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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
1
A report to B. R. T. officials said the package held oakum with no explosives. The Bureau of Combustibles reported one stick of dynamite, but no fuse was attached. The item was sent to the tent laboratory for further analysis.
The Star chronicles a continuing mystery as readers guess the identity of a rider seen near the newspaper. The detective bureau weighs in and updates show a growing tally of correct answers with a $10 reward at stake.
Alfred Hart, 15, a fugitive burglar, leaped from a Northern Pacific train going 35 mph two miles south of Yelm near Thurston county. He was handcuffed when he slipped away, ending up walking injured south toward Seattle. Police warned and pursued him as detectives logged the escape.
Outlaws Shark Dodson and Bob Tidball dynamite the Sunset Express safe near Tucson, netting $30,000 in gold and currency. They flee by horse through chaparral, pursued by a rising posse, while a messenger shoots and a Creek miner is killed in the exchange.
A bandit imitating a Wyoming rail robber robbed a Santa Fe train between La Junta and Las Animas. He took over $400 from passengers but was captured by Dr. C A OBrien of Denver after leaping onto the rear coach. About $70 was recovered from the struggle and the robber, named Lord Riley, 19, was turned over to police.
In San Francisco on September 23, financial district Civic Center and area around the post office were placed under heavy police and secret service guard after a note received by postal officials threatened a bomb at 2:15 PM. Authorities treated it as likely a crank but heightened precautions were taken.
Harris reports four corset shaped coats and trousers stolen from his room at the Navarre hotel located on Seventh Avenue and Pike Street. Police were notified on Thursday.
Mrs Katherine Phillips Edson, chairman of the California Republican women's division, is due in Seattle Monday from Chicago. She will address the public on Politics for Principle and I Want Things for Women Done, outlining her program for women's advancement.
Mrs. T. W. Passage fought off a bold burglary at 1908 Sixth Ave laundry, as a man sought to steal three diamond rings worth 1500. He fled down Fourth Avenue while a helper alerted police. Patrolman J. J. Heughen searched the area without success.
In one session this afternoon Seattice faces Sacramento with high hopes if old Jup plays well and leads the effort. The matchup promises a tight contest as both teams seek an edge on the court.
Pedestrians at city hall watched a blonde youth and a scantily clad girl emerge onto a fifth floor hotel balustrade at the Seward, sing briefly, and pirouette before returning inside. The incident left observers puzzled as the mystery remained unsolved.
In Mberly, two toddlers aged 3 and 2 were briefly held by police after speeding in a kiddie bar area at First Ave and Madison St. They were released the following day as officers noted their unpronounceable Japanese names and innocence.
A visiting Scottish editor learning the newsroom signs asks about guessing the cowboy on page one. A woman, Mrs Aitkin, later correctly identifies the man from a movie clue, winning ten dollars as editors confirm the result.
Edward Crowley, 36, jailed for stealing overcoats, vanished by hiding in an empty jail garbage can. Police searched the South End garbage dump for clues but found no prints or footprints. Crowley had duties emptying garbage cans before hiding in one and being carried away, investigators say.
For the first time in recent years an old fashioned buggy and horse figured in a traffic accident. EF. H. Storm of 1110 Cherry Street drove his auto into the rear end of Joe Frangellio's buggy at Eighth Ave and Oregon St. Storm did not see the buggy which was moving the same way. Frangellio was thrown out and bruised.
Seattle householders were assured of quicker winter coal supplies as the utilities committee authorized the municipal railway to rent eight coal cars from Puget Sound Light & Power Co. for six months at 45 dollars per car per month, with a purchase option. The cars are offered to the city at five hundred dollars each.
W. S. Tripp a 60 year old Bellingham lumber jack fell twenty five feet from the Holland hotel second floor to the main floor. He landed on his head sustaining fatal skull fracture. Night Clerk Frank Kram found him wandering thrice before the plunge. He died at City Hospital.
Cleveland at home hosts Chicago as Jim Bagby faces Dicky Kerr in game one. Indians lead with dominant pitching while Sox must sweep remaining games to stay in the pennant chase. Early innings show tight defense with Risberg and Evans contributing on offense.
H J Plummer reports a thief reached through an open window and stole his trousers from a chair. The burglar rifled the pockets and took $80. Police note similar recent reports of night prowlers snatching clothing through open windows.
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