The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-25
WROTE POSTALCARDS
Blackburn, q Prendergast in
Embryo, Is Arrested.
CRANK ON SILVER AND RELIGION
mining Expert Sent Threatening and
scurriIous Letters to CleveIand, Car
Isle and the "Post-Intelligencer."

Charles F. Blackburn. the mining broker
and expert who has during the past three
years at various times gained considerable
notoriety by mailing threatening letters
to people whose political. religious and
other views did not coincide with his own.
has come to grief. He was arrested last
evening by Deputy United States Marshal
Rnger on q warrant sworn out before
Commissioner Emery by Herbert p.
ThralI. of San Francisco. United States
postoffice inspector. charging him with
mailing or causing to be mailed in the
postoffice at Seattle six postal cards adj
dressed to the PosT-IyTELLreEscER, upon
which were writsen words of adetamatory.
threatening and scurrilous character. His
bonds we're fixed at 81. 500 pending his
hearing before Commissioner Emery this
afternoon, and owing to his inability to
secure bondsmen he spent the night IN
Jail.
The six postal cards upon which the
complaint Is based are from series of 100
or more that have been received by the
Posr- IsrELLIGEScER during the past three
years. No attention was paid to them by
the editor beyond returning several toIthe
writer and sending two or three others to
Postmaster Davies. vino sent them to the
inspector. The cards upon which the
complaint is based do not compare with
others received by the PosT-IyTELLIGEN-
GER, but they are sufficient to indicate the
general tone of the series. They read as
follows:
"Ali editor Poss-Intelligencer.
SEATTLE, March 8, 80.
ITO THE EpIroR-Sir. You are either
damn iooi or hyp0crite on the silver ques-
ton. You say our silver dollars are worth
y cents. Have you any for sale at 80
cents2 Go to he'll. you damned -
- OF traitor. You are liar.
AMERICAS"
"cITY, May 20, 81
".Sir: Your editorial utterance that
Senators Wilson and Squire could safely
vote against Tree coinage of silver as rep
resenting the majority of the people of
this state is most ca famous. malicious and
damn lie. The people OF this state-the
majorIty-favor free silver as well as gold.
Your lying editorial TO the contrary not
outstanding. ANTI-GoLDBUG."
SEATTLE, June 30 1893.
"Sir: You have always upheld and ex-
tolled Boyd and malIgned the woman. 1t
now comes To iigh that your paragon was
a damnable fead mhom ought to have been
burned at the stake. and you as his apollo
gist are no better. BLAcKBuaS."
SEATTLE. July 2, 1898.
''.Sir. As you advocate the knocking out
of one-half of al our money by advocating
the gold standard, do you at the same
time advocate the collection of one-half
the total Indebtedness and call il square?
IL not, why not? Gold mines are failing.
Soon there will not be enough to hi teeth.
What a damn fool you are. Are you
ready Tor the devil to flap you over to the
NE corner of the hottest he'll?
'1Signed) ''Tipe Ia argentine"
''SEArrIE, Nov. 3, 1893.
Sir More than nine-tenths of all you
write and publish about silver is an in
famous lie and false as he'll. Your repe-
tition for another international congress is
the most subiimate piece Of imposition
ever given TO an intelligent public. Am
glad the people are finding out what q
colossal liar you are in your vain endeavor
10 kill silver and promote Shyiock gold
bugs. Silver will be restored with
vengeance, ard you twitters forget 1t.
Are you ready for WARP BLACKBURN.
SEATTLE WASH, Nov. A. 49,
"E5. SIR: 1t is very easy to see that
your opposition 10 silver is simply to ena-
they can flood the country with their Wild
cat paper money. Demon, Jfead. ritfain.
knapei Your cry oyerproduction while
millions are starving show that all such
damnable tyrants ought to be sent to eter-
mai damnation in he'll. The silver ques-
ton is not settled. and don't You forget it.
"MErHIsrorHELEs b. LTD"
In addition to these postal cards Black
burn has written many more, both letters
aud cards, to the Posr-INrELLIGEscER and
to individuals. all of them being of a sour
rilous and threatening nature. About two
months ago he addressed threatening
postal cards to President Grover C.eve-
land and J. &. Carlisle. These latter two
postals were interrupted Mt the postotfice
here and sent TO Postal Inspector ThraIl
ut San Francisco. That gentleman had
serious doubts as TO Blackburn's sanity and
wrote to him on several occasions concern
ing mining matters. The replies were al.
WAYS intelligent and we'll written and
showed the author TO be we'll posted on min
ing matters. The inspector, concluding that
the man was not insane, came to Seattle q
week ago and sifted the case thoroughly.
He called Mt the observation-disclosures Office,
secured the SIX postal CARLSON which the
complaint is based, having learned of their
existence from local postal authorities,
and referred the matter to United States
Attorney Brinker. Sho recommended that
the offender be Immediately arrested.
In all Mr.. Thrall now has in his posses
sion thirteen postal cards and several let
tiers sent out by Blackburn. All of the
correspondence, excepting two postals
mailed az Reyelstoke. h. C., were dropped
in the posiofsice in this city. Blackburn.
aside from being pronounced atheist and
an enthusiastic Peoples party man, Is 8
crank on the silver question. He Is q
small man. about 40 years OF age, married,
lives az iiD Sixth street. and for several
years has made Seattle his home His
Claims 10 being \ mining expert are not
denied by mining men. and he has never
exhibited any symptoms of an unsound
man in business way. The authorities
consider him an unsafe man TO be al large.
Inspector Thrail said last evening.
Blackburn has been engaged in send.
| ing out scurri!ous and threatening rostals