The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-03

less the newspaper man keeps him sup
piled with cigars. which he smokes In
cessantly. When thus bribed he will lis
ten to questions. but will return no re-
plies
Butler Moral Degenerate.
A physiognomist who saw Butler today
gave his opinion of the prisoner as fol-
lows:
Commonplace vulgar. cOwardly. sen
sual in every way, and cunning. all In de-
grees not sufficient 10 mark him Greatly
above or below his fellow-man These
characteristics are stamped in Butler s
face with unmistakable plainness, as they
are Tn the faces OF thousands Of others
who win 20 through life and never do
their neighhor any grlevous wrong.
The evidence OF Buffers abnormaltty
lies almost entirely In MS ears-clearly
those OF a degenerate. They start well
tom in a way which. according 10 the
books Indicates cunning. craft and
treachery, They end in malfermed iobes,
which are as unclassified as the mans
crimes. There Is probably not another
pair OF ears Ike his on earth. as there is
probably no other such criminal lie has
indicated plenty of cunning which IN a
man OF larger brain power would be for
midable but IN Butler il s. cheap and of
a low order. He Is clearly degenerate.
and therefore void OF moral sense, and
consequently OF a proper appreciation II
his crimes and his situation he has
more than the average amount Of cow
ardice in MS makeup. and probably killed
his victims while they slept.
ITO those who boarded the snip armed
for an encounter with a desperate. blood
drinking outlaw. the meek little man
must have come as a painful dsappOint-
ment H. merely has no nerves. no SUI
perstitions no morals. no mercy and not
much intellect lie has a strong sense of
hunor. and would fret more over being
deprived Of his tobacco than ne would
over hanging"
Capt. Fraser Greatly Relieved.
The captain OF the Swanhslda is heartily
glad that the responsibility of having
fugitive murderer aboard his ship is az
al end. The knowledge of the true char
acter OF the man who passed under the
name OF Lee Weller has haunted Capt.
Freser and his first mate since Decern Der
s when the steamer Taupo signaled the
Sw8nhiId8 ard conveyed the iuforma tiou
aboard. TIE captain Of the Taup0 gave
capt. Fraser a number q papers and from
these he learned thai the man who had
shipped on his vessel as Ies Weller rad
committed a number Of murders. Capt.
Fraser said tonight:
The sailor know as Lee Weller had.
~ on during the snort tire we aad heen
away from port. shown himself hard
WORKER ard quiet man. ] studied nin
more closely. however. for 4 day or TWO
after ] received the Information and nn~
ally thought IL best 70 consult with ny
tNsr Butler nad no suspicious. and 1haf.
since ne had committed 70 oreuse board
tne ship. e Rouid probably be better to
fat n{m keep hts liberty and nor put nira
IN irons Then again we had q long
psssa Ee before us. and I dld not care so
c8uane a man for nfty days Wnen / could
accomplish my purpose OF bringing him
safe 20 San Francisco D. watching aim
closely. We we're very careful 10 iet
rntninE leak cur among fne crew. and
ara conh5sHt mat neither Butler nor any
BODY else could have nad the least inklsng
of waERf the mate and 7 knew.
81 Rafcnea Butter carerutiF for ere rest
os she trto bat his co13u ucr au through
Ras tha. - a motej satoF. He never got
fnto any f-a4a.e. and seeme1 rather rsllE-
fosssIy inclined He Esou3d not nix much
w8th his aa8pEna tes. pgeferrsnR 10 WORK
alone whenever tf WIS possible TAe men
in ere foFscasfel all thought well Of him.
! EueM of couFse foat tas police on this
s. would Be WsitinE for him. and 7 was
not az al surprised when Ne were board
ed nv the 99tectlFes.
Evidence of Another Murder.
what may - evidence of another rnar-
der committed by Butter came 70 hgnt
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