Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-22
..xu AT ADRIAN.


sv.ut being q veritable sensation, Gov
sriue period Of fortnight. TIE IN
.srsss began with the hrss account OF
his fight from Port Townsend, asd vas
keut up day By day 10 the end \
spscial dispatch from Adrian 70 ins Ds-
.rost Irse Press illustrates in fS'e1Die
manner the interest felt u Vas topfees
viii many headlines. set 10 val - 81
tgnn. while sab-keacs we're kph q.
,ksonSa ths matter. Tie nsaSiih1s
aThe Kid at Homs--1on NaFin osIe'!
Ioaoed ia Jail al AdrlAn 20 Await
Tr;ai-Hs will b. ArraiRned tof reg
a., Mortoaces Sold the Clark Il
So Ala Gres.t Crimes Agalnss
xdrian City; the Discovery ara
F1toht-His Departure secret, oea
a. Rs41rn Ike the Tour u a hippo
dyoyns-He TslLB Little and SsoNs
Determination 20 Face the aasle-
Ne Refused Good Chance 10 Esc'ape
Prepared By AnRllm.
srhe snaefaf itself u ~ follows
1nErls. March I2.--Febrssry y. lcoI'
rcro Eayin. Mayor Of Adrian, abse0nd,
al on receipt of the news that forRed
eitS va,er bonds had been placed 90
ths market. A Mayor be tired 70 nase
ths City Council authorize the issue 81
Az on In bonds, asd sIx Aldermen 10
1000 conneil aaresd TO it-fred. Llafk,
wan Gardner, G.. 4. King. A. =. Sc
ard Festus MetSaif, and Dr. ioda.
n o1an esuncil tbs project vas tongnt
hittsyiv. and the scheme OF roon+fy
nssAe 40 plain that the vote failed
Navin Then vent 10 New York, con.
tsastsa for printing the bonds. and
fayniahed the copy, settInR form All ne
,,,ocaa.Iin0s 10 the meeting, when the
1900 were mot authorized. he then
fnymuIatsd proceedings, setting tofth
,ba vote Of the Council a. Authorizing
ths bonds and making hAm hnanciai
aosnt and also designating the Union
Trnst Company Of New YORK a. ths
dsnository Of the gunds. IhIs ioreeo
s,sta,nent Was siRn,sd by him - Mayer,
and Francis Stanton, the City kecofder'
eor,sc. Bonds for $500 we're print
ed and delivered by tne f' as
lin Note Company. Navin tnen
brought them 10 Aafiah' hs1
ths Recorder sign thefa, and pul Ine guy Guy
seal on them and himself sieneo mem ~,
ss Mayor. He forged s eertIncate o.
qeualneness and signed sne names .,
w. A. Underwood as attorney ana o.
Judge Howell, and aihxed the SEAL oI
the Circuit Court. lie nsRo.iAtsa VIZ
bonds with ID. A. k.sstoh ana ano'nsI
Arm, aud deposited Si@, loO ~ Tue
Trust Company. de had TO procure a
certified copy of authority 70 ara" vac
money. so be cane here, iofee1 tne
resolution Of authority, got tue tteeoiSef
70 certify 10 iss gsnuinenhss ana rpI.
warded Il with several enaess' 9ne ~
$4,000, payable ~ Ralph o. Ssweli'
treasurer. Jewell did not indOrss COZ
rectly, and ID was returned TOT eofEeo-
ton, and while on the way she schene
was exposed by Easton RaitIne me
boRds oa the market. Wneh Nasln
saw tie expose he secured morse sh9
buggy, drove seven rallies west. ooafuea
ths Wabash train and disappeered.
He was arrested last week at New Or-
lasns. and Tuesday night Sherlf wnll-
more left New Orleans with his man,
accompanied by Deruty Bowen hAVin
reached here on the afternoon Train
from Chicago. He was lot Oh NJ south
Main street and was in jail while Tue
crowd OF l,000 peopie was stisi waiting
for him at the depot.
Prosecutor salsuuiy saw him and said
be was ready TO aTraign him, bat NaVih
begged 10 have him wait few days..
Parties have arranged for baii II ne
wishes.
He talks freely, but refuses TO be IL
teryisved. de says lae was arst Ia Arr
IONA, then vent west TO San Francisco,
thense 10 WAateom, Port Townsend and
other points. He frequently uVet Mich.
iQan men, none If whom fseoRnizead
him. Once he saw special Mail Agent
W. Il. Thompson, when he felt shat ne
Was certainty lost, but he says that
lhompsnn did not see him. de says be
had A lucrative practice and enjoy 81
the fr,endshlp Of the best men In wash.
inoton Territory. and was ct the last
term Of the court attorney ON Que SIDE
or the other in every i,ase-
He makes no denial Of hig crime, and
saws no expects 20 take bis punishment.
He was doing we'll and would sooner OF
later have made good oil the sans he
wroneed the people Of.
He says Ed.--Anglam fxed things al
New Orleans 10 that be- could have
easily escaped, but he refused. sherin
Whitmore coTroboTahss this.
All along the route people crowded
mon the train 20 SEQ bin, aud great ex-
cisement prevailed here. Blains's hip
pndrominQ tour wall no comparison.
1'ba people seemed TO have q morbid
curiosity TO again eve him. 10 IL not
strange, 40 he waA very popular with the
people. and many rather extend stnypA'
Inv 10 aim now
he expressed perfect willingness 70
oome here, and seems To have stolidif
resolved 30 face thu mnsic and DO
through with u.
He was arraianed on the charge Of
forgery Of q 5000 mortgage purported
10 have been gwen by JOHN Monaghan.
ID must not be forgotten that after be
left ID was discovered thai he had forged
mortgages, pretending 10 +. l.. Clark :
agent that he was Negotiating ioeDs Tor
various Irish friends. OF Oourse good
abstract was shown ind the mortgage
was properly signed and executed and
he would rsoeiVe the money, and Ia
some case he paid the interest two
years. He obsaiaed nearly Sloo.OOo
from Clark.
The pr,aeeu,os ulys be can't tell when
NAyin viii be Arfalznea.
Nayin refuses 10 tell all be knows and
has put cE the reporters with various
stories. but an interviews with the sheriff
ahows the foregoing 10 be about all that
has been disclosed. No intinAtaon Is
given that he 10 going 70 iuipiicate any
one. HA brother and two reporters
met him At Eikhaft. Hts parents and
sister here visited hin a. the jail.
Prosecutor Salisbury VII demand
heavy bail And solid bcndsmen and may
cause hia arrest On oilslf charges u ban
cd cut.
Jasee j. A, Kuhn al Washington. y,
q, formerly 81 Port Townsend, W. T.
writes trend IN ADRIAN ~ fellows
-, BnAa SIN ID " wish nnch sur
pxiss and distress ! learn fsom Port
fswnsen& that r, ,. NAur. Who Vas
known la that place ~ Iehn y. NsoE'
hees. d 70 be brenght hack 70 Adrian q
answer charges now pending against
him. 1 write this. mol FROM any uaotiv'
81 eariosily, bat with o view Of reader
ina any assistance ! inay be able a.
am thoroughly convinced 90 guilty 4.
aharReiA THAI be h aov penitenl Atat
has fully reformed. can assure yon thai
while 4 rSeiden4 % hsEt TeSnsead n
conducted himsslf in eseh . manner a
10 Win the respeea Of the Whole eosnnn
nisy. IA. hvas.