Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-09
PAUL UNDERWOOD
HAS so FAR ELUDED THE OFF,
GERS, AND MAY ESCAPE.
Somebody Has Blundered or he Would Have
Been Arrested in Aberdeen. Mrs. Under.
wood is Taken to Seattle. Her Innocence
Becomes More Doubtful.


Becomes More Doubtful.
Paul Underwood, accused OF infanticide
at Seattle, i still at large, and every day
his chances for escape increases. The
last real knowledge of the fugitive is that
he ate supper in the woods last Thurs
day evening near Tokeland Pacific
county. The officers are guarding that
region, and were confident that he could
not escape them; that they had him
bottled in neck of country from which
he could not make his way out, without
running into some OF the guards.
1t is now known that Underwood has
provisions, and is believed to have Sc
cured gun from an Indian, and every
hour that he eludes the officers adds to
his chance of escape. He is said to be
familiar with the North River country
between Willapa and Grays Harbors,
and is believed to have been seen by a
timber cruiser named Woods on Friday
afternoon, in the timber above Willapa
Harbor, in the North river country. If
this is true, it will only be by chance
that he is taken. With knowledge OF
the country, a supply Of provisions and
several days start OF his pursuers, I'm
derwood has an excellent chance Of
making his way out Of the country.
The failure to have him arrested in
this city last Tuesday can only be attrib-
uted to a blunder on the part OF some-
body, and we are pleased to note that
the city council will investigate the ac-
ton of the Aberdeen police in the mat
ter. 1t is now known that Sheriff Huff
had full knowledge of the affair, and
instructions to arrest the parties at s :05
a. m. on Tuesday. This was in ample
time to have sent an officer down by the
morning boat with authority to make
the arrests, who would have arrived here
while Underwood was walking the
streets, in ignorance that his crime had
been discovered. Instead of this, the
sheriff had word sent TO Officer Murphy
to keep an eye on Underwood until he
came down on the afternoon train,
without giving authority to arrest,
or making known what the charge was.
Here was blunder number one.
If the sheriff had sent the particulars to
Officer Murphy he would have had
difficulty in making the arrest. The
only reason that can be assigned to
the conduct of the sheriff is an in
ordinate craving for personal noto.
riety, that should have led him to wish
the curprits Swallowed and the matter
kept quiet until his leisurely arrival,
when the world would be startled by the
Importance OF the capture made by the
doughty sheriff. We can imagine no
other reason that would have kept knowl-
edge of the crime concealed for several
hours, during which the attempts to
shadow Underwood simply amounted to
notice that the crime had been discover
ed, and that it was time to fit.
AS more knowledge of the actions Of
the Underwoods develops, the proba-
bilities of the innocence of the child
mother diminish. Her story, that her
husband had taken the infant to put out
at nurse, was given large credit by rea-
son of her youth, but does not bear
scrutiny. The birth Of the child was
expected by the parents OF both the
young Underwoods, and, on their ar
rival here, Mrs. Underwood to her own
parents and those of her husband stated
that the child had been born sickly, and
had died in few days and been buried by
the father privately in back yard.
This was before any knowledge of the
murder of the infant had reached Aber-
deem, and renders her story of waiting
on corner the night before they came
down here while her husband placed the
baby with nurse decidedly improbable.
Mrs. Underwood was taken to Seattle
Yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Quilter, of
King county, and the parents of both
the young people are heartbroken over
the affair, and have the sincere SYM
pathy of the whole community in the
shocking affliction that has come upon
them like cloudburst.
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