The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-16
H TURNED / BOLD TRICK.
h - Harding Gets Cash for a
Forged $1,000 Draft.
AND THEN GETS OUT OF TOWN.


Hensy n. Harding. who was formerly
nseocfsfsd In business with some OF tss
most prominept men OF Denver, - 20"
the object Of a no. chase Instituted ~
Dexter Horton q Co. bankers IL ne -
captured he viii have TO ans"@f ""
charge Of uttering forged dFait on lae
Bank of Pitt County. -. C., for 500 hy
clever manipulations he gucc~eaea III %
curing t2.000 Ia cash. and had nis sem th%
gone through N,5eo more would nave psesi
edded 70 the amount. IL Is supposed fnat
he Is n British Columbia and acting ON
this theory kilograms have been sent g
the police OF Victoria. Vancouver and Ne"
West minister.
Hardfngss wife and Mrs LEWIS, his Sis
fsr-in-1aw. are still in Seattle ana gay
that they have TO knowledge Of fi@
actions. He told them that he was golAs
70 Vancouver on business and would re-
suru In a few days
Harding IN a mar who could be afstia-
guished among a thousand by wart on
Biz nose He is a very large mar. weigh
Ing fully 2zn pounds, and a triae over *
feet tall He bae o rather dark COM
riexicn, black mastachs ard dark nlF
fingcd with gray. His eyes are oiiie.
Harding came TO Seattle five or six weeks
ego and one day on the water trent net
J. r. Yoho. who is a weli-knewH bnsi.
known Harding in Denver several years
a90 when I3afdiHR was manager ~ a roof
ink ruurern Ia which NJ j. Lawrence.
nresIt1cpt az the Peoples Savings and Ma
fional bark: A. r. Porter president of
thc American National bank. and A. II.
hcfsafFey county clerk OF Arapahse
county and later STATE auditor, were M
terreted Yohe said that he vas thinking
OF going into business and had been look
fs.sx he f.tsa Ina fsa
same boat After considerable talk Yoh1
decided 10 take Harding into partnership.
Harding said that he vas able TO ott no
as nfsirh money rs Yeho. and that although
he was not well yereed In real estate mat
ters he had no doubt be could hold his
own. yoho engaged rooms In the NV
York block and the New York Mining
and Realty Company was launched. Ia
addition to Yoho and Harding there was
= Portland man named j. W. Goss Ia The
firm. A short time after this Harding
showed Yoho some letters from man IN
the South relative TO $3.50 which ne ON "A
Harding. Harding desired tn draw on the
man. hut the Washington National h. INK
would not listen to his proposition Dnle 50
yoho Endorsed the draft. See here. Hard
Ing" said Yoho 'I don't want to Indorse
this unless you are positive II viii he
paid I have \ large family to supp art
and cannot afford 10 lose any money"
"Therc r. not the slightest doubt IN the
world" replied Harding. ''you saw ihe
letters. / know II win be all right" Yoho
Endorsed for s22ss A few days later the
draft returned protested Harding sad
that he would attend TO that and went out.
returning short time later with a state
rnent from the hank to the effect that
Harding had deposited ssg7 30.
When Goss heard Of Harding he asked
yoho to cross hts name on from the COM
pany's paper. Yoho did as requested. and
felt thai he would himself .ike To dissolve
partnership with Harding
Nothing more happened until Monday
afternoon when Harding showed Ynho u
hank book from Dexter Horton. saying
that he had deposit OF ssmsa He alsa
said that he was going 20 take a trip q
Vancouver r. c.. for a few days. leav-
tnr Tuesday morning
Special interest row cen,ers I'm bow
Harding eat that ss.eoN deposit liz wait 4
Iinsa Dexter Horton & Co.'S bank Nond :
morning and told Cashier Van Tuyl tina,
h.. had heef In communication with an Did
friend In North Carolina about business
opportunities In Seattle and he had uis,
axnected.y received draft for ss.0oe "a
Invest He askoi Mr. Van Tuyi If ths
hank had any good property II So, ~
would like To knew ahoat Z and w8ui6
asasisc his friend In the matter of max as
nm Investment. MIR. Van Tuyi said tbal
the bank did NOT have anything thai
wettld ill the requirements AZ pres n
Later n the day. iiist as Air. Van Tav
was golnE To lunch. Harding appearst
neain. and rcopenel the conversation
Mr.. yuu Tsivl told him that sinre sfsai,
lfg in thu nin~u,ng he had thought ~ J
piece ~ property on Pike street which b.
considered a good purchase. lie gave i
desert gsier Of IL and Harding said that ~
liketl II and would write 70 his friend ~,
S then said that he might rs we'll depne!
the sSsN A.Gft. lie handed The pavvi
OVER TO Mr., Van ruyl whe gave hsm cf, 81
IN A fepo@itels book I re draft rcad 4.
follows
''0reenyilie. y. e., Zee. 9. ts1s, Rank of
Pit County. pay % the order - Il II
Harding. SS.ss To Hanover Nafioua
!. hank y Y. J. ! higgins Cashier
Hauling ndatsed = oa The hack
AR. Van Tuyi supposed that H7rdns
intended o. leave the tigass for collection
and heluw quite busy iid uos watch htal
II appears. however that Harding tao4
the book ard walked over "a the pavlns
telIee's window, Here he showed his "a. ,l
and proceeded 10 draw 0ut s. ssa by ~, ~
OF n personal ehesk Then he lsfl th.
bank. The next DAY Il check foy g. -si
drawn hy Harding Tn se*er ~ hts SISTER
sn~taw. Mrs. Lewis, appeared M IA,
Tusi vert 10 the ofice 81 the New Yorl
Mining * Esaity Co. WHORE b. found sir
yoho. MIR yaho sala that Harding hat