The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-30

Special Dispatch TO the Pest -Inteiiigsncsr.
SEsT'X Y CITY Ia-, june 2--.As preeiicted
hy tae physicians who examined into his
mental condition sam Cock, shs SEAT, .
lGu3-tc arrested here several weeks aso.
has almost rscovere.i tha f4A us. Of -
f8cgslt&es. and within another fortnight
VIII be allowed 10 reta-n 10 the PsciAa
coast
Taere ara st!u however some peculiar
features surrounding his csse4
H= Was taken IN C1lss u-tv * will he re-
iaernaere,i ~ the lOcai police while en-
deaYering "a tye building IN which ~
claimed "a gang or .+srafters- had iust
rubbed hsm Of s. .a HIS snir1d was evident
IS unbalanced and the dag following his
arrest he was examined hy The Woodbury.
county insanity commissioners. To theGa
~ stated ihat his name Vas sam cooA.
his home Seattle Wash. his occupation
THAI % a ga1oatfnan. agid his family al
residents az tie PSclac coast He supposed
himself tn Portland, Or. and claimed al
the papers he Sa~ weFe dated four years
ahead. According 10 his own account ne
was sst upoa and robbed IN Portland
rew days previously by thre. men nafned
Harris. A.tner ard MeHuSh. TWO of whom
he allied. while the third eSCaf-ssi- tie Was
evilentiy familiar With persons aad places
on the Pacific coast. aId no dcalst remain
81 IN the authorities minds that he came
either from Portland or Seattle.
TeleErams to These pcints, however.
failed 10 elicit any Information. and after
holding him several days BIZ was sent 20
the state insane asylum al Ciarsnda
the assurance Of the insanity commission
ers that few weeks treatment would
probably effect an eatire cure.
Word has u0w been received from the
asylum authorities thai Ae i@ ueading rap
idly and NIL he ~ 10 he discharged Ia a
short time Some time after bis arrival
az the syium ne began iu4ulring where
be- was Enlightened on that point ne
asked hc@ he happened TO be taken there
and What name he had given al the time
OF his arrest
When told. he stated positively that sam
Cook i not his real name. He refused.
however. 20 tell xho ha was on the grpund
that he wished his family 10 know moth
fn2 or his difficulty until he returned 20
them fow lous IL has been since his
departure from Portland he could not say.
Tie arrived there, he remembers. from -
aftle with S1po in hts pocket. vas held up
at the entrance Of a raCecourse in the clty,
and has no further recollection until ia
found himself IN the asylum. Further
particulars ne refused To give until -
could learn more of the vicissatudss
through which he had passed between MS
departure fron Portland and his arrival in
Sioux city.
As he WAS without money when tound
the authorities viii furnish him with
TRANSFORMATION 10 the Pacific coast. where
he says he will have no difficulty in car
ing for himself
The general opinion is that The men who
helI him up iajuTsd him in the struggle
and ran him out ~ The country In the hapa
of iessenlug their own risk by so doing
Another theory based On his extreme re-
ticence concerning his real name. Is that
his family had something &c 30 with his
troubles Although a bluff old seaman.
he Is evidently very well educated ani
when in his right mind is j man OF sound.
common sense