The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12
FhIE OF IN OLD OFFENDER.
CONTAMINATION JOHN WILLIAMS
GERS EIGHT YEARS.
almost septuaEsnarts" He Ff~aas
tsafIsy to Passing Cirs~rfy Al
tered hank sotes-fsusy session OF
Federal Grund Jury Ia Ended

John Williams. alias Jarsss IL Parker.
Q veteran criminal. q years Of age. was
yesterday Indicted b. the gr45a Jury Ia
TIRE Unsfed States dlsfTsSs Igast On three
z eousa:s % oeEH,erfeifias. fie vas e. cncs
erraignss. pleaded guilty 20 the three IT.
eie.reass and was sentenced BY Judge
Hsnfosa 20 eight years in the United
States yenttsptiaTy On MsSefIs island. II
was zr16 sight when tbs oiS man. who
has almost completed HE allotted three
seore and ssg. stood up 70 receive the sea-
tsree whseh be nay never I've % serve
cut He heard the judgment without
trssnor ard said not a word TIE TIE xs-
Mum sentence fer Tie efTenss In fifteen
years. and for a hardened offender WAL
lmn escaped easily.
Williams IL enc of the most ski!lfui bank
rats ra.zsfz the United States Authorities
here have ever bad 70 deal wsgh. and Il
was fer sAis class O. work that be vas
yesterday indicted and r-nfencea. Ills
scheme vas 10 take u nDe~slns!ar silver
certificate ard after carefully eraFiug ;hs
words aEd aEuFes showing the aenomina-
sson OF the ball. paste over the abraded
spots the figures and words ten. cut
from Internal revenue stamps and scrapsd
90 thin a. 20 ts almost transparent lie
would tssen carefully retouch the engine
turned lines on the attached letters and
figures 20 make them correspond with
.fssse on the body OF the bill. and ector
the whole With proper INKS. The result
OF his iabafs would bs bill which re
would have llttle difficulty in passing off
fer ten tiaes is actual value. How the
Old nsan succeeded 80 we'll IN a task which
requires a delicate touch aud strong eye
sight La a puzzle 20 District Attorney Gay
ard a.. others Who have examined the
three raised bills uow tn Mr.. Gays posses
sion.
ii was for altering and passing OF these
three bills that Williams WAS indicted =.
". Clark. OF this city, was one victim.
The either two we're Mrs. Eliza beth White
and a shoemaker at Renton. Al the time
OF passing the bill In Seattle. on March
.. Williams had only been out OF the No
Neils Island genltentlary a month. hav-
Ing Just completed three years term
Tor eouDterseiting.
Soon after Williams was arrested and
the fact published IN the Post-fntens-
gencer. District Attorney Gay received q
letter from a person well acquainted with
Williams. which gave many interesting
fArfs concerning the latter's career ~
criminal. 1t was shown that he had
Oregon under different aliases for counter
fessing. burglary and forgery.
Williams has steadily refused 70 ieli
much about himself He claims how
ever. 10 he a man with a past. He SAYS
he comes from an ar!ssocratic family and
was born in England. lie viii no. tell
bis true name. saying tha. al bis rela-
tives believe him dead. II IL said hew-
ever. that II II probably James r. Parker
The sentence passed on Williams was
upon hat one OF the indictments. Judge
Tanford leaving the etners hanging over
tas criminals head
Jusy's Final Report.
The grand jury made It's fina repor; AMI
was discharged yesterday. The only adj
6isionai indictments found were those
against Williams and ore against Fred
Patton and T., ". and Andrew Wright
Jointly charged with cutting timber on
government land In kittItas county In
ITS finai report Il Is stated that twenty
eight complaints were investigated. and
twenty-five true bills and four mot
true hills" returned Two other cases
both alleged violations OF the internal reve-
nue. aeis-were investigated but the re-
sui; Of the investigation is no; yet meds
pablo, The report praises the district
attorney and his assistant for their bust
Fnssa-liss conduct Of the iury's investiga-
/, tiun, aud thanks the officers OF the court
: fer Kindness done the Jury
In return. District Attorney Gay has
many compliments fer the grand jury
which DE Rays VAS ene Of the most com
pslent he has set had. rhe session only
began on last "Wednesday. and Mr Gay
thinks the large number Of cases l0vestl-
gated ard Indictments returned in the
few days o. the session speak for them
selves. During the session Ils Witnesses
were called before the jury
# -
yesterday being paid their witness fees
prior &c their departure Tor their rrserya-
fiaus. Some ~ The redskins WI receive
as Nigh as SIS each Tor their attendance
ard mileage.
Jack Edwards. who was indicted Tor soil.
Ina Eduer Ia Indians. yesterday pleaded
not guilty. lie aRd a number az others
who have entered similar pleas Will De
tried Gbis week