The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-20
Peculiar Mistake Of Police Officers
at Madison Park.
uNkNowN MAN LOST a PURSE.
Prof. r. A. YoweIl, q WerI-Known
Educator of semitic, Taken in
Charge and Brought to Head
quarters = Immediately Released
by order Of CHIEF Rced-vfcfim Of
Alleged Robbery Disappears.

On the complaint Of a man whose name
ppears TO be known neither by the ar
testing officers nor at the police STATION.
but who claimed to have been roooen OF
a purse containing 500 at Madison park
yesterday afternoon, Prof. T. A. foWeh.
or sevsrai wears a tencher in the King
county public schools and for the past
year principal Of the Denny-Fuhrman
school, was arrested ny Officers Soaring,
cornett and Brown. Upon being taken TO
the police station Prof. Vowel was imme-
diateiy released by order OF Chief Reed
The arrest was made at Madison park,
tust az Prof Yow>ll was preparing 10
board q car and come down town. He
made q verbal objection TO the procedure.
telling the officers who he was, but they
refused 70 listen to him. and the nippers
were placed on his left wrist. In this
condition he was placed on the CROWDED
car under the custody OF uniformed
OFFICER. The prisoner and his custodian
rot or tho car at the corner OF Madison
ana Third and walked from there TO the
police station, the nippers being kept on
for the entire distance. Chief Reed was
informed Of the circumstances by teie-
phone. and ordered that Prof. Yowen be
released az once.
Prof. YoweIrs story.
Prof. Vowel was seen by q Post-fnssiii-
rencer reporter AZ his rooms on Third av-
adverse 20 pxblicity OF this KIND. was
finally Induced 10 tell hts story OF the
happening of the afternoon.
II was spending the afternoon NJ MAJ
to the ferryboat 70 see II some friends Of
rhine were going to the picnic At west
Seattle" he said II stopped and had
ferry. who was standing at the gangway.
i isa" Elm NV walked slowly Up tns dock,
ana a. J passed through the -, cro s,s,r, !
cd - have been robbed Of purse paid
no attention TO II, hut stroled on throu9n
fre mark and up the sidewalk On Madison
street I was Just preparing - step on
the car and come horne when an ONCE!
IN uniform touched me on the arm ana
snId that he. wanted ny. ! asked what
that dif not wish to miss my car: He
rade raiser. threatening reply. ane Just
then Dst> tive Corbets came up. In COM
pnpy with man In plain clothes The
detective. MS soon as he saw me. said:
test but co.bd, ,ola mo 70 shut w ana
ether rssis,an.-s beyond telling them who
was and protesting against the m!s-
take, but they insisted on placing the
mss ron IN down town ana n, eompeisd 70
walk Down Third avenue. accompanied
by 4 uniformed ofsieer. who kept his right
"s Chief Reed ana | have been personal
friends foe several years. On finding that
he was nN ~ the station l telcphoned
out 10 hts horse Realizing that a mis-
take had been made, he Immediately or
drred my releasc. and said that no would
~ once begin an Investigation Of the err
ror"
u.~a wns~r. ~ wass~r
Illness ~ his family prevented the pres
ence o. thief Reed az the police station
last niRht. Wren asked over tho tele-
phone as 20 what action would be taken
IN the matter, he said