The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-03
GONE OUT OF SIGHT.
4 3. Sherwood, the Mining
Han, Saddealy Dissppeark
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Many pesSoas - vundesing uhaa has
eeooDa - l. 81. Sherwood. Who b vsta
kneun in The city and has considerable
pfopsssy istssssss In King coussy. Ale
though b lef1 sone dohes bshind him. no
eooy sospscss him q ahecoading 70 avoid
paying them, for they ass nos large enough
IN amount - nske 10 worth While for him
% aoenoon he property ~ owns. which
= much essGesr IN prospective than pres
eat vslus. Z only developed and carefully
managed.
Mr.. sherwood had IN once q % Gost-
stsin block and ussd the adjoiaing room
~ slespane purposes. taxing his meals at
Ne Cub restaurant. He uas last seen
10 the city on Monday. July ~. vhsn
- took HE nsais at tbs Club, q usual, bot
~ did mot occupy his room that night and
- must have lslt IL city some tims thai
evening Il III Theory that - Aas goos b
correct.
Ar. Sherwood b president and man
aesr Of The 6hssvood Griadstoos Com
Peny. which owns . quarry On the new
Aapae VALLEY branch 81 the Columbia 4
Putet Soun6 railruod, end 10 heavily In
tersseed T. seane eoel lands along that
road, on which 10 vas 70 have proved mp
some ttne hetussn August and Il He
also owns The 6re-easy mine - - tesmi-
Nus q tAo branch, which - ls41od 70 the
Dsnny Clay Company. AccosdinR 70 Niss
Ilorsnce 4roney, Who vas his bookkeepes
until the Quafsy shut down about four
weeks go. and Who lives q the
Vendoms. he ves usually eAssfal 70 let
eomahody know where he vas going. -
b hAd . strong bslief that he would
b Killed By some accident Yet he occa-
sion6H left for ths quarry a. his coal
lands % huSTisdly MAI he had not time
- leave word that he vas going,
- The trains run on tie Maple valley
branch irSsgular end h would sometimes
learn that train vas going IN the even
ine. when u w. impossible 70 notify any
body. 0iss rronsy thiuks he has some 10
his coal land. though she admits that it u
strange that he should b. awsy % long
without asybody knowing whore " was.
He had talked q going 70 San Francisco.
but would havs no occasion 70 leave sud-
denly and she did not think he had gone
theirs. she vas somewhat familiar with
his a6aiD and Was sure there vaa no
Ananc,al rsason Tor sudden deparlnre.
Nor Wss there any social entsnslemeut
for Mr.. 6hsrvood was unmarried and
would have - oecasion % run away from
anybody.
Dr.. r II. Smith, Who . intsrsstsd with
NJ. Sherwood In Ais eosl lands, Gays he
knows Of no roaoon why he should leave.
He vas of TIE opinion chat be might have
gone 20 his coal lands. Inquiry at Maple
Valley brought ont The inlormaaiou that
Mr.. Sherwood. who . we'll kuown In that
the last ten days, and thus u seems 70 b
settled that he has not gone N that d.
rsesion. Miss Fronsy gives good reason
for not believing him 70 have gone 70 San
Francisco There = one otAN theory.
which would b. consistent with his con-
vessatjon and actions Just before his dis
appsaSanes. That h that he he's gone 10
New York - ssgago In stock sxchsngs
speculation. He remarked 70 several
friends that now vas . good time for
man to make money in Wall street by
buying stocks on margins. - they were
ooOOb - Wv - tssOy COOs0
Il would b nothing new for him to b
attached By the speculative fever. for he
has been through the mill. He formerly
owned . prosperous shoe store q Port
Huron. Mieh., where he stood high - .
business man. Then he dropped ont Of
sight there. and his next appearance Vas
In Chicago. whore he engaged in grain
speculation. He lost his money. ~ many
men have done before. and then he turned
up In Seattle and was recognized BY men
Who had known him in Port Huron. He
ct arss worked - clerk In dry goods
store. but soon gave up his position and
went prospecting in the Cedar river valley
beyond Maple valley. The result Vas
the discovery Of . valuable quarry
OF grindstons and building stone. good
deposit OF Ore and sewsr-pips clay. several
veins Of hituminous coal and . tract Of
heavy timber. all between Maple Valley
station on the Columbia 4 Puget sound
road and . point about nine miles east
He gave the Oregon improvement Com
pany such good evidences Of the value Of
his discoveries and OF his ability to de-
velop them that it built branch TO the
furthest Of his properties. past the quarry.
The stone and clay are being worked and
he has bssn doing some prospsctins on
the coal land preliminary to proving up
on it. Nothing has yet besn done with
the timber isnd.
Mr.. sherwood was supplying stone from
hi. quarry for the new county hospital and
one or two other buildings in this city, the
whole amounting 70 several thousand
dollars. He was paid for the stone for the
hospital in county warrants. which be
sold. also for another contract He had
paid OF the men Of the quarry when he
suspended work month ago. He only
owed the Oregon improvement Company
one months freight ball for the hauling Of
stone. amounting to $s9i.6o. for which the
quarry Was attached yesterday. No other
considerable debts are known TO exist
Thus the motives or explanations for his
GRATcnEn . TEN . MONTHS