The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-04
MARK FOR con" MEN
Cashier Weddings Unfortunate
Investment in Stolen Gold.
SOUGHT TWO sRscks ron O. 900
sheriff Wsslesy VIM Lave Teday 90
Bring Bssk sAs Chssf ODerassss
80 the owfnAle.

Sheriff Woolery VIII leave today for
Chattanooga Tenn. with reQuisision
papers for John Russell, one Of the gold
brick svind.srs Who victimi1ed Charles T.
wooding, cashier Of the Bank Of Aber-
deem, out Of s.. 90 early last fall Desec-
lives have been on the trail of the swim
diers ever since, following them through
several states ana into Mexico. and finally
rounding mp Russell, the leader Of the
gang. Q. Chattanooga ". H. Knowiton,
another OF the gang, 10 In Oklahoma and
can scarcely escape arrest.
Wooding seems to b shining mark for
swindlers. be having been victimizsd out
Of e <sS in 1859 by w. u. White, now do
ing . fourteen-year term in the penitsn-
tiary for raising checks on the Puget
Sound and First National banka- Tho
latter overloaded White the next day and
recovered its money, but wooding never
recovered cent. although he sought to
BY garnishing the two banks.
Last fail Russell. who is . handsome.
genteei looking man of % with fall
brown beard nicely cropped, and one Of
the cievcrest confidencs men in the coun-
try. went down to Aberdeen in his search
over the state for . sucker and soon
picked upon Wooding. He contided the
story 10 him in . casual way that in his
travels about the Sound he bad met
an Indian who had some gold
bricks which he had stolen from
the Fraser river miners. but being an In
dian he could not sell them without arous-
ing suspicion. and he wanted to find some
honest man Of good standing and accus-
toned to financial dealings who would
sell them for him. Wooding's cupidity
was instantly aroused. and after an sppar-
emit reluctancs to give the poor
Indian away, Russell finally con-
scented TO bring about . meet
ing between Oolah. the Indian, and Wood
ing. During the interviews Russell casu-
ally let drop that the Indian had offered
to sell him the bricks for 5000 and that
they were fully worth $40, 900, but that he
didn't have the money or he would have
been tempted to buy them himself. He
told Wooding 70 meet him at the Grand
hotsl in this city, which Vas done. One
day Russell, after taking great many
precautions. took Wooding ont into tho
woods near Ballard. and there met . wild,
fierce looking fellow with long straight
black hair and swsrthy face, who
was no other than KnoWlton made
mp to look like an Indian, and could
only make himself understood by
signs and called himself Oolah. He was
very reluctant to show the gold bricks.
but when he had with much difficulty been
made to understand that his visitors
would buy them, he very mysteriously
went long distance away in the woods.
warning his visitors not to follow him,
and after quite . while returned with two
bricks of yellow metal He watched his
visitors very keenly. and seemed appre-
hsnsive lest they should take notion to
abscond with the bricks, and was very I'M
easy until he had them back in his posses
sion. Finally Russell succeeded In getting
Oloah 10 allow them to sample the bricks.
and they took borings to be assayed.
A third member of the gang had opened
up an assay Office near the hotel, and quite
by chance hs vas given the job Of assay.
ing the borings. Needless to say. the re-
suits were eminentiy satisfactory to
Wooding and Russell. and on the day fol-
lowing Wooding took s.. 900 in q valise
and he and Russell again went out to see
Oolah. Again the pantonlime was gone
through with. and Oolah babe his long
cherished bricks tearfully, affectionate
and very reluctant farewell. Wooding
placed them in his valise and he and Rus
sail returned to tho hotel and nothing
more was heard OF Oolah BY Wooding.
who at once departed for San Francisco
TO have the bricks coined into stacks of
yellow boys.
Neither was anything more seen here
abou,s of Russell. Wooding, on learning
bow badly he had been taken in. returned
70 Aberdeen and confessed to the bank
officials about his disastrous speculation
and then was taken sick with disappoint-
mcnt
Russell and Knowlton are both we'll
known crooks The latter has done time.
having come out Of the Oregon peniten-
tiary about two and . half years ago. after
which be made Tacoma his home until
this lAss trick sas turned lie
is best known a. Rebel Georxs,"
although Ee has sswsrai other Aliases.
Ne = ti vsars ~ sse. waIs 90 rs fsaaa.fs. 4.
8 f.ss al ancE~s al. las B. .ss an sxssAty
sFss sma aFBmm h&lr So . msstaaa~s s@Mrs
t.Fnstts "a skss8 H. artiaafg xAass =
SO aF@sN sas $40 s4esmea -
sss aN km@ ss sam@smgeN