The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-04

LxnGhinE az 10nes1~
SIR rDarch. a criminal srowth ot Aisslza.
~saa zas aided 20 escape from tne 4ansa4
clay sssI IS q haz8 % desperate rosnFasses.
faa a4ar - ~ ars8 A deputF marsha. esas
sfilas ard tH0 oehas members - tns p8r-
ss4sne rasaa ao4f8sd Ga q fierce battle wiih
the bandits. Nho had escaped 20 t1e noun
tafns GA Admiralty islana and were fertl-
gea b a ca5in. One G. enc men WAo aided
pareafs escape from jail sas also taken
Igfs nans@ wss snef He haa tsst serVs-l
a senteles q TAO years for FoDblng the
gold Attenuation works. a. Trea1gsll
zsssrss.
The n2terlsty slim Bgreh gained IN BIT
log or a Ban'a noso While Sighting - nata-
inz - gbe record nox attacbea % Ms asuae.
TIE manner y 30 young crtrniral cap
fars sas mos sin4aBc. After the frsL posse
lad been rspulsee ~ Burch and his EanE
az outlaws. IL returned 20 juneau and a
volunteer party e about twenty-five men
started ogf.
Tais party tracked the men for two
days Foosprlnts showed that three des-
peradoea wers With Bureh- But they were
very elusive. ard The pursgers. after tao
days weary searca. were almost ready
- abandon IL.
Finally pgrch and q companion were
Tracked down BY Indians with dogs. The
eesperad1sz we're sleeping heavily. They
las or the ground. covered win theaT
blankets snA q pie Of uuaerbrusn. The
Indisus hasteuea 70 iaf0rm the main body.
which waz encamDsd some distance a~sy.
Among the party were tVo cannery men
named Cheney and Olsen. They were
laFgs. heavy fellows.
H.4sa
enough 20 obtain reward. bat % attack
Gin Burch sad another man. both veil
armed WAS 4 task they shrlnk from. even
though the criminals were asleep. Cheney
and Olsen evolved a picturesque plan. In
armed they crept 70 the top % the blur
above TIE sissgarz They stood together
on It, edge. and wiGh a whispered "one
,wo. three. Jumped together. For mo-
mant there MAS a hot scrimmage. but the
haif-starvcd criminals. every biz % breath
knocked out % their bodies could not
cope with their husky antagonists They
were 0Terp0were1 and bound hand and
foot and the party returned 81 triumph
% tAeif boat a. the shore ~ the island
The twD other men whose footprints
showed in the SNOW are stiH AZ large
Burch aud his comrssde were taken 10
stka and pat In jan. lynching being
feared AZ Juneau.
The Eisht.
Since the escape 81 slim Blrch from
The juneau Jail he officers and their dspu-
tics have been tlfeless 80 their search for
him, and their efs1eavcrs acre rewarded
hy thH discovery that tbs fugitive had
founa temporary shelter 81 . cabin located
on a mining claim on Bear creek. Admi-
rally Islam. about two miles from she
beach. The steamer fAcy was chartered,
and started Saturday. January p. 70 ua-
dsrtake TIA capture 81 The desperado. The
Lucy lay that night IN "a small cove or the
coast or Admiralty. and o. as early arr
hour ~ daylight served continued her
way "a the mouth Of Bear creek. Marshal
William Halls. u Juneau. was in charge
OF the posse. with Deputy William Watt.
OF Douglas, as his second Ia command,
white the posse comprised Mr. Baizs. OF
Douglas ely william l. Lundauist. 81
Juneau. and Indian Policeman Sam, L.und-
aIlst being The Jaiser who vas held up by
ihe masked men Sho effected Bifcas es-
cape on the might . January ?.
Arrived a. q polut on the beach nearest
the cabin IN which Blrch had taken refuge
the party aisem8afked. and having pro-
ceeded some two miles up ,he creek came
ST. sight 90 ihe cabin The cabin had been
prepared for an attack by tae removal OF
a log from cite emf. leaving a space
through which effective gun nre could be
carried on. and Ia various pisces port
holes bad been cut. commanding al sp-
breaches.
FusiIadc Prom the Cabin.
When the posse had approached within
a few feet ~ the cabin. tae clicking sound
accompanying re hurried loading ~ Fsaes
was plainly heard aad suddenly tae cabin
door was thrown open aa3 rapid p.sto.
ard rife FIRE was poured from Wtthlu uppn
tho posse. Instantly q was returned
through the open daos. aad fhe posse
sought such shelter a. was afforded hy
rocks ard trees ia the immediate vicinity.
keeping ap tne tusllaae.
Ia hot Place.
Almost az TIE arst FIRE Bslze wss struct
b. bullet which parsed through the thigh
and moment later Watts WAS hit and
hts ieg broken ia Two places Marshal
Hale Nas az The t.ruc Gloss, - Watts ana
lsarnesi from him the condition ln which
Do was AMI almost Immediately after aas
strgck Ia fho ieft Aoan hy bul-, from a
WiuChesfer Vale rtaIlHiua his serious
hurt. threW himself backward over bank
aad rolled away ~ place ~ comparative
safety. hat siId mes for moment cesze his
nfo apon the out1aws st each moment
when he tboueht t might prove effective.
Watt. living W1unte8 behind a rovk also
similarly continued tiz Hre. This was kept
up for a faN haf hcuv
In che meantime from no less thso three
paints Hp9n tae ail shove the tsh'n IRE
hsd been opened uper the party by per-
s2gs uaknawn Presently .hc ammunition
became exhausted aud thc party vas
obliged to retIre ta ta. beach. Luudauist
est Pc in3.sn SAN. atone remaining unIn-
3gr~f. aad WAtt. uHshfe te r1se. legt lyius
where De te't in ran p oa tha tetra acre
trorEe StakrN. Jesse NJ Williams s--s
Dave Cooked 40 ~ rouz-as tgty. ana 20
these a. spps8i Ass made fs- Arla when
" AS refused. In hts critical craftttsn
M8rshAl flair. unshie 20 enforce h.z Be-
mani pn1u tscEu. was compelled 20 re-
tsrn 60 Jurraa WHERE Pee an3 salne a-rs-
pysue bets in S. AHas hospital. are 3rtas
eAse. fheaEh tfaIe-s condition IS a4~h fnst
Inflammation mas ses la ana endanceg A.s
l.fb.
The second Posse.
IRE news - the tragedy srersf IKE 80
IRE throeAh Janasu. AnA Steps re NJ
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