The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-02

rear vicinity Of the lake where the boat
sas fonnd. neither il Il possible for team
70 20 over the corduroy road coming down
ever the hill 70 the lake. In many places
sac old road has lost its course and -
slied sith brush and crossed by tyunks Of
s.ees. A PoeT-txTaIlIsEycKH reporter
Iearned from what ought 70 b considered
/ reiisbis source yesterday thss . man
aset Miss Hoisa;e on the shore and
walked With her up . narrow footpa.h
from, the lake and then In . southeriy de
sscfion to . point where the train Was
,oa-ded. That she Was in Tacoma the
hight Of her disappearance is also
:aaimed. A waiter in Ch:iberg's restaurant
ssser:s he saw her eating there that night
yish q man. This statement 10 contra
dactory TO the belief OF c. Il. Waisworth.
sat the lafter's presumption regarding the
course she took after leaving the city
xould seem 20 Be founded on . theory Of
shat she might have done rather than
knowledge Of what she actually did. Com
rIson sense would lead one to believe that
she took train, and not that she traversed
she state in . wagon with txo
companions who kept her in subsection
5T threats. Nellie Holgate was not the
person to be abducted in any SUCH manner
Aad when her father was shown the spe-
ssaI which came from the Lead Tribune
yesterday and which is given above he
read it carefully and Was forced to the
conclusion thst the statements were too
contradictory and improbable for accept
sacc. II was hard thing for the father to
be obliged 70 admit discrepancies in the
story, but they were SO apparent that
hs could no. excuse them. Mr.. Holgate
deserves the heartfelt sympathy of every
person in Seattle and on several occasions
he has spoken to the reporter concerning
she kindness shown him since his arrival
here. 1t Is not surprising though that he
should feel aggrieved toward c. b. WaIs-
*orth. the man Who possessed knowledge.
bat RETAINED from speaking in hopes that
hiss silence would bring money.
The picture Of an aged father searching
she waters Of Lake Washington in hopes
Of finding some trace of his lost daughter
while in the background stands . man,
possessed with facts that would have
cleared one phase Of the case. yet holding
back tor money. appeals strongly to the
sympathy Of every one. II never had
Erudge against any man in my hfe." said
Hr. Hogate last night. as ne sat with his
slectac.es in hand. looking over the Lead
dispatch. but do think Mr.. Walsxorth
ac,ed meaniy toward me. His father was
IN honorable man and did not think his
non would refrain from throwing light on
(. case that was wearing the life out Of an
agonized parent" Mr.. Ho!gate gives as q
reason for not offering reward for infor-
nation concerning his child if alive that
lac had no means to pay such reward. II
she were dead he would be able to pay the
sum out OF the insurance money.
The denial of c. d. Walsworth Of his
offer to +. L. Stinson to produce the dead
body within five hours caused . reporter
to seek Mr.. Stinson yesterday at the Office
Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF New York. Mr.. Stinson was not con-
suited. neither did he know what was
coming out in the Posr-INTELLl6ExcER
Yesterday concerning his agreement with
Walsworth. He was asked if he had any
corrections to make in the story and
replied:
THE account was correct. Mr.. Walls
worth agreed TO deliver the body and
failed. The Posi- IETELLiGEycER told the
particulars Of the agreement and condi-
tions as they were. For myself. l felt
snre on the third day after her disappear
snce that she was living, and the talk
about my having detective on the case or
sending one to Walsworth is ridiculous"
Walsworth was the most looked for man
in the town yesterday. and. IL he is to be
believed. the closest watched. He declares
host OF detectives are continually shadow
ing him and Gordon of those myster-
ious beings Is thrown around his residence.
Walsworth was very nervous over the
manner in which he was haunted" as he
pat it. and would shoot out of his office
and down on the elevator to the street only
to be confronted by some one who wanted
to interview him or ''stare" him ''out of
countenance."
II don't want to see any one and don't
propose to talk regarding the Nellie Hol-
gate affair to any one, much less q news
paper reporter, snapped Walsworth as
he nervously fingered his vest chain. But
he did talk, and voiubly, after getting
warmed up to the subject. Always in a
mysterious manner however. and contin-
TALLY getting himself into position that
contradiction would become necessary to
preserve his position.
''As TO who this man is who claims to
have witnessed the curious movements of
Nellie Hogate at the lake and who KEEP.
,ic informed as to her whereabouts will
not divuige." said he. IL am under the
bonds of n secret brotherhood 10 which we
both belong TO keep his name secret
endcavored to persuade him to make a
clean breast of all he knew of the
affair the next day after tho girl
disappeared and urged him that il wa. sell
FISH 10 allow others TO mourn the death of
one he must know was alive. and TO allow
friends 10 expend money in a fruitless
search OF the bottom of Lake Washington
sor body he knew was not there but he
sasd he needed money to pay me. ana thus
held me TO my obligation of secrecy.
YES. know the man well. He is
man Of ordinary intelligence. incapable of
soneeivinc deep laid scheme or gaining
the confidence OF others who might plan.
hence he could not have been connected
with the girls disappearance or have had
any previous knowledge OF her plans"
III this man had no money. no connec-
son with the girls disappearance, and
aas of such ordinary intelligence or abs!-
:ay. how did il occur that he KEEP. YOU
POSTED as TO the movements OF the woman
and predic; her discovery at the time il
~ss made"
II can't say, Wslsworth answered, ner-
sously. "All know IS what he did and
u was upon his information proposed 10
yastore the woman. l didn't say dead or
'aiive. either"
Urged 10 give tho name OF the
mysterious man who kept him in.
formed regarding the movements
II Nellie Holca.e, Wals~orih re,or,ea
asotly that he was not. nor had been. nor
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