Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-18

5UDok JAYNE ne Nlctoflh tOt0I.tSt
says that the telegram from Montreal
which represented that Mr.. Dawne, late
Judge Of Alaska. who recently passed
through this city With the expressed d
intention OF giving himself up to jos
tioe in Oregon. had sailed from tnst
port for EarOpe, IL probably IN the
main correct, as nothing was seen OF
heard of bin in Oregon after he left
Victoria. Bot the statement that he
ente-ed Canada by the Canadian Pacific
Railway is An absurdity. rs there has
been no tarolgh train since Dsvne dis
appeared from here" A Portland pa
per tells of Daxne's Oregon doinks in
the st,Ie following: "Of his early his-
tory little Is kn-wn. except that be was
IN the Cunfederat. service aud deserted
his family before coming to Salem.
Oregon, where he married Miss MIL
ier, daughter of q leading and ", althy
citizen there. He first or.anizsd
church aud preached little then he
became school-teaeher and a oandi
date for State Superintendent. His
aspirations being disappointed. he next
tried doctoring, bat failed at that. and
then hung out his sbingle as an attor-
ney, and was prosecuting that profes-
sion when President Cleveland appoint
cd him Judge of Alaska. As soon as
his appointment Was announced by
telegraph Dawue became a great man
| in Salem, and IL was then that be began
oonsummating viilainies by the whole
sale. Holding an appointment to a
high and honorable iadicial posi-
tion, at salary of 1900 per
annsm gave him great prominence. He
was engaged in fleeing uzsophisiicatsd
ruralists out of their coin by plausible
promises, and bv placing in their hands
forged and otherwise worthless notes as
collaterals. Ii is not possible at this
time to give full list of the victims
and the amounts out Of which he
hesced them. New cases are being de-
veloped almost daily. So far as known
following Is partial catalogue of his
| crimes From = carpenter named
Chau dler be obtained $470o TO loan,
| which be never accounted for. jacob
Weitszsr OF Seuth Salem loaned him
$3700, and took as security a note whicn
he had retained on party 10 Benton
County after having foreclosed mort
gage and collected the same, and snoth-
er note and mortgage With the clerks
certificate, all of which are gross for
aeries. Samuel Ramp placed IN his
hands 5000, which be loaned to parties
who are notoriously irresHonslbis, and
10 is supposed that he retained a larRe
dividend for perpetratipR the fraud.
James Shirly placed 10 his hands $40
600 to loan, which remains unaccount
cd for. Shirly in an old man, and since
be became aware of his loss has been
prostrated both mentally and physical
", and is not at this time able to leave
bis room. d. F. Wagner lost about
$1,000 in money, which be losoed on
insufficient security. In loanine
this money be included in the
mortgage on the property of the party
obtaining the funds, an adjoining farm
belonging 10 another man. In this case
be secured another large ''divy." The
most ungrateful of all this vile scoan
drsl's acts was the outright forgery
Of q note bearing the name of his
father in Law, Mr.. William Miller, for
$500. upon which he obtained the cash
from Breyman Brothers, OF Salem. Mr.
Miller endorsed note to Breyman for
him for the sum of $500, which note
has not yet come to light, bot Is prob
ably in the hands OF some party as col
lateral for near its face, for Mr.. Miller
| - rcsponeiptc iOf Dofo toau uity hhc'
tie amount. He collected for William
Clark Sits, which be embszzlsd. From
q man named Mitchell he obtained x39i
under false pretensss, and got away w'sh
it. Another man named Lake 10 loser
by him in the sum Of $40. upon Which,
together with others. he obtained q con
sidersbie amount of money from the
East Portland bank. As before stated,
n 10 impossible at present to obtain a
foil Iist of DavRe's defalcstions, bnl
these above mentioned are enough u
stamp him AZ a most Infamous swindl.r
and scoondrsl. lt 10 quite pfooaoir
that he wss months. Ray years. con
coctisg and accomplishing many OF
thess villainies, but u vss sot until be
received toe aEpointmsnt TO Aleska that
be wss enabled to saii 80 smoothiy osel
the Ssygian Held Of rsscsiIty.