The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-16
RUINED BY IDLENESS.
Dashing Lea Greenleaf Mourned
By Creditors.
HE HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO.
% Satan Found work for the "ore-
.on,.n.s. Trusted Seattle Agent.
ana He skipped.

ia Asshfne rcs Greenieaf, manager OF the
ge~ttle aeency Of the Portland Oregoniah, mas
ecne vrrne. he left the city very suddenly
1900 400 and dozens Of sorrowing creditofs
emonr the circle In which he moved, as Wen
as His trusting employer, have been anxlous :.
on the lookout for him ever since. Inc ush, 81
IN his accounts with the paper i hght ou' nc
len his conddfng friends w IN the lu,ch.
4 fsreenlesf came 10 seattle in April last from
porfl~r.d. and established the agency for the
Oyxoonfon. II had previously worked IN the
busineea ofioo Of the paper in Portland ior sew
era, months He wss bright and quick, an
.<tsxe ,vevke, ana had established good repu-
fstion With the management, and for that
reason every confidence was placed In MN.
After coming be opened IN ONCE in room %
RoxweII building. In which the sgeney y SUI
heated He Wa empowered 70 contract iof au-
verfiefnr. collect bills, list subscribers and to
esollecf slbecriptionn The business Of the paper
n ~ city being rather light, Greenleaf found
plenty Of time 70 spend 90 ne chose He was
sshau fellow. well met and made acquaint-
ancco rapidiY. He was 3 good conversational
~ ana 1 splcndid pianist, and his society was
,nr,ch sourht after month found him the
leedcr Of { select circle Of speedy young men.
With whom money wss no object and time cus
no figure at all Grecnlesfs salary was not
over 200 year, but he lived beyond double
thpt ampunts mAklub w s'.o .ssss -
rowing ifom fr1enas ana msnlpuia,.ns oun =,
ean to neglect even the light duties OF
Ma position and increased his pace
% the road to ruin. He became imbued with
the tIea thst be Was biliiardist, and that was
oosffy. He also dallied with Dame Fortune in
~ gambling houses Of the city, and that, too,
ueoyed expensive when he came to realiza-
don o. Ms pouuon = va Wy i.te. Ane eau
came early this month. driven 70 oespair ~
The PERSISTENCE o. cfeoitofs' nno WIN NO lncoe
bet his limited ssiasy @ mees me aens Saa,u
upon MN. ne resolved y nee llon sne -. c.s -.
with TINS DISCRIMINATION Y 9. near. ne ~ ous
ana borrowed over w from MS ihuniaie Nc aea
quaintances, getting w from Que I'enu. soy
nom smother, enu mixing up inc remslnue, ,. =.
no eum with smsat ioans co'lec'lns "ns sa
money ne couio IN she papv1 naias, ne
gathered together Few enects ana siien'iy ieis
me c1sy petNeen tne setins anu tue flsins "a
ne SUI, .ior where no one SHOWS
THERE'S no certainty g g w1at aay urecnIeaI
lcfk His habits were so Irregular ina. ne was
n0t missed TOT numpef y uayA ". y. oha",
mo 0cooHfQns asnington u&venng man, was
"a the once several lines shortly alter Green.
zeal teit. put ala not noslee BIS absence. agent
Hazard, another o. the OrfgonidWs emissaries,
arrived ~ the city iass WEDNESDAY. lie went 10
ene omco ~ the koxweh puiiaine, Dat 1reen-
Jeat YVES nowhere 20 oe iohnd. ne maoe the
discovery tnet the local SUBSCRIBERS naa not re-
oeived HEIR papers TOT several days. ana that
the business anairs Of we paper We're psdly
muddled. The management IN Portland was
notified snd = y. jones' advertising
manager Of the psper. ana his
assistant ". 2. Lee, were sent here. Mr..
lee Immediately began cnecking over the ac-
commits Of the defsuitng agent lie was seen at
ne agency yesterday by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Nporier. bns very dibcreefiy had nothing to