The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-03
Police Discover One OF Blgges.
Fences" On the Coast.
MANY RoeHERiES EXP AIMED.
second liza ad Dealer barney Hodme
Found ga Have stores ef Others
Property Hidden In hi. store
aud Hssidenee-Father- Law an
Alleged PeddisF-t Notorious Ex-
toasi ct-ffst of Goods Recovered

Chief os P8l.ce Reed ara - entire d.
teeiive fgrce rsi4ea the s.5-eai.e1 second-
han1 store - barney Hoff man az go Main
stysef. aud rs Residence az s1@ Maynard
avenue. as1 Aht, s5n Tie assumption that
,a&y had discovered oae % the biggest
'zsnces' 20 z;o.eE QropeTJr o. the Pa
exc coast. over sz,eo worth 81 properly
@as sg-zsa sn8 taken % Aead4GaTEeTs
Hoffman ard MS sather-;n-.sw. William
FieauansSy. an alleged led1ler. are ia Jail
a*rNei wira fecsggsnE st0.ea property
ard Prank Harrison. Harry Harrison auI
ifiea&ra Spei+4ns ara locked Up on Sas-
gl1aou e having S-o.ea goods ~ itesr l9S-
ssssiou
CA.ct Reed says thai Hoffman is IN ex-
c1avs; and the most notorious "ferce" oa
Isse Pacific coast.
Auca al the Big pile % goods now In
Chief Reed private oftice his BEEN posi-
lively Identified ard shere Is reason 10 be-
leYe th9t before the case IS ended nlnes-
.enins u the burglar.ea committed during
the past three muDghs y u De cleared I'D.
Following are few OF tae ileutiaeatlvn
already male
J r. Basse * Co.-Twenty -seven bolts
of SIX.
r. a.. Cheasiy- oyercoat
umbrellas.
pr. GEORGE Thomrson-Rag fun OF dental
Instruments.
Judge William H. Moore-Tanor-nlade
0Yercyat.
NorL at Detective NiIiiams
Detective Jack Williams Is mainly re-
sE-2nsible for bringing e light SHAT chic.
Reed says IS ihc blGsest haul " stolen
goods ever known la the Pacific Northwest.
Last Monday Williams arrested George
Davenport fer stealing dental instruments
from DT. George Thompson in the Burke
Tavs4 II. ,,sa+
ana told Chief Reed and Williams that lie
was guilty and that he had sold the goods
- Il. Hoffman, "ho kept "A secondhand
store a 9l0 Main street. While Daven-
port would net ted the whole story. he
admitted enough to convince the chief and
Williams tha: # they searched the place a
Large quantity O. stolen property would he
recovered. Detective Cudihee then work
81 With Williams. Taey Swallowed fion-
man. Detectives Meredith, Powers, Cor
Deit and Barbee Ware also put an the case
Nth tie result that late yesterday after
moan everything was ready FOR ;he raid
\ search warrant was sworn out in
Judge Canu's court late yesterday after
noon. When ghf cams the entire de-
,ecflye force headed by chief Reed. SAL
Ted forth. Thev found Hoffman In his
store ami asked him ~ produce the dental
tools taken from Or Thompson's office
He denied that he had them.
-" - "S w. e. ~ s'''' 'le
~ ~" 80 az - you u0
no. y Di'''e W 7.i'.' Se"f' e.
, /" go ~" Vii "'FN !" se'A'"' ieplied
i''e 'i'''"-
Great Fence" UDearthed
Tha detectives y,eut 10 work and few
moments later came across "A Aue over
coat marked ~ IL Moore" Then they
found . coat that belonged to Z. =.
ChfaAty With every move shey say that
they came upon property tbat answered
descriptions Of sto.eu property. Al last
HoTuan SAID th4t he would give up the
tools ara from box ~ shoes ne pulled
oar "a lot OF ane steel Instruments that
hal been slasea from pr Thompson's
t,fY7e.