The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-06-16

Paul Underwood. the aiieasd muir
dorcr of his infant daughter. viii be
brought 10 Seattle at 5 10 o'clock this
afternoon ana lodged In the county
Jail sheriff cudiheo OF thia county.
who made the capture. win be In
charge OF the prisoner. Underwood
evaded the authorities Tor nine days.
waudefinE In the weeds u Tokelands
Saturday morning eudihee met him
ana took him into custody without
meeting any resistance, Since then
he has been ia jail At South Head
According 10 the statement Of the
deputies wh0 assisted IN the chase
after Underwood. every avenue Of
escape had been practically shut OF
for two days prior % bis capture. lie
was making fer Cedar river and he
could have hid away not 10 exceed
another day at the most. Had he
bean an expert Noodsn1nn he would
have been captured sooner a. his pur-
suers being adopts Al this business
could have figured cut his probable
course Hut Underwood wss entirely
ignorant OF tbs ways Of woodctaff
and went forward W an ninaiesH man
ner. In this way upssttinx the csleu-
lationx Of his pursuers.
Tears on Every Side
During the days and nights spent
IN the woods Underwood suffered
keeniy from cold. the fear 81 capture.
the fear ~ Injury ~ the HANDS ~
his pursusrs. and fear Of Wild ami.
mails. lie said that nightly he feared
the attack Of cougars. which abound
In these woods ana wan In the habit
OF lighting fire 20 scare wild animals
away. The fire was also for the sake
~ warmth and ne states that ne SUI
f.rsd greatly from cold. At one time
Fcorehlnx his coat in ar effort 10
keep warm
ne refused TO say anything abou,
his case saying that he would tell
the fttil truth on the witness stand
and would then be prepared 70 take
the consequences.
Say. She Helped Hin,
Underwood shortly after his cap.
tufa ives told ~ lhe offiesFn NJ hla
young wife'a statement that ahs ives
ignorant % the crime lie says that
she told what Was uutrye. fie stated
thai she held ono side % she sack
while the child was being dropped
into ~. lie adds that the mother
was unwilling % take tho child back
TO Aosrisen With her. lie states
that ~ pat q few drops 81 ehlaFo-
form on a Handkerchief and put II
over the 5abs's face u quiet ita
groanlux. IL stopped eryins ana soon
afterwards began 70 Masp and whsn
he made an examination he found
that the ehitd'a heart had stopped
beating. The babe. he says. was then
pat into the sack and thrown into
the water He states that they
ahouid have waited and given u a
decent burial
undsnNood's Mother
unasrwcod's pxrents were In
formed Of their sons capture on Sat-
urday ntKnt. Mr.. Underwood has
secured legal assistance for his son.
Hi# mother IL deeply depressed ana
says she will not believe he drowned
hts baby until he confcases II to her
personally. Fhe states that he was
always fond OF children and wrote
her Of hos FOND he was % this child.
PauiK wife. she says. did not like
children aud made no secret OF the
fact.
AZ the tysathsrwax home there
wna nothing said when the capturc
was announced. but funds VIII be
supplied for the defense.
Flushed With Excitement
With her cheeks flushed until they
are scarlet Mrs. Nellie Underwood
restfesuiy PAGES up and down her
little prison room. awaiting the ar
rival 81 her young husband. Her
hands trembie go that she can hardly
use them and she Ia In n condition al
most hyatericai
IL seems almost impossible for the
little prisoner to keep up her stoical
deueanor any longer. aud when she
smiles today IL 10 only through her
tcars.
n has not been decided whether OF
not she viii be permitted 10 see her
husband on hla arrival tonight.
She says that though she breads
very much the ordeal of either seeing
or speaking 20 him before strangers
She will be bitterly disappointed II
she IL not at least allowed giimpae
81 him after their long separation
The child wife r. nervDusiy antici-
patlng the meeting and childiahly
aays that she viii not know exactly
how to greet him.
I wish I knew how he VIII act,
ahe remarked TO one Of the women
prisoners this morning.
still In Love
Mrs. Underwood r. almost roman
ticalIy In love with her husband
and refuses to believe that he has
ever said anything which viii impli-
cate her In the crime Of the murder
Of their 3-weeka-old child.
a photograph OF the little dead
baby. taken as II 10y at the under.
takers on n bed Of roses and GOV.
cred up to Its tiny shoulders with
many kinds Of white flowers, was
sent to her this morning.
A she looked At It she broke into
a storm Of passionate weeping and
kissed the picture over and over
again"
"Oh." she sohbed. its so cute; 80
pretty. poor little dead baby"
They Take OHonse
The women prisoners this morning
are very indignant because Mrs. I'm.
| derwood has been criticised foI
| spending so much time IN theii
I quarters, instead Of IN her own quiel
/ little room by the jaiier's ofica
we are all In trouble. but she II
so young and feels 20 badly that W,
\ are sorry for her. and do all we car
| 10 comfort her" said q woman pris
oner this morning. "she never talk,
/ 10 US much. and no one win flnt
/ that she II any the worse for beins
/ with us part of the time. We have
| hearts and we are not entirely bad
| Nellie Underwood would have gone
crazy " she hnd been left by her
/ self We only tried TO keep hfv from
| broodlng over her trouble. as sh,
was inclined 90 do"
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