An Afternoon Confrontation in Sehome

Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock a burglar was caught while going through the residence of Postmaster Hoffercamp in Sehome. Mr. and Mrs. Connell and Mrs. Humel have rooms in the house, and after a shopping tour, they returned home and on entering the apartment of Mrs. Connell, they saw that someone had been ransacking the place. An instant later, Mrs. Connell saw a man's form under the bed and instead of screaming, she left the room and started for help. The man, understanding that he had been discovered, crawled out from under the bed and went out through a window. He had no sooner left the room than Mrs. Connell and Mrs. Humel returned, reinforced by other members of the household. A glance told them the man had gone and on looking out of the window, they saw the man making his way across the yard as fast as possible. Mrs. Humel had a revolver in her hand and raising it, she shot at the fleeing man but missed him. The shot, however, had the effect of making the man stop and hold up his hands. He was then taken charge of and turned over to the authorities. When searched, he had in his pockets a gold watch and chain, two breast-pins and $16 in cash. He gave his name as Ed. Davis, but refused to tell where he was from. In the afternoon, he was arraigned before a justice of the peace and held to answer to the superior court in bonds amounting to $1,000.