The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-25
HUNTER AND HUNTED
They Both Disappear After a
Long Mysterious Chase.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
vasn,t< e.nk Eobs@r with SIT 900
OF stolen ssensy Hun Down In
seattle By y Desessfss-


~zfked rapzgly into the Northern Aotel
al wrote the nsssse y II BreoiSz. on
sf,e re@,sser. IL fsans.led the pen - n
.sssssx 1.er.s4sss snanmew. as II L took too
tss.se - write hgs nafne. Without wait
- - axe stfsaer. he called = cab. and
xna ~ naefls IL appeare3 at The curb
sane he gave hurried orders r. 'as
driver ard xsaa whlf.sd away ~ Wash
tn~tor street ~ SD o'eia@k the zaule
nsvht he afIahse3 81 tne Tprtonf tes'Aif-
All. ard ffssa ia ecfl0fss i WIS evident
he was IN ho- pursslit of someone. ~
& ssselssck DE- refurnesi - the hotel ai15
from his ssiss Eqsslniess expression i was
flaan taat THINGS bad gone wrong 4
wsn esve up fne waols Business he
cid 80 q fn4n who knew fssns islng q
~ errassd.
What he was about 10 give 40 might
rs.fr have beaza ku0sn fut thai Brooks
vas later gave his name 3g Beii. took
gao r4sea ssfgse and made a revelation ~
a man whom he thessght would he ~ as
fa.anee a. him Prom his statement IL
appeared that he was Tiakertoa aetec-
five. lie was very particular 20 snnrezs
his listener that ae was from the Allan
@ p.xlcerfon agency which. se sad,
deaif slsh 0aIy high grade CRIMINALS, In
STEAD u the pinsserton Brothers, rival
organization. TIE detective. according
70 his story. hal gone through 3 laby-
rlnth Of pursuit Of one OF the most
trusted employees Of one Of the oldest
banks of Bloomington, ILL.,, who was
snort So 600 III hss accounts Prom his
stogy il appeared hat the e4noezzler had
aprlief to the directors ~ the bank tne
did not give it8 exact gEaIne1, which -
. branch of Il large Chicago inS itgtion.
f3r = leave of absence - regain bis
health. lie went to Tanlston. south Da-
lata. ard from there wrote for m ex-
tension OF his leave IF absence. claiming
that his health required a visit TO tho
Pacific coast. The bank people became
ssasptclo as, and put an expert 10 work
on the books. III Was so0n discovered,
according IL Brooks story, that $4,000
nas lnizsiug. or this amount $1,000
was cash and The remainder various Sc
eurIties.
The case was then put in the hands
Of the Allan .. finkerton detective
agency at Chicago, and ne tftrooksl WAS
seIf out 10 trace up the cmbezzler. lie
went 10 Bloomington, and secured fac
Smiles Of the mans writing. IN fact a
whole page from ono Of the bank books
Truaa that time on. his work 10 iocate
fise man who was III the West under an
assumed name caused him 10 travel
snany hundreds Of miles. tapping aid re-
tapping over the sazne territory. Al
Ogden. Utah. he first got trace Of the
handwriting and saw his man once. bat.
seuid not Get hold OF him Then he
atrliek his trail az Kansas city. and H.
1saiiy a. Butte. Mont. he got on the
trail again. The chase led 20 Portland.
then 10 this city. hack 20 Portland ard
again back - Seattle lie was positive
tie man was here ana under an as
fumed name He described the anan ne
wanted as being between - and :.
years old. with scant dark hair. iron
grey gngStaehe. aud a brown squirting
CO.
4 few days later Brooks went to the
same man t. whom he hasl told his
story and asked FOR help. and said thar
he had located his man on Sixth street,
sud that he was figuring GA going into
the read estate business. 4 meeting
Wa arranged between the detective and
the alleged embezzlsr wts-h. according
% hia story. took place IN the pelcho
saloon. The dvtretiVe said that his man
MAS Tsaaslng under the name ~ Walker.
and tsaf be had a sister living on sixth
street. There wss 40 room for him at
her hoase. 80 he had taksn quarters
near by.
walker. according 20 The detectives
story. acknowledged that a.. had st7. 00a
sewesi az ~ The Inning of his GOAT. but
faid ne did rot want l. return q
Bloomington. 3ie VAS willing to settle
With the hank. bat wanted she hank u
s11ake good IN hIfn so Geo which he
claimed Il Owed him. After this an tbs
raners uscess4iry - take Walker hack
- Bloomington were drawn up but new
- used. as Walker commenced talking
about going hack without making any
trouble. AL this time the matter was
Aept from the psalice. Tor fear that an
arrest might be 1nade. and thus spoil
ths hanks chancgs az recovering its
money.
About THE Time, according 20 the
story. the detective ard Walker took
fssoma IN she same building on Xcslcr
avenue. and began 60 be friendly The
man who had been called intn the case
vas kept en- the outer eis-e by Brooks
and avoided Unexpectedly 81 was
learned that Bvoeks was passinea good
part ~ bis tsn1s En- the c8rng,anv az a
Washington eirees eiren uamea Lillian.
lie did not seen auxlous Us praceed
wfth this Wal&er raas a.d se~t7e7 20
ihink the woman scved Alm fasre thsn
Use. Then & was found oat iha1 Brooks
was hnown Ga Wsshluftoa sirest ag
s3eH.
&c WIS 5ust ahaus week AK, that
asseoks suddei1ly became interested ga
eer hunting. aud taek Is tt}n asa tbe
weefs 1fe said hs WAS going to Uy,r-
ett, hui & g. ss8a tbat De vveas o,.r ,.a
the casa silerc of Lake Washington.
jest as seoa as BIZ rctuued ~ went ca
8 te}sauch with the fair but fg9.3 bcaa-
s lie a43 a. Ran tbat sAa o. uas
lsge without hhn. but h. woman toal
ssaalhsr uso teat De BAD 'falkea.' her
Fll was coraered eac evenius by the
sa8a wto hf3 hesIee3 hm 'snf Nalker.
lat the wss ~ excgss8 hilns g an,l lefs
vas cnauga to attFaet th~ a.teutgsn og
s Tts s8te', Ucer reporter who was
e. zee o.0
f@ Tarafag brooks 1efi the -iiy.
= believed ~ went Ia Sen Francisco
1Ee nsFfc went So sce fhe> man vh3
esls up the p8ner Or Wa1keg'a arrest
az gave him q single "a as -
#sE settlement vith the eaak. What
setsei et'n - laNe ss suddenly S. onlv
ss9fsei. ara oaere Walke- Be- esn u,ifV
- ia inri Nhfst las issegssss ~ tha
#a g a3 ears tiaa far aer8
4sfffehf 70 as u ELI.