The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-04
Mr.. COOKS CASE.


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10 cry. aud tack letter fFosn hts fs1rk~t
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fnos,ey be had asked for ~ sooa a. ~
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die-honu prosnls-d he scusa write i, his
brother a satisfactory letter, ard silen the
taoa@y came he would N txs COED
THE x8xsr ne BAD sTuLEs
from me He begged that ! wasid not
prosecute him 81 SAY anything To Moore
about toe affair, saa. Ike feoi. | coa-
scnted to let him Of. ansf made the money
good 10 the firm- About that tisas Aa-sye
wss passing bis nights at Btaxa;hs park
ave miles dosa the bag. and the clerk
would drive him or a. night and return
for him IA the morning LESS than q week
after Maurice robbed me Aoare got hin TO
drive him 20 the park. Some money had
seen paid 20 Aeore after banking hours
and Aeofs gave IL 10 Aenaleshoan 10 bring
Ia nad keep fcr hisa Till morning ON his
return to the esiy Maurice weRt To aim saS
told him thai be had been OFT wIiA some
ft4fA4sr att3 tt1R sstf&AGstFN-1 ftlt money.
When came In Moore tsid me about the
affair. suggested 70
HAVE HIN AnREsTED.
Not thinking ai the time bat that Moore
was fully conscf-aat with the trick he had
done me previously. Meore hesitated
aouist proceeding against him. That after
noon was called Ia Tacoma. and before
lssving I called Maurice Into the offsee,
aud IN the presence OF Mr. Moore told
him that was going asaf. but that on my
return aekt day would let hi8a know what
action would take ia the matter. When
got back Mr.. Moore said be hal studied the
matter over, aud IN order 70 give the boy n
chance aud let him down eaSy serxes,esi
that We keep him for tao weeks aud le.
him Out then on soJae other psefExf. thus
protecting hi. reputation as far as lar IN
DER power. | oh3ecied. but
FINALLY CONSISTED.
Al the same time stating thct II we kept
him he was liable 10 get his hands on 500
or S51o and walk or However the Wish Of
Mr. Moore vas compiled with aad Maurice
informed Of the result. Whit. 81 the time
! believed The boy was ps.niiellt aud would
not c0mnit further theffs. SSH nay
prophecy proved too true. While sIttisg
IN tue Office quite early o. the morning 81
igiy le. Mr.. Moore opene4i tbs cash drawer
a9d fcand I; empty. lie asked me Il had
taken any money from The drawer. aud
;0id him had not He said some one aad
been there, and ! asked him bow much
had beeu taken. He said ne did no; know.
bat could tel by reference 70 his books
which were in his private room. where he
kept them that he faight work on Them OF
EVENINGS. lie lejg. spd % minutes later he
returned with some memerandunas. wAich
he started to foot az. While doing 50 a
lady, cue 81 our customers came IN aud iu-
qnifed for Mr. Moore, who, as / entered,
said ! know
WHO ToeS raE aosEY.
Here * letter from Maurice that ex
plains Il ali, toek the letter AMI read Ii,
and found Il 10 be "a confession Here Il i.
IRE LErTGE 90 coSFEssIoS.
'SEkfiLE, " T., July u, ISIS.
Mr. MooaE
BY the time you receive this I viii have
left town. Il IS almost unnecessary for the
20 stats The wrong | have done / cannot
expect you % keep this matter private, or
Mr. Cock, bccanse ia the other msfter
Cock Faa right away 30 tell Mrs.. Jelly. !
know What q great Injustice ! am doing
yen. As guess Yen are the only real tread
bad IN tewa. bat ! haFe been ia great
.Fgub,e sirce the sih Of july am In
debt uoE for quite an amount. and upon
the top Of al that ! had 10 gamble. which
made l. great deal worse fer me. know
That ! have done 3 criminal act, bat all
cAn do is 10 rrciify il as soon as posi- bic.
! shall send below for money ibis morning
TO Fay yen back what il coming 30 You.
Respectfully youFs.
4 % not ask you to keep this quiet for
ng sake but nv folks. and II IL las posi-.
bic 30 keep Il from Cook ! would rather
have IL
LOOKING FoE aESnI EsHsSS
The lads wha brought the letter said she
met Maurice ga She street. that he was ex-
cited, and handed her tbs letter with n r.
guest thai she give tt % Mr. Agaore in about
al hour lie stated shsf he was aboni 10
w ia n ri
hni eoeid and pethiugof bfs whereabouts
] DO no. remember fne amount he took
from the tgaWeF ueF the an0aaf Maorr
gave bin 70 keep fof him. Ny inteata
aAd purpose was to arrest him We We rs
somewhat iHrig IN The matter and lei he
tAIng dag along uiihoGt taking any &C
ton
"Nendleshonn was a,soa; sewn. and for
some reason had become very much in
ccusoa AZ ne, hecAave % shat had said
- hfm ia former Interview
HIS sEYESss.
when he saw Nc we're net pushing the
charges aEainss him, ne wgaf IS work z.
iuEzafiste himself into NJ. Moore's good
cysres hy tcifiag him az my 6isSeiute
aahits he said ! had beea gambling
every night. sed flSking lsrge sums 81
sz8aev On the tara ~ a card. After several
81 these visits, Mr. Ho-ore hsraias con.
yiercd that his stories were true, aud esi-
pioycd detective hy the aAgne 81 Means
10 ssreF;ain whether Or Raj [ was gam
bling After having worked sa the case a
dGg OF -. Means cane - Ir Moore and
Eold him a- hza seen nc
PLAY DRAW soxEE
A. rpafns over tac TEN ssiuaa aaA that
be also had maa wh8 hsa seen me stake
szse GA sfbgle bet Means and his wit
RcsSrs. however. positively refused % make
these asScriisas in ny PRESERVE. nor waald
they allow Mssara tn dsYu1Se their naineS.
though Moore Inadvertently. while coz
varsiag ahsras the matter. mentioned
NaHnss name % me Il was. sf course.
ussiesx Tor aay m1sr sacrceg. ard he then
consented ~ nv meeting Meaas when
siid TAusstsy nlE1t When I usef aim I
fsiA Him 81 the eakrsrs he bad made -
NJ Assore relative - sayseif. also that
had prepared tive rarsrS aae % which
read That hs hsd seen lae
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caRnce. I teia hin 10 Nj Hasare presence
mat Se ts9ald sign asfhes Ct gssoSs papers
fhai De- Wsnso1 80. bat has he usass sign
enc of tseu1. whlck be refused - do. AZ
tae sssac tive, aaser ftge prrtsnse 81 see-
iag Mr. Ngans rrivasa5F. he tried - saeak
on. af she side foo- - tsls assic1 Z tfsf ked
fho daeg and pat tha KEY ia say pocket.
and De tAea sai2 81 Mr. AeAre That BE
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ana that h ~ wished 70 80 withsuf siEa-
tag eiysrr - the papers ke esu.a aosa.