The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

Richard II. Lee. alias Shafer. alias
Smith. the supposed murderer of Police
man Thomas Roberts. holds the trump
card ever his pursuers at present. and y Is
a hard matter to predict when theroSiii
be a change.
Lees special advantage lies in the fact
that he has the police guessing as 70
where he is. This condition OF anaa5s
necessarily weakens the pursuit Lee may
be In hiding in the vicinity Of Cathcart.
or he may be working across country 10
the line of the Northern Pacific.
No one has seen him since o'clock last
Monday afternoon. when he was standing
in the bushes a short distance from the
track of the Seattle & International rail-
way. The fact that he has not been seen
gives rise to the theory that he mas re-
treated into the woods and gone into hid
ing until the vigor of the chase is over.
There are many vacant cabins In the
woods near woodnville or Catheari. and
in many of them are provisions. Lee
knows that country WELL and ii his wound
is not serious he can keep under cover Ior
an indefinite period.
Although 500 reward has been offered
for the arrest or information that VIII
lead 10 the arrest and conviction OF Lee
vet there is reason to believe that ne mas
friends who would shield him and do all
In their power TO send the officers on the
wrong track. The residents Of the coun-
try as a whole. however. are anxious 10
see Lee captured, and can be depended
upon to give all information possible.
Detective Cudihee informed Chief Reed
Wednesday afternoon that he feared Lee
had broken through the lines and was
making for Sno0ualmie. Some color IL
given to this theory by the discovery Oh
horse back OF Snoqualmie yesterday that
was stolen a day or so ago from MononaH.
II is possible that Lee passed through
Franklin yesterday morning at O'Clock.
Ii is a very difficult matter. however. 20
Judge the real value of this alleged news.
w. j. Carey, constable at Franklin, wired
Chief Reed yesterday afternoon between
and O. clock that two men passed through
Franklin at o'clock in the morning, and
that they answered the descriptions given
in the circulars of Lee and his confeder-
ate. Carey also said that the smaller OF
the men had his arm in a sling, but would
not show the wound
The larger man said that they came
from Seattle and were going across TO
Palmer, and would probably so from there
20 Tacoma, where there was hospital.
Carey asked IL he should intercept and
hold the men.
Chief Reed wired back Immediately TO
hold them by all means. and ne would
send a man on the first train TO identity
81, fS fall
gram which would indicate that the men
were not intercepted When Clerk At
kins called up the Puget Sound railroad
and asked when the next train would leave
he was told that 10 o'clock today was the
time.
If Lee was one Of the men who are said
to have passed through Franklin. he has
travelled about twenty-five miles across
country which would indicate that his
wound is not troubling him as much as
the police would like. 1t may be that the
friends OF Lee sent two men through
Franklin with a cock-and-bull story, in
tended 10 distract attention from the VT
entity of Cathcart and Woodinville.
Detectives Williams and Barbee were
sent 10 Renton yesterday 10 investigate
story about the discovery of some bloody
cloths by a man named Evans. on a blum
near the town They looked as If they
had been wrapped around some ones arm.
The discovery is OF no value, unless II
tends TO show that Lee has succeeded in
doubling back 10 Renton. met his confed-
crate and then continued on to Franklin.
Chief of Police Reed and Capt. Willard
are still inclined 10 believe that Lee has
gone into hiding near Cathcart. They are
disappointed at the delay in winding up the
hunt. but still are firmly of the belief that
sooner or later Lee viii be run down.
'It may be six months before he is cap
tured." said Capt Willard. but IL VIII
come. The chase Is not after an unknown
man. THIS changes the conditions. Lee
will have a hard time 70 get cut OF the
country. He Is marked man and his pic
ture will be in every town i'll the Pacific
Northwest within a week
Chief Reed had more circulars containing
descriptions OF Roberts murderer and his
companion struck of yesterday. He also
got lot of Lees photographs and at
tached them TO the circulars. III Lee
gets away" said the chief. ..it VIII not be
because the country is not informed corr
corning him or because We have not fol-
lowed every clue
The police have ascertained beyond
question Of doubt that Lee had pistol on
him Saturday afternoon previous 70 the
shooting He was seen in Washington
street saloon with Il. bat there was nothing
in bis actions 10 indicate that he had !. for
any special purpose. Owing 10 the doubt
a. Ia the vicinity in which lee is hiding
or the direction he has taken. the plans
OF pursuit have been broken. Yesterday
morning the men In the field went out In
all directions and when The train came in
last night II brought 40 news OF them.
Generally speaking, the eoaQfry in which