The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-07-06
After Pursuing Clever Criminal
for Five Years N. P. Special
Agent Makes Capture.
SPENDS $4,000 TRACING
MAN IN ALL EUROPE
Former Employe of Railway Com.
rany Accused of Many Crimes,
Returns Near Scene of First
Swindle.

Special Agent Williams in charge OF
the Pasco- Ellensburg division Of the
N"rtherr Pacific Railway COMPANY
tells of the relentless pursuit in Which
after years search in Eurooe and
the United States, COSTING the North
err Expire IS company more than
S'rc0, there was arrested Il. Seauio,
Wash, on Monday, June q. one Of
| the cleVerei- sWindlers known in The
west His malcfactions are sljd to be
fparN but II crime which lei t. the
rLthless. pursuit. at such biz expense
WAS the theft of $2750 worth Of
mo1ey orders from the express c m.
iany This capture adds another
CIPHER to the record of relations be.
tween the Northern Expire IS comnany
enc criminals. none of whom gui!lA
OF defrauding ii so far have escaped
punishment. 1t also puts another
feather in the cap of w. J. McFet-
ri>'ec, chief special agent of the
Nlthern Pacific who has never lost
in the hold ups, robberies and dyna-
mite cases which have occurred on
the system.
Was Crcc Politician
Thaddens Edwin York, the man
hcld at Seattle tail, lived several wears
ago at India larolis, Ind. He was quite
prominent in politics there. He mad
the experience and education t. lie
leader in sue. a shreWd &lme Born
IN London, England, about thirty
seven years ago, he came to this
country when quite young. Then he
is said to have graduated from an In
diana college. But whateve. his early
training and advantages he .emon-
strated great ability. He said that he
went to the Philippines and was with
the native forces there for a time.
The loss of foot was due 10 wound
which he had sustained While fighting
with the Boer forces against the
English in South Africa.
Mothers Address Gives Clue,
That he travelled extensively and
was something of an adventurer is
demonstrated by the personal record
which he filed at the employment Of
flee of the Northern Pacific in St.
Paul. when he sought a position as
telegraph operator on May 10, 1905.
He gave his mothers address as Mrs.
E. d. York 1882 Union street In
dianapolls, Ind. 1t was from this
knowledge, filed away in the office
that Mr. McFetridge was able to get
track of York. 1t was found that
York's mother had moved from In
dianapolis to San Francisco. A woman
detective was put in the same hotei
as the mother, who not knowing that
her son had committed any misdeeds
readily gave the desired information
1t was found that York had bought
fruit ranch near Lake Chelan. Wash
She said that her son was going to
meet her at Seattle last month.
Chief Special Agent McFetlidge got
ready to capture the quarry which
had evaded him so long. He sent one
of his men, j. $. Hindman, special
agent at Spokane, to get the fugitive.
With him was Northern Pacific en-
ploye who had worked with York and
could identify him. When YORK Went
to the dock to meet the boat which
was bringing his mother from San
Francisco, the agent arrested York on
warrant charging him with bur
glarlzinS the depot at Oakesdale.
Wash
Used Many Names.
YORK went into the service of the
Northern Pacific as operator at oak
esdale in November. 1908. The name
he gave then was N. NJ. Sutherland,
although he had worked under the
name of York previously for about
year On the Rocky Mountain division.
That York and Sutherland were the
same was easily discovered by Chief
Special Agent McFetridge when he
came to compare the signatures of
the two kept on record.
Depot Is Burglarized.
or May 8, 1909. the depot at Oak
csdale was burglarized. Fifty-seven
lnhneu orders and SEQ in nash 1.ara