The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-22
CRACKSMEN
AT EVERETT
flee here
Stop to Stage Holdup al
Silver Lake; Pursued by
Police Thru Streets

crett last ntEht Two dcrpotAA"
bandits. with their faces elsckened.
made a dash for seattle In a stolen
auto. stopped long enough at silver
Lake 70 rob pedestrian. bufrs thru
a Gordon OF police thrown cut 20
guard all htghwa,A. sped into The
city hotiy pursued. Abandoned their
car In tho rear OF a house at 9. lat
terry St. and disappeared
T,oloe and Detectives wcrv SIN
conducting a search for tho cracks
men thru The ioJging house district
In that locality at a bate hour this
,aftrrnocn- Du. 60 the fnce that they
had their faces blackened. tho fugi'
htvos are believed 90 b. tho Eamc
lsunen who held up an Everett hank
s.recentiy. eonceafing their features be-
hind smears OF iainpblaek-
CRACK TWO SAFES;
HEAD FOR SEATTLE
one OF the two suafca blown IN Fv-
hrrett yielded $40. and tho Other $40
1.-The cracksmcn jumped into
tStustebaker auto. hcsrnse No ss1..
land drove nadly out OF tho town.
headed towards seattle
Seattle poiice were notified IN be
ON ts.e alert. and motorcycles men and
foot ipatrolmcn were sent hurriedly
, out from headquarters 20 guard al
roads leading Into the city.
Mca nwhtie. at J a m a report
rvachad here that auto bandits had
held up and robbed a silver Lake
cftizcn. then had driven on ~ high
ratio Of speed
Patro,man r. c. Watson spotted
two men believed to have been tho
bandits. In an auto IN tho University
district later In tho morning lie
gave chase. hnt they had too great
a start. and xot away.
Later, Patrolman GoorEr r. Rey-
noids. In his auto. noticed two men.
with carkencd faccss who answered
the description OF the robbers.
driving aspng westlaks ave. In a
large car. He gave chase. but their
powerful auto outdIstanoed his. and
with the start thsy had. they escaped
for the serond time
Tho bandits auto was found aban
.aoned back OF the Battery NJ ad-
dress by tvo men who reported n
no police at <:s0 a m
10 TAKEN IN DRIVE
ON UNDESIRABl.ES
Tho polics drive against undesfr'
ables ran TO 70 men and women IN
Jan between D. m Saturday and :
q m Monday.
DRINKS numbering - cornprfsed
xhs majority Of the arrestx
On charges Of being dlsorsierfy ~
Vcre jailed and % accused Of dis-
orderly conduct
TWO men were charged with being
drunk and dlxordcrly and two with
driving autos while drunk.
An were To appear IN poIics court
Monday.
Tho standard on rss station Al
Stone way and N 4sth st. was held
UP ut p. m. Sunday. by . bandi,
who escaped afoot after taking 81.
His description checks in a general
way with that OF tho man who has
robbed numerous Other gas stations
during tho last few months.
Caesar Icapdx. OF tho r. NJ C. A.
was held up on y. ssth st. bctwesn
Brooklyn ave. and itth ave- ~. r.. Al
midnight. by a lone robbcr who car
ried a black gun. The robber rified
Icandz's pockets and took Si2so-
Police believe that this robber may
b. the station bandit
Held up at $40 n. m Sunday nj
Third ave. and Virginia St. by a
lone hsghxayman. who wore n Ions
black overcoat and cap. Ralph IL.
sewan. zsf4 Third ave. was robbed
Of $40. Three motorcycle men were
unable 10 find trace Of the.4obber.
WOMEN-s SCREAMS
ROUT HIGHWAYMAN
Frightened By the screams Of the
two. a highwayrnan abandoned his
attempt to hold up Edward J.. Mary
and Flora Bestow In front of their
home at 1896 Duwaniish ave. at Tao
D. m Saturday. The two girls pune
tured the air with shriil screams
when they saw the CLINT Of the rob
bcr's revolver.
Police got an mixing Of the meth
DDS used by some OF the thieves 20
active here lately. when Patrolman
w. J. Richmire saw an auto truck
standing In the rear OF a plumbing
shop at 1917 Third ave. early Sun
day. The thieves had broken tbs
window. When they saw Richmire
they fed. Richmire believes tbs
burglars intended to. loot the shot
and carry away the stolen goods In
the truck
After ransactring IN. house Of Mrs
II Sears. sf1s keystone pl. early
Sunday, burglars left without steal
ing anything.
Watch and gold chain wers takcr
from the pocket Of w. r. Thompson
seaman on the u. q. s.. Missouia. ir
n downtown cafe Saturday night.
HEARS NOISE. SEES
BURGLAR ESCAPE
Strange noises downstairs led I
W. Miller. 20 w. Garfield St. to In
vestigate Saturday night As he de
seconded the stairs burglar ran oui
Of the house. Police were unable q
locate the frightened thief.
-Four rings and s. were stoler
from Mrs. John Kit, 4425 35th ave
g., according to her report 10 police
Revolver, watch and n wallet con
tanning s. were stolen from the room
OF w. J. Murray. Y. NJ. G. A. 4
room prowier also robbed Fraacisc,
Meris. Welcome Annex hotel. sf3H
jackson st. Two suits. suitcase. SIG
three bankbooks. a leather coat an,
a gold chain were stolen from
Meris.
Watch and chain and 1880 n
change were taken from the hous.
OF Charles Hyett, s515 woodlawr
ave. A few blocks away. at 540i
Woodlawn ave, a thief entered will
a passkey and stole n gold ring will
a tourrnaline setting. A. c. Camp
bell waa the victim IN fhlg cane