The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-21
BOUGHT A RAISED WARRANT.
Young Everett Man Pays $500 for o.
Worth of Paper.

J. c. Silyerstone Is young Hebrew who
came down from Everett yesterday morn
ing to celebrate Yom Kippur in this city,
and during the day discovered an
enemy whom he is not willing
TO forgive, except on conditions.
In fact, he offered Jack Barck, the de-
tective, $50 IL he would find his enemy
and bring him to justice. The cause Of
his animosity lay in his discovering. like
some OF hers, that municipal warrants are
dangerous things to handle at the present
time.
He bought King county warrant for
$500 from a stranger at Everett, paying
therefor $40 in cash. q watch worth sci,
so worth of other personal property. and
an order on a Seattle firm for $i19. The
warrant was made payable to Z. c. Jordon,
and hotel keeper identified the stranger
as a person entitled to sign that name.
This occurred the latt er part Of last week.
The man calling himself Jordon came
down to Seattle and presented the order
on Monday. payment on which was re-
fused for the reason that the money was
not on hand ut that time. Siiyerstone re-
ceived a telegram from Jordon stating this
fact and asking him to send the money
down 10 Seattle at once. For some reason
Siiverstone did not do so and later he re
ceiyed letter from Jordon saying that he
would come up 20 Everett on Tuesday TO
get the money. silverstone waited all day
for Jordon 10 put IN an appearance. and
when he did not come he began TO suspect
that something was wrong. He came
down to Seattle to attend the Yom Kippur
services yesterday ut the Jewish taber-
nacle, and during the day decided to pre-
sent the warrant for payment or accept
ance, so that IL would commence TO draw
interest. He took It into the county treas
urers Office, where the usual Endorsement
was stamped upon 1t.
He then stepped into the county audi
tors Office and asked Deputy Auditor F.
s. Twichcil If he could tell whether war
rant was genuine or not and If he could
tell whether it was presented by the owner
or not. ''Supposing warrant should be
lost and found how could you tell whether
IL was presented by the party ii belonged
TOT" said he. Twichei replied: "By the
Endorsement of the party in whose favor
IL was drawn, just the same as bank
check" He then asked Silverstone what
the party he got the warrant from said
that the warrant was drawn for. He said
Jordon told him he got II for road work
Twicheli then knew something was
wrong. because the warrant was drawn on
the general fund, while different kind of
warrant Is drawn for road work At the
same time he noticed something wron &
with the writing.
The signature of r. A. Twichell was
written In different ink from the rest of
l. ha1 a.
looked up and found that that particular
warrant, No. 1887. had been issued on
August Il TO Ella Jordon for 81 witness
fees in the James W. Bailey murder case
before the Newcastle justice OF the peace.
and she drew the warrant on September 6.
When Twicheli told Silverstone that the
warrant had boon raised from s. 10 500 he
was nearly paralyEed, although he adj
miited that there was something about the
affair which had aroused his suspicious.
lie theEeupon told the circumstances con-
neeted with its purchase as narrated
above.
On closer inspection Of the warrant with
a microscope. il was seen that parts Of the
| word ELLA" had been ohliterated by the
use OF chemicals and the second al
| changed into a capital &c" BY the addition
OF curl at the end, making the name
| read, az. c. Jordon." Likewise the zoo
| and part OF the long dash after the WORD
Two" had been ooli.erated and the word
Hundred 90" written in. The figure.
also were similarly changed. The lower
case letters were the exact counterpart o.
! the same letters elsewhere used, bnt tho
capital letter "H'' wss quite at variancs
with c. L. Andrews style Of making that
letter, and several other points ofdi tserenes
were also noted. All the orig,nal wrltlng
/ had been traced over in the ink used in
| making the alteration, with the exception
| Of the signature, which showed that IN.
| ink used by the foFrer was of darker hu,
and of thicker consistency than that uset
| AZ the courthouse.
The ease was turned over 10 the prose
cutting attorney.
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