The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-28
ARRESTED FORTHEFT
Herman L. Chase, the Spokane
Banker, Caught Again.
sToLEH GOODS IN HIS HANDS.
x.<..crseksrs at ChifItwhack smash she
Deor Too Vigorously, and Defeat
Their Purpsse.

T.covA, Aug. 27.--ISpeciaI. Herman
rba,s. recently receiver Of the FIRST
x.t.euAl bank. OF Spokane. who vas ac-
e.tste5 81 tue charge Of beating and as
..alslEg BIS servant girl. vas arrested
ksrs this evening on warrant
.kargsag him with reeelving and con-
..,s:nv stolen goods. Aboni the middle Of
Tu,x Herbert Joy. OF this city, missed .
s3sh robe. gold watch and chain and s..
,As.e stoppin az at the Hot Spring. hotel
t.sut that time Chase left the hotel sud-
asslv one morning. saying be could not
.zs~r lie walked down the railroad
sg.rx ard took train TO Tacoma. ana
ynssr xent 10 California, returning last
Tuesday. In the meantime Joy had con-
tnued The search ior the missing articles.
FRIDAY City Detective Ike Evans
searehs4 Chase's trunks. bat found moth
lag. CAase stated positively a. the time
nat be soald give large sum Of money
"a any ore sho could find the stolen aFti-
e.es in bis possession. Last night Chase
eAsnred hls lodgings from the Hotel
chaberg TO the Hotel tacoma. Detective
Evans rays an expressman brought pack
are 70 tie hotel this morning. and Chase
EtAf4 MN ~ as n sEs tAAAAsNss tAab
he bad package TO express.
Continuing Evans says: "Chase bro ught
down the package and with b IL own
hands gave il 10 Ghe expFessman. We
detained tie package At the express Office.
Twas addressed to l.. 81. Chase. Port
lan6 A search warrant was issued and
lie package was found 10 contain the
missing articles, except the money. The
sorks Of the missing watch we're In q
silver case.
Mr.. Chase took the matter very coolly
shen arrested. He was at once released
On 500 bail Il. O.. Davis. formerly assist
act cashier Of the Merchants National
bank. and himself signing the bond. His
friends are very indignant. and say he Is
The victim Of systematic blaekmail, begin
ming with the charge OF assault on the
Spokane servant girl.
Mr. Chase is q prominent Mason, being
sMysiic shriner. His many friends do
not believe no would be connected with a
matter OF this kind. II be is. they say he
could not be in his right mind. He has
worried much about the charges preferred
sgainst him AZ Spokane.
A Seattle woman. known both as Miss
daughter Of Seattle tailor. has been in
company with Mr.. Chase here consider
ably OF late.
His intimate friends claim that Chase
vas given the package 10 hand 70 an ex-
pfezsman, and that he is innocent Of any
connection with Joys missing articles.
The matter has been explained 10 JOY
from this standpoint. and IL is
expected he will withdraw the charges. Ii
is also claimed the man who connected
Mr. Chase with the missing articles went
from Hot Springs shortly atterward and
can be located aud run down.
Herman l. Chase, when he was tried
To- aasanlting his servant girl, was prose-
euted by the women of Spokane, who
organized for the purpose. lie escaped on
account Of his former social position. Ii
vas said that n man of Mr.. Chase's good
repute would not try TO ruin poor. UNI
sophisticated child.