The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-10
Is 1T SUICIDE.

4O CUlCxUE.
0eoswe CuRtls Disappears, ana Il.
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NAN UfDsel1.
Deep2te strenuous efforts At concealment
u leaked out last evening that George
Curtis. clerk Ia the county auditors Of
ne. ~as missing. and that the circnm-
stances connected with the case made his
friends fear he has committed suicide.
Curtis has been drinking heavily, COM
mencsnG short time prior to the election
Ana continuing Up to the time Of his dis
appearances. On this point thefo ID hope
that Ne may yet turn up al right. On the
other hand. he gave presents TO some OF
Ms friends yesterday morning and told
tneu 70 keep them n souvenirs. 1t 10 also
known positively that he sat up the
greater part Of Sunday night writing let
ters. some Of which VIII undoubtedly
reach their owners today.
Edward Kennedy. who a employed In
the drug store 1t the corner Of Taylor and
jackson streets, and who was . close per-
sonal friend OF Curtis. was the last man.
20 Tar - known. who conversed with him
yesterday. Mr.. Kennedy saw Curtis about
e:O O'Clock. and his actions made Kennedy
thing something was wrong. II Curtis u
. dead man. there will be no trouble In ex-
planning why he killed himself" 1t APP
pears that no has been very anxious to
set married This matter he confided to
MS friends. But Of course II would have
been foolish to step into wedlock without
proapocfs Of = few dollars coming in each
month. Curtis Wa looking out for the fu-
ture just the same a. every one else. and
on that score was anxious that Ed White
more should DO elected county auditor.
He figured that II Whittemore was elected
he would have = good position for two
nh
figuring on the bright side OF things. he
apparently did not forget the 'ifs." and ID
creoated with having remarked that Il the
election did not go his way he would
He dnished the sentence by drawing his
finger around his throat. The more =
Post-Intell!gencer reporter investigated
Curtis disappearance last night out In tho
region along Jackson street. between Tay-
Tor and Rainier streets. the stronger be-
came the evidence that Curtis had suicide
on the brain. One young man. who re-
fused 70 allow his name to be used. said
that he knew OF one time when Curtis
tried to purchase poison and was refused
Another time he was taking down . bot
tie OF poison. when the drug clerk noticed
what he was doing and told him to go
ahead. Ths unexpected turn In the stu
alton upset Curtis. and he pu, the bottle
back.
When the last campaign started Curtis
tOoA 8seAt INTEREST IN Ik9 RfCKTc8S. ana
when Seattle turned out to parade In Ia
coma ne was right In Il. He got lost in
the shuttle and did not show up until the
next day. He was quite irregular OF late
In his attendance 1T the auditors ONCE.
and Il 10 said that when he came last Sat
urday morning he was told that Mr.. Be-
man. the auditor. wanted to see him. He
worked few moments, put on hts coat.
and said he would go out TO see Mr.. Be
man. 1t II claimed that he did not 60 near
Mr.. Beman.
Curtis has been rooninx At Mr.. Hamil-
tons. corner Of Suffer and Weller streets.
Al the Same place HIS friend. George Cor
yell. rooms. About $50 o'clock yester-
day morning Ccryen found Curtis writing
letters. There IL reason to believe that
he had been up . greater part OF the
night. Coryen. who was the recipient of
q silver ring from Curtis. was afraid some
thing might happen and took care to see
that Curtis went along to Mrs. Robin
sons. ais Jackson street, TO breakfast.
Harvey Robinson says that Curtis dfd not
do any talking at breakfast. After break
fast he walked out Of rhe house. This
vas NOT later than 8 O'Clock.
Al $50 o'clock Curtis entered the drug
store corner OF jackson and Taylor
streets. gave his silver ring. with a ruby.
to Clerk Kennedy. showed him the letters.
and would undoubtedly have unhosomed
not broken the conversation. Cur
It's walked out while Kennedy was
busy, took car and trace Is lost
Of him ~ the Yeslsr way turntahle. The
hour would be something like $40 O'Clock.
Some people were OF the opinion THAI they
saw Curtis aSou, 8 o'clock walking east
along Jackson street II anyone fcsiowed
Jackson stree; 10 an end rhey would be
In a guilty. fust the place to commit SUI
icide.
Ii was reported last night that Curtis
Was at police headquarters. and that he
was ~ Frank TwtcheIi's house. A POST
Iatc.lsgeneeg reporter investigated both re-
pcrts. At Mr. T'wtcheiss the only answer
10 ring OF the foorbell was the bark
OF . dog. Curtis was no; At police head
QuArserA
Curtis carsra to Scarce about SET years
ago from Butte. He Was married then.
He was . clerk Up 1T the Monte Crfsto
mines for . while. He had trouble with
h!s wife there. When they came 10 Seat
tie me same trouble was continued A
year or - ago Curtis got q divorce he
eAsd that his wife had deserted him Some
people viii recall . little scrap on the
street one day. wherein no arrests were
made. Curtis was one of the principals.
A prominent young man was fhs other.
Last spring Curtis became greatly inter
essed IN . beautiful young lady named
Gray, Also from Montana He took an
tnteres, in the Christian Endesvor work
at the Cal gary Eaptts; church. Mss
Gray went out OF toxn- White she Was
away Curtis lie; lis appetite ger the better
OF hgna- Mss Gray Is said TO have fitted
Curtis w-asa she learned hcU he had faisa
down. No enc would tell TIE name % the
young lady Curtis wanted 10 marry. Ken
ne~iy SAID she lived. ne Thought, ca, on
Sctter street
II Curtis does net sara ssp this morning
SIN more thorough search will be sa-
auEorzted- The search last evcasnx
csssse thorough, however as FAR IS tas
business portion az tie town wenf
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