The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-21
CAPT.MARSHALLDEAD
Mysterious Disappearance From
a Steamer.
OR JUMPED OVERHEARD.
lod Termination to the Life of Well
Known Old Pioneer-So Motive
for Suicide Known.

&c tain Z. L. Marshall, OF this city, wen
knoFrn all over the Coast as well as on fuse'
seuub Ia dead. The news of his death was re-
seivs 10 this city yesterday through his'stc.
iron Earshfeld. Or The dispatch staten iia'
Captain Marshall was lost overboard Hohh ~
ssezz-ler Arago, which left san Francesca ioi
4 Aars afeId Monday. The captain was last sseh
1ues lay night standing by the raii a. te s'slh
Of thssteamer. The dispatch added lhas A vas vas
fhonght by the officers Of the steamer 'AS zap
tain aad jumped overheard.
For the last two years Captain Nafshah mas
been In poor health. Six mouths ago ne was
saonfrsed TO bis bed for time ne fallicu' now
e ser. and q short time ago wen. 10 California in
search OF health. He was on MS return 10 seat
lie at the time he met his death.
Captain Marshall was one OF the Oldest settlers
3u eesttle, and was one OF the best Known men
On ID Sound. He came 10 THIS country LIST as
,siasier of the bark MoneyneK, some time IN tas
early Cos. The aoneyncK was an Ees'eFh
Isasse For several years the captain carried
y ii eerroes from YcsIcrs mill and finally sold
tie Lark I'm Australia. From the proceeds OF
flaf ale he purchased the sawmiil at what was
e than known IA Freport, but was Afterwards
called Milton and is now known AZ West Seattle
About go acres OF land on Al-kl point were
\ incInded In the purchase. ne OPERATED inc
& min suceessfuIIy until lSs2, when the Pacific
Pine Lumber Association, the great lumber
truxf subsidized his mill, paying Captain hsr-
shall 81 ns0 uer mouth for three or ioar years 10
Ieen his riiu idle The mill shut down
and never ran again. when the term oi
she subsidy expired the captain put the mill in
rsadIncss 10 start up again, ana was about ready
q Il, commcuec saving when the trust again came
forward and gave him $50 per month for three
years 10 kecp the mill idle. About the time the
sero..i subsidy expired which wes four years
sro captaiu Marshall sold his hold
sngs 20 Colonel Thomas Ewing, for $4,000
The mill burned down afterwards. Very soon
after the sale ne purchased OF Harrington d
emIth the lot OH the corner OF Main and Com
xnerclal streets In Seattle, on which stood the
Arlington hotel, afterwards destroyed 5y the
great fire. As soon as ne could make the neces-
snrv arrangements, he induced cyrus Walker,
who owned the adjoining lot on Commercial
street 10 Join him in the erection Of fine brick
and stone four story business building, now one
OF the finest structures in the city.
faptain Marshall was married about twenty
five years ago. while following the sea. to Miss
Ray Brown, a sister OF Captain John y. Libby,
manage OF the Puget Sound Tugboat AssOcia-
tion Three children were born-two daughters
and SON. Miss Lizzie and Miss Nellie Marshall
are a. present and have been Tor number of
years residents OF Seattle. In 1873 their only
son. JohnBy, very promising child of or
years, fell of the wharf at Milton ana was
drowned. The shock was very severely felt by
the PARENTS especially the mother, who never
fully recovered from IT, She finally died in san
Trantisco, eighteen months ago. She bore her
grief nlently and devoted her life 70 doing good
20 ofhe.s Her death very sudden. Mrs.
Marshall, for years after their marriage, accom-
panied her husband on all his voyages going TO
all psrts of the world with him. After they
settled down they lived for many years at West
Seattle. The steamers Lizzie Marshall aud
Cello were afterwards commanded by CAPTAIN
Marshall on the Sound
The captain was thorough American and,
while In every thought and impulse he was a
loyal and enthusiastic Republican, he always
preferred working in the ranks and never ac-
eepted an Office of any kind.
.'He was loyal to his country, to his state and
20 Seattle, which has been his home for many
years said friend speaking OF him last night.
aHis motto was; MY country; may she ever be
right; but, right or wrong, my country just the
same. He was companionable man, good
cittSen and an indulgent and kind father. lie
was always straight and honest in business
affairs and was well known all over the Coast"
During the Chinese troubles five years ago,
when Sheriff McGraw called for citizen voun-
teers TO uphold him in the maintenance of the
law, Captain Marshall was one of the first to re-
spond To the call, and he rendered valuable aid
all through the trouble. He was always in the
front rank where a wrong was to be righted
II is estimated by those who knew Captain
Marshall well that his wealth amounted to
something like s200,C00. As far as is known he
belonged to no secret society. He was IS years
old.
Speaking OF the suicide theory as to Captain
Marshalfs death, Mr.. Samuel Crawford said
last night:
~ have known Captain Marshall well for
long time and / scout the idea OF suicide /
have talked with him on that subject and he
most assuredly was not the kind of a man 10
commit suicide" Other old settlers who knew
him we'll say that they cannot believe that he
fumped into the water nnrnosely