The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-30

ct alI anxious to talk shout the case. He
said:
For God's saks, ssy Just = litsis = you can
about the matter. We have had too much
notoristy already.
He did not care to enter into . detailed
history Of the family skeleton. but said
that he had never known until the last
fourteen days that his daughter had been
doing wrong. The girl had been clever
enough to deceive her own mother. When
the facts came out he had arranged to
send her to Europe on the ship
Empire, Of which he il managing
owner. But the snip had had
trouble shipping crew. and his daughter
had come here and made arrangements to
marry Mr.. King. Mr.. King and his daugh-
ter had been acquainted - children and
had corresponded since. Mr.. Conradt said
that - soon - he had heard of the in
tended marriage he had stopped it, add
ing:
/ thought Il was not right for the marriage to
take place until had . talk with Mr.. King and
bis mother and told them ill the facts in the
case, 20 Il any scandal arose afterWard they
could not blame ma have seen them and
have stated the case to Nj. King in the presence
OF Nj. windal. Who has verified the circum-
stances.
When asked II the marriage would take
place, he replied that he did not know,
that the girl would either be married or
60 to Europe, and . conclusion would be
reached soon. He spoke a. though the
matter now lay with Mr.. King. Mr.. Con-
radt would not admit that the girl had
done anything worse than to be Tightly.
fond of amusement, ETC., but admitted
that she had accepted considerable
sums Of money from Mr.. Windal,
who was wealthy. that she with other
girls had been in the habit of meeting
some men in lodging house for . good
time. He wanted to have the girl 90 to
Europe or get married. for the sake Of tho
younger children, who were attending
school. and were more affected by the
ness at best. )" said he. land when one has
much the harder"
when crossed in love, the following in-
cident 10 related by gentleman living in
this city. who knows considerable about
HIM: when Millionaire Blythe died and
his housekeeper, who called herself his
her 8, 000. taking her jewelry a. security,
and then made deal with her BY which.
in consideration Of his furnishing the
sinews of war for the contest and . good
living for her, the so-called Alice Edith
Blythe was given over to him and he Was
to obtain nearly half of the estate. She con-
tinued to occupy the apartments in which
Blythe lived and their retention was
deemed . necessary point in the contest.
Alice Edith, however, needed . vacation
and went OF on trip to Yosemite. Dur
ing her absence Windal put his clerk in the
rooms with strict orders not to let any one
into them. One day . letter came to the
house, apparently from her, and addressed
to man living in the city. who called for
it and the clerk gave it to him.
When Windal heard Of this he was
going to kill his clerk. He pulled
his revolver, and, thrusting It into the
boys face, said he had Q notion to blow
his head of. He was frantic with jealousy,
a. he supposed Alice Edith was making
An engagement with another man. He
Afterwards thrust his pistol into . grip
and bolted of to Yosemite and stayed
there until the couple returned.
Windal was . carpet layer by
trade, and was doing some work
for the famous Ralston, when that great
banker took fancy to him and gave him
q pointer on stocks, by the use of which he
cleared nearly $100, 600 in one deal. He
kept his money and by usurious methods
has made it grow. He now runs q storage
warehouse. and lends money on chattel
security. He also runs . lodging hotel,
the housekeeper Of which is his divorced
wife"
A Port Townsend special says that when
Windal got into Port Townsend at mid
night Tuesday he hired boatman to row
him of to the ship, mile from the wharf,
where he arrived o'clock this morning.
The vessel is having trouble with the Sal
lors' Union and Windaps boat
was mistaken for an attacking
party of union seamen who
but come to steal the crew. He was or
dered away At the point of . gun. He
then devoted an hour to yelling at the top
of his voice to inform the Waterman that
his name was Windal and that he was
Martha's lover. When the situation was
understood he was allowed to come on
board.
Windal il 50 years old. Of German pa
rentage. He told the PosT-INTELLIeENcER
correspondent that he had been married
six times and had had twenty-four house
keepers. His experience with housekeep-
ers was much worse than matrimonial
disturbances. He said that he had the
satisfaction Of knowing that no woman
ever got the best of him. Windal left on
the MONDAY boat for Seattle, where he
will call on the bridal couple. Windal
has been travelling under the alias Of II.
Williams.
A San Francisco FOFgeT Caught.