The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-17
DAILY NTELLICEN(ER.
Thursday, May II. 1877.

CoSyIDExCg MEY -Oi =. lie IAN
p.res 'hat prey upon society IA. llis e,
none s.01p s. l3w ia playing their ne
furious avocltion, or are subjects Of such
utter LEGISLATION. "a the coat lercc men.
Compared with them, the Professions.
burglar aud highway robbcr IS gen
t.eman. The lion, which boldly attacks
and oyereInea his prey. and il self
styled king of blasts. IL entitled to
some respect but the s.calthy suake.
which drst charms and then ..ings his
victim, can only be REGARDED With
rsyugnance, as q thing ~ be- dcsps,ei
and detested. So 1t iswith these ln-rl
they never attempt bold robbery. or
assault the strong; bu, like snakes. they
ieed upon the weakness aud creduIity Of
their fellow creatures For the past
two or three weeks, two Of these
s.ealthy vIlliaus-well known in police
circles In every city on the coast H.
Mcdonald and John Dowd. with their
satellites, lave been plying their execra.
bic svocatiou III this city, singing out
fJr their victims, - a general thing old
msa, " no appear Ia b. the very oppo-
site IF Dickens character. Bailey"
VINO bad AN old principle within aud
young surface without Bat they
have at last come 10 grief. Yesterday
Dowd, bail on old man on tbe street,
one OF our oldest citizens. aud address
ing him By name. said Mr. Pike. you
have bscn recommended - iAe by nay
brother. Me pHkham, Tn. of our
clothing dealers Il came here re-
emily. aud have purchased :wo lots,
and propose to build house on them,
my brother has recommended you -
me as good workman. and as the best
man could engage 10 pat up the bulld-
ing" "Oh. certainly, says the nld
man, thinking be bal struck fat Job
"If you have no objection. Mr.. Pike"
continued Dowd. ''Se will 20 over aud
look a, the site now, and make arrange
m snts for the construction Of the build
Jag at once" Tho old IMAM agreed
- this proposition. aud the two sailed
off up town Dowd showed him the
lJts, gave him nj idea Of the kind az u
building he wanted. etc. and mean
while worked him self completely into
the old MATS confidence, until he had
,ne 10 hold llin IN As much esteem as
piet did his 'benef.ctor" I'ecksniff
They came down town together GA the
most intimate aid friendly terms. and
in passing saloon or Commercial
street. where DowI and his pal" we
learn, make their headquarters Dowd
asked the old man ia 10 take a drink.
with as much patronage Of manner AS
the spider, in the fable, iavited the fly
into his parlor The old man declined.
and informed his amiable friend that
he didn't drink "Oh. .avs the alta bic
wont you :" The offer. coming from
such worthy (:) person, the old man
could not refuse :, in they went
Dowd was, OF courc, greatly surprised
10 meet fellow At the bar
who challenged him 10 bet the drinks
with him, on u certain trick he was
performing with cards. Dpwd bet. and
lost Tho thing was 50 novel. aud
Dowd was So much taken up with It,
that. ia the excitement of the innment,
lie bet all the money he had. IA little
change on another game. and won Tue
other hoHabre became little indignant
al his good luck AMI refused to brt
ngain. unless ho would put up big "
Dowd was greatly excited and turning
t. the old man. explained TO him how
easy It would be- for him to beat the
fellow ii he had the money to put up
lie Their a,kct the old man If lac conld
leud him little. aud said he would
p,y him directly. The old mau told
him ianocently he didat want any
thing to do with gambling Dowd 10y
his ari,iice, soon set the old man right
on that point, and got his watch and
chain aud one hundred dollars IN cash,
which latter the cid man went over and
drew ont OF the bank Tor the especial
purpose. This done. Dowd and his
pal after getting the money at
once sped away like quarter horses
out of the back door. The old
mau swore ont warrant and had the
two birds arrested and lodged in jail
last night. We might give one or two
other Instances Of robbery aud plunder.
p.rpetsatea by these designing. scamrs
on emiarants IN this city. under the
pre;ance Of selling them land but
have not the space. However. now
that they are IN the clutches Of the
law they should hc ruuishe severely
The LAST orERA.-M'lle De Mug-
ska and her splendid opera troupe sang