The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-29
WANTEDF0RF0RGERY
4 Warrant Ont for Big Bob
Ehman. Who Is Missing.
a WRONG" CHECK roR sIs7 IS
rhnnaa Is Wen Known All Over the
state IS a Politician, and Has
Lately Been I'm Hard Luck.

warrant was sworr cart lzst evening By
william Befoc1 before Justice OF the Peace
MeEfwasr. bar il ALL rot Be served until
Esh-naa is located There Is reason 30 re-
neve Ne q m Victoria
TIE complaint against Ehrlan claims
that be uttered and published as frsse a
check for <ss1-<. drawn By the Tacoma
Shifting ard Refining Company. Per w.
Oakas T. IN favor OF Robert Enas1.
TIE srnssffnE company refufeS the cheek.
oskes. wvto Is Dot the treasurer TOW. SAYS
he kEews nothing OF Il. and Esauan is 100
Tar away 70 Re questioned
Ehnan has been living III Okanogsn coua-
~ for souse tine. He mas been postmaster
and seo1ekeeper there and stood high in
political circles Owing 80 business troll
bles he gave up the store business For
several weeks Ehman has been ~ Seattle.
but his family has remained IN Okanogan
county. To say that the big, goo5-nasursd
fellow has been cutting a swzrh in the
lower e1d Of the cary would be a mild
summing az. About two weeks ago he
went 10 billy Belond nrouristor OF
saioca az the corner o. Washington street
and Saconi avenue south. and asked him
10 give his brother a position BeloEss al
WAYS liked Fshman. 80 ne took he younger
Ehrnan On trial. the agreement being that
II she young mans services were not salts
factory there would be no hard feelings or
words 10 that effect. The work OF the
new man was entirely satisfactory. and in
a fsg days Beload came TO Ike nim quite
well In the meantime Bob" Efsgnan
vsosfld drop into the saIooa and spend few
dollars. Besond thought IL was on ac-
couaf 81 his brother. Last Saturday after
noon about O'clock, Bob went into The
saloon and putting a silver dollar on the
bar called for drink. II vas evident thai
he vas under the influence Of liquor. but
not enough % prevent him from taking
fNraR d dv~grs tx
ard was about - make change. when En-
man said. Keep Il and give the boys
something 70 drink" Everyone took beer
E.huaa then turned 20 Reiond, and in his
usual manner said: Well. things are com
ing nay way at last" With this remark he
drew out letter which apparently came
from the Tacoma Smelling and Refining
Company II said in substance that a
check for sis5 s had heea sent to Ehman
and that pne balance of the money due him
would be sent next March. Ebman wanted
10 know II his credit was good for a drink
and Beion1 said ii was. Ehman wanted
10 order, but Belona told him that IL was
the houses turn to set them up" In a
few minutes Ehman left the saloon, bat he
was not gone long. When ne came back
ne said that he had two checks, and as
he was without funds he would like TO
tndorse one over 10 Belcni and borrow some
money on IL when the check was paid
the balance coat3 ne ssfsA 10 htAa- fot-
lowing IS copy OF the check Ehnan gave
- Rsiend:
NO. Is6
Tacoma, Wash, Feb is 1895
London and San Francisco Bank (Lin-
itedD pay 10 Robert Efiman or order one
hundred and seventy-six and ss-ls9 dol
lars sl76s5.
TACOMA SMELLING & REF~G co,
Per w. oakes:
81
Ehman indorsed his name on the back
of the cheek and then called for 81. To
show that he Was still good fellow he
called the crowd 10 the bar. That figured
up s.. SO he got Just si3 out OF the sao. IL
was not more than an hour or - before
ne was back again for SO more. II Is said
that the "ex-detectiye struck black Jack
game and went down before tx. bat. that
is only supposition. Beiond gave him the
second $40 bat took the precaution 10 take
ii written Acknowledgements Of the money.
The next. morning about go o'clock
Ehman showed up again and told Belond
I'm confidential manner that he had
considerable sum OF money coming 10 him
at Victoria He wanted to go over and
get II. but all his money was gone and he
hated to land IN Victoria without a little
hard cash In his pocket. He thought that
SO wosiid do. Beiond let him have IL
Thman then said in an apparently pat out
manner that II might be as we'll II Beiond
would keep the check until he returned
fynrn Victoria 81 don't understand what
they mean" he said. by not sending ne
entire amount I would like 10 take the
check over myself and have them ex-
plain it
Instead OF going 10 Victoria. Ehman
took in the town. and when he showed up
AT the saloon again Monday morning Be-
lona nearly fell I'm A faint
II thought you We're going 70 Victoria"
said Belond.
soh 7 missed tho boat" replied Ehmsn.
'sand blew in my money AT the Deieho
saloon
Then Belo8d knew what was coming.
Fhnaan said his folks lived AZ Vancouver.
r g. and he guessed he would go there
that night on the Utopia II he could get
so Belond thought that as long as he
had let him have ga he might as well
give III, the $40 However Reiond was be
ginning 10 get suspicious OF the check. and
sent Il to the First National bank with
request that IL he investigated. Ehuan
INQUIRED If the check had been banked.
am Belond said that Il had.
II wish you would stop it," said Ehman;
''can't you send word over 10 the bank 70
keep il out OF the clearing houss?'
Befond called one OF his men. and with n
wink told him 10 run over 10 the bank and
see about stopping the check. The man
took turn around the block and returned
with The startling intelligence that the
check was beyond recall.
The same evening Ehman appeared in
the saloon about a:4J O'Clock. and when
Beland asked him about his trip on the
Utopia ne said that she did not go until 10
O'Clock at night The time card showed
O'Clock. This was a staggerer. bat Ehman
was equal 20 TIE occasion. and replied that
the steamer had some extra freight TO take
aboard. and as he. Ehnan. was friend
OF The captain the steamer would wait for
aim Something more was said about tbs
check. and Belond rhoughtlessly told him
that Lester Turner. cashier OF the First
National bank. said that he thought the
signature Of the Tacoma Smelling and Re
fninr Company had been forged E.hman
had business elsewhere. and since that time
has not been seen. One 81 the reasons why
II - thought ne has gone 20 Victoria is that
"a variety actress named Ailgnon, whom ne
admired has gone there from this city.
After the check had been deposited IN the
First National hank here u wss sent 10
the Pacific National hank. OF Tacoma, for
soIlertign. The smelling company imrne1i-
ptAIv rppIsfiated the cheek. and said that u
RAD owed Eshulan nothing; IN fact. OLA not
knox him Cakes, whose name appeared
as treasurer. SAID he knew nothing or T.
II was evident that the signature vas
fo~~~-y ~ the most hsrefaee3 nature The
no.a arax nrotested and returned 70 Beiond.
When Fhnrau's brother learned Of what he
had been doing he cried Ike ehil1 II was
intellectually learned that Bob also Dor
rowea ali TIE money his brother haf last
Monday.
When Munrce was chief OF police Ok This
,itv E-hrsSr was on the force a detective.
u Is generally understood Re was forced 20
resign. For a time he kept boarding
house al Tacoma.
After ne moved over 20 0kznoEan county