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

Under tas glare Of the elscsE4c Agnt and
In she s-arlv xsarx u lAS4 evening, when
people were passing every moment 90
terEnlnasd and partially SUCCESSFUL alisEiip-
was made 10 rob E. c. Cassszys STORE g.
the southwest corner og James street ana
Second avenue.
,I-hae me fob vas not a complete success
wzs due . fAe prompt and ooGrag soiIs &C
ton OF u. o. Thompson. wilo tnrostieS
one Of the robbers and held nA1n UNI.
William Matt84eson and Patroimaa stevens
came 70 MS assistance.
That the plan was well lad ana tslat
there were several trnpncafsd Is SHOWN oy
tie fact thai vale the Office. sas NTaItlng
for the patrol wagon he was ATTACKED. the
evident object being % release fne prs
oner Stevens was eaual 20 the cccas-on'
ard not only kept MS clutches on tns nan
he already dad. bat gathered n he Woa.d-
% iL6eratOr. Al police he2c91SFtefs tA's
men gave their names as e j. MACK assa
.. plumber. and George James. aged -
a Aaeorer.
aTr Cheassv went 70 dinner about
o'clock. leaving mis- clerks, W. g. I'noHp-
son and william Maftheson, IN efsTse OF
the store About 6:45 TWO men entered the
froat door ard c0rnn lenced looking around.
Mr. Thompson went forward ana ASKED
fhern = they desired 20 see any goods
One Ok them replied that ne was iooN4hg
fGF an Am9Fe84A anu 44bFEN IfDt $3.50
the rack. which is near the door. Here ne
engaged Mr. Thompson in conversation
ard examined umbrella after umbrella. In
the meantime. tbs other man walked
around az II ne were simply making
casual Inspection OF things In general
Finally. the umbrella man came 10 the
conclusion that the prices were zoo hIgh'
As he made a remark 10 that effect, ina
other man walked TO the front OF tha
= a "A.
having finished his Business" with Dir.
Thomson. commenced buttoning up his
oyercoat Having completed this JOB, he
started out OF the door leasareiy and CAIN
" Mr.. Thompson happened 20 take
good look az him and was greatly sur
prt=ed q see a six umbrella sticking OUT
below the overeoat.
The man was Just on the thing outside
the door when Mr.. Thompson tackled him
around the neck from behind. Il was
Rref spring Mr.. Thompson made. If the
Seattle Athlete Club football players do
as well in the game with Multnomah to-
day they VII win for a certainty. When
Mr. Thompson struck, the r1an went nat
on the filing Then there was mix-up OF
man. umbrella ard SIR. Thompson. Mr..
Thompson r. not giant. but he was In
the struggle to stay and absolutely refused
70 be shaken. Mattheson, who was IN the
hack part Of the store. heard the racket
ard came rushing ont, and pitched upon
the umbrella man. who was stu strug-
Cling fiercely 70 get away. Patrolman
Stevens CHANGED 70 be passing IN citizens
clothes, and being attracted by the IN
usual rumpus also got mixed up IN the
mess. The umbrella man could not stand
the superior force. and capituiated.
Stevens then marched his prisoner across
the street. 20 Kennedy q Smiths drug store,
and while waiting for the patrol wagon
suddenly discovered thst his prisoner had
q confederate I'm the crowd. There IL con-
sidersbls confusion surrounding tho start
Of the second row, but while IL lasted
things few around IN great style. Stew
ems absolutely refused 20 let up on his
umbrella man. and managed to &c. hold
OF the person who Is said 20 have attempt
81 10 Interfere with IN officer In the dis
charge Of his duty, 1t is supposed that
the FIRST rnan caught tried 20 pass 4 box
81 necktiss 20 Gro ef his confederate- our
Ing the melee for after the battle was
over three OF four expensive ties were
found in the mud.
At rolics hesauua rters the umbrella man
had another rampage. bat II did him no
good and he was locked up.
Mr. Thompson went 70 headquarters and
took look At The second man. or the ore
who gave his name "a James. lie said
that ~ was not the one who entered the
store with the Umbrella man. This gives
rise 10 the belief thst there must have
been three or four men IN the gang. al
though only two went iato the store.
Mr.. Chessty said last night that ono
box OF uesktiss was missing from the show
case Fr0an this II is supposed that while
the umbrella man was keeping Mr.. Thomp-
son engaged his partner was desnS some
clever shapiifiinE.
Under The laws ~ this state IL viii Re
ir1p possible - fie : more serious charge
ewalust Mack than that o. petit larceny.