The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-08-11
A ROLD HOLD UP.
.,..,symsn Plies His Trade Near
a..,,lle. and Falls Into Clutches
OF The Law.

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,Aout eleven o'clock Saturday morn
:. y Section Foreman Castritis and
~ y. 4 his gang of Greek section men
~. ~ Il work along the Great North
.r rsAroad a short distance beyond
M S..nf Hull station, and only two or
's,ie miles in an air line from Oro-
.u,s .,.man with a handkerchief over
i. koe and armed with a revolver
,addaly dropped into the railroad cut
"A adhered them to hand out their
...s, - One OF the men hesitated and
,.nrred. but shot at his feet cre-
Ia audden change of heart, and he
h,sIlv contributed to the general pot.
~ tolal cash netted the robber some
~ He was perfectly cool, taking his
m. IN dispoiling his victims, and
,n.r they had turned in the full en-
nst d their cash possessions the high
v,ynun walked off over the hill.
word Of the hold up was immedt-
,,sly brought to town by the section
ma, Who at first declared that three
usi we're implicated in the robbery.
hnf developments proved this to
Mva hem freak of the imagination,
mat multiplying the lone robber
,brse fold. Fortunately Deputy Sheriff
CHR Ward was in town when word
m received of the hold up. having
eone from OkanOgan for the purpose
q iollowing tips received at the sher-
III o(Ice as to the whereabouts of the
Dr1eeville robber. Securing the SER
yiees Of Marshal E. J. Wilson and K.
Hose he started at once in an
rp for the scene of the crime. The
rsetD Of the robber was picked up at
ucsI n be travelled in the road, MAX
iHfo effort to all appearance to
eude arrest, and the tracks were fol-
lovsd until they turned into the prem
~ II R. H. Edgerton, who lives only
/ ~ distance east of the place
vhas-ths robbery was committed.
Deputy Ward left Wilson and Hoose
sthasar With instructions to head off
- viking to the brush and bold
\ uttered the house. Here he found
hed Huss present with the Edgerton
family, and pushing his gun into Huss'
ribs ordered him to throw up his
hands. Huss complied promptly. Upon
searching his prisoner the officer fail
ed to ind either money or weapon.
After handcuffing Huss, Ward contin-
ued the search and discovered a revol-
YER and all the money taken from the
section hands under the mattress at
the head Of bed in an adjoining
ro0m
Mr. EdgertOn stated that Huss came
10 the house and asked for a drink Of
water. The family were just sitting
down to dinner. They knew Huss. as
be had worked in that vicinity with a
section crew, and invited him to TAX,
dinner with them. They had just finish
ed the meal as the auto stopped in
lront OF the house. Huss then stepped
INTO the adjoining room and asked Mr..
EAgerton to say that no one had been
10 the house, but Mr.. Edgerton refus-
e. It was while in the room that Huss
secreted the pistol and money.
10 his search about Oroville for
cues for the Bridesville robbery Sat-
urday morning, suspicion at the time
pointing to Huss. Deputy Ward had
located a new suit case belonging to
auss. When the party returned to Oro-
vile late Saturday afternoon Ward
suggested to Huss that they get the
suit case. He denied owning such an
afucle, but after it was secured ack-
aowIedged 1t to be his property.
Inc revolver that Huss had hidden
u tne Edgerton home was one that
'ad been taken during the Bridesville
lo'el robbery, committed the week be-
ore, and in the suit case we're the
aotnes worn by Huss at the time he
ommitted that robbery.
saturday evening w. II. Dockstader
! midway, and j. Simpson, of Green
'ood, provincial officers, arrived n
'roVille on the trail of the Bridesville
oooer, they having received a tip that
y was in Oroville. By that time Dep
~ ward had taken his prisoner to
'Aanogan. The British Columbia Off
cry proceeded to Okanogan and the
''soner was turned over to them to
@ken to Greenwood and tried for
ae crime committed at Bridesville.
ne provincial officers accompanied
y deputy Ward and Huss passed
trough OrOville Sunday on the way
Greenwood.
mere were good and sufficient reas-
~ ior surrendering Huss to the
''tlsn Columbia officers. Huss has
.en out OF the state reformatory only
'ou' year, and probably he would
a,e oeen returned to that institution
~ ne been tried in this county. On
ie otner side of the line the law is
" 80 ienient. Huss will receive long
',. ''m IN the peitentiary if he is found
u'.'y' and the proofs are so strong
"a. ne cannot escape conviction.
s'eu Huss is about the last man In
10 upper country one would pick out
. bold highwayman. He Is a short