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

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- .ss.r-sssy m7zs explained yesterday a.
1900 yvrea walter AEsn0S. . friend
- fra rnswirr nan. asfsest sss dad boy
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~ = sook ard Hne tesoISfng 10 tae dfa9
- Tgssa -aae.8v Hnd Was made an9If
80 osesarx ~ fas exact SPOT - ~nica =
,-sw ssnaasesf Csafaer fe&- A-senoy droE'-
s.sd tas besak o. rzfasr bar VITA f9sF
baats gefa tAe water from tAe end - .
s1sp rs Cealrag aeek. allowing ire Tar %
rssea the sosterr. The IRE ~as small. ard
as rsea Has sensitive. 70 Hnea A5leaoF
began 10 hasf up ~ fszt something neasf
pau8ar 81 4oEly. bF VAS eosu re~afat"
- seesng 4 mars fcCt appear - thN
surface The mystery y ~ frisno CIV
appearance was AZ last explained sum
snsnlug friends wh5 procured Fp~ "pa !.
.slleaog hesa tBe foot atoss water AAlh
4asfr aTrtgzi Instead q attempting 70
Nft me body iago TIE small boat. Aisena'y
sat - the stern. and sitn ere other mn
y8wfng taped che beyAy around tae en.a
81 sne aocR smso the city sip. where y y -
soau landed Coroner Xan3e- Ns2 sum-
snousd and took charge Of tpe remains an
Ill sAe arrival % TIE wagOp from t1le
back Fecetvsrw box. ard out y Fl-@ o. tne
crowd Of rDofblaIY curious that bad gath
cred 70 look at r.. and enanifs how u al
happened ard what Il Ras.
f.haluser "a drowned Sunday night. Hs
went - Central o0ex 70 bid adleu 70 two
sailor friends who we're returning 70 Fors
Iyaka.sg on the steamer Sarah -. Renton.
AL three we're intoxicated Saen they left
fne Pioneer house on FIRST avenue south.
sTsasaa 3 nc
fsR the leaving time % tie steamer being
: g'esock TIE sailors had several pack
sgss apiece. whlca chaifner assisted In
carrying Tneg reached the dock shortly
before e g0ing direct through the ware
haAse 20 the KsntoaH slip II Nas extreme
i8w tide y hich caused the - stiaer % lie
- Thai her deck was considerably lover
shan The top ~ the dock. Under this con
8itf3n 81 affairs plank Il paced from
The sip 20 the deck u the steamer. and
along this plank the passengers must
wax
Chssuaer and hls eompanions hsinx under
tha Influence ~ liquor. i r. supposed that
nfsihree on reaching the slip which IL butt
o. an angle ~ about IS degrees. weut
'umu1ing down together. TIE soberest Of
tire Tires managed 70 cling 20 the guard
rail-. and throw himself 20 the deck The
uiher tao went splash into the water. The
fret officer Of the steamer. VINO was stand
Ing just inside the engine room on the side
nearest the dock heard The splash and
rgAshlng out saw a man noundering about
81 the water. Grabbing rope ladder that
sas handy. be. threw II over the side OF
she steamer. and running down got the
man oat and pulled him 10 the deck
Seitfsx ~ the men could tell very Gls-
finctly what had happsnei both ~ them
snunbliag something about sSeotty."
which the officer ala not understand as
b. did rot see only the one struggling In
the water Tina deckband however states
that ~ saw two men fair into the water
and sag What looked like one 81 them
foatinE in the water about a minute De-
fore the boat let the alp. or thb. though.
ne WIS not positive
on reaching the Bgkeley side she sag-
or, who belong 10 the ship Diamond Head.
went aboard their vessel. where they row
afs. They did not remember very dis
tlnctly what ha1 happened. thinking pos
slb3g, that ''Scotty. As they called Cnal-
sner. had left them ~ the wharf on this
side.
chalmer's failure 90 show up ~ the Pio-
ueer house sunday night excited some
suspicion for the time beiqg but this
waa aispeilsd ~ some friend saying that
Re may have accompanied his friends TO
Blakeley. This was accepted as the res-
son fer bis non-appearauce bat the next
the sailors aud bat were found float
ins near the slip Even this did not sug-
eest the possibility 81 ChaimcFs having
been drowned. as ~ was known that one
~ ths sailors had fallen overheard VIII
tam Sfrafton. q personal friend ~ Chal-
nuer. thought. perhaps. that ne might
have been arrested for drunkenness 80
h. visited both the city and county iails
ha, found no trace 81 his friend he alec
INSIDE Inquiries ahont the resorts Chat.
nef freaueutsd ana along the water
front. bat 10 one had seen him. This
iefg hus two things IN stratton's mind
that his friend WAS either in Pore Blake
ley or az the bottom ~ She sound 40 he
waited until che arrival 90 the Ranton
yesterday and on learning ghat Clfaluaer
vas noG 81 the mill town. concluded that
ne must have bern drowned ns knew
that Chslmer owned lonr lire with a
bar ard four large flsh hooks attached -
g. and. going Ia ths EATERS room in the
Fion@er ho8se. secured b. ard asked Al
itnoy aiso q friend of Chainisr. 10 drag
for the basiy aione Tire dock near The
clip ailenoy did as requested. and as
stated above. caught one 90 She hooks Ia
tas upper part ~ che slice om the left
foot
WHEN t became known among Chat
Uerts friends that his bsHv had hegr
found and that no eTars had heen made
hf fNf trrA 81 Pc RentUu fa recover ST.
there was "a great deal - comment ana
much dlest tisfsc3iou expressed From
the facts as cleaned from che statements
made hy the members of the Renton's
crew. u Sc safe go say that none - tho
men. oNtsfHe ~ ere deckNaua saw more
than enc man faii into the water. ard
even fhe derbhFrd Vas roe certain
Where thcy erred wss IN not reporting
the happening lo Che authorities the next
tny
After the BODY hs1 been placed on
slab lm the uaorE8e IS Tong brufar as the
trft temple Wsa discovered This ans
prosahlY caused 1sv f1ifinr ax tn~t tbe
guard TRu when thr Unfortunate rsrn
went piuugtng down the .slso t4- FORE
~ the hlaW kuockanz ntm inte iasr~4.sti-
fty. Thts Is also the eplnion ~ ttsr ssss4
mans friends. Who say taat pc was ar
expcrt HWirsuer. sna useless etuwnas
would have stared ahoFe water lsre
enough go Pc Fvsravd sserse chewing co.
hanco. "a kntfe ara silver watrh ysere
fagrd in tbe CLOTHES The watch hsf
stepped at 3 FniUutcs past =
Chalrltr has nsed in and sg,out Seattle
for several years. doirN different knit