The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-12-15
WAS IT A HOLD-UP OR A
RUTABAGA PARTY ROW!
Tool Bag Taken from AutO-0vercOat
Swiped-StOre Door Left Open and
Mans face Badly Bruised

Tuesday morning last there was an
awful story afloat about bold hold-up
and the loss of money and jewelry.
Also store door was found open and
some men had visions about the hold
up men trying to break into the Mutual
Mercantile Co.'S. store, Carlquist's jew
elry store and the bank. The lynx-eyed
reporter for the Bingtown Howler never
had juiceier morsel to found story on
than was thrust on this purveyor Of news
last Tuesday morning. Somehow, the
more the reporter probed the less he
was certain about anything. The first
thing he learned was that early Monday
evening there was a hard cider party,
or words to that effect, somewhere near
about. There is also reason to suspect
that lady, perhaps ladies, are in some
way mixed up in Rutabaga party held
somewhere, sometime, Monday night.
The story that shocked everybody
Tuesday morning was to the effect that
Mr.. E. K. Berry, employed in the
Rutherford Mercantile store, was held
up about one o'clock Monday night
by three bold foot-pads with guns in
their hands, and relieved OF S32, $50,
s16 or 50 and diamond pin, and that
during the process OF the hold-up Mr..
Berry was badly beaten up by the thugs
who relieved him OF his money. There
was quite pool of blood on the side
walk near the Leavenworth Mercantile
Co.'s store and traces Of blood leading
to the Oxford Hotel The proprietor
of the Oxford hotel says three men
brought Mr.. Berry to his house shortly
after IL o'clock and took him to
room and put him to bed, and then
sent for a doctor, saying come and take
care of man who is badly hurt. This
story is corroberated By Lester Shipley,
night call boy at the depot, who says
ne saw three men. Mr.. Berry between
them, trying to hold him up, on
the sidewalk in front OF the Oxford
Hotel, about IL o'clock. It seems
DR.. Judah answered the call and at
tended Berry, dressing his wounds,
which were slight. After putting Berry
to bed they telephoned for Dr.. Judah.
Before the doctor arrived, however, two
OF the three men J. F. Clark and H.
Crossman took their departure, leaving
Tom Malice or Frank Thompson with
Berry. To the proprietor of the Oxford,
the men said Berry had fallen on the
icy sidewalk and bruised and skinned
his face. After dressing Berry's face
the Doctor returned to Front street
where he had left his car. About
this time A. c. Barclay, proprietor OF
the hotel came on the scene and
learned he was out an overcoat. Also
Berry missed bis diamond stick pin.
The trains were watched for the three
hold up men by officer Teshera who
decided they were still in Leavenworth
the following morning. He soon located
his men and arrested Malice or Thomp-
son as the man who had gotten off with
the overcoat and money. Being pressed
he confessed to taking the overcoat
and said he expressed it to his sister in
Spokane. The diamond stick pin was
also found in his possession. He was
placed in Jail and on Thursday Magist-
rate Graham imposed fine OF 500 for
taking the overcoat and bound him
oyer to the superior court on the charge
of larceny from the person. Deputy
Sheriff Huff was here and at once took
him to Wenatchee. Deputy Prosecut-
ing Attorney Pearson came here in COM
pany with Huff to represent the state.
Clark and Crossman who were with
Berry when he was taken to the Oxford,
have not been charged with any wrong
doing.
When seen at his post OF duty
Mr.. Berry wore that inscrutible smile
which never comes of, and said
in answer to an intenogatory by the re-
porter, Don't mention it. never lost
anything more!substanial than my tenn
per and judgment. His face, tho,
showed slight evidence Of having come
in contact with something more sub
stantial than the caress Of jularchus.