The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-28
MAS0NS HIS VICTIMS,
A MYSTERIOUS PRISONER PLACED
IN THE CITY JAIL
With obsaining Money Under
False Pretenses-srrest made by

There was n mysterious prisoner a. 20
fes headquarters yesterday afternoon No
one appeared 20 know anything about hin
and he seemed more Interested 81 sscIr rs
possession OF rs tobacco po9eh than yer
red 81 rs relations With the law he :
not an ordinary criminal. z he is a criminal
a. all Re has the air OF a gentleman.
the language q an educated nan. the eye
o. a-Esli Il Is always easy - make state
Dents after a man has fallen down. out
this man certainly has a great eye More
than that he has two great biz brown
eyes that express intelligence with every
turn HIS voice = a. soft as a woman ;,
ara would De the proper taing % 'con
good people with. Ons man who did not
know anything about the Hhys and where
eorss Of the prisoner being 81 t2si said he
looked as y he could give advanced les
sons n ''conadence work
This man Is IN 1ail FOR obtaining money
under false prefanseS- HIS mama Is as
doubtful as rhe complexion q = souhrette.
Il might b Robert Ffsmming. or Charles
Floyd. or Charles Brown o. Martin Nal
l0ry. Probably K lsHthe last mentioned
but 4 would not be much OF a surprise
Z ex-SheriT Van de NsntsT could add a
few more aliases TO those given a Post
Intslligencsr reporter last nlzht By c. a
Harrison. proprietor OF the chllbers hotel
at Tacoma
sof course" said The ex-sheriT, There
+ no denying the fact that there IS man
under arrest and that he IS wanted az
Port Angeles n Clallau county. DO not
deny that ne is accused OF obtaining money
under false preteuSes. bat must decline
telling the story for the present az least"
How ga you come 20 make the arrest -
The ex-sheriT pulled out Of his pocket
some legal documents. among which was
one certifying that A. T. Van De Nanter
had been appointed a deputy sheriff by
Walter J. Dyke. sheriff OF Clallam county.
II am very sorry" said Deputy Sheriff
Van de yanter mot to be able 10 give
you more particulars, but am anxious
20 catch the o'clock train. 50 I will have
TO bid you good evening" on rushed the
new deputy sheriff. leaving the reporter
TO figure out the case as best he could
Deputy Sheriff Van de Vauter has been
after Robert Flemming. alas Charles
FLOYD alas Charles Brown. alias Martin
Mallory. for about six months. and finally
arrested him at Davenport. Wash. The
original plan was 20 take the man quietly
through 10 Port Angeles. but the stop IN
Seattle broke the combination and let the
cat partly out OF the bag.
Mr.. Harrison said that the prisoner had
been IN Tacoma and represented himself
20 him as the chief OF detectives OF Wash
ington. d. c. Subsequently he had learn
ed Of two prominent members of the Ma
sonic order being swindled by a man who
was probably the alleged Washington. p.
C.. detective II appears from scraps Of
information picked up last night that many
members % the Masonic fraternity III Ore
gon and Washington have been vtctInized
by q man representing himself as a Mason
In good standing. The total amount OF
money gathered IN by this man IN Oregon
Is estimated at between S. 600 and s 90
while Washington Is said to have thrown
at least 81. 900 Into hts hands. He would
appear IN a town. and by presenting his
card. which certified that his dues had
been paid for the current year. establish
himself as a person qualified 20 receive
all the fsvors one Mason IS entitled 10
from brother Masous. II Is said that a
Mason IN q strange place has no trouble in
securing entry into the homes OF other
Masons and also such assistance as they
can render IN other ways.
The alleged sw'ndler would present his
card. and by representing that hts finances
were at low tide secure money to assist
him along 70 the next town or city. This
system went on for long time. but a. last
Il became an old story and step. were
taken 70 get at the bottom OF the case.
II VIII probably develop that the card
was clever forgery but the thing that
IS troubling the members OF the Masonic
fraternity Is the method employed BY the
alleged sw'ndler 20 get hold OF this precious
piece OF pasteboard