The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-04
DILLNAN'S BIG SUIT.
He Wants the Y. p. to Return
to Him $4,000.
sau.zE.s FRAUDULENT ACTS.
The Spokane Real Estate Dealer Gives
the Details OF An Alleged swindse
Wants eIIs.aoo Damages

TIE papers IN sensational ard tzrcr-
tart SUI n the United STATES court were
a. -Tea Saturday. IL - rS= s1f4t 81 L c.
D.1zxz. tss prominent real estate dealer
% Spokzre. zSsazSz tns Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. ard n ne compliant
he tells n fan the story q TIE gigantic
frauds Yrsct5es1 - SzElzs Il connection
zIsh the sale CT lands = and a3tzcerr 20
Spokane. Dal,nzu asks fer the return Of
sst.e94 OF which he says ne was deAoer-
aEsly dsfraH4s9, f5- szz7 4a d-lages which
Es clzsuss 20 have suffered by reason CO
false representations: and so- the further
sun q Szss. which ne claims 70 have
paia cut on p-oziSso-y notes signed IN
behalf OF the Rad The suit Is directed
against Receivers McHsnry and Bsge3oE.
o. he Eastern ftstrl-ts. ard Receiver Bur-
leigh os tbs district, and also against the
Farmers Loa. and Trust Company as
holder Of r1Orgs age on the Northern Pa
csc road. ire complaint Calming TIA.
the money has passed into the hands Of
the receivers and has been used By them
70 pay interest On the mortgage. and
that they now hold the balance In the
treasury OF which they have control Dill
nan states that the receivers are per-
fectly willing 10 make proper adju5iea-
ton II the courts can decree the real
amour; o. the Indebtedness He asks that
elzre<i deeds for his benefit, and that the
property be excluded frcrn the mortgage
held by the Farmers Loan ard Trust
Company. He asks that all persons be en-
Joined from taking possession % the prop
s-ty untH an investigation Of the charges
made by hsm can he hz1 and that the re-
organization or passing 81 TIE road from
the hands 81 the receivers into those Of
the bondhoids7s be stayed or held subject
aad subordinate 10 his rights as these
rights shall be decreed by the SQUIRT HIS
counsel are StFatton. Lewis & Gilman. Of
this city. James NcNzuyllt. OF Nex YORK,
ard T. 9. Griffith. o, Spokane. appear as
associate attorneys
Soy OF the Fraud.
Diiiman's story. az told n the com plant
Il in substance as follows: He purchased
the land Of Paul Shulze. az that time gen.
eral land agent of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. Februtry Is and r.
lssc, agreeing 20 pay for the same $50 GO
knowing that the land as it then stood,
according TO the companys OWN valuation
was worth not more than sSla 90 but be-
Ies-Rg from SHaulze's assurances that the
company would so locate certain depots,
stations. tracks and other improvements
as TO bring the value % the land NJ to he
figure agreed on as the purchase price
shulze and Dillnan agreed that the pay
msnts should be II such sums and at
SUCH times as ware reasonable and con-
vensent. particular payments to be made
as follows: Is9e-March q. 5000. May IT,
$3.50; June - So 80: July >, $1,000; July
u $1,000. August 8. ,20.oo: August 50
siS.f go: September 19 $500. October q.
s1tsfsl December l. s5.oea ls92-January Is,
si5.eoo; April ls $1,000: May ~. si0eoS:
June j. 1880, September -. SIS. 90; Octo-
Der Is, S,e.. Total. SSI2. 400 These vart-
Gus sums pillman claims were all duly
paid by him, and then begins the startling
part o. the story. In the light of subse-
ouent events Diilman declares that Shulze
never mad any intention OF carving out
his promises as 10 the enhancement OF the
property. his sole object being to get the
money from Dillman and appropriate IL
without any consideration. In further
ance OF this plan Dillman charges that
snulze began a course OF systematic and
consecutive persecution. which. II the
story be true. was worthy Of the darkest
days OF the Spanish inquisition. Shilze
first began dunning his victim. weekly.
daily and at times even hourly. by iele-
grams, by letters. by Emporium demands
and By threats. asking him for sums of
money at the most irregular intervals.
meanwhile threatening 10 destroy his
credit. and actually beginning the csrcu-
lation of reports that D.Ilman was insol-
vent and had been guilty Of fraudulent
acts. This species OF persecution began
IN July. fsSo and continued for the remain
der OF the year. With the opening of the
next year. Dillman grew suspicious OF
ShulZe's persistent demands for more
money. and demanded tina; the road do
something as an evidence Of good faith hv,
beginning some OF the improvements which
Il had promised TO make His demands
were met by fresh assurances on Shulzs's
part. and he was deuded into making
further payments. embarrassing himself
financially and Jeopardizing his other bust
ness interests. These payments and
Shulzes promises continued through 1882.
Torture I'm the Sic DOM.
The following year Dillman says that
the defendant company. by which he
means its agent, Saulze had made him a
physical wreck. his mind impaired by fhe
constant prosecutions and ISLANDERS With
which Shulze had bounded him In this
enfceeied mental and physical condition.
which from the wording Of the comnIsfnt
must have bordered closely on INSANITY
billnan SCI out from Spokane for Taco
ma. where Shulze then was with = wild
ueslrs 10 do something TO rescue himself
from haan1al ruin into which he seemed
% be rapidly and helplessly drifting I'm.
sAulze. learning OF Diliran's suspicious
and movements. and hearing that Dul-
man had threatened TO report his trans
actions WITH shulze TO the officers OF the
rea1' circulated in Tacoma the report
Shat bilman was a d-unkRrd and that
ne was then suffering WI. mania n,,,,,
through the summer months OF 1855 DIN
man Was detained in Seattle In A con1s
lion OF nervous prostra;ioa which rem
oered Il impossible for him % attend n,
business Here he claims he was sur
rounded by spies e-nss=argaS a-,5 49,,
Tires employed by Shuize 10 render fslsa
reports concerning him. and that s;Irh falq.
statements were freely and hourly 80