The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17

clnisy ef Derhy. where They Me-
iisvs Lee 10 Cnaer CsveF-MurAer-
~s TAtsks II 10 Advisable % Hide
Unsis the OAcers Get Tired.
Richard H. Lee. alas shafer. Alias
Smith. Is credited with three murders. It
il believed he IL In hiding near Derby.
Deputy Sheriff Lane and Detective Mere
cith worked ali day yesterday in that We
c.nity ard last evening came to the con-
eiusion that their man had not moved out
Of that neighborhood. This conclusion
was reached by the process Of elimination
and by the discovery Of the fact that Lee
believed criminal could not escape or
beat . telegraph message The best way
was to lay low
Lane and Meredith BY . personal hives
tgation proved that no one has ATTEMPTED
to escape by the snoquaImis paa. In
fact. no one can get out Of the country
that way now. exco,t by the use Of snow
shoes
Detectives cudihee ana Philbrick ran
down the story about horse having been
stolen from Monohan ard proved il ut
tsrfy false
Detectives Williams ana Barbee discov.
cred that the two men who were seen al
Franklin were 50 young that they could
not possibly have been Lee and his part
nsr.
Everything goes to show that Lee has
not mat his partner since he shot Roberts
and attempted to shoot Policeman Deixh.
Detectives Cudihee, Barhee. Williams
and Phlbrlck. Special ofBcer Tom Nc
Corey and Policeman Deigh returned to
the city yesterday Phi.brIck and Nc
Corey had consultation with Chief Reed
and Immediately took horses and started
tof tne east side OF Lake Washington 10
scour The country. The special direction
fhey VIII take will not be revealed
Deiectives Lane and Meredith have been
- TIE saddle night and day until thew are
the north fork of the Snonualmie rivar
searching several cabins on the way. They
s.altsd from Fall City and put I'D for the
nnsnt at Snoouairnie. Friday they rode TO
Sortn bend. where they heard OF a man
on horseback making inquiries of ranchers
aooat tue read 10 snoqaaimie pass. the day
previous. From the descriptions given tha
man corresponded TO Lee Taking horse
Issa ana food Tor two davs the officers
started III pursuit. They rode to Sixteen
sise bridge On the south fork OF the Sno-
auasmie. on tho way searching a number OF
oeseFtcd cabins They met the man they
were after and he proved 10 be German
small of stature. not the man they wera
aiter py any means He had turned back
because no could not get over the pass.
Al SiAseeD-Mise bridge the officers met
Two Young men who are trapping. They
said that 1t weuld b impossible for any
one TO pass without their knowing II Trey
had seen no one answering Lees descrdp-
ton. they said that 1t would be imposss-
Die Tor any one unless provided with snow
shoes. To cross the pass before June Lana
and Meredith got back to NORTH Bend
about o'clock at night. having Travelled
over loo miles In the saddle In three DAYS.
yesterday morning Lane and Meredith
stepped on at Derby. in which neiglbor-
heod Lee Is welt known, and continued
their investigation.
Lee. 1t was learned crrived at Derby In
the latter part OF 1881. and lived with James
Riley. a bachelor He made himself a pa
vofite In the neghborhood By doing odd
jobs among the ranchers. but he never ex-
ninsted signs OF violent affection for res,i-
lar and hard work
10 one OF the raachers he became conf
Dental and showed him a Photograph of a
woman. RE said that she was his vita
who was then living In Santa Fe He also
showed another picture OF a sister whom
he said had sled recently ln ST. psgsl tvtils.
speaking OF her he appeared TO be greatly
ahsgSt4 Hiss nfatusf-& sl-Ias ana sasa.f f,s.
said. went 10 st. Pau. frofn Santa Pc. He
said that his brofner-in-law Vas working
IN switch yard eGt that his regular o.
eupaston was tina; az q fireman
According TO his own statement hfs real
aailio IL Robert Lee. and he Was rnary.ss.
in the City OF Mexico. The photograph OF
his Wife Was taken there. As shown by
printed matter on cardboard. Lee mar
usred Mexican hi the City of Mexico and
I1ed 10 santa kNe. There ne obtained en-
Payment Oh the Santa Fe railroad as
fireman.
osie day the engineer complained thar he
had allowed the steam 20 run down SO that
the engineer eou,d not pull a train III, 4
long grade. They had same words. ard
Lee struck the engineer on the head with
an iron har
II guess that engineer has pulled up his
last grade said Lee.
Lee red ~ So. Paul and Aept out OF
sight during the daytime and psowied
around nights until he got into trouble
Then be came &c Seattle and finally moved
20 Derby, where ne kept under cover for
a few months, He said that no man could
hsst telegraph message. and the ness
way was ITO lay low
After awhile Lee commenced stealing
from the people around Derby The people
took dislike 10 hIrn and showed Il by re-
fnslag - Invite him TO eat with them. In
the country il is always taken for granted
that person is nat wanted when there IL
ret place far him az the table. Riley he
eaE1e positively afraid o. him.
Lee commenced making nsigrtmages 70
Seattle and suddenly disappeared. r. vas
rnTnofed ira, he was fl the psfiltentiary
Dat tue people Ok Derby never obtained
positive proof. Nothing was seen 90 him
anti Tuesday, April 5. isss. when James
f31sy and another man who ware working
aeas TIE house CT Il man named Thomas
Msae - IN Alaska, s..scoverest that TIE
! h9ass ard S'iinuildsrgS bad been broken
s.asoe Trey tried the door Of the house but
/ Iohnd u locked from tie inside T-har
tsssy aie behsna logs sad soen saw Lee
sAaf est Ard ioas around. He went IN
ire direction az Rileys house. g1sev ard
/ hss ee5spaE4eE DID ret go iaso Thomas
S@ e 49, = aarthEng rad 1nsa stolen