The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-08
SHOOTS DErALoArIoNs.


other Accomplishments.
TksHgNsEax. Dee. T.--LeedoE has been gs5ns
ering add cal fzcsx beArfsg Oh the delalc&1to1
o. Cashier icoti. TheFs hss "a saoa deal
81 speculation a. e. why laosf took wp MIN
bea 81 neses a. the Eatsor Al Metsarolitan bank
last week ne, before he disappeared. Lesion
bas secured an expssnaffan. wkaeh Is - ths
fact itst the cashier f0rzei fhe names Of nsIn.
hers Of tha Hoa-e aud atkers 20 thssy-6ve ao$es,
asg1egsfin9 fl4h09 Is was these notes which
h. took mp November =. Leess0Ea's theory %
sllcafE's OBJ q Is that be intended to avoid the
iaw OF exsraaStlon Ter 5prgesy e is believed.
however, that he can Be exsrA9 ted. neverthe-
less. II IL reported this morning that he bed
been seen ia New YeTk. en- ruHts for Buffalo.
and that be had bees arrested 10 Albany. The
report Iarks confirmation. The congressional
egzamitfes Il burr wish the Investigation.
Members % tire House claim the government
VII have - make the s. ms slnxs good 20 them.
Representative Thompson. Of Ohio before the
eomnlstes this aiteruoon In cnnnecsian wIth
the inquiry into the character OF the notes taken
Up hy ssisott. vas confronted WITH note puE-
porting 70 be sis for the amount CT a months
salary, eashed In September. Thompson de-
elnsaE that he was not ia Washington IN Sep
se1aser, aad Gente9 that he ever made such
note
3 preseotasivss stone, Of Missouri, Mansur,
csFuth. crisp. Herbert, and four or sve other
mem befs testified 20 the same effect - respect
10 notes rasde ont fl their names Csru'h stating
that be wasfn Europe when the note purpo-ting
q be his was made.
HOW MLeUrT SPENT TIE MONEY.
u s. believed the forged notes we're issued By
s ieest 70 cover losses on horse races that he
h0psd ia win enough money TO take them up
bal failed - DO 50, aAd simply got deeper into
the pc. with the opening OF the new congress
the hour Of reckoning had come, and being IN
able % settle MP he decided 10 make q biz haul
before going with the money be got from the
treasury. e Is now understood be consulted bis
1awyer, who ad=isea him 70 take up the notes 50
as 20 destroy the evidence Of the fgrreries, as
fhst crime Is covered by the exfradifion treaty
wi'h Great Britain W6ile the taking up Of
these notes embarrassed the evidences with for
gerry. Il Is thought an indictment can BE re.
turned fas forgery and fraad thus making his
exfradifBon possible II he Is found Ia Canada.
A. soon rs possible the esse viii be sent 20 the
grand Jury. ard as attempt viii BE- maze 10 Sc
eire indictments for foFgery and for grand ar
csay. As Al evidences OF how sle0't wss trying
70 ave himself By plansinz deeper and deeper
make good his forgeFles. the fact is disclosed
that .oF the past two monihs he has bought Eve
whole lottery tickets each month.
THE VICTIMS
The following sre the members whose names
were forged: Herbert TaFpin, Davidson OF
Florida, Bullock, Crisp, B00fhmau. Thompsfn
ofOhio. wlekmsn, Richardson, Washington. f.
A. Pierce, K gore Grain, Moore. Carlton. Law.
yer, Gist 6esr Hayes, Conger, A. ]. Anderson,
Stone OF Ktntueky, Stone Of Missouri, Coed
night, MONTGOMERY. Ceruth, PsyuteF. J. A. b.
ehanan, p. l. Anderson, Msns1r, Wade, Latham,
Brewer aud EwAff