The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-04
THE COOK HAS GONE.
Restaurateur of the Russ House
Goes to Victoria.
he SOLD MANY MEAL TICKETS.
Steward Raymond Leaves . Letter Say.
ing He VIII Return In the
Sweet BY and BY.

When the boarders at the Russ hotel, cor
ner OF South Sixth and Washington streets,
appeared at the restaurant yesterday morn
ing Tor breakfast they were sadly disap-
pointed. Some of them felt very sore, and
Tor good enough reason, because they had
purchased new meal tickets only a day or
Two previous. The Seattle baseball club
players were victimized also, for they had
returned to the hotel only the day before.
The eleven ball tossers registered. of
course, at once investing in meal tickets.
But meal tickets or not, there was no
breakfast. The restaurateur. f. r. Ray
mond, had left town; and, to explain mat
tiers TO the proprietors of the hotel, he had
sent them the following letter:
SEATTLE, June 2, 1891.
Aessrs. Nelson Dyars: am in a devil of .
scrape with woman-a married one at that, SO
as IL is either get out or take a shotgun, / am
leaving for Victoria on the tug tonight-will be
back AZ soon as it blows over-run the dining
room for while. Hastily yours,
F.E. RAYMOND.
p. s.-The help is paid
The letter was enclosed in an envelope
which bore the printed address in the
upper left hand corner of "F. s. Hickok's
saloon, LII Washington street, Seattle
Wash" This is an Indication of where
Raymond was when he penned his as
surfing missive. The handwriting was
round and full, showing plenty of nerve
and lots of time, and the envelope was
postmarked Seattle, June 8, II a. M
Carston Bros, proprietors of the Hill
side meat market, at the corner of South
Sixth street and Yesler avenue, received q
similar communication, with the slight
difference that n asst1rad than, that THAR
little bill would be paid all right.
Hes left us in bad hole, said Mr..
Dyars, one of the hotel proprietors, last
night; I'VE haven't yet taken any inven-
tory, so re don't know yet Just how we
stand. You see, we paid him cash for all
the meals eaten by our guests in his res
taurant, and then we charge the amounts
up in our bills to our guests, as if we were
running upon the American plan. A great
many people prefer that way" Mr.. Dyars
Paid, Raymond"
1t had been stated outside the house that
Mr.. Dyars had figured up the meal tickets
which Raymond had managed to dispose
OF within the last few days, to amount to
over $500. but when asked about this, Mr..
Dyars made qualified denial. He said
ao hACw VI TWO itcHS Vi ueDiL, however,
which Mr.. Raymond had left unpaid,
namely, a bill of s65 due Carston Bros. for
meat, and one of $40 to Hall & Galloway
for milk
Mr.. Nelson, the other proprietor. took a
very cheerful view of the matter. He
stated that he believed that Raymond
would surely come back and settle all his
accounts-that he had always dealt hon.
estly enough with them (Messrs. Nelson &
Dyars) during the two months he had run
the restaurant. 1t was stated, in answer
to interrogatories, that Raymond did not
go with women-at least not conspicuously
but that he, was of social DISPOSE
ton, and was inclined to spend few
dollars daily in liquor-had in fact, been
drinking rather heavily lately. Mr.. Mel
son remembered though, to have seen him
with woman in the hotel Tuesday after
noon-a "middle-sized brunette" dressed,
he thought, in black; and that very night
he Skipped" so the incident had its sus-
picious aspect.
Messrs Nelson Il Dyars are doing their
best toward meeting the obligations due
the patrons of the restaurant so as to sus-
ored cook, Mr.. Dyars said, accompanied
Raymond, and it is thought that Ray
mond took the Premier for Victoria if, in
deed, he went in that direction at all. He
is a middle-aged man, and is said to be
single, and generally we'll dressed. No
action has been taken. His rent was fixed
up all right with the house by an arrange
ment of mutual advantage