The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13
IS PALMER DEAD OR ALIVE?
AND IF DEAD, DID HE LEAVE A
FORTUNE OF THREE MILLloNss
Mrs G. W. Croker, Of Southern Cali
fernia, Vow En- Route for Seattle
10 Search for Her Uncie-Other

Mrx c. ". Croker. who lives In South
ern California, Is On her way TO Seattle in
quest Of Information concerning her un-
Gle. Peter D. Palmer. who Ii said to have
died insestate. leaving fortune valued st
s., 600 co.
The peculiar part Of the story Is that
Mrs. Croker knew nothing about her
unc,e's death. although II 10 supposed 20
have occurred on the Pacific Coast some
where. according to reports circulated in
Eastern newspaper Reading between
the lines OF the letter which came TO Chief
OF Police Reed last evening from Mrs.
Croker. II Is easy to See that she 10 far
from positive that he left such a large
estate even II he Is dead.
At present Mrs. Croker IL at Clacka-
mas, Clackamas county, Or. trying to get
information that viii clear UP the mystery
surrounding her unele's disappearance
ard his reported wealth. She has not seen
him for twenty-oEe years, nor heard
word OF him during that tire until recent
ly. when her relatives IN the East COM
nencee writing about the s, COS. 90 estate.
In her letter to Chief Reed she says:
MIA 70 find my uncle. Peter u. Palmer.
rich or poor. living or dead. / have just
learned that ne was IN Seattle two years
ago this last summer. At that time he
was painting, according to the inferma-
ton / have received. He Is my fathers
youngest brother. / am his niece. Mary
Jane. He is not young man.
Somehow or other report got into the
newspapers in the East that my uncle
was dead: died intestate, leaving property
worth &. 10. 90. The relatives wrote 10 me-
about 1t. AS live on the Pacific coast.
they thought ! would be in a position to
know something about the matter.
The last time j saw my uncle was In
1877 in San Francisco. AT that time he
told me that that night or the next morn
ting he would sail for Alaska He gave me
his picture and said that he would write.
l never received the letter. II ne took
time TO write one"
Richard Bigss. sheriff or Wood county,
o.. desires Information OF Herod Wells,
who lives In Seattle. Wells was visiting
relatives at Rudolph. o, near Bowling
Green. Wood county, q. He LETT there
November 2, intending TO return home. He
wrote TO his brother from st. Louis No
yeuber "a saying he intended 10 leave
there the next morning and go home via
San Francisco. Since that time nothing
has been heard from him, although he
agreed to write to his brother each day
until he reached Seattle. His relatives
fear he has met with foul play. When he
left Rudolph he wore a black suit OF
clothes and soft black hat. He Is de-
scribed as follows: Age, 81 years; COM
plexion. light height. 8 feet. 10 inches;
eyes, light: hair, iron gray; mastacha
and whiskers. iron gray; weight, 10
pounds
NJ. J. Schmelderkahn. of Louisville. Ky,
has written letter to Chief Of Police
Reed. asking fer information OF his
brother a. A. Schmeiderkahn. He says
he received letter two months ago from
hts brother, who was then In Seattle.
Since that time no word has been re-
ceived. Several letters written to him
have been returned.
James II. McEvoy was killed recently
at Crescent City. Cal. One Of his friends
has written 10 Chief OF Police Reed, asking
If Edward McEyoy. brother Of the dead
man, Is living In Seattle.