The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-05

to Rochester himself, and each one came
in protested.
Rochester's dealings with the bank came
to m end with the beginning OF the pres
sns year. when after . series OF vexafious
delays the management succeeded in col
lecting draft Of $50 drawn on brother OF
his at West Superior, Via The draft came
back protested. but while II had been In
the mails, Rochester had checked ont the
the full amount demand was made on
him for the money, but as he could raise
not one cent be was in imminent danger OF
going to jail. The matter Was compro-
missed by his assigning some mortgages in
his possession. and the bank was glad
enough to come ont even On the transac-
ton.
Another one Of Rochestsr's tricks. for
which he narrowly escaped arrest. was
performed on David Z. Durie during that
gentleman's term as city treasurer. Ro-
chester wrote him Q check for 800 which
was refused payment because Of no funds.
Durie lost no time in apprising Rochester
Of the delinquency. in no very mild terms
either. About the same time he passed
worthless check for . small amount on
Edgar II. Brown, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. hopromptly
made him come to time.
HE KrrED cHEcKA
After the pinch of the hard times
Rochester began the practice OF overdraw-
ing his account at the Scandinavian-Amer-
lean bank, but always made the amount
good before closing time. He ire
quently wrote checks for sums rang
ing from $iG0 to $50. which
were uniformly honored. although
backed by no friends, until his affairs
went into irretrievable ruin. With his
financial downfall Rochester himself gave
way, and he is now characterized as
physical, moral and Rental wreck. His
brothers account for his actions on the
sole ground that he has lost his mind.
His passion was gaming. and his losses
in flush times are said to have averaged
fully $500 day.
HIS LAST ACT IN SEATTLE.
One of Rochester's last victims in this
city was w. W. Misener. head waiter on
the night shift at the Royal restaurant.
the evening before Rochester disappeared
he went to the restaurant in company with
DIR. J. Eugene Jordan. whom he hsd in-
yited TO dinner. just before the meal was
finished Rochester excused himself from
the table. approached the counter and told
Misener he had no money. but would give
him a check for SIS on the Washington
National bank. Misener answered that by
the rules of the house he was not permitted
to cash checks. but he said if it would be
any accommodation he would cash SIS
check.
Cant you make it slo7" asked Roches-
ter.
Misener did not know Rochester, but
concluded he must be reputable. since he
was in company with DIR. Jordan. and ad-
vanced the money, paying out every cont
he had in his pocket. When he presen ted
the check the next day he was informed
that Rochester had no funds in the bank,
and had not had an accout there for two
years and half. An examination of the
check revealed the fact that while issued
on September "a it was dated September "a.
The matter was placed in the hands of the
prosecuting attorney, out nothing was
done. as Rochester had disappeared
Misener is married man and could i'll
afford to lose the money.