The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-14

sred- LandsFss es0o was promptly handees
g nm cat Of the GOOD. honest money Of
We hxpayers as the treasaresss cfzce in
the Old CITY hail He skipred town the
same evening leaving his lawyer in the
ifrch. and hey spent The next day grovi-
ing
Nothing was heard Of Lxnders until
several months afterward, when he OBJ
tanned petition q operator for the Union
fassnc railway af Armstrong. Kansas He
was there only . few days when . saushAle
arose between that corporation and the
Kansas city elevator. controlled By GILES
rie 4 Bancroft. which Was located GA land
leased from The railway company ~ the
state line.
The Union Pacific vas anxious to erect q
large new freight depot there and the ese-
vafor stood directly IN the way. unsaeoess-
sui Efforts having been made to bar out
tae lease on the elevator The railway
people finally firing of .smonkeying.m As
they termed Is. resolved on desperate
and sfrstegscd move. coup de main. % ~
II were IL was determined 10 send over
every engine in the yards with rs bic
crew oil men rs possible. armed with every
available weapon OF destruction. aud prsc-
uesiiy destroy the great elevator. All day
the railroad men worked indus;riously on
the scheme, midnight was the time set for
the operations 10 begin and s.muns was
the word everywhere They were in high
glee as the shades OF night fell and laughed
III their sleeve over the approaching dis
comftare of the enemy. But they counted
not on fanders. who. being their ARM
strong operator. necessarily got an mixing
OF the scheme and rs soon "a he got of
duty that evening skurrled ACROSS the
line and disclosed the railroads. plans TO
the elevator people Mayor Chase Was
instantly seen and he ordered Chief
speers and squad Of policemen TO hur-
riediy approach the scene Of action. The
mayor. the chief and a staiwart section
of the "metropciitans" were soon
brought M in hattie array af the state
line. and when the enemy approached, a
couple of bours later. the mayor quickly
mounted locomotive and in the name Of
the City of Kansas commanded them to
Instantly disperse. under the usual penal
ties OF failure. That the railway people
were astonished could hardly express IT,
They were completely paraiyzed. The
connterruse was fully successful Not q
plank in the building was harmed that
night. and the railroad rustlers suddenly
retired 10 their retreats. Not 10 this day
do they fully know how they were given
away" bat Landers was looked on with
suspicion, especially. Is he quit their SER
vices few days later.
Since then Landers has royed through
out the country breaking % his only re-
manning leg everywhere. knocking St
Louis out OF 5000; III Paso, Tex. 5000:
Toledo, $500; Galveston. $4,000; Deming,
n. NJ. 81 900; Los Angeles. s. 600; Seattle.
WASH. $500, and other places too numer-
Gus TO mention. He always sues for large
amounts. Is frequently successful, and only
compromises when be thinks the game is
getting too hot. He has figured in the
Police Gasefte on several occasions, and in
his peculiar line he is without rival.
After having beat the Windy Wonder
of the Palms." out of . clean $1,000, he
played poker with some friends. and re-
marked boastfuiiy that Wichita was .
regular LAY" town to give mp SO easily.