The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-09
A VERY LIVELY TRIO.
Former Seattle Mans Adven-
lures With Married Couple.
VALENTINE AND THE MuLvANEYs
ONCE n shining Light In Seattle. tfe
yauoor Man Caused two Eruptfous
I'm NuIvansy's Family.

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laener IA fne Boston national bank or
49,. ~f,s, for a time during 100 ann isel
"a - IN, comes from ore OF the weaItaisSt
and raost ertzteseTatic families OF AfIsaHc
rItv X l. mas seefs figuring prominent
~ a. social scandals. ingofytnE p@@it@
,,rf,usEnsus IN sew York and Phtsadelfnaa
society, at Salt Lake city ann san TAB,
cisco At present. the iaignsS eolitte. -
ard arsssoeratic young saisRsiH~ ~
stranded In San Frsncisco.
IL appears that some time ago sslsh-
ttn. started West ia company WIN ssr
ana ara Thomas +. sfulsansJ. OF SeN
York elty MssEyaney In the son OF very
wealthy contractor recently deceased alia
is also contractor himself. Ills wife
In an attraeflye-suokinE woman, an1
wears diamonds that are SAID 70 ne the
ssaest swued in Gotham outside Of those
s,<ssssszsd sy the actress Lillian Russell.
Wheu ths trio arrived al Salt Lake city
they registered at the knutaford hotel
and r,roceedfsi TO in1bisse an unusually
largo amount of spirituous and other In
soxlcafing beverages. While MI Mus-
paney was recupersting from the excuses
aad keeping wet towels on bis enlarged
head Valentine and NrS. Malsaney de-
cided TO take & trip together. Tney went
10 Denver first and shen 20 Fl Paso. Tex.
where they were arrested for violating
the Eanands Law and also for the alleged
larceny of ssGa. Mrs. Mulyaney having
that sum with her. The couple were
taken hack 70 Utah. and after Valentine
had lain In jail two mcnths the charges
were quashfd.
Mnissney said that he had been mis-
taken IN his complaint and that II grew
ouf of the fact that he had drunk 70
much he did not know what he was do
ing. lie charged Gus Holmes. OF the
Knufsfosd. with melting him 10 make
the complaint. The money. he said. be-
longed to his wife. and. strange as IL
may seem. he was convinced that there
Was nothing I'm the other charge The
San Francisco Examiner says that Val
sntine and Mrs. Aulvaney Travelled under
their Own names and occupied separate
apartments at all hotels
The iipshot of the matter was. as Mui-
vaney says. that It cost him $4,000 to
get affairs Strengthened out and his hotel
bills paid.
After the Utah Incident was over VAL
entine war reinstated In the good graces
OF Muiyaney. and the reunited trio went
to SaE Francisco and took an elegant
suite of rooms al the Palace. After they
had been there three or four days. they
took aboard" gooily supply of stimu
iants and made things lively The result
WAS that tho tripartite alliance was
broken. the police called In and the en-
tire party elected from the hotel
Inc MuisaheyE satd they were going IL,
the Grand. and previous to thar they
said they would take apartments at fasrl
Goiden Gate avenue. but they did NOT
go 10 either place. Where they went h
conundrum Valentine cannot solve. II
nisnt strike some people as curious that
tne young man would be anxious abous
the whereabouts of the MuIvaneys bnt
some Hight appears when IL Is knawn
tnat valentine claims that Mrs Mulvanav
mas ms Sisa0 diamond ring. his money
and minor jewelry
When last heard of Valentine WAS w.n-
dering about San Francisco with his let
tiers of recommendation from Gov. Hast
ings. OF Pennsylvania. Senator Don Cam
eron and Senator Matt Quay. but no
money.
These experiences OF Valentine recall
the time when he came to Seattle IN Iss,
from Omaha, with his wife a charnIna-
woman. refined and highly etiuaafed They
started housekeeping at 1915 Madison
street. Valentine soon obtained "a no.
sissan as bookkeeper with the yesler
Wood. Coal and Lumber Company. the
office being near the entrance to yesler
dock. In July. 1so, he was so fortunate
az 10 OBTAIN IKE position at the Bos-
ton national bank. where he worked IN
til May. 1881. then leaving voluntarily
He was very bright fellow, tu,t lack ed
the power OF application. and IL was easy
20 see that he thought he ought to be
better OF than he was. lie was about
feet ninehes tall. slender. wore glasses
ana dressed finely. In the common ac-
eepiauon OF the term. he would be called
Hae dresser" What nancy he s,s
nave went like water. In those aavn
things We're lively and there were beau.
osni girls az the vaff,sss theaters
Those who knew Valentine In this ct,v
WIZ remember him as a very funny lei.
low, capable OF recitlng the most I'M
probable things without even smiling 81
Tar ma IL known. however. nothing ca,
ne said TO bis discrceiit In business mat
fefs, After he left here he ,iropns,, ON,
OF sishs unth ;he escarad.s preyio,,sI,,
mentioned. II Is said NH Valentine 80.
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