The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-03

WANTED IN SEVERAL CITIES.
He Passed Bogus Checks Along his
Trail. and No sooner Escaped on
Habems Corpus In Tacoma Than.
a Seattle Warrant Hecapsured
Hfm-Passed a WORTHLESS Cheek
ON f. .Lobe-Porslsnd and Spokane
Want Him.

Special Dispatch 20 the Post-In:sIllsencer
TACOMA. Sept. az. Freshman. al1as
Alpn de Gulldsr. the young Jew arrested
last night By I~atecsiwe Ccacannoa on 3
Charge o. forgery just as he was about 70
board the Northern Pacific overland for
Duluth. will make an erort 70 get cut by
tne hzbsas corpus route. Today Fremont
Campbell. VINO has been retained by De
Guiidsr. served Chief OF Police Hoge with
q VIII Of h2heas corpus. sworn out before
Judge Williamson and made returRaole
September 1.
Aboat the same time that the writ was
served Detective Cudihee. Of Seattle, walk
ed ia With warrant for De Guiiders ar
rest on a charge OF obtaining money under
false prstenses. Thls warrant vas sworn
ont by T. Lobe, Of Seattle, and VIII be
served on the prisoner without delay. It
viii block the scheme to gel the prisoner
released on habeas corpus proceedings be-
fore exlTadition papers can be procured ~
the Portland officials upon whose orders
and information the forger was arrested
While in the city De GuIdeF stopped az
the Tacoma hotel and WIS quite free with
his money. fleeing the walters handsomely
at every meal, and otherwise popGlariz-
ing himself II IS thought THAI he has
operated IN most Of the large cities OF the
Coast.
Freedman arrived in Seattle week ago
yesterday in company with Mr.. Place.
travelling representative Of the American
Pencil Company whom he had met or
train. The former presented his card. on
which appeared the name Of a large bank,
doing business in Paris. Place introduced
Freedman 20 E. Lobe, of the Golden Rule
Bazaar. Then Freedman wanted 10 get
a 500 check on Lazard Freres' New York
house eashed. Place thought Freedman
vas ali right. and consequently Mr.. Lobe.
having no reason TO think otherwise. al
lowed himself to be charitable in his
thoughts. he accompanied Mr.. Freedman
TO the Puget Sound National bank. where
the check WAS cashed. In course OF time
New York notified the Puget Sound Ma
tigral bank that the check was worthless.
MIR. Lobe telegraphed to Mr.. Place at Port
land. with the result that the machinery
OF the police department in that city was
set In motion. and Freedman was located
and arrested at Tacoma Wednesday night
Yesterday morning Mr.. Lobe appeared
befofe Prosecuting Attorney McElroy and
swore out a warrant charging Freedman
with obtaining money under false pre-
tense. How opportunely this was done
appears In the above dispatch from Ia
coma.
On top OF this came word from Portland
that Freedman was wanted there but as
to the particulars nothlsg is known To
make matters more complex Chief Reed
has received information which shows that
Nr. Freednan's presence may be desired
IN Spokane. The contest for Mr.. Freed
man may resolve Itself into a tangle that
Will be more Interesting than the original
case
IL II reported about town that the pris-
oner. during his bEIef stay in Seattle gave
people 70 understand that he is a relative
Of Baron Hissch.