The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-19

Frank Richards alias Harrison. who -
veII connected socially In this city. VAS
married yesterday afternoon at $50 O'Clock
10 Niss Mantle Burns, Of - Boren avenue
north. by Rev. H. D. Brown OF battesS
street II. E. church.
A. S:3O o'clock Mr.. and Mrs Richards
we're arrested By Special Officer Doney ana
Detective BArbee At the corner OF WesteI"
avenue and Cedar street ~ they we're go
inn 70 their rooms In the Olympic block
10 enjoy their wedding breakfast
Richards 10 now In the city jail char1ea
With assixting Frank Morris. alias Anoer-
son. In the robbery Of Reed 0iddinga
cook, on Jefferson street. near the corner
Of Fourth avenue. last Sunday night MS.
Richards u locked up as witness. .,.,
Richards confessed that he had stolen
good, from Mrs. Illig's house. at the cor
ner Of Pike street and Terry avenue.
where he roomed at one time. When ask
ed II he knew anything about an assault
on the father Of Chief Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Burke Monday night. which oc-
CURED on Pike street. near Summit ave-
nue.. he laughed and SAID ne nad reaa %
it In the newspaper. Detective Barbee.
who has been at work on the case for sew
eral DAYS, believes that Richards knocked
Burke down and robbed him. Late last
night murderous iron biudgeon was found
In Richards valise. Today MT, Burke
and Richards Will be brought face to face
Chief Reed has . statement to the enect
that Richards said he WAS going to hold
up someone to get money to marry Mamie
Burns. Mrs. Burns lid not IKE Richards
and did not care to have him for som
in-law Last Saturday night Mamie left
home. and when the police were searching
Tor Richards In connection with the Gid
dings robbery they learned that Richards
and Mamie had gone away together. While
the officers were yesterday tracking them
from house to house the couple were IN
North Seattle getting married. Richards
did not know that he was named In the
warrant with Morris.
Morris was given preliminary exam
ination before Justice Cam yesterday att
esnoon. and held to the superior court for
trial In default Of bonds he was COM
mitted to the county jail. The story de-
veloped by the testimony showed that
Giddings was ski1ifully separated from
some friends by Morris. who took him to
Then they all went out to dinner, stop
ping In at q Pike street saloon. ana even
tually working down town to saloon
a. e0I Norris ana dddisss vent oas
ahead OF the man and woman, and on JEFF
ferson street the robbery took PLACE Cid
dinss was SrappiinE with Mcf nsa r when
Mrs. Richards mad : long talk with
Chief Reed. She aoml1te0 enough 20 MAKE
the chief positive that an attempt was
made by Morris to give 0iddings Knock
out drops" She did not deny that she and
her husband were. with Morris and Cid
dings in q saloon &c ehe corner Of Yesler
way and Fourth avenue. and that Cid
dings told Morris to take his hand out OF
his pocket as they went out on the street.
Richards attempted to deny everything
when taken into Chief Reeds office but
finally told the story OF his connection
with the case up TO the actual robbery.
Then he backed up" He said that Nor
ris brought Richards 10 his room. All Of
them went out together. After visiting
several places they separated He said
he and his wife were on the opposite side
OF Jefferson street from Giddings and
Morris when the fight took place After
q while he admitted having walked back
to within fifteen feet Of the scene of &C.
tion.
Richards is q years old. He was ar
rested once by the police for burglarixing
q cigar store near Pike street He was
convicted.
Morris served seven years from Spokane
for highway robbery. Morris has rich
relatives living in this city. but they have
nothing to do with him. He was released
from the county jail only a short time
ago.
Mamie Burns, who married Richards. Ia
IS years old. Her parents are respectable
people.