Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-05-04
N. \. WHITES OLD P0RGERY
TIE Aberdeen SS1S GSrIiSesS tAs
EsS-t National Bank g Seattle
% Recover tbs Less
Nest Unusual and IntersstinS Legal CeFaa-
rlse2sions-one af whites Victims sues
Another se Recover SsSee 90 the Money
sne Farxsr Had When Arrested.
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About three years q more $40 tall,
somewha. rosuna. angular ana auburn
eampleAioned Individual. sailing himself
W. \. White made his appearance On
The streets a Seattle and SaaoEtly Became
acquainted With : number q prominent
real estate men and others. Il Was 81
the height a the re&l estate boom IN
Seattle and NEST every one was in the
swim and making money.
White le. the sac; become known thai
he wanted 10 buy real essS,e. He called
on MI. Daniel II. Jones and others and
Was shown property in different pSrts
and did make some purchases
Not many days had passed, however.
before White wanted resaiy cash. One
Saturday afternoon. while the hanks were
al busy with customers Just before clos-
ing N, White put in an appearance Al
the First National bank With draft q
something like IS, 400 or $50. The pa
per appeared genuine in every respect,
and after inspection Vas cSshed. White
took the money and 81 once slipped
across the hlock 10 the PUges Sound Ma
,ionSl hank Snd presented drais fOr
sou. Mr.. Furth scanned the paper,
ba. IS Mr.. Daniel jones had introduced
White he eashei the draft, rsmarking ST
the time that that was rather large sum
OF money for person TO carry shout.
White sllzyei suspicion by reply ing that
he wished 10 pay for some property.
The drafts were forgerieS. insofar that
White had bought genuine drafts for
small sums Snd had ingeniolsly raised
them TO the exorbitani sums.
White 81 once repaired 10 the Columbis
house, II Columbia and Third streets, put
his money in 4 valise. cut Of his mus
t2che and walked down to the p. m.
train and lsis ioE SnohoUiSh.
In the meantime the sheriff Of Sno-
honiSh county vas in receipt Of s tele-
gram iron Aberdeen 10 arres. s man q
I Whites description. White had day
o. TAO previously raised asmall draft and
czsheSi Il al the Atereeen bank for s, 800.
White vas arrested and the sheriff started
I IN Aberdeen
The Seattle hank being suspicious hsd
l investigated ani learned that the drafts
they had cAshei were worthless, ST least
god for only very small amounts. Gov
srRor McGraw, then sheriff. SET all his
Deputies ST work hunting White.
The Snohoz,ish sheriff arrived in Seat
tie with White and wanted 10 lock him
up He vas simply taken away from the
Snohoulish sheriff, and nos many hours
after Whites mother Was arrested in
! Seattle, and all the money secured
/ Tie First National bank seized lis
money, and White was tried, and seven
Indictments secured against him. Col.
James Hamilton Lewis and ". Lair Hill
were retained for the defense. and White
decided to them real estate Is lee. All
the indictments save the last we're dis
missed On points raised BY the defense,
bit in the latter Indictment White was
found guilty, and ssnt 70 prison for four
teen years
Whites re2l estate Was taken under At
tachne1t and both the hanks here were
fully secured, Mr.. Furth getting hack The
$500 package ne had paid ont. It being
used Is n exhibit il evidence during the
trial.
The Aberdeen bank, nat having reeov-
cred is loss, has brought suit against the
First National bank 10 seeure the $500
White secured On his raised draft On the
ground that part oithe money recovered
by the First National hank was part Of
the money u An original and genuine
draft Il i understood tina. service was
made yesterday afternoon. White, in
each instance, woold buy small draft to
which he gos the genuine signatures Of
bank officials. Then by his skiliful
manipulation he would raise it.
II the grounds upon which the Aber-
daea hank sues 70 recover are held to be
god Il viii open up most interesting
compilations, for Whites career a 8
cheek raiser began st least as far Eass as
M1skegoa, Mich, and the total Of his
thef-s IN that way ran up TO So, 900 or
$4,000 White first bought a draft,
raised Il, eashed It and with part Of the
proceeds purchased another. and 50 on
I'LL he arrived At Seattle and his career
vas CIT snort WOW the Aberdeen bank
brings szit against the First National to
recover, because Of this frz. original,
genuine draft The honest money never
having been segregated from the dis
honest money. It Is claimed, makes the
total amount seized by the FIRST National
liable Another interesting part Of the
affair Is the fat that White. the only Wit
ness who can testify 70 the honesty Of the
first draft fs serving term in prison.
His friends WHO have been hoping to
secure a pardon for him, cannot expect
that Governor Nc6Iraw, then sheriff and
having White n charge and being 1t
that tine director IN the Frat National
bank, viii ever grant one. Colonel
Lewis Whites private cnGnzeI, VIII prob
ABLY, II brought TO the witness stand. tell
al that, in justice to his client, he can
tel.
The real eseaze White decided to his