Two Seattle Officers Honored for Capturing a Murderer

Detective Edward Cudlihee and Policeman John Corbett were presented yesterday with the medals purchased with the citizens' fund as a mark of honor for their bravery in capturing Thomas Blanck, the murderer, last fall. For several days past the medals have been on exhibition in Ryan, Paulson & Co.'s, and yesterday they were taken out by Comptroller Will H. Parry, who made the presentation. The men could not be found together, so the presentation was made separately. Mr. Corbett was found in the city treasurer's office in the morning when he calls for his monthly salary. Mr. Parry walked in, and with only a few words forthwith pinned the medal on the policeman's breast. Corbett was just a little surprised, but when called on for a speech was equal to the occasion and modestly said that he was not entitled to the mark of distinction much as his friend Cudlihee.

Cudlihee was found later in the day by Mr. Parry, and he was likewise given a handsome medal, an exact counterpart, except the name, of the one given Corbett.