The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-17
A SMOOTH YOUNG Man.
lie Passes as Agentof a Build
ing Association.
WORKED skaG1T COUNTY LAST.
ne soacits Stock Subscriptions without
Authority and wriggles Out
Of His scrapeA

a smooth, dapper young fellow of %
years. who registers as l. ~ Redpaih, has
been causing the Washington National
buEding. Loan and Investment Associa-
tions ofthis city, good deal of trouble By
soliciting stock subscriptions and loans
without authority. and his arrest Is being
seriously considered. For the past two
mdnfas he has been travelling through
hing. Snohomish and Skagit counties rep
reserting that he was connected with the
ASSOCIATION. At Ballard and Ross he
alleged that he vas a director of the asso-
ciation and at Mount Vernon he first
elai med 70 be secretary anu later general
agent.
About two months ago Redpash called
on ID w. Castleman, Of this city. secretary
o. the associstion. and applied for work.
he SAID ne vas familiar with building as
soeiatiosts, having been connected with
the 5toauribia Association, of Denver. Mr..
9astlenan was pleased with the good al
dress OF the young fellow and concluded
TO give him trial He gave him some
iueratuxe OF the association in order that
he might read up on its methods OF bust
ness ans told him TO cali around later and
the matter Of his employment would
be considered. RedpAth never called
on Mr.. Cassaeman again but a few
Days later he was heard from at Ross,
where he claimed TO be director of the
association. and solicited sales of stock
and promised loans TO all who should pur-
| chase. At Ballard William Curtis. the
resident agent, learned of his operations
and wrote 10 the head Office, receiving a
reply to the effect that the operator was
swindier. Two days later Redpath was
arrested at Ballard on criminal charge
made by a man named Kelley, who
claims that year and a half previous
Red path had secured $I2 from him on
spurious check. The case was settled,
however, and never came to trial and
Redpath disappeared. Two weeks ago he
turned up at Mount Vernon, and the
Skagit Edlteg Herald, Of July IL. published
at Mount Vernon, contained an article
exposing his operations there.
The article says that Redpath claimed
at first TO be secretary of the association,
but finding that Fred +. Pape knew that
officer he suddenly became general agent,
+. q. Pickering being the local agent. He
asked Mr.. Papc for letter of introduce
ton to people 1T Sedro. but, when asked
to show his commission, said he had left
il on Mr.. chickering's table. lie did not
get the letter. but worried along without
IL. running up a board bill with Mrs.
Storrs and borrowing so cents from her
on the Fourth on the pretext that his
money was in Mr.. chickering's safe. The
article continues:
IA few days later the general agent, who
gives his name as l.. n. Redpath, was in
chickering's office. and noticing that the
local agent was without office stationery,
suggested that be should write for some.
But said he. do not mention me, as |
was not 10 be here until the 18TH This
aroused Mr.. chickering's suspicious. aud
he wrote the secretary making inquiry
ab0ut Redpath. He received a reply under
date OF Monday In which IL. w. Castle
mau, secretary. says: Il. n. Redpath is
not BOW End never was an author
ized agent for this association Red
path vas out Of town on Tuesday,
accompanied by Mr.. Griffin. the Lpis-
copal missionary. On his return he
heard minors OF the denial of his
authority, and of the letter that had been
received. lie went to Mr.. Pickering to
make his DENIAL. but when confronted with
the documentary evidence of fraud he was
unable 60 make satisfactory explanation
of it. Then Mr.. Pickering insisted on his
mailing in 10 the office the applications he
had taken. which was done. The Herald
gave Mr. Redpath all opportunity TO ex-
plain, bat he only begged for time. Claim
ing he coald prove his authority"
ME. Castleman has only heard from
Ross Ballard aud Mount Vernon, aud he
has NO means of ascertaining whether
Redpath's operations extended beyond
those towns. Redpath is said to be de-
cidedly clever. and the officers of the 1850
citation here say that were he to turn his
energies into a Legitimate channel ne
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