The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-02
NELLIE'S NEW STORY.
Miss Holgate Changes Her Fairy
Tales to Suit Her Fancy.
WHO MET HER At THE LAKE.
4 Festive seassusss IAat She VS. Sees
Leaving wish Msa-waiswsrth's
AysssTfess Isfsrnaae

The undeniable fact that Nellie Holgsse
vas safe It home In Lead. s. D.. and not
In the waters Of Lake Washington struck
her friends yesterday with convincing
force. In some quarters there was feeble
attempt TO make IL appear tha. the tele-
grams purporIing to come from her were
foszeries, this belief being based on the
fact that her father hsd not received word
Of her SAFE return home. This point was
ct at rest by dispatches received from
persons. other than Miss Hoigase, in
Lead, who know her well. saying that she
- there.
II Is evident that Miss Holgate does not
care TO explain where she was from the
time OF her disappearance 20 the time OF
published yesterday was laughed at rs
ridiculous by All who read IL. Yesterday
abe took another turn At it herself ana
changed II in several important particu-
lars. The editor Of the Tribune, the daily
paper published at Lead, was asked by
:hc Posr-IsTELLsGEycER TO interview Miss
,Hoigaie and to telegraph careful and
complies story Of her adventures, as re-
lated by herself. and to secure all the de-
tails possible. This 10 what he seEs:
LEAD. 8 D., June There IL no doubt that
The young woman who 10 here II Miss Nellie
7loisate, who disappeared from yonr city on
sday g. She Il well known here aad has been
fully identified. She appears to be In perfect
health and docs not seem 20 have endured any
hardsh.p either in body or min;. except that
she seems tn be considerably ag.tsted OVER the
esnxatica she has been the cause Of creating.
When Tribune reporter called on her At youf
request isst evening she eonvsrscd fresly. but
-~s>~
kss travels. This II tine story she told:
II was standing ncsr the Madisoa street boat
house when was hailed BY . man and woman
~ buggy. NOT suspecting anything wrong
Tent % them. when I was robbed OF my money.
ssovt 500. and my watch. was made captive
sad taken across the country 10 . place called
Gs5cofciio. Idaho. ! do not know the dste sr-
s.yed there. II took about two weeks TO make
SIZE trip as the weather Was bsd. We Travelled
oil the way in wagon. promised everything
Y they would let me 60. but they would not u.i-
u they got far enough away 80 that they would
Iat be caught The man was nm italian. I
tank have seen him selling vegetables on the
s3Feets OF Seattle The woman could talk ltal-
rsa and both conld talk brosen English. When
rot 10 Pocofeiio had money, but got a
ehance To 60 10 Denver free. Having no money
With which TO telegraph wrote to my parents.
aid not suspsct my folks would think me
asowned. The life iususnnce never entered my
had. knew enough to know that 1t could not
rs collected until ! was proven dead. The
snsney had .wns my salary, which had been
Esd me few days previously. with some addi.
efsFsni which ] TOOK from the safe at the Ven
essne where had heen keeping II, expecting 20
nssxe deposit. but to accommodate another
Lady friend delayed doing - that day and had
tsa moHes la my pocket know that should
hssc written TO my friends In Seattle from POGO
ie}o. but had been gene 80 iopg that though.
1850 or three days would make no difference
sssJ't see how they could think me drowned, for
Tho boat vas lest u the landing and my sacque
asa small bundle were In the front end OF the
tr9as. did not anticipate that they would go
50 - much exp ense and trouble 20 ind mo or
Hossld have communicated with them ~ coon
n could. l. have now written everything 10
sh. aswspspers there and they have il before
tia Iwns Ia Denver but . few days. Just long
cfstsgh sos letter 10 go TO Lead and for my
i.ssiher 10 come for me-.
when pressed for details Miss Holsass said
ss,s had told ell abe know.
Tho discrepancies between this story
nd that sent to the Posr-lsrEtIteENcER
tg Miss Holgate herself will be apparent
10 sil. In her dispatch Miss Holgale SAYS
sla was in the boat. near the Lewis cot.
sAss. when the mysterious couple beck
nrei her to come ashore, which she did.
Thea they took her In boat for quite n
distance. and afterward conveying her by
ieass out of Washington. Then she went
stFa3sht home. In her revised story she
fsjs she Was on the shore, near the Madi-
SEQ landing when the man and woman
eal!ai her. They had team RICH, there
atsf drove all the way to Poco.eIlo before
letssag her 60 Then she went to Denver.
wAeTe she remained until her brother
"A afr har
o's = marked differences between the two
stores. but the whole fabrication Is so alb
sHe:s that the details are not worth calling
a.tsation 10.
2;.e ahsurdty Of Miss Hoga,e's story
that abe was driven overland To Pocs,elio
IL IL D weeks is eviden. when the route by
Hsa'S which il surely no longer than the
wsstn road. IS known to ho 9l6 miles.
IL nave accomplished the fea, in
s"ses'een days. the utmost limi,
a.. slime that could have been consumed in
TIE tourney. her captor would have been
ohsisSd to make the unparalleled march of
ht'y-1onr miles every day through Wash
sng&%'n forests, across two difficult noun
taia ranges, over many fields of broken
Lava and this ''in bad weather."
Assuming that the remainder of her
no lister than Saturday. tho 2ofh ult., nj
49, 4. M. arriving in Denver Sunday
esaHsag at 80 o'clock, She would have
has che hour 10 write her letter home and
Sc 4 of. bus IL IS more likely tina, she
wssst ~ hotel aud wrote i: in the
evening. sending il on its way Monday
tn@fa'nc At :; 80. Now, the shortest and
QUICKEST route ~ Lead city from Denver is
~ a
Nee shero taking The burlington & Ms
so3's' read In neadwood. 1t is doubtful
th#; ;ais Is the NAIL route. which Is more
iik9iT Ia - 20 Omaha and thence ur the
fts's<oni. ksShora ( Missouri Valley road
20 49, sdweoi. However, 10 give our fair
sto}E teller the two days advantage the
sae.sser route would give her in the going
al tAe letter ar4 the returning OF her
hTat3er or the money. let IL he assume.
tbs; ''lcy travelled hy the shortest route.
Ih@ setter would have reached. Dead.
w0ssi "Wednesday. the sth ~ noon.
As cad CITY is several miles
iregl lAeasssooi the rest of the ,iav wo,ld
Dc esq samea IN reaching her home. As
snseiss that the iolks goi the letter a.
sova - 1t came To town, her brother
woa.i have been ready q leave
neas:seoa for Denver Thursday At
Is = nt-. arriving IN Denver
sAt.sstay morainy at IA Nellie
ans aeS brother probably we're ready 10
lea sSnSer the sane evening and II they
did t:s"y aoui3 have reached home last
Nc Say czemias. >ef having had time dur
ins .ts sls dsys she vas ia beaver so
ME- ass dear Threads In Seattle. she
esF'y tuesday morning thought she
waal3 ssi 'Aetn kaow she Was safe Ii 1t