The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-02-23

Three bandits who have
scread terror through Western
Washington In the past ~
hours. holding UP two trains.
numbering three passengers on
the first train, robbing tho
rssseroers on the second OF
several hundred dollars. and
makina q clean getaway, are
thought to-day 20 be hiding In
Seattle.
police and deputy sheriffs In the
noxsss looking for the men are
working on the theory that the
two crimes we're committed by the
same men.
Escaping In a motorboat after
the murder OF the three passengers
on the Great Northern train. near
Bellingham. Friday night, the
bandits took refuge somewhere
south OF Seattle. Il ID believed. i.
With a daring not witnessed
since the days OF Harry Tracy,
they stopped a Tacoma-Seattle In.
tsrsIrban train Saturday night al
South Side station. six miles IRON
Seattle. and. with guns drawn on
nearly 100 passengers. secured
about $500.
Thirty thousand dollars reward.
dead CT alive. offered by the Great
Northern officials for the bandits,
has failed thus far to get results
Several posses In automobiles.
san, cat by the King county and
skaxss county sherlffs. raced about
she country Saturday night ana
SUNDAY. Three nispects are held
in the King county jail. but have
been declared not 10 be the oandi,s
hy the passengers called to idenu'y
ikerr. ..a
w~lf aecuaiufed with Seattle and
tho surrounding county and there.
fore mas be- hiding In the city untii
they can make their escape.
c.F. Carleton. Of 1888 lin
Az. S. W.. reported today that
three men answering the de-
scriptIon Of the robbers. rooe
into town yesterday sstsrnoon
At . o'clock on . South PARK
car. One got off AZ Jackson ~
and the other two at fes'sr
way.
Sound, they figured. after the sel'
bingham Job. up the West water
wav ana 10 the Duwamish river to
south Side station undetectea-
SHOOTING HAS ITS
EFFECT ON PASSENGERS
The bloody work st 6ell'n9hsm
had It's auiesing effect SATURDAY
nlols on the tnserurban passengers
No one tried 20 resist. although
many Of the victims say they hsd
several chances 10 take shot at
the robbers.
The work OF the Seattle bandits
il branded as the crude method OF
amateurs.
50 vas the lob OF the Bellingham
bandits
In both robberies the hold-up men
were nervous
That third bandit operated with
the men at BeIllngham Is now be-
leyed. The two men responsible
for the killing worked with an as
suFance that proves additional help
was outside OF the car. say many
Of the victims
4 don't know" said Deputy John
Roberts. veteran hunter OF men In
the Northwest and Alaska. 1T
doesn't look reasonable 20 me that
the men who shot on the least re-
sistanee would be so blamed nery.
Gus on the Interurban. Still. you
can never tell what the hounds will
do"
LOOKS LIKE TRACY
DAYS. SAYS cUplHEE
Whatever the facts may be. II
would sure be daring trick 10
turn. said Deputy John Cudihee. a
"side-kick' OF Roberts on many a
Northern man hunt. IF the dogs
really did do the two OF them, they
ought TO swing for 1t. lt'ud look
kinda like the Tracy days, eh
john"
Running down a tangled maze oi
clues and conflicting reports. two
automobile posses. In command OF
Under Sheriff Ted" Mccormick
and Deputy Roberts, late yesterday
afternoon captured the three sus.
poets.
The arrest Of the men came aft
er the first tangible clue OF the
chase was picked up at Renton
junction from J. r. Hamilton, sta.
tion agent.
He told the officers a railway
towerman at Black River junction
had kicked three men cut OF his
office Saturday night who resen
bled the bandits
FIND THREE MEN
CAMPED UNDER BRIDGE
The posses hurried on into Kent
where Information was received
that three suspicious looking men
were camped under a bridge.
The deputies surprised the men
as they sat crouched around a fire
They Jumped up quickly but OF
Tered no resistance. They were
not armed.
Two Of the men wore high
crowned cowboy hats. as did the
robbers. Their clothing and gen
era appearance. tailed somewhat
with the description Of the two
robbers who operated on the gmok
lag car Saturday night.
The younger Of the trio resem