The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 28, 1907, Page 1

es. ses ervrv™s EN LAST EDITION] The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News William F. Walker, Absconding Treasurer of the New Britain, Conn., Savings Bank, Who Disappeared With $375,000 of the Bank’s Money After Having Been Victimized by Wire Tappers, Is Now in Se- attle, or Somewhere in the Immediate Vicinity. PTwRURERO ROS ORS ORLA ROS 22.5.5. 5. 5.5.5.8. 3 | BODY WORTH $1,000, The glittering reward of $5,000 for the capture of William F. Walker, of New Britain, Conn, seems to be almost within the grasp of the man hunters whe have tracked him across the American continent. Walker stole $375,000 from the New Brit- sin Savings bank, Hie dead body alone is worth $1,000, The fugitive is believed to be hiding here, ' RRR A ARE * * * * * * * . a * * *. 7 « * * . os * * * * * * Walker's downfall le the result playing the races, by meana of the old swindling game of entering & fake ring designed for the purpose of tap wires, thereby gaining the names of winning horses before the result is announced on the boards, Walker was victimised by & gang of swindlers, but once Into} the ame he War made to believe Tratied across the continent, with & reward of $5,000 for his capture Alive, or $1,008 for his dead body, if | Hentified, Wilitam F. Walker, former | Savings Bank of fugitive | Jement of $376,000 from that institution, has een traced to Seattle, where he i# Bow in hiding from the Pinkerton Getectiver and the city police, It has developed that Walker was the victim of the most colossal and @adorate wire tapping swindle ever Known in the east. The $375,000 t by “the model of the Connectiout city ts al- Jeged to have been placed by him in two bets on a mythical horse race tn Which he was interested by the pers who brought under their eontrol Sensational Man Hunt. Since Feb, 7 the greatest man hunters tn the country have been Seeking the fugitive and thelr ef- forts, as well as the efforts of the police, have been stimulated by the great reward, dead or alive, offered fer Walker's capture. Information was received here by Phittip K. Ahern, local superintend- ent of the Pinkerton bureau, to the effect that the man was last seen in the Portland hotel, Portland, Ore, where he wae a guest for several days, finally escaping by a narrow | margin when his identity was de- tected Word was then sent from Port- Jand to the effect that Watker had | deft for this city, and although he | @ecaped the local officials upon his @rrival here. there is no doubt that} he ie still in the city. Now Hiding in Seattle, ‘The supposition ts that he ts In hiding. or possibly stopping at one | inais in operating @ swindling pr dation. The victim proved easy pr after josing a comfortable of his own, he sought the company's ole seourt 000, after vaulta, from which he tes to the amount of $8 which he escaped ew York, the fugitive te the ba offictale under an ansumed name, his letter declaring that a man named William Walker had been killed by a street car in that city, and enclosing fragments of letter alleged to have been moved from the dead man's clothing. The ruse was successful, but only for a short time, and once again the man was forced to flee, hounded at every turn by the vigilant man- hunters employed by private inter- ents and aided by the police of every large city of the United States and Canada. y Family in Disgrace. Prior to the fleecing’ of Walker, and hie subsequent de ation, the | case of John F. Peltx, who was vie- timized by she wire-tapping scheme, was the greatest robbery of this na- | ture on record, Felix having been swindled to the amount of $50,000. Whiker ts a married man, 61 years of age and fm his mad Might from pursuing justice was compelled to @esert his family, leaving them to face degradation and shame in the ity where he war once a respected Reaching af the fashionable hotels under an | citinen, Resumed name and disguise, it be- James E. Dye, assistant supertn- fag understood that the man has|tendent of Pinkerton's detective shaved off his beard, making it very | agency, went to Victoria, B. C.. yea- Derd to identify him. terday to apprehend Walker, in the Circulars are out describing the | vent the fugitive succeeded in man. and the entire city detective | reaching that city. force is working together with tne| Pinkertons in an effort to rum the | Another Rumer, eriminal to earth, Evidently the} PORTLAND, Gre, Feb, 28.—wi- Man intends to sail to the Ortent, | iam Wal the missing bank cash- and the waterfront i closely guard-)ler from New Britain, Conn., is re- 4, making hiy excape atmost tm-| ported as located at Ontario, Ore. poeribie should this prove to be his|and Pinkerton men have gone there Gesian. to arrest him. FIVEPERSONS SHOT DOWN BY ONE MAN, nihcanihateni haan 2 Telegraph Service.) BLOOMINGTON, U1, Feb. 26 @iepatch received here this afternoon | nedy and wite aj ene Miss © & D. Fiseman and wife man. Baldwin wan immediately arrest ed and, fearing lynching by the in furiated citizens, Sheriff Thompson urriedly lett, en route to this city in an automobile with his prisoner Baldwin was indicted for criminal | assault upon Mise Biseman and was and inetantiy killed Charles Ken- | out on bail, = 2 from Colfax, 4 small town near thie city, says tha Thomas with unerring aim, took five shots Baldwin, himself equally guilty with the crtm~|Wirgs Are Tapped. | THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORBOART Pale Tonight and Sosers coywten! Bouth Gale. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, T | FUGITIVE IN BIG CONTINENTAL lil - MAN-HUNT TRACKED TO THIS CITY BY PINKERTON’S SLEUTHS W. F. Walker and Fake Tele Room Where the Crooks) ‘Explained to Walker How the CALLS CALLS HUSBAND Jobn F. Felix, Wealthy importer, Whe Lost $50,000 to the “Wire” ANARCHIST a eee ee * * rch | @ SHIP SUBSIDY VOTE. # late doetrin lauding wnkin * * ation of President MeKiniey e# a8) @ (Scripps Telegraph Service) * .ct of patriotiam, eruetty consisting |@ ~~ WASHIN re | of threats to kill her, the use of pro~ \@ A test vote in the house this # fane language and keep!ng * loaded) @ afternoon showed 127 to Lit ® revolver around the > © the lw against the ship Subsidy bill. # reaaene aasigned by M Biles |@ The vote was taken on an ® Neidenprun for seeking a divoree |» amendment * from her husband, Cart Neidenpron. | @ * | The ease ts on trial b Yakey. The couple were mai and lived in Snohomish plaintife i9 @ handso Korean tin rice looking woman of » * 1904, K. Naka a Japanese, suspected The | of being a sneak thief, was arrest pos. jed this moraing by Detegtiver Ryrnes and Phillip. fed | this CITY TO SPEND 12 MILLIONS IN 19 SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM mPROV’ VENTS $561,080; water mains, $485,520; WILL COST THAT A» NT— lights, $240,000; north trank sewer ESTIMATE SHOWS WHERE |aysiom, $2,225,000; water system, Grading, 031008 $9,146,444; , paving, 408,000; planking, $71,000; sewers, STREET, MONEY WILL GO, Cedar river No. 2, $2,430,000; grand total, $11,667,334 Chief Clerk Paddock. tn the ety Ph goal items included tn the engineer's office, has plet Cedar river pipe line No. & $i od a preliminary estimate of the | 660,000; Jackson and Dearbor municipal improvemests to be bo ged $640,000; reservoirs, } * 600; Third ay. et al, regrade, made during the year 1907, finding | 545° Olive ot et al. regrade, .960,-| & grand total of $11,667,244 000; Pine st. et al rade, $136 ‘This is work already started, in | 000; Fourth ay. et al, regrade, preparation or ordered 000; Tenth av. N., paving, $144,000 ; Grading work comes first in the | 160i av. N., paving, $223,700; Bolle list, amounting to ov 92,900,000, | vue av. et al. paving, $171,300; Fed. with paving a very cle ond. eral av. et al, paving, $108,000; ows | Queen Anne av, paving, $463,600. FLOATING VOTERS ARE NOW DOOMED (Star Special Bervice.) OLYMPIA, Feb. 28.—The polling 5 pra before they are given the ballots to vote. This measure ts intended to cur | tall the number of Moating voters. renate | morning pa xe y We) gpg OF Fight members amenable to the political machine Influences fought rolls at the | against the measure. terilt's bill requiring all voters to| sign the registration Ses “THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS” DLi tana 71ON VIN OLEEN DE NCE wy Weed Fatt PewrNes f7a oF SOLE -EVIPENT' THAT 4/MMEN APE CREATED EQUAL; WAY THEY APE ENDOWED BY WEVA VOREAT OR WITH CERTAIN WALIEN ALLE tigi tS! THAT AMONG CSE Aah LIFE, LIBERTY, AND CARL NYRR BY TO © D008 wee ee ee ee eID Beamenip circles the | Committee took up the Croft deal | make HURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1907. IR CHILD Por the ldas of their 4, ‘amhter, Catherine A, who tthe family home near he i@at 3 o'cloek Tuesday morn tem, ehused Mr. and Mra. ©. B. Love joy, the griefatricken parents, to hide the body and refuse to let any- one Know of its death The little one died suddenly Tuew day rning, since which time the mot hae refused to leave the child's body, fearing that someone woutd find it and Q* it up to the authorities for interment. Collinge Bros, undertakers, were BOLD DAY LIGH ROBBERY (Gtar rn eolal Service.) VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb, 2.—It wau discovered late this afternoon that @ tray containing 14 diamond rings, valued at over $1,000, were ? old dled notified of the child's death | tate | stolen by expert thieves from the yest afternoon, and the fu-| store of W. M. Sprott, on Cordova be was held from the parlors|st. Sprott is going out of business and an auction sale was being beld It ie supposed the thieves got in with the crowd, stole the tray and passed it out to confederates. at 30 g'cloek this morning, The body had been kept in the house 0 hours after death came and Te ae ONT Se ~ SARREAA ALARA RHHHAMAR RAHA AR EAEEEES : A.-Y.-P. E. BILL PASSES * *« ‘ anlld * = WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28.—Tho sen- ; ‘foment se : ox a -! + Philippines. * ce ‘had halal Alalieetedatheh> oc dnd Dad dnde dedi ac oe PHARO TO CONTROL ‘ALASKA GOAST CO. M. J. Heney, who with Haw kine built the White Pass & Yukon roue, extending from Skagway to White Horse, and who last year started construction work o new paces railroad from Cordova, but | who two months ago sold out to the Mecording to persistent rumors | Guggenheims, ts to be associated Alaska | with Mr. Pharo in the new com- WELL KNOWN 6TEAMSHIP LINE 18 TO BE REORGANIZED AWD CAPT. OMAR J. HUMPH. AREY 16 TO ROTAE. BOOY i WALTERS BACKED BY THE ASPHALT TRUST PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE 25 CENTS PER MONTH. ha Williams, Paving Monopoly’s Agent, Con- * xeeeseeeeee eee 0" whisky ring to keep former Super. whisky fight on Mayor Moore in the city the Piper legislature to take the appointive! y power mayor in case of disputes over ap | hae endeay pointments between the mayor and | hand openly the council ducts Anti-Moore Lobby to Keep Walters in Street Superintendent’s Chair and Barber Company in Control. Ot tt ttt tt tt tt tt tT TO th th AGPHALT THE ISSUE A powerful lobby is backng the fight on Mayor Moore in the state isgisiature. The fight for the passage of the Piper bill, which would deprive the mayor an issue resuiting from the fight over the street superintend ent, ie headed by Genator Williams, a former of the Barber Asphalt Paving company. Ali to the fact that street paving matters are at the bottom of the bitter fight of the whisky ring to retain former Street Su perintendent Walters in office of his appointive power, representative * . * * * * ~ - 7 Indications point # os * * * + Pee Te CCP eee eee eee ee eee eel seem te ot old Strong influence is back of the | however lie along the ring, which is making the | "n Biomed tion lob antlMa senate, and ite passage asphalt whieh put bill and corpormy the Piper through the prevent urging agh the house. unell The same influence bill, imtroduced Moore is thr or ot the | is back in The political friendship between is Walters Senator Willian: although the for 4 not to show big When Williams ran for the senate Walters instructed his political henchmen to work for Williams, despite the orders of the and established of the out of the hands While the desperate fight of the | intendent of Streets Walters in| Mayor to the city officials to kee: office has been generally attrib-| out of politics. Walters coemed, uted to a mere desire of the} much interested in the election of whisky ring to affront the mayor. other reasons | Mr, Williams And now the Inte: are beginning to eet is rectpro- appear for the fight to retain him | cated in office. |} Senator Williams is determined Walters’ cause is now being|to retain Walters in the office of championed by Senator Williams, | street comminsiouer of Beattie, who recently introduced Williams Backs Walters. a bill into the state legislature which, if passed, would kill the only competition which the asphalt men fear, bithu Mei senate, avowed agent for the Barber As-| phait Paving company election he has given out that he Personal friendship is his osten sible reason. Bo determined is the senator that Walters shall remain in office as street commissioner that he visit ed Mr. Walters last Saturday strengthen his weakening hack- bone. Walters was on the point of abandoning the fight, but Williams would not bear of it “Stand pat.” he said to Walters, in paving material fe pavement. Willlame and Asphalt. Until he was elected to the et: Senator Williams was Since his | Coast company ts to be purchased | pany is no longer connected with the) "We will take care of you in the by D. Pharo and other asso | The matter bas been tn the air) paving company. His interests, | legislature.” ‘Mr. Pharo t# now the vice |for several weeks, and even today a ue and general manager of | those concerned refuse to discuss |~ : company. Capt, Omar the proposed dealings Hemobrer who, with Mr. Pharo,| The Aleka Coast company owns orgenited the Alaska Coast com Jana operates the steamers Portland pany, which recently took over the and Bertha, running to western old Alaska Commercial company,| porte tn Alaska, and thin season is to retire from the steamahip bas j has the steamer Jeanie under char a pws enter private business. tor ROSS INVESTIGATION SEEMS FALLING FLAT CROFT DEAL 1S BEING O16 roth at the present time. They CUSSED TOOAY—COMMITTEE | "ited that the land was now val MUST REPORT TOMORROW, | U™! * from #500 to $2,000 per nore AND THE MEMBERS HAVE | commissioner under peculiar cir LITTLE A@ameyr foes. | cumstances for $100 an acre. | Teomerrow the committ must OL YMPIA, Feb = The Rone | and it hae little showing to ‘against Ross, though the in | vestigation has been vigorously report thie morsing, which was the sale of the 10-acre tract on Lake Wash | diligent ington, The testimony of several) Every charge made against Ro Seattia real estate men was taken) by the Seattle Times has been ex regarding the worth of the prop | ploded Io LOST Mra. E. S. Matthews, of this city, who left Portiand recently with « party of 21 to locate timber claims in and Callfornia, ts re-| aos port fm, the hills near Red ding, ate On the night of Monday, be ruary "85, during freezing weather, Gar Matar oraectss| OUT OF THE CITY from her party, and two days seareh failed to locate her. ANTI-FIGHT BILL IS DEFEATED (Seripos Telegraph Service.) SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 28 The senate today defeated the anti ptt A cael TORRENS LAND TITLE PASSES THE HOUSE ° ONLY TWO VOTES AGAINST IT, Several petty thieves released from the city jail today were ship ped to Tacoma at 2 p, m., and word sent to that city of this action TEMPORARILY INSANE. MeCue, a teamster suffering alight temporary mental de ent, was taken in charge by Jailer Griffith this morning. City Last year it was sold by the land) to sponsible for her compromised dig- | nity as the exaggerated publicity given the much undesirable notice, “a coi as jon | the DECLARES TROUBLE WAS EXAGGERATED When interviewed this morning tilous publicity would remember relative to the report of petty, that the eo re neo y or most of them, Seattle mothers Jealousy in the women's clubs of | 21.0" -oresentative of womatr |the city, Mrs. Jennie Hope, vice | hood in its most sacred aspect, and president of the Women's Eduea-| that obloquy involving the few is a@ Uonal club, whe ts fundamentally concerned with the alleged fracan, did not betray the faintest tendency |reproach to all, they would hesi- | tate before blazing a story associat- ing our names with undiginfied be | haviour.” Mrs. LH. Jennings, who was also jinterviewed, sald: “The situation opened up by the peculiar publicity matter given our proceedings tx beneath is to be regretted that the | the notice of real women, and as far with so/ as I am concerned {t will receive no she sald,|further consideration from me. & nd I shall deplore any further|do not know anything about Mrs, mment of a corresponding nature,| Hope. The Federation will ignore anything more that is said will the matter. As far as I know, the ly protract a disagreeable situa-| Educational club does not support m. If those iF these sesea ynsible for scur-’ Mre ee in the step #tie took,” retaliation towards those re but deplored what she claims matter has been cove th: th ta! hh th Thaw ing fr and | jly lof 80 The bill was th eat ever in —HONGEST BILL EVER IN: or ited pages While an in THODUCED, AND IT HAS NEV-| portant measure, the bill was never ER BEEN FULLY READ thoroughly read, even by the com ea Ks AOS mittee A pretense of reading It (Stee 6p: Service.) was made last night at special | se OLYMPIA, Feb. 28.--The house | meeting of the ho but the read | ° - ng clerk deliberately pasted — the thie Mnornihg passed Hutchinson's! joven, together, skipping whole Torréns tamd title bill, with but! pages at a time, amid general } laughter two Votes against It NOTORIOUS BURGLAR TAKEN BY In the arrest shortly after mid 1 w : night of Thomas Wa ‘ ge rity men Donlan and val n. .. the Pp ©, for the third — tip in h " ne - phere ; seven years, captured one pf the | ven Byrn ane } nintry’s mest dangerous burg “ep aten the mah having served two t Wa alla for this offense, War He was ag , r, it te believed, was contermys t 1 this t for f ing a urglery on First av. 8. last hick th good \ vite night, and was trying the door of ‘it po ; ast J a storeewhen caught eveathe: i“ is Having secured sufficient evt a “ dence of his criminal tr hich / ee tt , fieers placed him ler and fa third off ®& weatch at the trat 1 The present descriptt ; enled « complete outfit of modern | man as take burglary tools. patios. bendhuerten - On December 10, 1901, Patrolmen | tical with that on the hanaman and Duel and Detective | the asion of the ma " Tennam arrested Warner 2 es- |reet in this city, and t ured his conviction on urge of | positive that b the sa burglary, for which offense he was whom they previously convicted THE POLICE Par of Thaw entered the court room | morning leaving he had a SEATILEWOMANT AM MORE CERTAIN OF ACQUITTAL THAN EVER -HARRY K. THAW THIEVES SHIPPED ‘ian Takes Seat in Court Feeling in Better Spirits Than tor Weeks--Evans’ Testimony Today Is That Thaw’s Letters Alone Are Insufticient Basis for In- sanity. (Be NEW YORK, nining whether the author of insane. He headed off speech by demanding a db pps Telegraph Service.) 28.—Harry K./it w this rect answer Evans declined to answer “yes"* no,” and said, “It is not a fair question. The address might be tmie portant. A letter addressed to @ } business man-abouwt a carload of # might be all right. But tter addressed to a 80- woman would be ridiculous.” id the letters, to hie cated mental instability, © trip Evans on the stability Evans might t for a person was not ald it condition, ind of @ Evang feeling in better he has for Before | or the jail corridors he told @ keepers that he felt more cer in of acquittal than ever As Thaw entered the court room for everyone, except | the It is quite evident s been given bit, resul rciliation of rday, will not | me spirits an weeks potat ciety Evans 6 prosecutors at the in.ormation hb Howard that ve te H a pathological What al condition?” ¥ answer and said to do so might be called front Jerome, on his they Lock table asked of books the rts Evans t el nfair to pver the le which to rhaw'’s explain, tr and upon one Jerome a pe conditi e told him held up — the Horns at Start ‘ F would give an mind. Jerc Evans paper 1 un- It is written on common i anew r Y c e to me kept bobbin i of 1 2». the wh like a jack-In-the-be Ev Gay Letter Submitted j . n't want you to, but ‘ome repeated the qu . t st if the ha s exh while abroad, des vy life the cc is, Jerome address made any diffe 2 (Con eri having | at her lack | th Thaw ts ir uple were asked whe : : :