The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-06
THEY TRAP MILLER.

and took out couple OF keys had
THEY TRAP MILLER.
"The next day, when Capt Tenant was talking TO me
he asked me who fellow with when was ar
rested told him he my uncle The captain then asked
me what my unees and was up against H. DC
cause / didn't know what Miller wrote in the BOOK
stalled could was clean when they got me 10
the station and they turned me loose.
miller had told me that if pinehed to watch
out as they would have some fellow trailing me lie told
me to Jump on moving and ditch the fellow that
was following That's what did when they turned me
loose
II got away from the cop that was following and went
on Terry av. The room was almost empty
Everything gone.
Il getting ready to take bath when heard a
whistle outside and it Miller He made sure that no
me- then in and asked me what
the police did to me-
HE sWEARs REVENGE ON TENANT.
II told him that Tenant caught on the name and
he began to curse Tenant what he would do TO
him He did not Tenant and had me describe him
thoroughly what he The next day we went down to
the library and looked up Tenants address IN the city
Miller saying he going out TO Ten
nant house and look place if he could
him He back and said that there some trees in
the front yard that would make get him. and some
bushes in the back yard He thought fine place to
kill fellow He Tenant, and told me hall a
dozen times Tenant arrested OF laid hand Oh
me he'd kill him like dog"
THE PLOT AGAINST MANSFIELD.
The boy told how Miller and Williams followed Herbert
Mansfield aged rich and powerfully built elarvoyan OF
Spokane around the south end OF Seattle for several hours
night. waiting for him get into dark place where
they could kill him. The Mansfield incident began in Spo
kane before Williams knew Miller Miller, Smith and Rose
then working together.
Miller told the story Of the affair Williams. and
the Spokane police confirm the Williams account in de-
tail Smith Rose and Miller into Mansed's Of
flee in the Golden Gate block ostensibly have their
fortunes told. They had it planned that Miller to
down in front of Mansfield and let Mansfield take his
hand. Then Smith grab Mansfield around the
neck Miller would strike him the stomach and lay
him Mansfield supposed to have about $4,000
sewed up in his underwear
MANSFIELD ESCAPES MURDERERs
Smith and Miller through the program but Mans
field put up unexpected fight and Miller forced back
against glass partition which broke and aroused the other
people the block Miller got away. but Smith
ed This much Miller told Williams The records of the
Spokane police show that they unable convict Smith
of anything than assault and he fined Sioo
SEES NEAR-vrcrIM IN SEATTLE
we walking down in the south end night here
In Seattle" said Williams. when suddenly Miller jumped
into the and made the other side ! didn't
know what the followed him. He told me
lIf guy he'd boiler loud enough dead
HES the fellow Big Charley and tried get Spokane
land made a bad job OF it,
| Miller told about how much money this old
fellow had him. and he made up his mind get it We
followed him all that night but he would
go any place where enough for us to get him.
/ PRACTICED "STRONG-ARM" GAME
Miller had showed me how to work the strong-arm
business. He worked it and showed how easy
it choke fellow he could make any noise
We used to practice in the The scheme when
Miller got his around the fellows neck / hit
him in the stomach hard could. That would
knock the wind out Of him. Miller would drop then
and would light into him with feet We figured
could put this old fellow and take his clothes off
of him in no time but he gave the chance
miller always planning something but we
didn't get around to many of them. We were out
robbng houses every night and didn't always have
the time He had great plan to rob FiDcks Jew
ery store Second av. last Fourth of July. About
the first of July he went out somewhere and came
back with a suit full of dynamite. He took
couple Of sticks stripped the paper from them and
dissolved them in alcohol. Then he planned for me
to get lot of big firecrackers. He was to get in
side the jewery store and to stay out in front
He would give me signal when he was ready and
was to touch off the firecrackers and keep them
going until he came out. He figured that no one
would hear the noise. Something happened how
ever, and we gave that job up.
after he had dissolved some of the dynamite
he gave the rest to ard told me to hide it some