The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-18

There was an unusual stir at police
Headquarters last night. Great secrecy
was observed There is no longer any
doubt tina, something is in the wind. and
that important developments are expect
ed this morning or afternoon. A stranger
whose name the police refuse to divnlge.
was in consultation with Chief Reed. This
was the cause of the sudden stir. I, re-
iates to the case Of Lee. alias SaafeT. alias
Smith, alias White, the supposed muir
derer OF Policeman Roberts.
A acknowledgement reporter learned
positively this morning that al the de-
tectives who can be spared and Deputy
Sheriff Lane are preparing for special
journey across Lake Washington
I, is supposed that the police have re-
ceived Information from this mysterious
man as to the supposed hiding place q
Lee.
The exact direction in which the search
ing party will go Is withheld. but Chief
Reed has full Information. It may be
nothing more than misleading clue. but
out men who are capable of dealing with
the most desperate Of criminals.
1t was learned early this morning that
Detective cudihee, Detective Meredith.
Detective Barnee. Detective Williams and
Deputy Sheriff Lane had been selected 70
run down the latest clue and attempt TO
land Lee il he is in the spot where they
expect 10 find him.
Lee In Epigrammatic.
Pithy sayings from conversations with
Richard II. OF Robert Lee, alas Shafer,
alias Smith. alias White. who is supposed
to have murdered Policeman Thomas Rob
erts:
1T is nothing to hang two days on the
hooks under wharf waiting for the
police TO cool or
Il have frequently lived three days on
nothing but a Decent pug OF tobacco"
When you get into trouble with a man
shoot him before he gets chance TO
shoot YOU"
IF You hate man never show IT; al
ways smile.
II had rather die than return to the
penitentiary."
You can't beat the telegraph: lay low."
IL 1t Ia true that man NAV be Judged
from his sayings the above affords a spien-
did opportunity to figure out the kind of
m.n Lee Is. He il a Spaniard by birth
and has swarthy. dark complexion His
nose b prominent and turned TO one side
as IL from hard blow. He cannot look A
man straight in the face. lie wears his
hat pulled down over his eyes and IL spok-
en- 10 viii turn his head up and slightly TO
one side. peersng at the uuestioner from
under his eyebrows. His look is that Of a
criminal He cannot help it. Under his
LETT law there Is a scar and the toes of his
right foot are broken.
He is naturally OF a sui.en disposition
and does not make many friends. While
he was III sne penitentiary al Waila Nalia
Jack Rarck, who is now member Of the
po.ice force. but who was formerly a guard
at the prison. knew him better than any
one else.
earek's Descriptions of Him.
lie was man who had little to say
said Barck last evening. .but there was a
general air about him which gave one the
impression that he was Of a stIifen rnorose
disposition. He Is an iron mouder. but I
never heard h n say w.ers lie, iesrnsa ats
trade or where he came from. The first
We knew OF MIN at the pen was May j.
isSs. when he came from Seattle 10 serve
two years' terra for grand larceny. He
gave his name IS Lee ara his nun1r~Y ~~7S
s6s- He made no trouble and was dis
charged January 3, iS-t, he returned TO
the pen from Seattle June "a. 1894. 10 serve
ave years for attempted burglary. raa last
time he entered he was under the name OF
Snafer. / suppose that he received good
conduct allowance and was released
shori time before he got Into the last
trouble"
Lee has served two terms in the county
Jail In addition 10 the two in the peniten-
uary. tie IL chronic tool thief One
time he was arrested and gave his name
a. White. but Officer Osborn recognized
him and recalled that his name was Sha-
Ter under former conviction.
Lee was convicted before Judge Humes
III the superior court IN tine spFiag Of
1884 for attempting 10 rob G. II. Browns
plumbing shop. orr Third avenue near
the corner off Madison street. He was
detected according TO the recollections o.
the writer and Detective Powers. by
CHARLES Thorndike. who lived on Madi-
son street between Second and Third ave
nues. Lee made a great scrap TO escape.
but Taorndike kept after him and fsaaliy
landed him either on the Roof OF the Den
yer market or in the alley. However that
may be. they rolled into a cat at the
back OF the market and then Detective
Powers and Officers Birdsail came 10
Thorndske's assistance. AZ that time Lee
vas spoken of as a tough man.
Deputy Sheriff Lane and Detective
Meredith returned last evening from Der
by where they were on guard in the
woods all Saturday rgat. Their clothes
locked as II they had seen better days
Both o. them say that a man hunt I'm a
Washington wilderness IN not the most
Pleasant occupation imaginable.
Il am SIN Of the opinion" said Lane
last night. that Lee is hiding in she
woods near Derby and that IL was he Who
set IRE 10 the Tboen house. not Thomas
house. as il generally understood, last
Tuesday night. He probably overturned
the stove accidentally. Five years ago
Mr.. Thoen had "a fine residence. II was
robbed and burned. Frcm the lnvessisa
'lon made by Detective MeresiIth and my
self feel positive that Lee vas the man
who robbed the house and burned 1t ave
years age.
Yes. I ssslieve that Officer Delgh sho.
Lee in the isft shoulder ard the ties rip
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