The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-20

". w Coons. finally dressed and well
appearing young man, Who saws that his
father Is engaged in egangeficai work at
Williamsburg. near Los Angeles Cal IS
locked Up ia the city Jan on slispiicsor He
was captured yesterday afternoon going
UP the front stairs OF a fashionable resi-
dence, under peculiar circumstances
About SD O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Jack Morris. who is In the employ OF the
Union Trunk Line. appeared az police
headquarters with Detective Corbett and
q young man. who looked more ike those
one sees 8. fashionable summer resorts
than a queer individual Morris intro
dueed himself 10 Capt. Sullivan and then
the three went into a private office and
called chief OF Police Reed. The confer
ence lasted for some time. after which the
fine looking young man was walked 70
the registering desk ard turned over to
JaIier Corb&tt and Clerk Atkins He gave
his name as W. ". Coons age 2 years
and occupation as that OF an engraver.
He was dressed IN light clothes that atted
his well turned form to perfection. He
wore a fashionable straw hat with pretty
ribbons around it. His eyes were gray
and his hair light brown.
The first discovery was a skeleton key,
then a wire, such as may be used for
picking locks, and finally q good sized
Tile. Coons VAS then locked up.
A few moments later Detective
Sam Corhett and Morris left the
station. They went direct to the National
hotel and soon returned with two satchels.
a large and small one. They belonged 10
Coons
The important discoveries consisted OF
a bunch OF eight souvenir spoons. two
marked Spokane" one engraved wv. p.
d. one with a picture OF the Boston
public library and marked Beans two
''Towle's Log Cabin" a fine card case
TWO watches. a revolver with red handle.
soap boxes and a bunch OF letters. The
letters were most interesting. They were
addressed TO Billy and one of them
was from Guy /. Story. written al Deer
Lodge, Mont. AT this place there Is
penitentiary. Story said that he had be-
come a trusty and that things were lone
some. He mentioned a lot OF names that
partook OF the prison odor Another let
ter from Il man whose name Chief Reed
withheld TOLD Billy TO come to Wallace,
Idaho. as soon as possible. as money
was easy
Chief of Police Reed said that while
Coons denied that he was an eX-convict,
the letters and other things found In his
possession and among his effects were
decidedly suspicious.
Mr.. Morris refused TO tell the Post-in-
teiligencer reporter where he made the
capture but Chief Reed understood that
ii was at the corner of Cherry street and
Twelfth avenue. The chief understood
Mr.. Morris 10 state that as the location
Morris story was 10 the effect tnat ne
visited young lady. and while they were
sitting in the parior someone knocked at
the outside door, which was open into
the hallway. The door from the parlor
into the hall was closed. Norris said that
no attention was paid TO the knocking.
as beggars had been troublesome. me
knock was repeated and the young lady
went TO the window and looked out. She
saw man at the door. but he did not see
her. The man knocked again. and receiv-
ing no answer walked TO the front
of the porch and looked up and down the
street No one was in sight He returned
to the door and knocked lightly a third
time No one answered and he walked IN
to the house. He was heard going up the
stairs. and Morris, opening the door or
the parlor. found him nearly al the top.
Morris said that Coons went up three
stairs at time. with his hand on the ban
Mister TO help him along.
Morris called on him to come down, ana
he did so. He was pale. nervous and
trernbled. Morris grabbed him by the
coast and vest and ran his hand around
him to see if he had a revolver. The man
was unarmed. Morris took him down
town and turned him over to Detective
Cnrbets.
Last night reporter visited the houses
at the corner OF Cherry and Twelfth ave-
nua but at each house the occupants
said that no such case had occurred there
Coons says that the spoons were left
with him by a friend. He says that he
came here yesterday morning from Spo-
kane but at the hotel Il was learned that
he cot in the night before.