The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-21
! HAD HIS POCKET PICKED.
) vas ON TIE STEAMER WALs.A
u.Ls.a-s GANG PLANK
rf><man Clifford "afs"" Was sse
fxtctfm aad ~. II. Moore II Az
..-ed Of the Thefs-Th~ Latter
n. n Good Dreszer-NEsT s"sH'

Il. II Moore. wsn dressed young man.
l. Is aeauze< OF pick.ag the pockets OF
rseaea sassog, fireman on tAs steamship
y. TIA wa.la. yesterday afternoon about
oesoek, ran asa seek into s@rSt- ieaab-
ss.s.s powerful Gg.gezs aaiIe attempting
d escape naob.
a a.oore eays he Is bartender sad twsfi-
u light years Old lie years good clothes
X t. carrie alcaay. Eetweea 81 and -
& =. Foaf.d an hlIn AZ police headquarters.
~ i DE asel i've suc!&es isi aIs1 viii
~ is pounds. Ills eyes are blue and
~ sasr brown. lie @OuAl pass Ia Is efesd
n K.ondlkeEs a. q ''asae young naaf'.
= fTlgyora watson has BEEN a fireman On
~. Waila Naiia for sofssa LINE. HE Is TIE
e. al Ars TnoEnas Acfsee, who vas ter
I - cot in tbs face and neck by her
sFas.d on Second avenue pear the cor-
a. 81 Iaion street shTse or four years
L. After the steamship landed yester-
~ afternoon at the Ocean dock Watson
k,Srfea down the gang plank. Suddenly
n. hi, 4 band 10 bis trgaseEa pocket and
- .r.;ng found himself face 10 face with
E,sare. Tas tBo elinchei and for min
Ire or 20 there was a scrap that WASH
,4nssan street would have been proud Of
~, OGRE hyuke away finally and ran ny tas
+. .s,. Dl.rsued by Watson and . crowd
81 peopls. The cry of stop thief ecuid
: IS af,eara fige blocks away. Moore was
I'D runner. however. and came flying
n sag the wharf toward Railroad avenue,
e. 81, In advance OF bis pursuers.
Z ..ss noise and the cry Of ''thies" attract
~ the attention OF Sergt. LaubScher. who
"a been AZ iha dock TO watch things
i hale TIE passengers we're embsrking. He
h,sppensa to be behind a building which
VI III him eff from view Of Moore. Rush.
Linz 10 the end OF the building where he
VI Id see shat was going on. f4aulsscher
10. akht sight Of the fugitive coming to-
I'd him with tfIe mob ut his heels.
81 Saabsehsr prepared himself for the
aeihfax. lie did not pun out his revolver
|, A~sbragaiah his club lie simply showed
Snfss his sleeves. pulled down his vest and
%lprelsared TO spring o. his prey. Along
La.e Moore like the wind, his speed In
s.ssssilg At the thought Of failing into the
Raaas Of hostile citizens. Once among the
3t~sets ard alleys Of the city he thought he
kL chance q escape. He reached the
9fspiing and was shooting past. when out
31tFsped I.aubscher and In iifYy had
- tsa his fingers around his throat. The
kriow gaspad. turned pale and livid by
49ns and gave up the race. fIe had
8iafhing 10 say and when a man came TIP
18Th purse which Il Is claimed Moore
slv>.w away during bis flight. he refused
b salk.
fafson Identified the property as that
seh had been taken from him. It was
fg1ed and In a small pocket within the
b ise were found so and a S geld piece
s1wtssoa said that he had $40 in all when
-poeke, was picked, Moore had SEES on
al person when searched. and u portion
b !; was in silver.
siie police are rot acquainted with
E1are, hnt they think .e IL from San
s1itneiseo.
SdTed Atkinson. a negro. who is said 70
pea clever crook. was arrested yesterday
u tru0un by Detective cudihee i'm sa-
4psn % FIRST avenue. between Coiumhit
~ Marion streets cutiEhee has hsen fol-
1ttas Atkinson for two days, but could
pet set near him until yesterday. Atkin-
n. ssw his danger and ran Into a saloon.
k'lt could not gsf out before cuaihee had
fia. be did not attempt to deny that he
fiAAae his living ay stealing, but said that
bad not done anything In Seattle.
4. yla attention of the police was called 10
Atkinson through several reports Of thcffs
" street cars. Ia each ease IL appeared
@att a colorei man had been on the ear
~ .sgt on the ear about the time that the
ssry or purse took wings By watching
+ ears t.ud'hee discovered Atkinson Still
Hhsre aas no chance OF convicting him OF
pa Of the crimes of which he WAS sus-
ted.
RiuFday evening a. T.. tIaaser. OF Bal
81 reported 80 the police that bis wife's
fseks, had heen picked of $50 done up In
y Handkerchief during the afternoon. She
the into the city Ia do come shopping
kfd was returning home whea her money
disappeared. The case was looked up. and
pain that colored man appeared. He was
aeeG within n block of the point at which
Y trick was turned, II was chen decided
u arrest him a. all hazards.
4 sie9rse Peterken reported at police head
fsssartefs yesterday afternoon that his
fnskei was picked II S2o on the Flyer dock
n WIS unable - give information that
tfsuld assist In running dosen the thief.
A u Is a very difficult, matter to convict
4 skfockets ard hunko stegrer~ uni.ss the
Yssa Is very clear. the police wlil probably
sake move aud go after them under the
.Sssfaney law Justice Austin, before
u BON the cases viii cume, looks al such
Matters from Il common sense point of
stes, and the police think THAT be viii as
s IN eleaging the city az AN objection
tase element.