The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-04

TACOMA. Jan. s-Special.-Witnin
sho-t time the last traces OF the efnoezzls-
rn~nt Of the late Paul Schuize. genera
land sxeut OF the Northern Pacific Rail-
rosd Company al Tacoma VIII have been
wired out and the entries covering the
transactions on the books OF the company
closed up. The company has tnformed
those whose payments TO sennizs WERE
rnlsapproprfated that their Interests VIII
be protected: seefs VIII be given 20 those
who purchased outright. and credits ec-
corded those who paid Ia sums on CON
tracts for lands.
For some time past the land department
Of the Northern Pacific Railway COM
psny hss been engaged In adjusting al
the cases wherein payments on land con-
tracts or for the purchase OF lands were
made 20 Schulze 10 his capacity as gem
eraI land agent N rhs company, ana
which were rnisappropriated By him. All
af the parties who made these payments
are receiving credits on tho books OF the
COMPANY. and in cases In which the mis-
appropriated sums completed the pnr-
chase price. they viii receive deeds 70 the
land from the railway company. These
deeds are now being prepared ia the oniee
OF Western Land Agent Thomas Cooper,
ana will be forwarded TO ST Paul for
execution By the proper officers OF the
company They will be ready for doiiv-
cry TO the interested parties Ia about
thirty days.
Owing to the various changes in the re-
eeiverkhips of the old Northern PACING
Railroad Company. and the reorganiza-
ton which has lately been effected, the
adjustment OF these cases has been great
ly delayed. barr the parties wno paid the
money to schaize have been assured from
time 10 time that they would receive
proper credit. And now the last step Is
about 10 be consummated By the deltV-
cry OF the deeds, thus ending an episode
which created for a time one of the sen
"a lions 81 the Pacific coast.
There are about sixty distinct cases OF
misrepresentation by Schulze, ranging in
amount from ~ 10 $4,000. The aggregate
Of the defalcation OF land payments was
about Slso.0e0. This amount, OF course,
does not include other moneys belonging
10 the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pAny which Schulze ppropria ted, the
aggregate OF which has been stated by
those in a position TO know as nearly
sSaa.lva
Many people In Washington Will be In
feFested in knowing that the Northern
Pacific will protect all who paid money 10
Sehulze and which was stolen BY him.
The sensational suicide of the land agent.
who Was the friend of Willard, and whose
position ln the Northern Pacific and in
other companies at Tacoma made him a
prominent figure ia the state. sent a thrill
Of excitement through all Of the North
Pacific Coast cities. and the later disclos-
ures Of his enormous entertainments will
be remembered by the readers of the Post
Intelligencer. Schulxes career may truly
be said TO have resembied the meteor. and
when he struck the downward shoot he
went rapidly. A few days before the sui
eide he was removed by the officials OF
The company. Schalze. with Characters
tic shrewdness. and determined to keep up
appearances TO the last. gave out for pub
ncsfion an interview. in which ne deciar-
"a that he had resigned. Some Coast pa
pers, which did not dream Of the true
character of the man, deplored the loss OF
his services 10 the railroad company, and
printed articles praisiEg him for the work
he had done In the upbuilding Of the state.
AL this il a matter of history. Schulze' .
taking of WAS az remarkable as the man
himself. After making a half-6oEen inef-
fectual attempts at self-murier with pol
son. re shot himself through the head one
morning In his richly furnished home In
the North End. Tacoma. His funeral was
attended by many people prominent in
Tacoma