The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-29


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sounz Hs~DsrS Bismarck Anl 1870
snsss ~ g-ecass'fly yrxA A. ta.at tlnse sc
also pe~s1 90 al zttachs q 80 Ss4ti -
efat~s corsrfsts IA S. Pstersey1rg Re
vrqe-sss'on - fns ~. go Ess invzsses
81 nfsaighs. MS papers ssix~a. as = 49,
e-oss1uetsd without form. ATTY o. AZ sAs'sA-
nation q tas AazsErsea frss ss,..s ., fv~s
r~,s...g ~ the nas,asw Of Baron ygB HoiIs
MAJ. 81 th6 tire rr1lser o. nnAncs 9.
Austria Wa tbs n<n. s@s.ssp- ,sAr rae1Te,r
81 sevsrni % .tss c3aaa, ana- Il T. sad,
Sg~-l arqusrst TIE friendship OF tAe
f ssta q sls.,,xsr-rsr-s invites htru 20
snear fsvwn koaues arc ccunfry pzsosa and
- ~ sced him 70 Fhesr BANKERS. 4 Hsy
40 zavs HIN sssxsrs Q, iaLrU 49, -
80 B1asn espscmate refrsstsfalis e =
.gr@fru sz9sIrgs where he ~as tE@41Sa VITA
nsrksc consideration
at IAa0on &c was maze . kaixs OF
-ne order % GhF1xE- ard King q OH1c1ft
80. ssesI on aka TIA ero@ 81 4Asatisg
~ sts crown At Aasrs6 tae Duke q
sssto. stepf@tner q tns pr~ssnt 1ee es
Morn prexezzt4x nfyra 20 King Aisno.eS
KIN vt.o honorsd him ~sth the oT3er
~ isabella CAsolic2s II fact. ne va 70
s-.v@S everywhere on TIE eotsAse1@s -
osgs 70 ssrls a,, -tn 's,sa va. sis arrs<a at
Sr> Hotsa zsssn Goldman Lawn. IN Niea-
"a 90 oa4gges Of frsee and igIssss
"A few we~ks later, June y ~. ~ go
80 segvss hss term Althougn he has
slncs been ARRESTED he hss always sue
caessd n ssca2nAS in1priss'l1isn~
victims ny she score
'sBzros Hoffman or lie Courier Is tsl
ps iy ssrenssh. OF which hs q exceed
ia Z Almost Impossible 70 tel who his
Fa<E %
,s9s eauusry. Th0ss who have perhaps
snsT<red are unwilling 60 talk about the
matter. while those VINO eScAp 60 at"
grateful for that fact. and Keep aaisFa.-
.su-fer he came here be brought Letters
20 WATSON r. Brown \ Co, OF No. =,
Wall street. At their Office was aal1
yest@rday. Trey had transacted no ooHs-
ness with tns baron They refused 20
rive any reason for this. -
"a parsner in a large benksug house
sownio.r ssis t,s nt ,,,srs .snsd bur had
Gssrfarsd The charge was not one aftectlhg
ia hoaor II was also said that since the
baro1's return q t.nxisrg - 49, =. =, 20
"a ! draft. payable a. the oTles OF J. n
ssorgan. sufficient 20 repay ne small
auirs he borrowed before his departure.
Thomas Morcn refused hrsethtfiy 70
give any details eoncerDlDg hls ae4uaini-
anre with De Courier, or the iatiers suit
sgatnsf him but Said ne was IN possession
~ All the facts about the oaron's career 10
Europe. a.. taro,,.
eeu,ss, Man on hlS tflp 10 Tacoma. Is out
OF town bat at hsa Office. NO. - Broad-
way. an inquiry as 70 De .opftier vas
met with she reply. We don't KNOW any
thing good about him. -
me secretary OF The Austro Hungarian
consulate said there was no such nite ss
naror Is Courier IN the Alnanach de
gosha. and no family OF that name exists
tn Hungary or Austria
THE French consul said ne nso be"h
frequently asked about the baron
lcourfser II A common name In france.
he said but / never heard or a baron oe
Courier much less 81 one representing
svnaleate 81 s4s 30 40 The man is not
what Ne represented himself TO be.
Engaged Co a Tacoma widow.
Headers OF the Post-fntelligencer are IA
r.Illsr With the ssTsa ron's' short but bril-
liant soinurn In Tacoms- He successfully
deceived many OF the prominent local
bankers. but they declare that they are
none the worse Oft for the experience. He
was we'll supplied with money and FREE
auently paid his bills with s. 900 treasury
certificates. II Is understood That En-
gsneer ore~ns.s who Is an engineer OF IA
tional repute. has not been paid for his
services as consulting engineer Of the Fu-
get sound. Mount Tacoma e. Eastern
railroad.
The haron's stay here was enlivened by
a social incident which occasioned much
talk He paid marked attention TO u young
and very handsome widow here. and IL
was rurnored that they were engaged just
before he left for the East. A number OF
society ladies' interested In various char
table institutions gave q sociable and fair
30 raise ftinds for their maintenance. To
these the "raron' gave his dress suit TO
be raffled on.