The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-08

@. II. Krurnm is sorry that he ever met
MAJ" That Is what he tod Detective
Cudihee when the doors Of ths city jail
closed behind him Mr.. krumn aid not
enter into details as 20 who May -. but
he said that Charlie DiesE, The well-known
saloon man. introduced him 20 her. He
wished thar DtetE had foregone the intro
auction.
Krumm Is q well-known stock man He
Is fue looking, fully SIX feet tau. with
massive. broad shoulders. deep chest and
arms that would make jim Corhett sigh.
His friends shake thssr heads and say that
they cannot see how he got into such a
scraps. IL is really very serious for Sol.
q. Simpson, who has tha largest logging
contract that was ever heard Of IN the
state OF Washington. declares ne never
gave August Karistrom. who Is alleged 10
be none othar than kramTn, a check on thu
First National bank or Seattle for si47s.
That Is Dot the worst of IL. either. Charlie
DietZ. the saloon man. says he gave
kFumn $50 on $50 check, which Krumm
claimed had been given him by Brain &
Henry. and 20 cap the climax, II IS said
that krumm Is wanted al Olympia for un-
DUE familiarity. IN a rude way. with other
peoples names.
Really. / felt sorry for him" said De-
tective Cudihee last evening. as he me-
cnanically knocked the ashes of q poor
cigar and timed his words by the electric
clock The idea OF detective being sorry
was something new to the reporter. who
did not suppose there was a soft spot IN
detectives heart.
II was called VI 70 Charlie Dietz' sa-
loon,' continued Detective CE4dihca. or
''Cody-eye,' as Mike" Quinn used 10
call him. TO Investigate a case OF for
gerry. Dietz had two checks on the First
National tank Of Seattle drawn In favor
of George II. Krlmm by Bruhn 81 Henry.
One check was FOR $50 and the other was
for $500. Dietz said that KrzlEnn wanted
him 10 cash the $50 check bat he did not
have the money. He gave him so and
kept the check. expecting to cash IL at
the bank and thus get his so back and
give the remainder 10 krlEnm- Distz has
known KTtlnEn for some time and trusted
him. Well, krzImm Endorsed the check
and before going away left a $500 check
on the same bank In Dietzs possession
for safety.
When the first check was presented AT
the bank Distz fosQnd out that IL was no
good hunted ths town over for Kruznln,
but could not find him Finally Saturday
evening a call came from William Nc
Ardles saloon. I went there and they
were mourning the loss OF Sl4.15 on a check
supposed to have been given b. Sol. g.
Simpson to August Karlstrom- The de-
scription Of kaTlstrom was that o.
KrlSmn- and I Immediately put tho two
cases torether. ka-lStroTn had walked
into the saloon at a busy time and asked
McArdle's partner for Fritz who used
to DO bartender there OF course Fritz
was not there karlstrogn talked around
the bush for q short time. and then pro
ducs3 his check. called Dor the drinks,
got hts change and said he was going over
co a restaurant and would be back. About
this time the check came under McArdle's
eve. He sized IL up and yelsel out. We're
done up. sure. and 80 II proved when he
got simpson by Telephone
IT don't suppose Il makes any differ
ence % you how ] located Krlxnm or
Karlstrom in a house back OF the Ranke
block Just sitting down TO dirs3ar with
sdna friends. He was surprised. OF
course. at being interrupted. but came
along quietly. Before he was put IN the
jail he said he was sorry he met the
woman