The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-15
A CRAZY MANS LUCK.
IL Enables Him to Roll in
Wealth for Brief Space.
A LITTLE EPISODE AT A BANK.
He Secures 500 I'm Gold ara r..,r.
eaaandsring II Wholesale But
Police overtaks Him.

fredericx hrsuee. . carpenter, who will
De examined this morning before Jc6 re
Langley On the charge Of insanity pre-
ierred By his wife Caroline, was sane
enough on Tuesday TO get 500 out of the
merchants National Bank, though q lucky
accident aided him. krause has been out
OF work for some time. bat owing to pecu-
harisies IN his makeup has become pos
sesssd OF the idea that he 10 q fnancier in
bsackehapel property. With Gil the earn
esfnsss OF COL Sellers he has gone
around the city telling that he, in company
with several wealthy Germans. purchased
the block on which the notorious Blue
Front saloon IL located. for 5000
This. however. was only one of bic
strange freaks. but il in direct line with
the game he worked or was unconsciously
assisted by circumstances in working on
the Merchants National bank last Tues
dav afternoon. he walked into the bank,
where in the past he has had money on
deposit. and presented check for 800 on
the National Bank of Commerce. Assist
ant Cashier Msserve, TO whom il was pre-
sentec. looked at il and told krause that
be had gotten into the wrong bank
kraase stood like bIockhead, and finally
Meservs asked him if he had money in the
Merchants bank. krause answered
yes" Messrve then took blank
check of his own bank, filled it in
for 500 and handed it to Krause,
telling him to take il TO the paying teller,
and II be cashed il. ''ali right" Meserve
paid no further attention to Krause, but
Krause went to the paying teller and pre-
scented the check, which, being written in
Meserve's weil-known handwriting, dis
armed the paying teller's caution, who at
once handed out 500 In gold. Krause took
IL and walked out with il and then had u
royal good time with IT.
lie first visited Hyams, Pauson & CO.,
bought an overcoat. a suit of clothes,
collars. etc., then "blew himself in" on
gold filled watch at the first jewelers. he
found. He then started for the Louvre
saloon a. the corner Of Front and Madison
streets, and on the way grabbed passing
stranger by the arm aud commenced to
talk about going into business. krause
told him that he need not put up a cent as
he tKrause) had a barrel of money. To
prove the assertion he drew from
his trousers pocket a handful of gold
and silver. When he reached the Louvre
saloon he made great show of his money
and purchased vine and cigars. The peo-
pie at the saloon who knew him we're
greatly surprised. because il had not been
long ago that krause begged drink of
beer. krause told the people IN the saloon
that he had sold his property for s., 600. a
story too ridiculous TO believe, because
Mrs. Krause would not sign the deed, and
again she had been bunting him over the
city of late on account of his strange ac-
tons.
Krause went straight home from the
saloon and gave his child s3a Then he
sat down at a table and was playing with
q stack of silver dollars when Detective
Sam Corbett walked in and arrested him
for insanity. A few moments after krause
left the bank it Was discovered that he
had no money there and the police were
immediately notified.
On the way TO the police station Krause
saw two nice looking women. Corbett
could hardly pursusde him TO come along.
so interested had he become. "Ain't they
beauties 2" he said. The detective. told him
that he should not look at other women
when be had q wife. Krause explained
to the detective that he did not care very
much for her because they did not get
along we'll together. Yesterday morning
Corbett talked with krause. Dut found
him about as Grassy as ever. He said he
was tired of life and when let cut of Jail
intended to commit suicide.
The investigation of krause's case was
begun yesterday afternoon before Judge
Langley, but was continued to today after
the hearing of only part OF the evidence.