE-
- enly - cents and . small watch In
- purSa There WAS also . name en-
uaSo1 On the purse and on the watch.
I'm took the coin but hid the pure and
watch under bridge on Uncin street b.
tWeen Ninth and Tenth. where Il was
Srn6 On Monday by Chief Ree.. The
800 On the purse waa Clara 4. Gilbert,
~ Fourth avenue. and the initials on the
Nafeh %. r." These are the same arti-
<Iee reported stolen to the police several
days ago.
Nothing succeeds like success. and.
eu9eehin6 thsir plan Of action. the boys
mat out again to their old stamping
Uound. where on Thursday afternoon
III ~ 0re 10 the Lake Shore company's
m. In the language OF Jones. the IRE
~ ct ~ fellows: The Madsoas and me
vsre under the mill taking about what We
M been a-doin'. and one Of them put lots
e papsr In . pile and Whitfield some wood
~ that. Then he sent me for some more
pepar ana wood. and I done II. Then he
Ssl that on the other pile and set II afire.
Ne watched Il set started and then run
inte tewu."
when asksd by the chief why they set
~ - shs MIN. the boy said he did not
havs anything to DO with. Madison dad II.
AfteF listening TO Jones' story the chief
ut Tor ne Madison boys. but they would
~ neshins 1t all. that reticent nature Of
- croek seeming to predominate tn every.
Ting they did.
Yesterday afternoon the boys were taken
1efero Judge Glasgow. whore Jones told
~ etOFy again. Nothing could Be done
With ne case. ~ tho mothers Of the lads
sus not present An adjournment was
Aken until today. when the case win como
- lof hearing. The only thing that can
- oeus with the m!scrcants II to send
- to the reform school until they are
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