Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-07

PRoulSgSr NAN A8REsTED.
he Makes CssA his Escape Thrsagh !
de XeelAgenee sf the Gard
Charles Cause, special agent appoint
I'd by w. @. Ritch. acting Governor OF |
the Territory of New Mexico arrived
here by the Elder ON her last trip, hav- |
ing a reputation on the Governor Of
Washington Territory for
THE ARREST OF A. O. GARRIsoH.
He proceeded to Olympia, and pro-
curing the necessary warrant, returned
10 Seattle on Friday evening and placed
il in the hands Of Sheriff McGrav.
This man, A. q. Garrison, arrived IN
Seattle about three months ago, and at
once conceived the idea of converting
the Opera House into a hotel. he asso-
ciated With himself gentleman named
Atkins. aud Colonel Squire at once
cOmnsenced placing the building IN
readiness for them. The house Ii not
quite ready for business. but Garrison
and his wife were occupying rooms
there.
On receiving the papers Sheriff NC
Graw made the arrest. Garrison
DrsLrKxD THE IDEA OF GOING TO JAIL,
and asked the sheriff to place a guard
over him and allow him TO be with he
wife and arrange his affairs before has
departure.
Not wishing to persecnte the man. the
sheriff placed w. Parry Smith IN charge
of him. Smith 9 orders were of the strict
eat nature, and the sheriff impressed 1t
on his mind, or attempted SO to do, not
TO allow the man out Of his sigut, ex-
cept while in his room, and then TO
guard ths door closely.
Smith and hisprisoner walked around
all night, until five O'Clock Saturday
when Garrison said he was
sleepy and would 90 to bed. He wont
into his room, and how long he remain
cd there nobody knows.
The sheriff came down about eight
o'clock and found Smith down on the
sidewalk in front of the Opera House,
smoking a cigar. He at once asked for
the man. Smith said the man was up
stairs asleep. McGraw at once realized
the situation, and Fastening mp stairs
knocked on the room door. Mrs. Gar
risop answered, and in reply TO ques-
ton az to the whereabouts of her hus-
band, said he had gone up town fifteen
or twenty minutes before to get some
beefsteak for breakfast. The sheriff
was very much disguised with the care
lessness and criminal negligence of the
officer entrusted with the care of the
prisoner. Dispatches have been sent
all over the Territory for the arrest OF
the man, and it is more than likely he
will be overtaken.
A. G. Garrison is large, corpulont
man, with a pleasant expression OF ooun-
tenanoe, and will weigh 240 pounds. He
has full beard, and his hair and whis-
kers, which were formerly black, are
now about half gray. He is about AZ
years old, and his face shows the effects
Of whisky.
WHY HE II WANTED.
In order to ascertain the facts con-
oerniag this affair, a reporter on this
journal called on Mr.. Charles Cause, the
special agent detailed to convey the man
back To New Mexico, and from him OBJ
tanned substantially the following state
ment Of facts:
In October, 1881. Garrison arrived at
Socorro, New Mexico, from Tombstone,
Arizona. Shortly after his arrival he
leased piece of ground, bought lumber
ON credit, and built o livery stable. On
the strength of his stable he WAS en-
abled to purchase number of horses,
carriages and quantity Of feed on
credit. He then commenced borrowing
money, in number of cases giving his
note as security. This thing went on
till May. 1882, when the people of the
town began to talk over matters, and,
by comparing notes, began to realize the
game that was being played on them.
One of the heaviest creditors got q
mortgage on the stock, and imagined he
was safe, till the morning of May 9th,
1892, when Garrison, and all the horses
and wagons in his stable, were nowhere
to be found. They were tracked into
Texas, where the stock and vehicles had
been sold by Garrison. The Grand Jury
Of New Mexico indicted Garrison for
GRAND LARCENY,
and requisitioa was sent to Texas for
his arrest, but he evaded the officers and
disappeared. For several months his
whereabouts were unknown, and the
first intimation received that be vas in
Washington Territory was derived from
a private letter written by a compositor
in the observation-disclosures office to a
friend In New Mexico. The authorities
ut 0nOe telcgraphed to the banking firm
Of Dexter Horton Il Co., Of this city,
asking II Garrison was still here. The
reply went back that he was here and,
in company with another party, was pre-
pairing TO open a large hotel in Seattle.
Mr.. Cause hns with him certified claims
against Garrison to tho amount of
-, O66.42. and states that there il at
least thousand dollars, besides the
claims he has with him, that Garrison 10
held for. Mr.. Cause also states that
since Garrison jumped New Mexico, it
has come TO light that he had played
similar game at Tombstone, previous to
going to Socorro, and that. in his opera
tions in Arizona, he s~indled his cred
TORS out of several thousand dollars.
suPPosrrIoNs.
Il Is supposed that after Garrison left
Smith on the pretext that he was sleepy
and wanted to 90 TO bed, he vent into
his room for few minutes, until smith
down the front stairs, when
he quietly left the room, passed through
suO ouasusnk nAu uaa0o ~ WY " t0LLa
TRINA BY way Of the back stairs. He
then either went ON board the Fanny
Lake, forfSnohomish, Messenger for up
sound, Mississippi for San Francisco,
or else secreted himself somewhere
about town, .awaiting an opportunitytt0
get away. No trouble nor expense will
DO spared by Sheriff Mc0raw 70 recap
ture the man, and the officer who vas
20 careless Of the case intrusted to him
ID deserving Of the severest censure.