The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-16
ilI1oN DANGEROUS MAN
-rn IN WALLA WAlLA
IA ONCE UNDER NAME
or WEsTERMAN.
z..cbisf of Police k"uff"'" Recalls
Bold Plan That Murderer Once
Concocted here.

-, uesterman, allaS JACK DditOn,
III 900 in Spokane last week of
coil' Ling Police officer Stokoto, was
nuiu head Of a gang of criminals
al w .iog around Walla Walla back
Ope .ooo Uesterman is Well known to
IN t nhtnf Of Police ]. J. Kaufman, who
instrumental in sending the GRIM
"1' 70 the penitentiary for seven
Ilo, nae for robbing the Stahl brewery
ys@, snit of clothes, revolver and a
u .,olI amount of money.
sn .'uoctArman is an all round crook
49,, is desperate man." ex-Chief
S anr said yesterday, speaking OF
DS;u,inaIs that he came in contact
18th Nth while he was the head of Walla
WoIlas police department.
Tho first time that Westerman
,o under nv notice was in 1898 or
600 T have forgotten which. Wester-
~, had lust been released from the
-anitontiarv after serving a two years
rr,ntonce for some crime that he COM
n,ittad on the Sound. He came up
+oun after being discharged and Wis
;o5 small gunshOp on Fourth street
and asked the proprietor to make him
, rn set of skeleton keys. The gun
srith gave me the tip and close
rratco was kept over Westerman. l
t.It convinced that he was figuring on
tnrning a trick and l put plain
cIotbes man on his track. About this
rime there were several crooks in
town. but they seemed to be living the
simple" life and we did not bother
them, although they were friendly
with Westerman One night a tip
cane to police headquarters that
Westerman and several of his cron-
les were holding conferences
To Rob r. B. Mckenzie.
We found where the gang was
holding out in a little cave out on
Garrison creek and by a little judi
cous pumping we ascertained that
= the gang was to meet at Stahps brew
cry on Sunday night, where plans
were to be laid for pulling off a job.
We learned on Saturday that the
job was nothing more or less than
bold scheme to raid the nome of r.
Mckenzie the we'll known loan
agent who lives out on South Sec
Ond street. Mr.. Mckenzie was re-
puted to have big sum of money
buried near his house, and the plan
was for the gang to gain entrance to
Mr. McKenZie's house, gag and bind
him and torture him until he told
where his money was hidden. West
erman was the ring leader in the plot
and believe he would have attempt
ed the job except for a little circum-
stance that occurred the night of the
meeting TO be held atllthe brewery
When | learned of the plot I stationed
couple Of officers around Mr.. Nc
henzies house for fear they might
attempt the job before the time they
had agreed on.
Robbed the Brewery.
Sunday night myself Officers Morse,
NcAndreWs and Captain Davis went
out to the brewery and laid plans to
capture the whole gang When we
soI there We found all of the gang
was there in boxes with the excep-
uon OF WeSterman. We hid around
Ie brewery for over an hour waiting
iof Westerman to snow up, but he
IdAtd TO come and Davis and
started through the back lot in
me hope of running across him.
JUST as We started we heard a COM
MOTION few rods ahead of us as if
sUne one was running. Several dogs
III ne Vicinity set up a racket, but in
we darkness we could not catch a
sHNoSe of anyone, although we
thought at the time that we had
.,Lpea Westerman. who pas prob
EOF on his way to the brewery. Well,
Il "uNs around for two hours with
wy seeing Westerman. The other
.oeIS OF the gang got tired of
and left, and we knew the
r.r e'IIIs was off for the night. The
r,a morning the robbery of a back
Ne a III the brewery was reported to
bos ana We concluded that Westerman
roo, "au a hand in the job. An ex-
WA eI'I' and friend of Westerman. who
- s "'lng in the south end of town
-. NE TINE, was visited and some of
-tS stolen from the brewery