The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-05
W.EACHING BONES.
gnaGtly Tales From Rural
Haunts Of Canada.
ycUMc MEN LuHED TO pEArH.
un6sssA Tren Old EaslssA - Jsvsst -
yrsss Ysv.s aaA Thss MssAsrsA
for 1fsssy.
YOUNG MEN LuREo TO DEATH

loeo7yo0 iett<I from At0ef80u - soma
cvil engineers. Stewart building. New York,
nlI1ng Of the mysterious disappsarance II
Augustus Rawlings and Frank Bsebis. sons
4 English gentlemen, who were Iured 70
Cnpsds undsr tho impression sha1 they
- = b placed out with farmers q saYu
nnils, One Of them, the writer under.
800, paid $1,000 In England. and one
I'D d this sum va sent 70 IN aesnt in
Toronto. The iast-named young man paid
fo00 Tor part interest In farm north Of
lin6osy. where he seems 70 have dfsap-
rnnxud, and the other ssnt Q iettsr 10 his
k1nds In England altar arriving a. Nsassrs
raIis, In which he said that he would 1--WE
= account Of the place in hts next Iettsr.
r. vss not heard Of By his friends alter
~
] ne frm OF Anderson & Sons are MINING
melnssss. r. b. Anderson. the senior
oSnbsf Of the firm, when asked By 70.
roroor q the New York Epsniaa Rs for
rrsicuIars Of the disappeafsncs of Raw
tnes end Besbie. said: Il am mot anxious
= hsse my name made public In this mat
~. In fact, marked my letter 70 Dstsc.
~ Murray 'privats.' Ny reason Tor writ
- = him Was that l thought the whole
bGSinsss should b. thoroughly investigated.
think the authorities in England should
hvostgsts the workings Of the aesucies Ia
that country, and compel them to show
1hoif books and give the name Of every
uan they have sent to this country Ia this
~, ~ amount Of money paid By each
nan, and 70 whom they wsrs forwarded
~. The young man, Augustus A. Raw
fnQ, came to this country about eight
yoass ago. He was ~ years old. and paid
1lQoO 70 Ford, Rsthbone n Co. Ia Fins
tasy Pavement, London, to b sent 10 this
Oountry. One-third Of this money was
sent tosshe agent In Toronto. He promised
~ hsfore be left that be would write every
Voek. received one letter from Nisgxrs
1xiis, in which he said he would give .
description Of the place In his next letter.
uethtns has been heard from him sincs
- tms, and his mother died about two
nd hall years ago of broken heart
frank Begbie knew more Intimately.
Ue vas . warm personal friend Of my son.
Hi lafhsf Vas IN officer In the India SER
M and died there. He was intended for
~ army, but upon examination vas
1lncksd' IN mathematics, and wss 20
bpoksn up because Of his failure
Ut be decided to leave home.
IL ssw Ford, Rathbons h Co.'S
odvsstisemsnt and paid them 100
ouineas for chance 10 learn farming In
NJ country. lie Vas sent 70 . man,
A1amson. In Toronto. who received part
= Ne sum paid to the English agency.
yosng Bagbie expected 10 have . placs on
iEuit farm In the Niagara district, bat
%mnk~nA ofa hat ~ ~t~<ssx4
stuht miles from Lindsay. We never
loasd from him. but shout four
pan ego l decided 70 find him
could. went to Toronto, got the
name Of The man with whom he vas work
he and went 10 the place. IL was very
poer farm. far away from civilization. 10
To primevd forest, In fact--a farm given
btAis man BY the government. Begbis
~ vofking with = couple Of ordinary Ia
hoeoy. and they all lived in log hut and
~ ~ scantest fare. took him with
~ b Lindsay. and asked him to coma
bock With me. He said that he wanted to
eetavay, but had paid fs0o for IN interest
b II farm, and did not want 10 leave until
- Rot II hack.
"A short time after ] returned 10 this
CITY got letter from him. In which he
aid he had left the farm where he was
working. that he had been cheated out OF
BE money, and was working with another.
That IL The last word l have had from
him
The agency in Toronto makes every
eooFs 70 induce the young men sent out
rem England 70 invest in these farms be-
lore they see them. At both Offices, in
England and in Canada, pamphlets Are
issued describing the attractions OF fruit
farms in the Niagara district, and the
money to be made out OF them. They are
very attractive to young Enslishmen. who
Iency they are coming to cultivated farms.
WHARF iruit OF all kinds 10 grown in pro-
fusion. and where shooting and fishing
can Be enjoyed In leisure time. When
hey are sent out TO uncultivated farms,
~ from civilization. among the toughest
CLASS OF people. they become discouraged,
ana wander away TO some other place, or
afe murdered for their money.
Il am convinced that most OF the skel-
eepas that have been found in the wilds Of
Wnada during the last six or eight years
sn ths remains Of young men who have
oeen forwarded 10 America in this way.
oniy short time ego, when travelling
nom Kingston. met . couple OF young
men who told me they had been swindled
N much the same way that young Begeis
wa They we're locking for work some
where else. they did not know where"
\ SORRY FLIGHT.