Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-05
A IIFEEAsY Rascal.
TChicaao NALL

Ross Raymond pleaded guilty yestsF-
day ID New YORK 20 grand larceny, and
vas sentenced 20 two years IN the peni-
t4ntiafy. Raymond has probably
workad en- bali the bic newspapers IN
this oounaFy aud England. he has also
worked GA good many little ones. He
vas never yet on q negspaper that be
didn't also ny 20 'WeEkr ita cash draw
81, either By forged maney orders or
bogus cheeks. He had been connected
with TIE TribHne sud Tisses and only
last fail vas tae Springfield correspond
snt Of the Chicago Assnz. There prob
ably never vas . time that Raymond
aaald DOT instantly command q seiaEy
Of ESQ 20 &75 . week ~ legitimate news
papeF UoFk- There never vas & time,
housveF, when either $50 OF SO, OF
even $50 per week. would any shere
near satisfy his insasiable proiieacy.
Ha Il everywhnro admitted - be one o.
thf renarkable soAmps o. thesa times.
hammond & not over IS years og ace, e
s feet tall, weighs 80 poands. has sandy
hair, q small, sandy m1slaoha. aBd has
most abrasive mannarA Az long ago
a. 1878. at New York. be was arrested
and cent % State Prison for tWo years
bv Raeordar HAokeit for grand iaIeeny.
having stolen an overcast from Mr..
Franklin Davis e tho Fifth Avenue
Hotel. de was then known as Arthur
:. Holmes. He sarvgd his fuii term.
Darina 1879 and 1854 and paFiioa Of
the following year ne vas q reporter on
the HeraEa, and waa known as Ross
Ravmond. In 1854 - wrote q book en-
titled sNo Laaegaraa We tha plot and
notes for which he stale from he writer,
4 friend Of his he worked dag and
ninht. and "a 9 week the book vas ak
The pFintsr'a His publiahefss the Hob
bard Rros., we're mulcted out % q large
anm BY she alleged aathof.
In 1854, tia Anlefteen Cons 81 e kseedes
Enaiand, after being vietimiEed by Bay
nond, scattered hand bills al exaF ing
land, ire oontinenl, And over half he
United States, sfaEinR q reward Of $50
/ for his arrest, giving n tie bill eesorlp-
tton &c tha feliog and bis nethooA OF
eonFse, be wasnt eaaeAA be turned up
il ERyps next, during Ne gAg made on
the rs6sls b the knallsh. He Rot ne
eorreapondenoe Of 3 Chtcaeo. several
New York, and half aoEsn English and
sentimental papers snd must have nads
legtiimately hanas0me tnoem& he
vas next heard of 81 Calecasa - an
Eeyvaian hey. an intimate q Cnisese
00rdon There a csc time be ha1 forty
eight sexvAnts and lived for sixty days
AZ the rate 0 &tCs9 peE day. he VS.
ravatly snfsgtained 81 STATE dinBefa and
/ enfortaluad hoats of bite friena1 u tha
asms sttia. Tue leading holsis foaght
each other toeai1 he onetom e t1ia
noblsmAp, aud the latter tno1gat nuth
i ina a. oFaasing atnness thai waaia run
/ az into hundreds e doliara Onoe he
/ gsee : dinner that eos1 e4Oeo bat. a
conrrr. nuna % tie hotol bills 9cfe ever
pAid. he goes b Ssats'a Ptiean Ter Reaa-
ms 4 waE3alem chao& "a his las4 New
York lAndlaay tor 60. Ihe fellow wbe
had successfully s9indlsd TIE Ne0 1orA
Htnaa5 and ether rapera cut ct toe1-
sands, uAo had IN hss hziet carver Eath.
1 cred $4,000 By he eaadie9l Kind q
me4heas. eoea . tte penltan1iaEy tor {
paltry th4gt that tss1 barely essaTea -
inr patay iAreeny. feA1 - re lnziofi'
ens end shess Ross Raymenaa usaalll
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