Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-10
NO. IA

who said he Was q splendid man for the
position, could hr be depended ON. After
reaching here. hr and his wife went to
the FairhaNrn Ia I've and GarriSh, took
desk room in the office of ". W. Sly. on
Twelfth street For a time all went
well and he attended To his business
and made little money. This was more
prosperity than lac could stand, and he
commenced to drink. As soon as he be-
gan his drinking he also commenced to
gamble and was soon ont of money. Like
/ all men who gamble. he was positive his
/ luck would turn if he had the money to
carry on the game. How to get the money
was the question with him. and he decid-
/ ed To write a check and get IL cashed. He
I then looked around for some one who
would accommodate him and he found a
gentleman who. thinking him all right
accepted "A check ON the Merchants Ma
tiunal bank of Tacoma for ten dollars and
IN return gave Garri~h the cash. The
same day another check was ca shed and
sent forward for collection. During the
time the check was absent for collection.
Garrsh had other checks cashed amount
ing to over 50 i'm all The first checks
were returned and with them a letter
from Samuel CollNcr. cashier of the bank,
saying that Garri~h had no funds in the
bank and never had had any. and sug
gGsied That tb" man he arrested.
The gentleman who caShed the
check al once hunted Garrsh up
and told him hr would have to make
good the amount hc had taken or he
would have linn arrested The wife of
the man ulrrcrdcd and promised 10 make
the amount good. and Garrish was al
lowed 10 go his way, hut was advised To
leave all such operations alone. This
matter had no sooner become uuieted than
the other checks were returned. stamped
no funds All the time Garrish kept
drinking. but not enough To intoXicate
ID b Ist sIl a mot i'm hat h.a
was doing. Sunday last he got into
game of cards with some of his friends.
and. aS usual hc was broke in "A short
time. aud at once reSortcd. To the usual
means OF procuring cash. lie wrote a
check ON the First National bank for
sixty dollars. and left the room where he
was playing and went tp the BijOu
saloon To get it cashed. Steve Lang was
ON watch aud hc cashcd the check re-
marking al the time that he must have
the money in th" morning a. he needed T..
GarriSh promised him that lac should have
the money al II o'clock ia the morning,
and receiving the cash, he went back Ia
his game. lie was soon without cent
and concluded that he must do some
thing TO create sympathy in order to get
the necessary sixty dollars TO meet the
check. He went home aud that night
while ms wife was In another room, took
a small dose Of morphine, and rolling up
his sleeve he pricked his arm with
knlle and then pinned card on his vest
telling his wife that he had killed himself
When She returned he was breathing
heavily, and being much alarmed she
called a doctor who gave the man an
cmetic. and in "A short time he was all
right Monday he was arrested when IL
was found that he had no money in the
bank. Again his wife interceded for him
and succeeded in raising enough money
10 get him out of the hands OF the officer,
Who was instructed that II the money
was forthcoming the charge would be
Withdrawn. Garrish left here Monday
evening on the City of Kingston, ostensl-
bly, for seattle on Tacoma. but instead he
got OIL the boat at Nhatcom and stayed
There until yesterday. While In What
com he succeeded in having two
morr checks cashcd and borrowed
some money A warrant was sworn
ont for his arrest again last night and II
caught he will get what he richly de-
serves. term in the penitentiary. II
transpir.s nov that Garrish has been do