Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-14
.TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

| SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 1l.-Bindlng
and gagging a night clerk and his as
sistant and carrying them to an unoc-
cupied part of the building a lone hold.
up man robbed the office of the Great
Northern Express Company of the
King Street Station Station early this
morning. securing several sacks of
gold and silver and large amount of
paper money the total amount running
into the tens of thousands.
While A T. White. an assistant
heard n knock At the door Opening
1t be was confronted by masked
man Who had him covered with P,:r
| and ordered Simonson TO open the
safe. Simonson complied with the
robbers demand and opened all the
compartments of the safe where the
money was kept.
| AS soon as this was done the rob.
ber threw Simonson to the floor aud
bound and gagged him and then car
ried him to another part OF the buili.
ing where he covered the prisoner
with an overcoat Returning To he
of White, whom he made prisoner
| disposing of him In the same manner
he used in dealing with Simonson
He then cut all the telephone wires
1 fakin0 nj bA bo
and left the place.
After short time Simonson sue.
ceeded in freeing himself and after
liberating White gave the alarm
The loot Is enormous.
NEW YORK. ~ Y, Oct 1.-THE
| United States Circuit court of appeals
today affirmed the decision of the
lower Federal Court in sentencing C.
w Morse. former banker and steam
ship capitalist. 10 fifteen years in The
| Federal penitentiary at Atlanta Ga
At the office OF Mr. Morse's counsel
today it was stated that the case
would be taken to the United States
| supreme court and an application
for bail been made.
| Meantime Mr. Morse will be sent
to the Tombs Prison or he may be
unless the Circuit court OF Appeals
Of New York grants a stay of exe.u.
ton in the sentence.
Mr.. Morse appeared at the office of
l ha Ir,,i4
the decision was handed down and sur
rendered himself
He remained in the marshal's office
while his counsel, Martin w Little.
ton, asked the Circuit Court of Appeals
for a stay Of execution of the sentence
pending further proceedings
LATER-Morse has not yet been
granted bail.
| NEW YORK. N. Y. Oct l1.-Morse
was taken to the Tombs prison this af
ternoon.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. H.
With two members, Justice Peckham
and Moody. absent on account of i'll.
ness the Supreme court began the
October term today charged with the
duty of deciding some OF the most mo-
mentous cases in It's history. the so
called Roosevelt Policies" In the
scales.
Justice Moody. the junior member
of the court who mounted the bench
from the Roosevelt cabinet, is suffer.
ing from rheumatism at his home in
Hayerhill, Mass, lie cannot according
ly hope 10 resume his judicial duty for
some time.
Judge Peckham has been unable to
return from his summer home In Ala
mont. N Y. ON account of an attack OF
acute indigestion. but is expected back
ishortly.
FRESNO, Calf. Oct ll.-From the
snow capped Sierras of Saturday
President Taft plunged into the
isummer heat of the San joaquin val
ley and arrived here shortly after
p. IN. yesterday with the thermometer
lowering about the nineties.
He was greeted by practically the
entire population of the city and sur
rounding country.
After short automobile trip through
the business section. he addressed q
gathering of many thousands.
The presidents speech in reality
was another Sunday sermon, the thirf
he has preached since his trip began.
DEN YER. Colo. oct. l1--At
o'clock last night some men were
struck by a Burlington train while
seated in a rig which they had stopped
on the tracks of the road at Laramie
Junction TO engage in an argument.
One man was killed and one was ia
tally injured and third was injured
The rig was demolished. The casual
ties are:
Dead, JULIUS NELSON, machinIst
ALBERT JOHNSON, lineman
The latter was removed to st. Luke,
hospital with fractured skull. he can
not live
Il MARTIN CARLSON. was slight.
bruised and cut.