The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-28
is EMANUEL AFRAID?
Reports of His High Living
and Heavy Debts.
THAT SEARCH FOR GREENEBAuM.
His Being Lost in the OIympics Said to
BE Fake" Which Melted Eman-
uei s1,00O-Forner scrapes.

Albert Emanuel. a dashiug drummer well
known IN Seattle, is given column exposure
OF his fraudulent dealings in California by the
can Francisco Examiner of January "A. Mr..
Emanuel, up 70 month ago, was manager of a
Dranch house in this city OF Greenebaum. We'll &
Aieheis, OF San Francisco, and he is reported to
nave lost his position because of his dishonest
practices.
lie was discharged on January for disobeying
instructions and left for New York on January
=, leaving behind large number OF unpaid ac-
counts and some of the firms with whom he
mad dealings speak in the bitterest terms OF him.
ne Eidnstaer quotes an article published in "a
New York paper on October 6, 1855, telling how
Emanuel, while bookkeeper for the A. B. Mayer
Manufacturing Company, of St Louis, became
engaged 70 young woman, and when she dis
covered that he had wife and child in New
fork, borrowed all the money he could and
SKIPPED to san Francisco. There he became
traveller for Greenebaum, We'll g. Michels, and
soon got into trouble for drawing on the firm
ana eashing the drafts with country customers.
Inc nrfn, however, had great confidence in him,
house.
Here, according to the Examiner, he made his
greatest haul IL is intimated that W. Greene
baum. son OF the senior member of the firm of
Greenebaum, We'll & Miohels, who was reported
70 nave been lost in the Olympic mountains
iasI summer, never really was lost but that the
report was circulated by Emanuel TO enable him
70 "pieed the firm, and thus put money in his
own pocket The paper says:
soon after young W. Greenebaum's arrival
IN seattle the dispatches in the papers an
nouneed that he had been lost in the wilds of
the OIympian mountains and that Albert Eman-
uei, the confidential agent Of the firm at that
CITY, was out with a large party searching for
MIN, and little later ii was announced that
Nh. Emanuel had discovered the lost boy and
nad brought him back 10 civilization. and Mr.
Greenebaum received the first day after his son
disappeared the following telegram:
Mr.. GreeHetaum: Your son is lost in the
mountains. Have twenty men out searching
LOT MIN. A. EMANUEL. Seattle.
safety and was far from being treasured when
the following telegram arrived the next day:
lille still lost. Have forty men looking for
The next day a telegram announced that
Emanuel had 100 men securing the mountains
IN search OF the young man.
Un the fourth day a telegram was received
stating that Mr. Emanuel had found the young
man safe and sound, and that he had been taken
20 Fort Angeles. Soon afterward draft for 500.
drawn by Emanuel for expenses in finding the
young man, was received and paid, as were also
oLner expenses amounting TO $500.
lit afterward transpired that Mr. Emanuel
had not found Mr. Greenebaum, but that he was
rescued by party OF his companions in the
Trip which took him TO the mountains, and was
found within two miles of farm house, on
creek on which their camp had been pitched.
Mr.. Emapuel got the 1890, however, and il
the stories OF his doings in Seattle are true,
made it last at least a week 4"
The paper also says that Emanuel cut wide
swath III Jewish society during the two years he
was in San Francisco, and that he borrowed
money from his friends and lived in the best of
style. Regarding his methods, it says:
emanuel had large number OF lady friends
whom he aided to certain extent and owes
heavy bills for their wardrobes. He would take
them to ladies tailors and tell them to order
what they pleased, informing the proprietor of
the establishment that all he had to do to get
his bill was TO send it TO Greenebaum, Well IL
Michels. He traded on their name continually,
and Is said to have represented himself to be
son OF member OF the firm. 1t is estimated
that he owes several thousand dollars in this
city and among country customers of the firm,
and that what he obtained from Mr.. Greene
baum TO pay the expenses of finding his son
viii bring the total OF his ill-gotten gains up to
5000 or =, 600. He smoked the finest cigars and
drank the costliest wines and never paid for
them
Although Mr.. Emanuel does not owe any one
Seattle firm very large amount still his Quiet
leaving did not create the best of opinions
Principal among his creditors are the Standard
furniture Company, the Imperial Clothing
Company, and the City of Paris Clothing Com
pany. He paid few dollars in cash to each of
these firms and gave his note for the balance
The notes in most cases have been sold at a
large discount.
Among Mr.. Emanuel's former friends in Seattle
Is Mr.. jacob Binswanger. who has not yet lost all
faith in him. Mr.. Binswanger, while he
doesnt sanction Mr.. Emanuels actions is in
clined to believe, in accordance with his long
acquaintance with the man. that Mr.. Emanuel
inttuusu no uisnODeslf Wnen ne leTt Seattle, and
also stated that about seven-eighths of the story
in the Examiner was false. He said that he was
almost positive that Mr.. Emanuel never re-
ceived cent from Mr.. GIeenebaum by reason of
his sons experience in the Olympic mountains
and also says that the young n,an was really lost
and that searching party was Engaged to search
for him.
Mr. Binswanger says that Mr.. Emanuel is q
happy -go-iucky sort OF a felow and is very
thoughtless He said that since Mr. Emanuel
went to New York city he has written to some
OF his friends in this city saying that he would
return in April and settle ali outstanding ac-
counts against him.