The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-01-10

care of the sheriff of Yakima coun-
Ity. On last Thursday when the two
criminals were brought up before
! the court for sentence Judge Rigg
spoke to Anderson in these words:
Young man, when / sentenced you
to the reform school was extremely
| lenient and took into consideration
your youthful age. Now, for the
second time l am disposed to be
lenient and will allow you to be re-
leased, the sentence being suspended
during your good behavior"
Anderson took the judges charge
very much to heart, as was shown by
the fact that he committed no
burglaries in North Yakima but
went to kittitas to renew his life of
criminal acts. Haskins has not
been heard from as yet, but the
sheriff's office will probably be
notified in case he is caught in the
act of committing some crime within
the next few weeks.
The crime for which Anderson
was convicted was of entering the
room of a negro named Plassie who
was at that time head cook at the
Mexicano restaurant. Plassie
woke up in the middle of the night
and found Anderson in his room
and caught him in the act of talk
ing SIS from his trousers, which were
on chair beside his bed Plassie
sprung out of bed and seized the
young negro and held him till the
officers were summoned.
There was another case of the
same kind that occurred not long
ago and which has never been
printed as yet, but which, in view of
the Anderson case, will make doubly
interesting reading. On last
Fourth of July a young man named
Harvey Brice stole a valuable horse
and saddle from an Indian in Tam
pico and was arrested in this city by
Sheriff Grant about three weeks
after near the Schanno ditch, south
of town, but not till after the young
criminal had made desperate at
tempt to escape, making gun play
in the attempt to frighten the Off
Ger. This did no good, however,
and he was placed under arrest
and taken to the county Jail, where
he remained till the next term of
court, when he was found guilty of
horsestealing by a jury, but when
brought up for sentence was re-
recognizance and sentence was sus-
pended during his good behavior.
He claimed to be only is years of
age.
Brce also had learned not to play
with fire in Yakima county, but pro-
ceeded to Ritzville, in Adams coun-
ty, where he stole three horses and
was arrested for that crime He
was convicted and sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary by the
judge of the superior court in that
district. and as he was being taken
from the courtroom to his cell after
the sentence had been passed, he
suddenly drew from his pocket
handful of black pepper and threw it
into the eyes of the officer who was
accompanying him. AT the same
time he made a break for freedom,
but the officer managed to get
enough of the binding dust out of
his eyes with one hand, to see, while
he drew his pistol with the other.
One shot, which caused flesh
wound in Bruce's thigh, was enough
to bring him to halt and he is now
in Walla Walla, where he will
probably be safe for the next ten
years.
When a Herald reporter called the
attention of the sheriff's office to
the capture of Anderson in Ellens-
burg, they were Immediately much
interested, and, putting the tele-
! phone into immediate play. made II