Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-08

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Several months ago Messrs. Smi theirs
& Thorne, of Eenton, employed little
tpau about Eve feet tvo inches IN hight
and about thirty three years old. by the
name Of Julius Lisfman. as bookkeeper.
He soon gained the entire confidence VI
the firm, and has had the full run OF
the business. Las, week, when il vas
announced that the railroad company
vas going 70 pay their employees Oh,
Mr.. LEHMAN WAS sent to town to repre-
sent the frm Of Smither's q Thorns,
who had claims against ths company.
az well AZ ageIns, some of the men, who
we're TO be paid of. to the amount Of
four or i've hundred dollars. julius
Collected these claims, but did not re-
turn to kenton. For the first few days
nothing was thought OF IT 10y the irm,
they surprising that he had not succeed
sd IN getting all the money dae and
WAS waiting for further payments. Fin
ally, however, as the tirrn received no
word from their agent, Mr.. Ihorne
came to town to investigate the matter.
He could hear Of Liefman's being In
town, bat could not s-e him. After
searching for day or 80 he Informed
tie police. but requested that the mat
ter be kept quiet, AZ he supposed Lief
man had been On a spree. and was
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evening Lief man would be seen 10y c.ti-
ems who rscogn zsd hin, but ue succeed
ed In evading the police and Mr..
Inorne. Finally, Thursday Mr.. Ihorne
determined tn Ind him. So he told all
us acquaint .nces To Dr. on the lookout.
and If they got sight Of Julius to keep
an eye upon him until he Ihorne)
could De notified. Accordingly, Hu ao-
quaintance Of both parties cav Lief
man in a restaurant ON Commercial
street, about IL o'clock 1harsday night,
and ~ notified the police who informed
Mr.. Thorue. The two ,arties met and
talked the matter over. LEHMAN &c.
knowledgisg that he had spent all the
money belonging to the firm that he
had collected. Mr.. 1horne consulted
his attorney, who advised that LEHMAN
bs arrested. The papers were made
out and the man WAS sent to jail. He
Was searched, and nothing vas found
OH him but IS and a few trinkets such
al keys, cartridges, ETC., which were
taken from him. He WAS looked up
about O'Clock, and shortly afterward,
the other prisoners state, commenced
to eroan ~ loud that none Of them
could sleep. When the Chief went
round the jail in the morning he found
that LEHMAN was very sick, having
taken 21a ounces of laudanum, which
represents 100 grains of opium. Tho
| bottle winch had contained the drug
lay by the side of the sick man, still
containing half An ounce Of the poison
A carriage was sent for, and Laefmau
Was at once { .ken 10 the hospital,
where medical aid was summoned and
every effort made to save him. Euietics
we're administered, bat too late 10 do any
good, as the poison had been absorbed
into the system. Gaivanic batteries
were applied. but the man could not 10
waken-d. He continued to grow wors.
and worse, and finally his life was des
paired Ut. At u late hour last evening
he was still alive, but slowing shaking,
and ere this notice reaches our dear
readers his spirit will doubtless have
taken its flight, and poor julius Lief
man be- among the things OF the pass.
The poison WAS bought by him ON the
evening Of his arrest, At the drug store
Of Max Glorious Cd Front street, whsrs
he stated that he was suffering with "A
certain ailment. and knew how to apply
the medicine. He Was perfectly sObur
at the time. and also when he was lue cd
up.
The superstition is that, after getting
over his spree, and finding that the
money WAS all gone, and he had no
means of replacing II, the pangs Of re-
morse came pouring down over his de-
| voted head with suoh terrible force that
the only escape from his misery seemed
to be suicide and seeing that ~ the
! only alternative he deliberately poison
ed himself
There are several men more guilty
than the subject of this sketch in this
CITY, who, II they possessed as fine
feelings as did Julius Liefman, would
90 and take their own lives. and tnus
rid the world, rs we'll AZ their friends,
Of an Unpleasant. disa9reeaLle burden.
But Bobby Burns has aptly said
" Then gently scan your brother man.
Still gentler sister woman
Though they may gang kenuin wraug,
10 step aside is human.
One point must still be greatly dark.
The moving Why they do IL;
And just az lameiy can ye mark
How far, perhaps, they rue it,
Who made tho heart, tits He alone
Decidedly can try us.
He knows each chord-its various tone.
Each spring--its various bias.
Then at the balance let's be mute,
We never can adjust it;
What's ne We partly may compute.
But know not what's resisted"