The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-13

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vioW0 With 1Gr. VVarminGtoo
and Butte 0@oialo Regard
inG tho Plight ana Diooov.
~ q the Jo1oeooo
Valley HneeseH.
The excitement created by the dis
appeasance q Paul +. Bean has been
% intense, and the public heart has
been 20 deeply touched By the mys-
tesy and doubt which has surround
Cd the case, tLat the subject will not
Be readily dismissed from, the public
mind, now that Il seems certain that
the surpassed victim Of IN aesoeious
crime hes deliberately, and with .
hack Of all the instincts Of man.
hood, secretly stolen away like .
thief in the night, thereby plunging
two communities into y gloom Of
doubt and fear ~ to biz fate, aud In
juring the fair fame Of our city by
leaving the world to believe that =
great crime had been cosnmnlittea In
our midst. His good reputation and
solvent financial condition, the fact
that be refused an offer VI only i've
dollar. less than his price for his
team, that he t0'k NO over
coat, and that be wss not seen
on the outgoing train, were
the circumstances which seemed to
show an entire lsek Of motive for
ahsoonding. 1t now transptres that
although hearing fair reputation fol
honesty, many tlansnctions are
known In which short corners were
taened that his team Was mort
gagged, that the overccat left behind
was . borrowed one, aud that reports
received In answer 70 inquiries - to
his being on the outgoing train were
probably biased BY friendly feeling
for the fleeing man.
It hes also transpired that previous
to his disAppearance Bean had paid
very particular attentions IT, . certain
lazy, who seems to have inspired
him with . passion which amounted
to fascination, aud that the lady WAS
y passenger on the south h'und train
on the morning he disappeared.
This chain Of circumstantia evidence
seems to be sufficiently strong to do
away with previous theories, and
furnish . strong motive for the ssca-
pade. Meeting Mr.. Harry Warm:
inston yesterday, MINER reporter
said to him:
do you think there IL the shadow
Of . possibility that you might be
mistaken about the identity Of
Bean"
MI. W.-No SIR! I am positive
that I saw him On Market street., OPP
posite the Palace Hotel, In San Fran
cisco. I have known him ever aimee
the Spring VI 1857, and during the
four or i've years Immediately follow
Ing that spring. sold him goods st
Junction City, IN Alder Gulch, and
1t Virstuis City probably thousand
hines. 1 would know him any
where. He has peculiar express
lion about the mouth that NO one
,ould forget. / diln't speak to hin,
because ~ hal MT been particularly
intimate, and he was engaged talking
% several gentlemen, though It &C.
cured TO me 1t tive time that ]
vould look through The hotel regis-
'ess, ascertain where he was stopping
md call on him alterward. The
natter slipped my mind and /
never thought III Bean again
,mtil gu the cars Thursday
,ight picked up y MINER
md saw an article about his disap-
,earamee. That was the first ! hal
,eard of it. Had I known 1T
he excitement up here, l would have |
coured the town In search III him. |
don't desire notoriety in this mat |
er, but feel It t. t,e my duty to my
rieuls in Butte, In Madison .s,s,nty, i
n the Masonic orier, and tothe Conn., |
l,uuity at large to relieve them Of
lnxiety by telling them that ! have
cen Bean in San Franri since. his !
FROM this city"
The reporter next called on Marshal
smith an.l asked what that officer !
l,ouyht Of the discovery II Bean.
The marshal said: ut agrees with my !
heory from the FIRST The orly time |
was shaken in my belief that Bean !
,A4l len the city, WAS when found
10 had LEFT his overcoat, bat when
t,umd that the cssst lett was bOr-
owed l wss satisfied no trace of him
vould be found here. When the Haus. |
vir:h girl returned from down the
odd and told her story, describing !
lean infinitely, 1 was satisfied that she |
nd seen ht,n on the train, and that
be dispatch received here denying It
,as biased. Mr.. Warrington IL
vell known ~ = reliable man, and I
,ave perfect confidence In his state
aent." {!
Meeting VIM. Wartield, who has
cen employed - y detective In the
ne, the rep,rter s.ket1, "What do
ou think at the bean case now" ~
which NJ. w. replied:
"NVell l think Mr.. Warrington h
reliable man, aud his statement
.e,,.s to he very straight. \ mistake
a identity IL possible, hut - Bean
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