The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-18
GRAHAM OR SMITH?
A Seattle Carpenter Said to
Have Turned Physician.
NEW NAME AND NEW TRADE.
Reputable Persons Claim to Recognize
an Old Acquaintance in q doctor"
Now Under Arrest for Assault.

DR.. George H. Graham, arrested Friday even
ing on warrant sworn out by Mrs. Eva Scham-
bron, who charged him with criminally assault
ing her June so, succeeded in obtaining
bcndsmen last night after spending day and
night in Jail. His bonds were fixed by Judge
Osborn at 81 900. Graham still insists that his
arrest is only an attempt at blackmail.
1t is claimed that DIR. Graham Is living in
Seattle under an assumed name; that he has
been known as sap. B. Smith, carpenter" again
as "Ben Smith" and little later as "P. b.
Smith, contractor and builder" then as "Dr.
Graham" all within space of two years.
DR.. Graham is quite well known to John FL.
Miller, contracting drayman, who lives at III
Stewart street. Mr.. Miller was seen by Posi-
IsTELLIGENcER reporter last evening and he
said:
"Do you see this photograph" producing
photograph of DIR. Graham. swell. that is z.
Smith. He gave it to member OF my family
when he was rooming with US two years ago"
ale was 4 carpenter then. 1t was the spring
before the fire. He got acquainted with son OF
mine, who brought him to our house and got
his mother to let him room and board with US.
l never especially liked the man. He lived
with US a month or six weeks, when my wife
told him she needed his room. He then
went to "batching'' over a barn that he
built just next door. 1 leased the barn
from him for my horses; he lived upstairs. One
day he brought two young women TO his lodg-
ings. He said they were his nieces from
California. He said he had received 5000
from his father One of the girls went
away, but the other stayed. One night they had
great time there with dancing and music.
ga day or two afterward policeman came for
Smith, but he could not be found. One of my
boys climbed on the barn and tore off shingle
he could see whether Smith was in The
next night Smith woke me up and said he was
going to have my boy arrested for meddling
with his premises. said:
"You had better go slow. policeman was
looking for you last night.
sis that so.' he said, and then he went away,
and 1 never heard of him until the day
before the great fire. Then he was arrested on
complaint of his NIECE who said that he tried
to make her lead a life of shame and bring him
money. That's what the newspapers said.
'The fire came and don't believe he ever had
a trial He then went under the name of
Georgia Graham, and was living in North Sc
attic.
Last winter a nelghbor came to me and said
"'Do you remember Ben Smith? Well, he is
Dr. George II. Graham nowp He lives on Ninth
and Howell street. That is only block or SO
away from our house.
swell, saw him almost every day-rode with
him on the street cars, but he would always
turn his head away-never speak to me. He
never recognized me- One night my oldest boy,
William, 10 years old, met him at the corner of
Pike and Second streets, and they talked for
awhile. William started to walk away in an
opposite direction, and then remembering
something he wanted to ask called out:
"'Smith, wait minute"
"'Whist Don't call me Smith, said he.
"'Call me Ben, if you want to, but not Smith,
"'He took Mrs. schambron from her home on
Jackson street-away out somewhere--to his
place on Ninth and Howell. / saw old man
Schambron ten days ago. He came here with Q
lot OF clothes for his wife. He wanted me to
take them to her. He said he could not 90. l
don't know why.
"He advertises as being DR.. Graham, of
Chicago. He told me once that he used to work
at carpentering in Chicago; that his father was
physician in San Francisco. One night he
came home with some liniment. On the bottle
was q label marked DIR. Smith
"'That was made by my father said he.''
Mr.. Miller did not know anything about DR..
Graham since he moved near last winter.
Mrs. shambron applied to Commissioner Fred
Gasch few days ago for charity, and he gave her
| an order for so worth of groceries.