Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-29

Iup y TIE Rne11e eoase q 90 n.
/ peass - ~ G>vesnm<ue.
As ne term of cours haId a Cheusv.
". i, lat October a indistmsus for
rubbing the United States mail ~
fsund aeainst : man named Hsnry De
Leslie. De Lsslis was shortly before
tiaas tune IN extra OF special routs agent
running On The Nofshsrn Pasiic wsss Of
Helena He sxpscssd soon to b ap-
pointed . regular aesns ana vas thsn
learning the business. He learned ran
Idly. and ~ Il i charged. bso.ms 20 sx-
pert that be managed to apprpsriass
fFom reRiseered Isessrs sums aeersess
ing to o. three h1ndred dollars. Az
soon - this vAs dissovsrsd he started
o. horscbaok for the East, and at the
time The indictment vas found was
known 70 b ak s0me point In Nsbsaalka. |
a warrant for the arrest Of the fugi-
tive was placed In the handa ct Unieed ,
States Msrshaf George, who immediate
u esnt the warrant and the other nooes.
saFy papers 10 Marnhal Bierbower Of |
Nebraska. enclosing IN the envelops . |
letter containing information oouoorn-
ing the case and instructions for the |
Marshal of Nebrnskn 70 arrest De Lee-
lie, taks him 70 Omaha and telegraph |
immediatciy. All this occurred during |
the month Of O0tobof. Nothing fuxthar |
Vas heard Of The man by Harahal |
George until Novsuher l8tk. when h |
uss oaaualiy informed by Z postal agent |
that The postaf authoritiee bad oanaht |
theiK man and that he had boeu handod /
over 10 United States Marshal Bierbov. |
er Of Nebsaska, Who was on tbs way 10 /
Washington Territory with him. This |
s0mowhAs snrprisad Mr.. George, as be /
bad not beard anything from Marshsi |
Bierb0wer since ssudine him the papers
almost month before. On the Hatur-
day following, however. he received the
following curious telegram
CHEYKxNK, Wyo.. Nov. "a.
Usifsd States Aayshai: Am In transit
With De Leslie. Where In your district?
WIN you receive him1 Answer at Gar L
BrxaDowKa, Marshal Nebraska.
Mr.. George Immediately teleRraphed
an answer to Garrison, instructlno Bier
bower 90 deliver his prisoner as Cheney, II
from which plaos the warrant was T. 1
sued. This answer remained unCalled
for 1t Garrison, Mr.. BieFbowsr evi-
IDENTIFY fearing that be might reoeive an
answer which would interfere With his
cheap pleasure trip 10 the West. The
next heard frem this remarkable ofhcial
was on Wednesday, November IS, when
the following Telegram was rece1ved /
OLYMPrA, w. T., Nov. rs.
u. s. Narshai, Seattle, Wssh.:-I will
deliver prisoner De Leslie 70 you to-
morrow afternoon at Seattle.
BrKBBowKn, Marshal, Nebraska. II
Accordingly Marshal Biesb0wer and
his prisoner came down on the Zephyr
on Thursday evening, and De Leslie
was handed over 20 Marshal George,
Who placed him In the King County
Jail, to remain until he is taken to Col
fax, where be will be tried. Mr.. Bier
bower, Of Nebraska, spent Thanksgiv I
ing In Seattle. took look over thu city, I
and departed yesterday morning. for
Victoria. His pleasure trip will be CON |
tinued from there 10 San Francisco, and
he will return East over one Of the I
southern roads. Ii
For cool, unadulterated enterprise ,
with an off-coior tinge, Marshal Bier
bower, Of Nebraska, stands unrivalled.
Ia the FIRST place hs bad plain instruo-
items 20 arrest De Lealic, take him TO /
Omaha, and communicate with Mar ,
shall George, whose duty Ii was then to
go and Ret his prisoner, or make some
arrangement for having him brought
on. De Leslie, however, was arrested
by the postal authorities, Who banded
him over 10 Marshal Bierbower. That
worthy took him 10 Omaha and confined
him in jail there, bat did not communi-
cate word of this 70 Marshal George.
He knew q trick worth TIVE Of that. He
had desire TO take Western trip. and
this was his opportunity. In two weeks
he was ready, and De Leslie, who had
remained In Jail awaiting his pleasure.
was taken out of his dungeon and trans
formed into travelling companion.
Then, after the officer and his prisoner .
had proceeded on their way as far as j
Cheyenne, Marshal George was first ap
pristd of what was going on, and was re-
On ssted to telegraph his instructions to
Garrison. On arriving at the latter
place, however, Marshal Bisrbower did
not take the trouble to enquire at the
telegraph Office for the expected answer,
bat kept right on for the Pacific Coast.
He wanted 10 see the whole Of the
country, and instead of delivering his
prisoner at Cheney, as be should have
done, he took him TO Portland, then 10
Olympia, then TO Seattle whore be de-
livered him up, and continued the jour-
ney without his companion.
He thus travelled distance Of about
two thousand miles, ave hundred Of
which, the distance from Cheney to
this city, was totally unnecessary. The
Governwent ailows for such service ten
esnfs per mile travelled for the marshal,
ten for the prisoner and ten for . guard,
90 that Mr.. Bierbover got $500 70 pay
him for his trip West. For the home
ward journey be receives six cents Per
nails. or something more than $i50. He
must have had an ENJOYABLE and profit
able trip, bat the plain, untitled Citizen
will woader Whistler the Treasury Vas
established simply for the purposs Of
payiag the expenses Of nomadic United
kkaton A p.hats /