The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-09

CITY Attorrsv Rawxo1 was talksax
about rZk yesterday afternoon IN ne
rru1sespaI s5Grr VIA the purpose az COZ
sirca1g Judge Bogue that Attorney : ms
was wro-g IN his attack upon tha com
paint against Carries Eawkev a mix
dealer. TIE Judge vas deeply interested /.
BGl1~ Brooks sAr quietly a. the side o.
tns door. his rz1od h0attnx away wtsh a
mix can symphony. while the faithful
occupied their reg.iar seats. noushs
wide open a. tire learned discussion BY tAs
city attorney.
In the midst % The scene the soer va.
suddenly flung wide OPEN ana [. tail. tine-
Iy dressed nan walked rapidly snro the
court room IN an ssTtatAr manner Re
asked Bailan Brooks where Ron Craw-
ford, the clerk, vzs-
"Eh ." replies ths astonfshed bsilir
can speak to tie iadges~ said the
man IN q loud whisper tnat reached the
ears or thA crowd and SCI them guessing
Before Brooks could answer ire man
walked 90 70 Judge Bogue's desk ard
said. 7 wanl 20 Plead guilty 20 assault
and battery
Judge 8ogue Is not easily ratified or dis
ttrbeS, but he vas taken ahack for a no
meat By this sudden intrusion On the mix
case and II was fWo or taree seconds De-
=
present with another ease"
The man wheeled around and dashed
cut Of the court room. BalllT Brooks
nearly lost his eyeglasses in an effort 10
f0llow this eccentric individual. and for a
moment IL looked as u there would be
stampede among the crowd.
Clerk Meredith nearly fell out Of his
chair when the cyclone struck police head
quarters. some people assert that tire
man who wanted 20 plead guilty did not
touch ground more than a dozen times
from the court TO the police station. How
ever that may be. Clerk Meredith got the
shock with fun force ard thought he had
a murder or suicide case Sergt- Willard.
who Is as excitaels as a granite block.
was present and took the excited man in
charge They went into the private Of
fee, where DIGESTIVE Cudihee was hgur-
ing cut the Identity OF the safe-craekers.
and then one version Of an interesting
story came out Just as IL was finished
a PostIntellgencer reporter appeared on
the scene and asked for repetition
II guess can't tel ii twice alike said
the finely dressed man. who is also pos
sessSd OF more than his share OF good
looks II don't know but the sergeant
had better relate st."
You're all right" put IN sergt. VII
lard: ''let her go"
Well said the excited man. my name
r. Pease; Francis A. Psase- / have been
a resident Of Aea1le for rwenty-three or
rwaney-four years. I am a collector Of
curtos ard incidentally an advertising
mar. Some goods were shipped 20 me
from Victoria. and went down this after
noon 20 get them. The customs house Of
rcfaIs went into an adjoining room and
telephoaed 70 police headquarters. \ snort
time after this Detective Cudlhee appeared
on the scene and looked me over. He re-
a
I was annoyed at being made the subject
Of police inspection, and asked the man
they call Tom hos long 1t was since the
customs house officials had been playing
IN with the police. He replied that he did
not know what meant by such an iasinu-
alton I uITnsd and was leaving the room
when he yelled TO me 70 stop and ran out
from the Office Into The next room and
-Ien into The han where I was. wanted
TO get away from him. bat he insisted upon
me st0pping, and said
What DO yosl nea2 by saying that
have been playing 81 with the poiice?'
was anxious 70 get away. and told him
thar did not refer 20 dim personally.
What you say about the Office Won
say about me- he replied and then ne
struck ar me. He did not land. bat did.
Then I started down the hallway. and
man with gray whfSkers rushed out OF a
room and yelled az the top CT his voice for
me TO stop. He came after me. and 7 ran
o. fast a. 7 could down the hall and vert
I'D 70 the municipal court 70 plead guilty
TO assault and battery. The judge was
busy. 50 t came into the police station and
surrendered myself
Yes - p7ft ~ Sergeant willard. "just IS
Mr.. Pease came IN we received a telephone
message from Inspector Tom Delaney AZ
the customs house % arrest this man for
assault and battery"
house. vhere he found Deputy Collector
Tom Delaney nursing an ugly braise on
The tlp Of his cheek bone.
This mar" said Delaney. came into
the oFice short time ago with a bundle
IN whfch were four opium bowls. He
opened the bundle and showed them. say
gur that they we're the ORES that came 20
him in his box from Victoria TIE bowls
he rad were cd. and be said they were
the same ones NJ bad IN his box I told
him that thev were rot
". How long r g. said he. since tbs
customs Officials have been working with
The uollce2'
we sra 70. wom<inv with the police,
said T. and 7 don't want any OF your re-
Elections
'-rae7 he said that friend Of his on
the police force had told him that bad
fnienh3uea fer the detectives You are
mistaken said 7. 10 made some remark
a&aus bClur held while the detectives
came 20 look AZ hiH. and started out az
tes office 7 t-id hlm 20 hold on fhat
wsnte6 20 speak to aim and went out
jr-a the bad through the door IN TIRE ad-
joining efr5ce.
When I E0t tnte ths hall continued
Rfr DELANEY. I sal5 20 tae man. what
Ha won mean ny saying thar yo1 wsre
he5~ Just then g door opened and
Turned my head As that moment TIA
maa Struck re fl the face with the
cc5u1 bowls. ard then ran down the ball
7 started after him. tut was actually
Gaze6 Scr a shorr time ~ The blow
had mv bAnas IN NV pockets az tae tirne
he struck ns, and Il s absolutely false
-hsr = attempted u strike ktna. I would
iska 90 meet aim on tsa water front or ia
an a1ley ard sstt}e this instead oE aa-
aearjuE against hiu En- court"
Depsty Collector Mcdonald said that =
was evident the man Who gave his name
as PesSs a. police headquarters had got
son th~ goois under the asme OF f. z
hraatz
II could hardly figure f. cut ~ arst
sad Mr. Mcdonald The man was
dressed o. Waite aue King tie arzt tssne ~
came % CAe oflee. a5Et when saw hlz
sytng down tae h&4 he was dressed Az
bach In re morning ~ senk an ex-
Freeman 10 get h-s box ara ? woulA
not lar 2 go Re cane himself IA sne aft
araooa and eat has rhirSs- The next thing
6ear4 ~ EIu was wlsc ne created tAis
t-1lb.e~
Pease - - years CD He g wei known
-a Seattle, sn6 e IS said has acauslnt-
4Cces lu Everett He attended tie state