The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-20

People who I've IN the vicinity o. Bread
way AMI Prince william street. are discus
sing with g2s,o me strange starry az
Charles Ross. WHO returned from tie fU-
ken basE SATURDAY evening. 20 find tass rs
s.Es and eight children 5sso disappeared
The story extends over period o many
years. and exee&s In 0na@atac iraIsFes-
tnat OF Enoca Arden.
Charles ROss is a German. about g years
old. strong % Limb. and IN the language o.
skse times q hustler" He lived fer
hong time TIA WssErrereiana county. Pa,
AMI there was married TO a woman. WHO
rad a. history. Briefly Outlined, = 3 a.
follows: she was barn - Scotland, and
when a young girl fell In love slLa ana
was engaged 20 a young usan named Mo
faryre. he followed the sea, and fortune
led him 10 make a voyage during their
bssrothal. Before ns lex1 BIS sweetheart
they took a solemn vow 70 De true 70 eaca
other. His ship sailed away. and although
she young girl watched each mail ANXIOUS
iy for q letter. i never came eeAs
Il ade months. and monks made years.
yet no negs came es the lover. and Il vas
GENERALLY believed that ae had oeen ios-
II q sh-pwrsck.
TIE girl accompanied her mother ana
sister TO Aner.ca. and they settled N W est
moreland county. Pa. There after time,
Ross met this same girl ami loved her-
They We're married about fifteen or SIX
teen years ago, and from this union came
eight children, the Oldest being Il or ID
Several years ago they came 20 Seattle
and settled down. One day they received
word that the supposed deash Of Mcintyre
was not true. He had returned 70 his nome
in Scotland a very rich man. Apparently,
this unexpected news id not cause any
dininuttoa In the affection OF Mrs. hoss
for her husband They lived happily, and
r2ner t-ff ~Nrf a
fortune In the far-away interior Of Alaska
she ehought he had better stay at home.
But he was anxious 10 see what the Land
OF strange stories had ia store for him.
and SO sailed March s, 1895. He made his
way far up me Yukon. his trip taking four
months. during which time he suffered
many and extreme hardships. His inaom-
liable pluck was all that brought him
through and placed him ia a position
wasre he could dig the yellow metal He
prospsred and. IL Is said, sent money 10
his wife and family. St.A I'D word came
from his wife. and so he took trip down
20 Circle City, expecting to surely find
some word awaiting him there. Anxiously
he sought the little postoftice, and IN
hesstatlng MANNER made 80 by his fear OF
not hearing, asked for a letter He was
tod tina, none had come. The word made
him half sick with fear that something
had happened lie found that a steamer
was about TO go down the river. and with
out further hesitation he took passage and
came on 20 Seattle. He was We'll supplied
with money, for N his few months work
be had taken out $50. He arrived N the
city last Saturday evening and took the
first car out 20 his home. He almost
rushed Up 70 the house. opened the door
and found a strange woman. Almost
heart-broken he heard that his wife and
children had gone away some time last
August.
"Ts appears that about month after he
went 20 Alaska strange man came 20
his home He apparently had plenty OF
raonex. Ms. Ross soon had fiae clothes.
and one day she and the children went
away.
A Pos;-rnteiligencer reporter who had
heard something OF the story WAS told
last evening tina. Ross had employed At
torney +. r sims ID locate his children.
II they were in Pennsylvania he would
send tnecI money. II they had gone 70 the
old country with their mother and did
not want TO return he wouli go back 10
the gold aeiGs and su-y himself from the
busy world Mr.. Sims said that he was
net az liberty to say any;hiag about Mr..
Ross. bat admitted thar he had suca
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