The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-07
A $4,000 PURSE LOST.
Milton Woods Big Wallet Dis
appears at Night.
WENT THROUGH THE kEvHole.
It Was Under His Pillow and the Door
and Windows Were Not
Disturbed.

Milton Wood, . wealthy resident OF Chicago.
who has been visiting his niece, Mrs Arthur L.
Fonda, at the Vendome, 1917 Front street, aWoke
yesterday morning to find his pocket book con-
tanning between $50 and 500 In cash and notes
aggregating $6,003 missing. The matter was re-
ported to the police
Mr. Wood came from Chicago to Portland,
where he has interests. and then to Tacoma At
the latter place he had lar 90 property interests
and business of importance to transact This
concluded, he came on to Seattle last Friday or
saturday and took rooms at the Vendome,
where his niece and her husband, Mr. Arthur !.
Fonda, live. The room occupied by Mr.. Wood
was No. q. in the northeast corner, and In the
same corridor az those occupied BY Mr. and Mrs.
Fonda Sunday night when Mr.. Wood retired he
placed his vest under his pillow. In the inside
pocket OF that garment he has carried Q long
leather pocketbook for over twenty years. and
in that pOcketbook, when last seen by Mr.. Wood,
were valuable papers in the form Of notes for
collection aggregating fully 5000, three $50 bills
and money Of lower denominations bringing
the sum to nearly 500. The door was locked
aud the key left in the keyhole: the transom
was closed securely. Mr. Wood slept with per-
feet sense OF security and awOke with anticipa-
tons of q pleasant day. Everything was all
right in the room, and he noticed nothing wrong
until he put on his vest Then he missed his
pocketbook. The idea that he had been robbed
udBUeO Oh ulWs IL was NOT UuO6I the Pillow
neither was it on the floor. In fact, he could
not find trace of it in any place in
the room. He examined the door to see If any
one had gotten in. The key was there and the
door was locked a. he LETT In on going to bed.
The transom was shut There was not auy evil
dence to show that any one had forced an en-
trance. Mr.. Fonda was then notified and the
key was examined to see II burglar had turned
1t from the outside by means OF pinchers. There
m hI1f NnyrvN r. n
the same kind of scratchers were found on all
robbery which has never reached the ears OF
the police occurred in tho dressing room 1t the
Seattle theater duiing the performance of "Bru-
tus' last week. A purse was taken from the
clothes of Oscar Staemphi and dve-dollar gold
piece extracted. Then the purse was put back
A man named Melting lost two gold rings aud
50 cents. Several others Whose names could not
be learned were also losers.
Some time during sunday night thieves went
aboard the steamer Idaho. lying at the Mef.
chants dock, broke open the storeroom and car
ried off a quantity of provisions amounting in
value to So At the time the schooner Alice NJ
was moored to the same dock. being tied with
one end OF long rope. The thieves stole the
coil of rope lying ON the deck, cutting OF the
end with which the schooner was moored, 90 a
not to set her adrift
John Racon was arrested last evening By ON.
Ger Mike Powers on q charge of stealing light
overcOat from the Bureau saloon. The coat was
identified by the owner. John Egan.
James Carr and Ed Morrissey, the prizehght-
ers, were arrested last night a. disorderly per.
sons. They are the same parties that were held
on suspicion a short time about q week ago.
James Copners, who was on trial in Justice
Caldwell's court last week on the charge of
stealing Q gold locket, was also thrown In under
the yagrsncy law
In the justice e urts yesterday John Miller
was fined $25 and costs 70. stealing . pair Of
shoes and Neil Hearn was fined SIS and costs
for robbins John Ryan Of SO Sunday night