The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-03
RP WAS SHOCKED.
- ALMOST ELEcTRoCUTED
. arcTxrc PLANT DEAL
e-.s<s - Though Smith, HIS
..1. HAD swincIed Him Oct Of
9, "a Judgment Against the
.sfes on the Telegraph Pub
...ss.x Company-s Hefe-ReDsrt
= =. nsceivcr of the Failed Au-
- naak A Post-Istefiigenser
mi Salt Dfsmissed.

-vs6. Taorp Yesterday brought an ac-
- =. - ssleer.or court 20 recover Es3ss
=. Smith. the Union Electric
s...se,x and A. L. HawIey. aslsxing thai
~. 1900 was obtained from him
Ss.-~b fraudulent Representations.
~ rAuse Of action Thorp alleges thai
49, - lsee. ~ Jnneaii, Alaska he sp-
x<S1 deEswdant b. ". smith as his
! - 10 purchase csrtain electrical ma
<ia1ey 10 be used as an electric lighting
:.-s # Juneau Smith came 70 Seattle
~ nupessassd on May II, 1894. from ths
Ssss.r Electric Company. through IS
- 4. l.. Hawiey. dynamo and cer-
- cher parapneFnalia. The price Was
- negxbIs a. follows: Six hundred
~ feeu.y-fve dollars fn cash: 500 on
{ <-ruet /. 1894. 500 on SeptsrEsbe~ ]. 1891.
ssf - 81 oceobsr !, 1884. The indebted
s.ss uas evidenced BY three prosnsseory
- Al o6 the notes we're duly paid
- 4korp previous TO the time that tlse
E 1920 hereafter complained OF came
: - ksowledge.
~ Nav n. 1885, Thorp drew his check.
.srrklA 10 me order OF defendant Smith.
- ~ xsrch anti National bank OF this
- H Instructed Smith 20 use as much
! = ~ prvcsedx OF the check as might BE-
- sary In the purchase OF the electrical
! s..ns assA to reteposit the balance IN the
&1rubarfs National hank. At the time
q de- dsiIysry OF the check Thorp aid not
- On deposit ss.o0o. or any other sum.
* ueet " payment. but lac was reg
- lopesjeH and kspt his account there
- notified tbs bank TO advance such
e1us 10 defendant Smith as he might
80 up 20 E,epe. Notwithstanding the
sorpbass price OF the machinery was
- a. 4ffa n ~ "a
~rnfne and conniving. each with the
90. In order TO cheat and defraud Thorp
- for the purpose oil obtaining through
~ XorchAntg National bank the susn
= NH, without any consideration what
~. made and axnsd an agreement IN
urf1ae by which the electric apparatus
- ID cost 1900. payable as follows. Two
Mnnsand dollars on delivery. 800 on Aug
- 1854 $500 on September ! 1894. and
r. % October I. 1854. Thorp alleges that
r had no knowledge of the frauduisnt
nsnoActIons until May. 1886.
1horefors he pays for judgment Egstzss
~ Attendants for the sum Of i.sss.
= spsaksng OF the suit +. II. KiIbourne.
n6nAgsr Of The Union Electrical Company.
~ Nnt the piant.fr. Wills Thorp, was
~ yiettm Of dishonest partner. and that
~ company had tn no way q hand IA the
~ W1tth &tft AftHtt8sfff<
y0ms two years ago." said Ar. XXI
hpufns. "a man namsd Smith. claiming
0oFtnsuhip with Thowp. waited the once
= neeottats for the puroha2e OF certain
doetSicsi machinery. for which we gave
- = wrstten proposal. setting forth the
mount demanded for the machinery In
opegfson a. 81 GOO. Now Thorp alleges that
h ~ proposal the amount set forth was
~ II such was the case. can see no
s(AU explanation than that h49 partner
- suocesded In rebbinx him OF the dr.
lnpncs, which hs thinks the company has
~ Furthermore. Thorp alleges that ne
- = writtsn proposal from the company
oufing the amount which his erstwhile
Cglnsr claims we charged. That part of
- natter adrnsts Of but ona explanation.
r. ts,Ms II that this man Smith made out
Proposal 20 SUIT his case.
~ shis Smith waA often IN the ONCE
ale In the city. Il may not have been a
NJ hard matter for him 20 have appro-
Gnksd one OF our blank proposals.. which
y could easily have filled out TO suit tina
EEenues of the oase- Then when ne re-
lnsued 70 Juneau ne presented to Thorp
hr payment che proposal which he had
nade otrt for $1,000. the amount which
[borp paid nsrn. can see TO other sx-
DAnstfon OF thu matter. as shortly after
W return 30 Juneau. Smith manufactured
pine excuse for the dissolution OF the
Iartnsrxhip and straightwAy left Alaska.
nd. as | understand ". u now wfaera
here u no means Of rsa ching him. Why,
II on what grounds. Thorp thinks the CON-
'any had anything 10 DO with the matter
am o. = loss 20 comprehend. CersA4n ~
, that he - the VICTIM OF a scheme. hus
y ear - the compsny IL concerned thsre
, . mistake. ~ We never charge. under
my circumstances. more than a uniform
rrtcs. Tho whole thing ss due smpiy TO q
ease Of bad Judgment on the part OF Tho~p
= entering into a partnership with sauh
uAn Is Smith"