The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-05
Democratic Leaders ReimburS
ing H. j. Snively's Victims.
EVEN THE FALLoNs MAY pE PAID.
One Good Result Of the Exposure Of
the Absconder's Wickedness.
sniveiy speaks ~ Chehalis, bat Fails
to Explain-ssattls-Hate Working
Harder Than Ever-Bennett oners to
Bet $1,000 ON snivsly's Tacoma vsts.

GRAFTON, W. Va, Nov. l-fSpec!al1-A sen.
satiorat report is current in Grafton tonight
that the Democratic national committee has I'd.
vanced money enough to liquidate Henry J.
sniyeiy's individual obligations In this piaceI
AZ Is said that Gerkins and Martin. who indcrsed
sniveiys bank paper ana were let down to the
time OF u 600. have been paid OF In full The
Failon children and various iaborers who hold
Sniveiy individually responsible have not ret
been paid, but they are elated over the reports
that they are to have their money. Snively's
representative brought scme money when he
arrived at the middle of the week. and since
then large sum was received from New York
by q local Democratic manager who has
been active in trying to secure . cor
tficate OF character for sniveiy. Presum-
ably this money was from the national
committee. All who have definite knowledge
OF the subject are pledged to secrecy. The great
desderatum OF Snively's representatives here II
to show to the people Of Washington that his
failure here was not dishonorable. They want
all the documents tending in that direction
they can get. and no doubt are circulating them
in Washington. They would prefer for the
present TO keen everything from the public rs-
garding the payment OF debts and other details.
OF course, If this plan Is carried ont and
snively's victims are paid off, he will he able to
show clean bill on election day, but 1t will not
effect his standing with those who know of his
crooked transactions II Grafton.
The people of Washington should not be de-
ceiyed by Sniveiy's story that his difficulty here
was an ordinary business failure. His lumber
firm might have failed through misfortune or
bad management This is not laid up against
him, though many say that it was unnecessary.
His principal business was that OF lawyer, at
least he was best known as such, and as an at.
torney he handled great deal Of money for the
people OF this county. He was made guardian
OF the Fallon children and a. such received
nearly $4,000. He claims that he loaned this
money TO the lumber firm, comprising himself
and father-in-law. Would an honest man place
the money of helpless children In such . wayf
These children hold a judgment against him.
and for six years have been trying In vain to
collect at least part of their dues. AZ attorney,
also, he collected money from poor men who
had bought house and farm, and instead OF
turning 1t over to the owners put 1t in his
own pocket He fled In tho night and lefs no
records of these transactions, SO that the VIC.
tins were compelled to pay over again
His record AZ an attorney 10 black with In.
lannon's transactions for which there 10 no pallf.
alton. One OF these collections was made an
hour or two before hs decampsd, and Il was the
general opinion here that snively got away with
more money than 1t would have taken to pay
his entire indebtedness He obtained $500 al
the First National bank on note on the day OF
his flight That note was Endorsed BY Gerkins
with the understanding that it was to be used
to cancel a previous note Of the same amount
His friends in Washington have misplaced their
confidence, and it 10 time their eyes were opened
to the true character OF the man they propose to
honor with their sudrsges.