The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-22

greater eaIrnness thsa wss expected. This
vas due to the Implicit belief in the thor
oawh honesty Of her husband and her con-
f3enee IN his ability TO prove his fnno-
eence. Harris wiman. the second son. Is
employed in sbe Newspaper business. ard
Frank. yuanger brosher, Is IN the ofncs
Of yerrnfiys A. Ca, brokers. Wall street,
As soon AZ wors had been received Of the
arrest Harris wirnaa came TO New YORK
freq. ststsa T.iaaS and went 20 the Tornhs.
carrying . small sasehei with ehsngs OF
linen for his father. The nighs kseper OF
the prison rscssvsd the sateheI and con-
sentea to take note from young Winsn
ssklng The father if he wished anything
done and IL he cared TO make any state
rnent In reply winsn wrote taas he vas
cheerful and well and had committed no
crimes. but he had no doubt that be had
blandered. aud was willing 20 stand the
consequences lie admitted that be had
absolutely refused 10 accept bail. although
friends had offered 70 get bondsmen for
him. His note concluded with the slate
fnens that he tad an engagement. 20 speak
tomorrow night in Grammar school No.
q. on Forty-secDnd street. and. please
God. lie would keep The engagement The
father. and had TO be content with this
correspondence. The subject OF the lecture
st the Grammar school il The Great
North Land" II Is one OF series he has
been giving I'm the various grammar
schools OF the city.
Investigation in financial circles led TO
the discovery OF what may be clue to tho
present prosecution. One of the questions
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whole year should have been allowed to
siapse. Il was in February. 1913. that
Wimsn severed his connection with II. G..
Dua & Co. Before the erims al
legged against him was prosecuted this
inquiry created a good deaf of interest
One explanation advanced for his arres. 10
rs follows: Aboat a month ago a mysteri-
Gus circular printed by some persons un-
known, vas indus;riousiy circulated
among the prominent merchants in this
city; in fact, everyone likely 10 make use
ofmsrcsntile agencies received one OF these
circulars In brief the circular revealed
many hitherto very dimiy understood
facts In regard 10 mercantile agencies and
their methods of doing business. It was .
revesation not of most pleasing charac-
ter TO the agencies, and created good deal
Of talk and bitter feeling. Wiman was
promptly held responsible for the author
ship. 1t. was argued that very few men
we're so thoroughly acquainted with the
details Of the mercantile agency business
and none knew the facts made public in
the circular so well as Wiman. As a mat
ter OF fact, Wiman's friends say that he
not only did not write the circular. but
was unaware of the fact that IL was pub
lisLed. Although totally innocent OF the
authorship, the credit of IL has ever since
been laid upon his shoulders. and il is SEP
posed that X. G. Dun & Co. had ever since
felt embittcred toward him on this ac-
count.
FErastus Wiman Is famous as an ndvo-
cate of annexation OF Canada TO the
United States, and as a sound writer on
economic subjects. He recently published
book. entitled Chances of Success"
The Canadian Tories hate him very cor
disllv. and will rejoice in his downfall.
Mr.. Wiman was born IN 1884 in little viii
iage near Toronto. After he reached the
age of ten he worked In the fields during
the summer months for 20 cents a day and
during the winter picked up scanty COM
mon school education. When he was
scarcely Is he secured employment in a
Toronto printing Office where he remained
four years. acting first as roller boy for
an old Adams press and finally as tvpe-
setter. His wages ranged from 81. % to S. q
week. Leaving the printing office he joined
the staff off the Toronto Globe as q COM
mereiai writer and compiler of statistics.
These duties brought him into contact
with large number Of business men. In
time his acquaintance extended to all the
leading merchants and bankers OF Canada.
When X. q. Dun & Co. extended the opera
tions Of their mercantile agency TO Canada
young Wiman was employed as one of
their trusted assistants. In few years he
became the Canadian head of the business.
In 1865 he went to New York as q mem
Der OF the firm of Dun. Barlow & Co. His
experience in the metropolis was as inter
esting as his success was marked. Mr..
Wiman in recent years gave much at
tention TO the enlargement of the harbor
of New York and to the develop
ment of Staten Island. He was pres-
dent of the Staten Island railroad and
controlled the ferry company which ope-
rates IN conjunction with 1t. A few years
ago Staten Island was little known TO New
Workers. The trips by the ferry were few
aud the means of transportation on the
Island limited. Now the ferry boats make
thirty-eight trips a day, and even the re-
moter parts of the island are about as ac-
oessible as Harlem. His Staten Island
speeulations were too extensive, however,
and he was compelled To assign more than
| year ago.