The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-11

~ before 3 o'clock this morning
He viii be taken 10 the skagit cOun.
~ fail. al Mount Vernon. this aft
ernoon by Sherlftelect G. W Ste.
venson, who arrived here this morn
lax
Farmer Recognizes Man.
The capture Of the hunted man
Was directly due 10 J d Johnson.
farmer. who lives on the shores
81 Bitter lake. johnson met the
kidnnpper on the county road sew.
eral miles north Of Bitter lake yes.
tcrday morning. and Immediately
recognized him from a description
which appeared IN The star last
Thursday.
Late last night johnson com
munlcated with Deputy Sheriff J.
W. Wheeler. who called on Deputy
Shofiffs Steve Meek and joe Hili
Piling into an automobile. the little
posse was whirled towards Bitter
lake. arriving there few minutes
past l O'Clock Their purpose was
10 find Johnson'a home TO learn
further details Of HE meeting with
the kiduapper While roaming
along the shores of Bitter lake the
deputy sherlffs reached the cabin
Of David Foy. a farmer
Woman Reveals Presence.
I'VE Knocked on the door. said
Deputy sheriff Wheeler this morn
ing. "and a badly frightened woman,
Mrs Foy. appeared At the door hold.
ing a lighted lamp ! asked her II
she could tell US where johnson
lived, She directed US. but be
fore We left she wanted 10 know
what We were doing out 80 early
Ia The morning We told her we
were after Hczemer. Mrs Foy be.
gan 10 tremble and grew much en-.
cited
Why. he's upstairs asleep right
now. chartered the trembling wom.
an III lead you % his room. Oh.
do hope there will be no trouble
with drawn guns we entered the
room while Mira Foy held the lamp.
Hexemer was sound asleep. Meek
walked over 90 the bed and shook
the sleeping kidnapper Bezemer
opened his eyes slowly. but when he
saw the three u as he sat straight
up IN bed he was terribly excited
Hill slipped the handouts GA him.
What have doner stammered
Bezcmer Have / killed a mani
Was In Shooting Fray.
1--WE wanted 20 know Why he ask.
ed such n question. and be told us
he Was mixed up IN shooting
scrape near Marysvllle two weeks
ago. when the posse was close en-
his heels Bezemer would not ad.
NIT that he fired a shot He grew
calmer when he learned that Dep.
uty Sheriff r X Durham. who was
shot az Marysyille by one Of Sheriff
harmnn's posse. was not Killed. We
asked him why he Kidnapped Eng.
lish. hu, he absolutely refused 70
tell us a thing about the affair We
removed the handouts 20 allow him
20 dress We searched his clothes
and room for weapons, but none
were found think he cached
them a short distance from Fovs
home. because he did not want 20
brighten Mrs Foy who Is a friend
Of nozemor's family
Tells Of Flight.
ION our way into Seattle. Beze-
mer talked freely of his successful
attempts 10 ciude the Skagit coun.
ty officers he told us be worked
In several logging camps between
MaryEville and Mukiltec. and
laughed heartily when told that
posse was thrashlns about IN the
woods near Marysviile. believing
him 20 be- hidden there.
Bezomor's flight from Mount Yer.
non 20 bitter lake gives him the
reputation OF travelling over more
ground with more men az his heels
than any other fugitive since the
spectacular dash 81 Harry Tracy.
the outlaw who left a trail OF death
Ia his path IN 1900
Aided hy friends, who placed cv.
cry obstacle In the path az pursuers
Bozemer backtracked and made
short jumps with such hewildoring
frequency that the Skagii county
officers were batflod time and time
again II was not until Harry Me
Dcrmotts hloudhounds. sam and
Brady, were used that anything like
systematic pursuit was employed.
But oven the hounds were hafflcd.
because the Nduapper was hustled
from place 20 place In huggies and
ln logging trains The fact that he
put rs miles, the distance across
snohomlsh county, between HIS pur
iuers and himself was entirely due
10 the efforts of friends Despite
he publicity given "a his move
nents. Hozemer made his way into
Everett three days ago. and worked
IN a logging camp two miles below
he City OF SmokestaclSs for one
lay.
As published IN The Star several
bays AFRO. Bczomer was headed for
sGattlS' II was his purpose 20 so