The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-12
WHO WAS DROWNED?
Early Morning Mystery From
the Water Front.
VERY PECULIAR RETIcENcE.
A Young Man Supposed to be Grant
Dooltttie. of Tacoma, Falls
From Bakers Wharf,

A mysterious drowning occurred on the water
front early yesterdsy morning. the trne facts OF
when cannot be learned because OF the peculiar
reticence OF those VINO know them.
Jnst before o'clock yesterday morning three
young men came into the warehouse on the
Baker wharf and attracted the attention
OF the night Waterman and police
man on the teat by their walk
and conversation, the TACT that two OF the party
had been induiging in liquor being plainly APP
parent One OF the three, and the one VINO
seemed to be most under the influence OF iutox-
ieants, Left the others aad went out of the rear
door oil the warehouse to the outer end OF the
wharf. The ngnt watchmsn went out
soon after to Re. mat the young man was safe,
and saw hsm leaning against the post close TO
the wharf and left him there. The steamer
Henry 4. Bailey was loading at the time and
among the freight was lot OF strip iroh that
made great deal OF noise when 1t was han
died.
The policeman and night Waterman remained
in the warehouse several minutes, watching
the loading and The youn, men, and the ohcer
at length sp ke TO one OF the two. saying that
1t was dangerous to allow the third
young man 70 remain alone outside
''6rant isn't full enough to fall overheard,
said one OF Them tall young man wearing
pair of god-bowed glasses. Five minutes
later the two went out to look for their com.
panion, and he was gone.
The two at once became greatly alarmed, aud
with the officer, night Waterman aud night
clerk made q thorough search OF the wharf,
but no trace Of he missing man could be found.
The steamer was searched carefully also, bat
nothing found to show what had Uecome of the
man.
The three young men were Arthur and Frank
Dooittle, OF Tacoma. and Charles Kimball. an
engineer. who lives in this city. The missing
man is Grant D,oli tie. q young man well
known to news paper men and printers OF both
cities.
Arthur Doolisfle and Kimball spent the re-
maiuder of tn night about the wharf and look
ing in various piae about the CT y, hoping to
find n at Grant had left the place without their
knowledge aud gone up town.
Officer w. F. Llubschtr and L. Mawson, night
CLERK at The Baker wharf, both de scribed the
occurrence to aPosr-INTELLIGEScER reporter,
and both are positive that the youug man fell
into the water and went down. Tie warehouse
is large building brightly lighted at night
when boats are loading, and yesterday there
was SO little freight in it that man
could not conceal himself, or pass
through without being seen. Both
the officer and clerk were watching the young
men. and could not nave missed seeing the one
who went out the rear door, had ne returned.
Outside the warehouse there Ia a narrow ! ass
age-way. but it is cut off both sides by gaug-
waysl aiding down TO the wa'er's edge.
outcry or plash ng made by a man falling into
the water would have been drowned in the
noise made in handling the Bsiley's freight.
Arthur DoOlittle Was set n last evening, and
said that there was no development in the
mystery. He said that he missing man was
l.. Ludlow compositor on the Tacoma Globe,
bat This statement does not agree with the story
told a, the wharf yesterday morning. He said
last night that he hoped to hear that Ludlow
had reached Tacoma in some way
Clerk Mawson Was tod by the young mon, at
the time the third dis pppesred, that the Dool.t-
ties Were brothers. ami that they came to the
wharf to meet sister, expected 10 arrive ON the
boat from Iairnaveu
Doolittle was anxious to keep the story out of
print. aud appeared TO feel confident that the
missing man would be found in time.
When Officer Lsuoscher and Clerk Mawson
were asked WI a. cou be done yesterday morn
ing, b ,lh advise Calling in the assist ance of q
diver TO recover the body if it was in the water,
but no action of the kind has been taken.