The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-21
HE FLED THE CITY.
+. II. Shoals. Formerly of Seat
tie. Late of South Carolina.
WAS GUILTY OF ENLIGHTENMENT.
Career That Reads Like Romance
Shoals Life Here-Hrigad adler
General in Coxey's Army.

:. clsPatch t.srn Creenvlile. , c. - ~
Fost-IEle .s5kz1cer stslsd tai Fred r
Shoals. O. Sea-t.s- after having raAeae- )
position 81 sactal leader II fs-ss1v--ls. yes
ser-zy committed eaucsxE-sz-s1t All -s--
rs toEn z11er sezss csOEa2 ctye1-r.s -2'acss-
Fred Il sAoa.s lived {u Sezt-.e aoo&t
four years ago and during t1st zine ne
Cd not achieve success a. q society .sa1--
o. business E2&1. Ao91I ne cn4y 1tsT--- :
ton he ever .sins3 % =as tAe lts q
lisGSsuAnt. conferred upon I'm cy y AK
be- CaE-Ee5E. The renowned leader u
tne Cuxey &r--y. Waen tas amy r@@eas-2
Detroit b has worked ais way n 3 cF-> i
4teE xeaers1sGlp. ShoalS 5a& been paying
Ia aari lgeE sor some g4rEe whom tee Coxey
movement xAs started n tals c.tg an a.
Tacoma - ae co1c- 14e1 . Jon the ranks
: e assssg -ently his services wee so v2lla-s-s
1hs- ne Vas promoted 20 Aelrs1a1cy
an1 glVe1 charge - 4 few recruits :, =
sad t12; he 8as utilized o. numerous &C.
csslsns 20 nnaze speeches IN b-hA-t g ne
cause Khlca has now siramsred down D
ire familiar expression Keep CT ne
grass Iaesde1rs.ly u E3gnt b. men
toned that S8oAis wrote news letters %
t1s Fost-Intal zsreer - the army moved
Through TIE cos pastures and over oos
h0es.
No ore who knsx Shoais ever accused
hlaa O. being 4 bra.ny u-an' he VS. good
=
s7afae- r02n1 Ease beng large brown eyes,
ana = he had money he VAS / s-yl-s3
dresser. When he EFF Seattle he locked
seeay. 5gf from subsequent reports = ap-
pearea that he struck clover r Ca.caSo
and lived - zeal suite u ROOMS Mn
mo1ern eoeFenter.c@s. Snoa4s concealed
his shortcomings BY gllouess % speech Nc
one o. kesn Qercapuve faculties had any
troI1ia IN discerning thai he Was super
aeiaa HIS rTot1er George. Eho worked on
the Post-intei Hsencer a. one time, vas =
&usteiy brighter
Fre,1 Shoals vas a native Of Massachu-
sets Ills family is an OH one and has
soo1 standing. A one time Shoals tstl-
er. I>SG3s +. Shoals. was Z man OK COR
ssaera bic means. The farr ~ went so
ASHTON. : T.. bo1t lSNL For q while
Fred WAS farmer. TGsn ne Renl lni3 lie
newspaper business wlth a-s ar1tas-
George ana his father The paper was
weekly ans bore the title Herald Bee
After three pears az Ashton. Fre1 went
10 Chicago where nr worked for three
Or four years Ia large Joo printing Of
tces.
us love FOR he FAR West. however.
LED % his retarn 10 south Dakota lie set-
tied AZ Aberdeen and published with his
brother a weekly called t4e Democrat
Later ,his paper vas changed 20 4 daily.
In connection WITH is publlcantlon the
Shoals brothers ran 4 JOB printing OFF,
II iSsS or year later the Democrat sus-
pended. Teen the brothers separated.
Pred started mp ia business again - a
5Qo printer. bot finally gave up the b34sl-
ness TO come TO Seattle after TIE blz Gre
O. Jgue g. 1sS9 lie obtained position as
foreman % the Leader Publishing com
Isuy. wllen was located IN Norfh SEA-
tIe, nearly opposite fh@ Bellevue hotel
Ne vas there for NO yasrs. when b. vo.-
unfairly l,tL oN'1g - a conflict q sU-
thor.sy.
Ills next e0~aEvnent Vas MIR tIa
basement % the o>cs5au:4l block Sub
seqGe.rty 81 WORKED ir several Of the
io-esi 5on pf.at4n< Offices The uext taat
was A.ara 7s h.-n vas when se boo5ea 90
as c.@gk. or some SIN AR Office. In con
necuou w3ca the SAFE ~ the Port Angeles
reserve io.s bv IL Government Thar EN-
czs.7s.a.ty. uat4 lie c3gIl-zss l4c..l duty wtta
Ire C5xey army.
Il ls~9 Saoa-s YVES married - N5ss Iva
Gsorzul s.. o. Ballard. a soof-,ook1nz and
verE geSle> able young woman For q
We Saua.~ co~resgeJr se-a wsrn his Rtfe
vac has 3 yolDS ca-f Thsr he seemed
- forget e1--re3v aoou, hrs fanEr Less
taa. tw3 years ago NJ Shoals se43 for
bnd ca' -st-s tlsorce 1u she ground of
Gro1-sl plorL Sha IS SCI a rcs.1en, OF
Ssatt.e
Shoals' -1o,her aseI n his ~l.y IN Jt.,v.
80. soon after she SArsl> fa,rs-z ca-,s
here. TIE fs.ner hl'- 3t-e house IN
ies-isri AL tr3 ta-re alone uals! resent
IS when BE Reat 1as- Eyery .oIy sVeaks
We &C toe fa-1e-.