The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-23

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Asuras. shcpe dad hp1y w.s fo1nd
IN - hny . few dsys $50, has heea
tzken mp b. tn 0(z5ciais and promises
N0De interesting evesopnenxs SherfH
Cs<hsxne visited NehESosn 4 rrpAmf%r
bexr han yextef.xzy. ard opened de
rAkise M thexs ! o0up3e 81 wonfhs
Aeohy NsnFus. The s.frhei contained
several bkticfes d csD<kznx. sonze car
peuser tootS. the paoto4rxph If
young mzn evidently German. faken
By . Tacoma photographer named
Jscksou. . Catholic estechixm In Ger
man With the inxyir<iou. .Wensseiin
Asurus. IST. !" on She ~ leaf and
piere Of parer On which vas serisb3ea
Arthur Burns. Of 0zceola, yardeiine
Maurice. Fred Nog3e-~ Mr.. Knutsen.
who vzs a bsrsender Ia the Place as
the time. rensemhers that Mazrus
acted fzt<r strangely He left his
valve while he vent ont to purchxse .
ticket for San Francisco. saying that
be wanted 20 leave the country, - be
had been sent 10 the insane asylum
once. and wanted to ret away before
be eoah be put In again From Mr..
Prohsf, one Of the propFictors Of the
saloon. some further fAcfs were OBJ
tanned that may serve 10 still further
unravsl
rHE NysrxxT-
Mr.. Prob~t said. FIRED yolte. Who
lives near Eaunriaw. met Mr..
Naurus somewhere and got him 70 70
mp near his place ard take up some
land. ] met them both when I went
there 10 secure some land under the
sois4iers' presumption law. ~ am an
old soldier. Sometime last fzll or vim
ter Wolfe snd Aaurus came to Seattle
tegesher and came 10 zee nae. Nolte
told me that NauTus va- . little de-
ranged and that he did not know what
TO do with him. I advised him 10
have him examined in the probate
court but Solte replied, No, ann
afraid he i not bad enough to make
out good case, and il they should
examine him aud let him 70 he would
think had been trying 10 do him
harm, and would not have that hap
pen for anything Noite wanted me
70 give him some money 70 take AAu-
rus back home, bat they finally went
on together and said they were going
10 Tacoma The next thing that
heard about the matter was . letter
from MauYus from the Steilacoom
asylum He wrote that be was con-
fined there but
WAS Not IssAsE.
And wanted me to try and get him out
! wrote 20 the superintendent OF the
asyIum for information and he replied
that Maurus was slightly insane but
would be cured before long I sent the
superintendent letter % Maurus and
advised him to be puoient aud not
worry and he woulA come out all
right
but how did he 80 IN the asylum
II he was not sent from the probate
eourt1" asked the reported. who had
just looked up the records and found
that Maurus had not been sent from
this county.
II cannot tell that. but some one
must know all about IL and ! think
Nolte could tell lie did not seem to
want 10 bring the case before the pro-
bate court in this county, and proba-
bly, took him 70 Tacoma and made out
a case and had him sent from there.
was not in the saloon the morning
he left the valise here after getting out
OF the asylum and never saw him after
the time he and Nolte came here to-
gether."
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.
The impression il growing that
Maurus was the victim Of foul play.
II Ii even intimated that he was Killed
and thrown into the bay By parties
who wanted TO secure his property.
consisting Of hi. ranch and stock ut
Enumclaw. and some money. The
peculiar proceeding of having him sent
TO the asylum from an adjoining coun-
~ is considered suspicious. Maurus
was only - or n years Of age, and had
not been in this country very long.
The matter will be thoroughly investi-