The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-08
BANK HAS DISAPPEARED.
yosE.PH HEcRoys II SORRY HID
MADE \ DEPoslT,
Now Poorer by Several Hundred Dele
larS-lt Was - Pretty Little Toy
savings Rcx and Figured In =

Fl lESeaA Hesrone, who was one o. sAd
J lest~kaewn contractors In Seattle slxseeu
,s.rs asa. returned recently % rousw old
aeqaagn;ancss and OPEN q saioan. with
IL F1saest. os Chicago. tor . partner
kane, who claimed 20 DO very wealthy. but
unable 10 speak any language ether han
s'reacA. At Fssaets's suggestion q small
bshR was purchased. and then II was
agreed thar All three should rut their
money in Is until yesterday rnoraing. wheu
they would rent = box In tho Safety De-
post vaults. Il was arranged so that He
srens kept the bank with him. while julius
kept the key.
Hegrone awoke yesterday morning az
the Columbus house with the expectation
OF fading saose ia tae little hank. he scan
learned that his companions had dissp-
peared, ana when the bank was ezaened he
oehstd three little bundles OF paper. TIE
mansy wss rot there, Hexrone had been
roobesi OF the last dollar he had IN the
world.
Halt distracted with srisf and indlgna-
ton a; being vics.nAixea and presumably by
the man Ae had trusted and treated as an
int.saate friend. aa searched tho city over
H. hape OF finding trace OF him. Worn out
and III az heart. he appeared at police
headquarters at o'clock yesterday after
noon and told his story 10 Detective Mere
dfsn. Later he repeated 1t to ross-intei-
ugsncer reporter. Hegrone is a middle
aged man, who has seen q great deal Of
the world. He lived In Seattle sixteen
wears aga. and ala a great deal os timber
clearing around Lake washiuxton and
Lake Union. lie il wsil srouaanted With
h. + Day. of Frsyuoua and he sass no
knows tha D1nnys. SsapI sullivan re,nem-
hare,I, him. Alter leayins seattle Hegrone
lived ia Arix6na aad Texas. In tho latter
nlaca IA was a har tsn.tar Having GATH
syas ,oga,h.r snms,hiny rika 81 OH hs
starfss o,,t for the Pacific Northwest
aua.n. intending 20 go into buainess.
A. vanro,var "a = hc met NJ. Fishest.
smsJl Sark-,on,r,isyioned man. who
q,ai,n~a chicago for h,s heu,e. He sa.d ha
was a Erenchu,an. FaShett had A large
s.t,, os ,,,nnex. ~, ia persan AMI was
seaw;ns- 4, rathAr fresi, In Ansslo,s saloon
ons asv Ineiaentallv he got into CONVEX
sstIan us,E r,evrans. who cautioned him
about axnosin.r his money SO recksessly.
A. IIssrana's suggestion Esshett placed
:, nss, 40 az, ..s,ra "a Angelo far safs keep-
,ag ttsgro,n ria likewlss He had 500 or
tsan q .hsa tt,na
usaran@ SAID TIM. hs and Fishett be-
ns,o., ,rttmata friends aud were together
nearly all the time. Hegrone took lik-
,as ~ ss.1 s..''s .,,ss...'s@, {, hiSn Thsv
arsI,,, aaesdaa IN .snna 20 seattle and 20
49,. So .a,aor hnsirsss al partners. With
60 "a. -. L.. .n.s. arytxea a few DAYS
aro ar5 TOOK rao,ns at the Columbus
Sansa -, vyasbtnetoy street.
Nonaav morninr they started out 10 the
braverv 10 talk over some business at
satrs a,a !, sb,, way mat A large. WE'LL
asa.sos 80, ,sgs,s Yshf ,uns,af,e. A
Ifssr,Ta ana Eishatf pasa.d rim he stsp-
-. = -. "a saia thst N. was Glad n, meet
s.rIavr-,ountvvman as ae was alone In
Sast.,a ara sunra F.reurh alone. he then
vent on 70 teIl now he had arrived emily, .
800 ,i,,. ra,ora frc,, Snokana with =
.ss.s,aIa.s -, wbnn, he baa wiveu sao 10
s.ssA Mr., co,nnanv This man had gone
~ s.s ,ars him ~ an, going 10 stay with
49, :" 10 saId He eaya hss ran,e as Jo-
- r,,lns ana ,oia a long Story of hav-
49,, .at1a,s bssr 20 a very large fortune
,nro,,sn ,be aaath OF his father at Spo-
kana H.s picture OF life was something
- ~. nr.s4r ~ Monte cristo. lie aid not
49, ~ =, ,,ayi, and when n came to HAVING
=. 49,, .,,,,a ~ haa All sorts OK money as
80 sfsknsaI qa nrove that no was roll
80 4. ,s,aat,s ~. nrad,ycad several SO b!lis.
,ssrran. .hourht no vas foolish 10 carry
90 Iar.a a sum OF money about and Fish-
-. s,,.gsassti that ha had better put it in
~ 10y
s,,fss sathsr tos. a great deal OF money by
49, sats,r, ~ hanks aa,d Julius, "anA
20 - -..,ar - ,,,,t my money In them"
a+,,l.,s I,sts,,. ,aok .5ut tsso Sc bills and
,rsts,..t ,hat Fishatt and Hegrone accept
80 aa<h Then they visited Lake Wash
S,'. - raLa Ifnion At Fremont on
Nv. frrsan uegyoaa gsf, his companions
g. = faws ,aInutrs while hs visited II. r.
na,. mr. re,urr,ng to the city the SUBJ
a., ~ carsng for their money came MP
nat,, y,,,,us according 10 Hegrone hAA
s+sss.. ,snrrsasa a small cafe. THIS was
- y,,ts,,s, room n, the Phoenix hotel,
,,ssSrs a ,ras agreed that each man would
80. A. y.ar,ey ia ire safe over night In
- a,erntpy .hss, would go 10 the safssy
80. zines and hire a strong box.
tt..sers.,,,. rsyv recalls that julius tock
"a. ,,,aye., cn. Of his rocys,. wrapped IL
T., ! ben5kerchser ana then put II back -
his e.at rorkst lie had at least s4e0.
/ Iss~fons aoes not think there is any aouss
st.,,t f,,Il,s having the money although
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