Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-24
PACIFIC COAST.
snieiAe Of the secretary Of the c,d.-
Mininz COMPANY.

sRieid. . Z the Secretary Of the c,A.-
Mintnx Company.
san FR,Scrsco. Acril 2}-W III Ut.
Secretary of the Bodie Mum 4 80
pany, was found dead At q Ia: 80 .4st
night IN jefferson square. with a b1iIe,
through his heart. Offi,er Hozy.ts
heard the shot. and RAINING into the .n
closure met George l.. Halsa, lea u
s.er. whom b. arrested on Suspicion.
Searching In the dark. the body Of a
man vas found sitting on b-nch. sp-
parently asleep. fsx moments ex-
animation vas sufficient to determine
that the man WAS dead. His coat and
vest were open, and inst below the left
breast Vas the mark of bullet wound
A few feet from the body bQlldog re-
volver was fonnd lying on the ground.
conveying the idea that the vonng man
had committed suicide. The Aody Vas
removed to the Morgue. where IT was
quickly identified as that of Mr. Lent
inquiry at the family re-ideuce elici.ed
the fact tina, h. had no. beel feeling
well Of late. His sister last evening had |
urged him TO @ 10 the theatsr, and At 4 |
O'Clock he left the house ostsnsiolv with |
that object. Where he was during the l
interval between leaving the house and /
the time of the fatal deed caunot te /
ascertained. On the body jewelry and |
money wer fouEd. Hulse, the team
ster, who vas In the square At the time, |
and who was arrested. WAS taken to the |
stltion, where he gave such a satisfac-
tory account of himself that he was re-
leased from custody. Lent wa. abost |
30 years of age, and WAS highly re-
spected. The reas-ns which led him to
n ka h ". gfrr.
shadow Of suspicion rests upon him In
regard to his aceo1ats as Secretary OF
the Bodie Company. HIs father, w.
~ Lent, who l. 4 large capitalist, IL At
present In the East. The family are in
an excited IT .te, bis mother recovering
from one fainting tit oTly t. fall into
another.
Alaska News
NASAIMo. April E-Ihe steamship
Idaho, Captain Carroll arrived AT DE
psrturs Bay at q. tn. this morning from
Alaska and uay ports. bringing but little
eght and few passengers. Sh- reports
one of tae finest trips she has ever made.
The Ice ~ beginning To break up in
the Skeena and everything looks -four
Ishing.
Armstrong has a quartz mill which
WAS brought up bv tn last trip of the
Idaho, and intends getting II Ia work
INC order IA soon a. poss bic.
There IL "A rumor that IN. Northwest
Trading Company has failed. tn. iIabil-
tiles being considerable amnrnt.
The Unit ii States steamer Adams has
gone off on a cruise long the cpasi.
Schooner Leo has gone ont among the
fur s,al islands trading and fishing.
The ste amer Idaho leaves hare to
NOR ~ evening for Nictorii.
She sharon Case.
IAN Francisco. April BIN the Sha
ron divorce case today, HI, Sharon's |
Chinese servant, testified that Miss Hill
frequently visited the Senator'S rooms
At the Palace Hotel during the absence
Ut the latter. On one occasion she gave |
hi five dollars for the privilege of put
ting some black powder III Sharon's
wine. What the powder was he did not
know. He told Sharon about 1t when
he returned. Sharon told him To throw ,
the wine ont. Witness rep ated the
Iesti,uonv that plaintiff offered him five
hundred dollars To kill Mss Dletzs
baby.
WIN. Nelson. who formerly acted as
attorney for Miss Hill. was then called.
Death Of an lnimeky Man.
SAN FRANCIsCo, April 23.-lsaac Al
bolt, the unfortunate member of the
ID lsh tway Association. VINO WAS acct
ientaily shot by Amisa Ihayer when he
rev revolver to shoot another mem
bar. Edward Frogsham, with whom ne
had an alteration died this afternoon.
Thayer will b. charged with murder,
although he did not Kill tho nan he
intended.
Death or One Of the sharon Witmesses.
SAN FRANcIsCo, April 2'.-H NJ. True.
, witness IN the Sharon trial. died At
santa Cruz last night of pneumonia,
produced by a cold caught while here
True was the m IN wno split open the
walls of the conspiracy, and was quite ,
IN Important witness IN the case.
Minin: stocks.
San FG.NcIsCo. April 23.-Alta Lilo.
Alpha l.2j. Belcher LOS. Best Belcher ,
81. BJdie Con. 4.35. Rulwer 500, Cali ,
'ornia 20-, Chollar 90. Con. NirRinia
,0c. Crown Point liz, Gould x Garry
ID. Hale IL Norcross 10, Mexican l.2), ,
Mono La, Mount Ditbio = 30. Ophlr ,
10. Ntvajs SO, Sierr, Nevada i.61, ,
Union Con- La. Savage pc
shipping Intelligence.
SAN Francisco, April %. - Arrived I
British steamer Il .rnard Castle, from
Departure Bay; schooner Lil!!hnnne. ,
rom Tacoma. a
TAroosH, April 3.-Cloudy brisk I
south wind. 1
NEAH Bay, April 25.-clor.iy: fresh I
.outh wind.
PYsHr, April 23.-Lieht ram; iight !
south wind.
PoRr Angeles. April 23.-Cloudy I
light west wind ship passed east ; / c
light ship in harbor. +,
PoEr GAMBLE. April - Arrived-Bk {
James Cheston, from San Francl-co. t