The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-25
|saE sILBER's WIFE9
I'm from Milwaukee With
Many Names.
snsxY YOUNG NEPHEW

RISKY fooNo nI"'
"a Re the Wife OF the Man
.ed on BIakeiey Rocks
Last May.
r.asssds7. October 10. there arrived
- house. in North Seattle.
The FIRST was cookbook
,.srbass 20 years of age. She
.sssss over her left eye, which,
~ = considerable portion of
81 left enough visible to show
shat would be called eomeiy
Hsy dress was neat and fashion
Z. -. gaady. and her manners were
..a !aagllke. The second person
.-r.v nan Of perhaps . or =
..sssr slim and delicate, and well
Ne bore the manners OF man
xor.d The third person of the
pretty little boy Of 3 or 4
esIIed the ledy Mamma. and
-..slei his mother very notjceably.
= Eelleyue register the young man
-, he following names as those of
~ AID himself
/, xssoieon. Milwaukee.
r.,.es geyers, Milwaukee.
- re,e assigned 10 rooms IS and s.
sss,,ly. the lady representing her CON-
az = her nephew. The day follow
. r-;sal Mrs. Napoleon commenced
.,.uts inquiries in regard to M. K.
,ho. she said. was ner husband.
= = remembered that SLIDER was
: dad in an upturned boat on the
- por, Blakeley last May, with a
I. Ne through his head.
a yspoIeon. or Mrs. Silber as she
q ssrself part of the time. made in
!, d, an attorney and was referred to
E,.xJ c. Prewett. who undertook her
- and proceeded to hunt up the
- srd effects Of the deceased SLIDER.
- and his death has always been
- II mystery in Seattle. He came to
an about the first OF April, 1850, and
- 10 have any amount Of money. IL
~ that he was a German count. He
- il The city several weeks. and on
q hired small sailboat OF Hudson Nor
e. TIE foot OF Union street and started
q. he BAY. The next he was seen was
g his BODY was found clinging to the
kspsd and sinking boat off Biakeiey
~ With bullet hole through his head.
I Is person was gold watch, some
las and bank book OF the Puget Sound
u nth 500 to his credit. His personal
b. sod for SIS, 50 that in the probate
n ne administrator report shows that
state amounted to sos. The Judge
krsi tso for the owner of the sail
s, which was lost, leaving $io5 in the
- Of the administrator. One OF the
prs.ioas things about the case was that
\ money in the bank was in the name
| ssssn Springer, and Ii has never been
ssanei Why he had the two names. A
y On bis finger was sent TO his wife in
I'm hy. Wis, who acknowledged its
sx,t
BssE siber had surplus of names he
sv5 aala not hold a candle to the
vsax vAs eIsims to be his wife. and here
! vas'stA he story deepens in mystery and
<rame aaciaedly interesting.
TgesdsF Horning observation-disclosures
Eertsr called st the Bellevue house 10 see
b saber, Mrs. Napoleon, Mrs. Boyer.
: srfinger or Mrs. Jones, whichever
Essne Is. He arrived just too late to
! ~, however. Landlord Baxter
/ that the lady had lust
lxTacoma, where she was going to
nsr nephew. she had said, with his
n She explained TO Mr.. Baxter that
I!stng man was strongly addicted to in
aaing liquors., aud she was going to put
With his uncle 10 see If
could do anything for him.
Z disappeared from the hotel
~ the little BOY In the care of the
's and taking a couple of satehels with
c. But though they left the Bellevue,
are not supposed TO have left the city
Mrs. siber was seen on the streets both
Wednesday and on Thursday morning.
I evening the pair returned 10 the Belle.
and AGAIN registered, but this time as
lrles Bgers. Pittsburg," and Mrs. Ma
isn. Milwaukee,
hey went out for an hour or so and
u they returned Posr-fsTEILiGENcKR
a'ier sought an interview with the lady.
vas ushered into the parlor with Mrs.
'oson and at once intimated 10 the lady
be would like an interview with her on
INFECT OF her deceased husband. The
'fg man lowered around SO closely that
reporter became suspicious. Mrs. Sill.
'oa taxing seat in the parlor, intro
70 The young man as, My husband.
Jones.
WI sou give me your story about your
sass'i husband. Mrs. Jones 2" asked the
cttef.
ae hesiiated ana looked inquiringly at
young man, who scowled harder than
and who hitohed uncasily on his scat.
aep her out the reporter continued:
iea' husband left home about a year
did he"
les, ne came West last October.
" yoang man Was evidently sitting on
!. and locked daggers at the reporter,
aaa now much money did he haveg"
a'ght thousand dollars Z"
!. you looking for that now7"
les, but"
s* TIE young man could stand il no
~ anu got up and came over and sat
= aeN to the reporter, where his
10 considerably strengthened the
=, Is be said
hsse, what do you want 10 know all
'io't waRtto know What is going on.
!. Aas1n : print this.
~" did yea know | was Silber's
returned the lady.
s,e'e that question could he answered
.so''es again broke in:
-, business Is going too far. This is
ssu'a'e subject entirely. This inter
=. sauss come "a an cad at once
saa' Is our name again. please ?" said
.'fef'eF, addressing Mr.. Jones. and
..ss up 10 leave.
Ieaes. 70
!. your FIRST name ="
-
'.'eI mind. ! don't want % talk 20
I. seaeS murmured something ahopt