A Fugitive in Seattle
An accused man passes through the city on his way to the World's Fair, recounting a daring escape from San Francisco police.
Husbey Peterson, one of the counterfeiters chased by the officers in San Francisco a week ago, is reported to have passed through Seattle on Friday on the way to the World's Fair with $600 in his pocket. To an acquaintance here, Peterson said that six officers chased him and fired fourteen shots after him, but he got away. He refused to tell how he reached this city.
“Six officers chased him and fired fourteen shots after him, but he got away.”
Before the age of instantaneous digital tracking, Seattle functioned as a transient corridor where fugitives could blend into the crowds of the growing city. This account captures the era's 'Wild West' atmosphere, where a man could pass through the city boasting of an escape from a multi-state police manhunt.
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