The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-08
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Among the arrivals 81 the ErIef
"wednesday evening Was Henry C. Crazy.
United states narxhal for the diSrrscf CT
Oregon. with headquarters at Portland
Mr.. Grady II an old resident OF Seattle
ard has a warm spot II his heart TOT
this place lie said last evening that ne
felt perfectly az home here. although "
had been six years sine his last yisaI
fss thinks Seattle Is bound 20 heroine a
t,Eg town and has backed his Judgment
by making large investments IN real
estate. lie f. the owuer az eleven lots
adjoining fF1e Hli1 tract on Jackson street
ard Of block near Lake Washington.
and declares that IL he had the money he
would buy more. His visit st this time
s. In reference 10 this property. and To-Day
he intends 70 Join the tfrong In the
treasurer's Office to pay his taxcs-
Mr.. Grady also came 10 Washington on
official business. Yesterday he delivered
into the hands Of United States Marshal
Drake ar Tacoma r. G. Pomaroy. who is
charged with breaking into q country
store and postoffics near Gobic. Pom
eroy's arrest by Marshal Grady IN Ore
gon for an offense committed In this state
was the sequel of a peculiar chain OF cir
curnStances. which no doubt viii teach
the prisoner the truth of the saying that
silence ia golden.
Poneroy had fallen into the hands of
Alfred Sears. sheriff of Multaomah
county. and was In jail awaiting trial for
his ofense. One day he put on an air of
Oraggadoeio and informed the sheriff that
there was no need OF holding him, because
the crime for which he was held had been
committed outside the state OF Oregon.
He then detailed all the circumstances
except To name his accomplices, and told
the sheriff that he might as well be re-
leased.
The outcome OF the conversation. or
confession. was that Mr. Sears went TO
Mr.. Grady's Office and told the whole
story, and when Pfneroy was set free he
was almost instantly nabbed by the
United States officers. Mr.. Grady then
Informed the Washington officers. and has
now delivered his prisoner 10 Mr.. Drake.
Pomeroy. To use common expression,
feels like kicking himself He might be
free, but he has confessed, and there is
little chance for him TO escape a term at
McNeiPs island. Mr.. Grady thinks he has
the accomplices spotted" and NAV vet
make IL warm for them.
Foineroy probably did not at first in
tend TO rob postoffice. He and his COM
pah'ohs broke INTO country store with
a pos'osfice attachment. and after help
ing themselves to boots and other arti-
Giles. made OFF with about $40 worth ne
postage stamps The crime was commit
Tea some three months ago.
MI Grauy Is a robust rather heavv
SET man, or light complexion, with a
round, smooth. pleasant looking face and
. nearly manner. He is about Is wears
oid' but looks to be only %. and is inst
as active as he was years ago when a
conductor on the Oregon Railway a Nayi-
cation road. saving his money and in
ses.isg IA Seattle lots. He took an active
paIt "a the last presidential campaign In
Oregon. and was rewarded hy a-.re,s;,.
ment TO the position he now holds IT.
was IN Seattle In 1874 with a SURVEYING
party, wnen the region was a hunters
pafaaise' but even then he picked III.
piace as winner In the race for com
mercial supremacy.