The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-17
,SAYSSTACC
NOT TO Be
ARRESTED!
Askren Drops BombshelI in
Tacoma; Can't Be
Extradited

TACOMA. Dec ff.--Scot z
Henderson. attorney for Betty Brain
tsoi said today no HAD been assured
hAi George T. stage viii surrender
himself to the authorities here next
Monday or Tuesday.
He said Stage had been hiding In
. country from which he could not
have been extraditcd had the police
been clever enough TO detect him II
was inferred from this that Mexico
has been Stagg's place OF conceal
ment
Henderson confirmed tho state
ment given out yesterday that he
and Prosecutor William u. Askrcn
had entered a compromise agreement
for the release OF Miss Brainerd
without trial IN case Stage gives
up. shoulders the blame for kidnap-
Ing his baby son. Bobby. pleads
guilty and accepts io-year sentence.
! THINKS stage WILL
SHOW UP Nf.NT WEEK
Il do not know where, Stage Is"
EAtt4 IttD1Trr0U THIS Httf but
have communicated with his friends
and ~ he comes back and pleads
guilty l have sufficient assurance
from the prosecution that Miss
! E1ineri win not be brought 20 trial.
>"I have assurance from friends OF
AeStagg that he will be herr Monday
!. night or Tuesday. stage has cx.
pressed desire TO help In any way
he can to get Betty out OF this trou.
bic.
II don't know STACY; | have never
known him or where he was Miss
BrainerdN informs me she has not
known where Stagr has been at any
time. but knew OF friends who could
probably reach him stagx was
whore he could not be exfradited--
II Stages part OF the compromise
agreement Is not carried out. Miss
Braincrd win so to trial Tuesday
morning.
AsKREN SAYS stage WILL
NOT BE ARRESTED
-stagg viii not be arrested. There
u no warrant out for him and none
viii bc issued Tho prosecution does.
not want stagg arrested because he
b coming here to give himself up"
This was tho statement today OF
Prosecutor Askrcn. who notified
Chief OF Police Smith that the old
justice court warrant for STACK Is
void since the filing OF a formal In
formation against ssaSg in superior
court
No nov warran. has been issued
- win be issued for Stage. Askren
said.
There b no use 20 work hcvse-
play on the man. said Askrcn- -He
y coming to surrender. It's useless
and foolish 10 arrest him.
This news was like : boushshefi TO
| the police for II had been announced
only a few minutes before Askren
called chief Smith that etasx would
be nabbed on sight and thrown INTO
Jaf1-
STRICKLAND SAYS STAGE
WILL BE ARRESTED
Before Askrcn's latest move Cap
tain OF Detectives Strickland made
the following statement.
IDEAL or no deal. George ssagg
win BE- arrested II he can be found.
/ We have q warrant for that bird II
I or any OF my men see him. we'll
slap him into the can
Since Askrcn's announcement II Ia
understood Chief Smith has notified
Captain Strickland 70 keep hands off
Etagg.
Askren said today he Ia standing
exactly where he was standing ten
days ago.
George stage Is either coming
back to plead guilty or Betty Brain
srd is going to trial." he said. III !
Z eet the principal In the case and
IND him 20 the penitentiary I am
tussified in letting the aocompisec 30.
That is getting results.
II shall be ready 20 try Betty
Brfunerd on Tuesday morning. II
the deai goes thru and stage APP
pears to take his medicine the county
VIII not be pr to the expense Of a
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