The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-23
JONES Is ALL RIGHT.
Charges That the Globe rotter
Is q Faker Fall Flat.
AN ENEMY slAnDERlNo HIM.
The Elks wanted Him AZ . Member
But Received III sinformstion-Bh
Money Power.

that Esrl C.. Pfesfer, whase travelling
name Is Paul Jones. Is a faker and dead
beat. shaI ne had not been In England,
Germany. India China and other PLACES:
that his experiences" in the Old Word
were simply roma noes and fairy tales; IN
short that he was a fraud AMI had haen
decxsvbsag the good people Of Seattle. in
ciudLng the ladies' who thoughg him such
a handsome fesiow.
All this grew olt of the fact that W. Z.
Mckee, q nlernoer OF the EIks Society,
seus a telegram 10 the president OF the
Boston Press Club asking If he was e
faker. A Mr. Hemenway. answered that
he was fsker and beat and that he had
been shown up in the Police News as
such- The Post-Intelligencer at once be-
gam an investigation and the resns; is
that Mr.. Hemesway's estimate of him has
been completely set aside. A telegram OF
inquiry about Pfeaffer was sent 20 the
Post~Irtesligencer.s correspondent at Bos-
ton His answer proves that the g4coe
trUtter Is just what he represented him
self TO be-a man travelling around the
word on wager. VINO had 70 earn $500
while en- route or lose the wager.
The inquiry started because Seattle
lodge No. 81, Of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. OF which j. r. Scoones
II exalted ruler. desired TO have the name
OF Paul JONES', the world esra1aator, en-
rosled among its InesnDers. IL was shclsist
by many OF the leading members that 1t
wcusd give the lodge a boom and Incl
denIaaly advertise Seattle IL II was an
noanced that Mr. Paul Jones. the SAnon
Pure PhineaS Fogg, was member OF the
lodge. The matter was mentioned To the
fraveIer from Boston and ne, like Barkis.
was Wiling. 1t was mentioned deiicatefy
to him that the initiation fee Was $50.
jones' or Pfeiffer, was at first staggered,
btzs he afterwards said he would join IL
the imitation fee was paid for him. The
Elks were delighted ana started 10 raise
the necessary sum- The plan was to have
Mr. Junes return from Tacoma and be
initiated next Saturday.
But 1t Is law of the order that before
man can be Initiated in a lodge away
from his home the consent OF the home
lodge must be obtained, so a telegram
was sent to the exalted ruler of the Bos-
ton lodge asking this consent. He re-
piled that he knew nothing about Jones.
This aroused suspicion, and w. Z. Nc
Kee. q prominent Elk. sent the following
dispatch on Monday to the president OF
the Boston Press Club: :.
us Pfeiffer, alias Paul Jones. globe
trotter. a faker. or travelling on a wager?
Answer
To this Mr.. Mckee yesterday received
the following reply:
Jones Is fake and beat. He was
shown up in the police news about a
year ago. HEMENWAY."
This dispatch was shown to J. f.
Scoones. the exalted ruler of the local
lodge of Elks, and he was mad with him.
self and angry at Jones, and he resolved
to unmask the man. whom he considered
bold. bad adventure. He remembered
the several small and large bottles that
ne had opened. and also thought that
this .'faker'' had become almost a MEM
Der of the Elks lodge. He stopped the
collection OF the money for Jones intia-
ton Zee. which had reached $685.. and bur
riedly sent the following dispatch TO
Thomas Hickey. the exalted ruler of the
Tacoma lodge:
"Adviees from Press Club. Boston, pro-
nounce Paul Jones fake ard beat.
Shown up In police circles a year ago.
-. r. ScooNES.''
IT win be seen that the whole story of
Jones being a faker and beat rested on
the word of Hemenway. The story that
Jones was a fraud was repeated again
and again ana was believed by a large
number. The acknowledgement, In or
der to get at the facts in the case. tele-
graphed an inquiry 10 its Boston CORES
ponaent. who sent the following reply:
Boston. Mass, Jan. Special-Eml
C. pfeffer. alias Paul Jones on the 18th
-. l.
| Boston Press club that he would start
from this city without a cent and without
| clothes. travel around the world and re-
| turn To Boston in one year after having
| earned at least 5000 Pfeffer had been
| public school teacher for some time.
| but his discipline over one OF his pupils
| lost him his position His next sensa-
| tionai act was his boast that he could
make a tour of the globe. After strip
| ping himself at the Press club he made
/ paper suit and asked an admission fee
| 20 ser himself. The suit he afterwa ri
! sold and With the money received pur-
| chased his travelling outfit. When he
| arrived at Springfield. in this state. he
| was arrested for ceos and lodged In jail
/ After his release ne dropped out OF the
/ public mind and but little has been heard
OF him since. Pfeffer Is a Harvard graau-
! ate. rowed in the university crew and
one year Was elected captain. b.gt he
/ resigned before the race with Yale"
A despatch Was sent TO she Tacoma cor
| respondent OF the Observation-Disclosures in
| ssrucliag him 10 interview Mr. tones as
| 70 the Hemeaway dispatch The Ia
coma correspondent wires the following
/ reply;
Tacoma, Jan. .. -specisl.-Paui Jones
Was shown the Henenway article from
Boston. branding him as a faker. he WAS
| very busy at she time. being head
| waiter at Cht}berg's restaurant In
| brief be sad that Hesnenway was an
! enemy Of his. although he once was his
| friend ana Travelled With him. Suddenly
| however. he became his enemy. ard has
| done everything possible TO snJare him.
/ and 10 make his trip around TIE weird
| unsuccessful He did not seem 10 think
II anything unusual for Iemeaway 10
! ,leaounce him as a faks~. He simply
seccunted for his action ny saying: lie
| Is a personal enemy
zones says tsfe reference To- the Police
News grew oar Of a difficulty soon after
| he started cat. when he was arrested
ana thrown into jail For not paying for
| salt ~ clothes.
''Thls afternoon Jones Vas presented
| With She charmed club by The Tacoma
Press club"
These facts together with the facts
/ gatherel during ais stay in this city
| seem 10 make 20 certain thas he has