The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-20
GIK CLEMENT THE RUSH.
InviteA late . saleea % Taik Oves
. TraD - Alaska-Msde = stake
Aebaes, OaeseA - - Gift. ASK
e @ make Change ana Rsbhs&

e. II. Clement, Of Dallas. Tex. man OK
average intelligence and temperate IN al
things. vas given ''the rush act" in the
Crystal Palace saloon yesterday Afternoon
about O'Clock for ylis. Mr. Clement sx-
hausted his own resources 10 recover ms
money and finally called upoa the police
last evening TO help him oas- II was an
unusually bold, and al the same tfnes
e.everly executed trick
II arrived In Seattle this morning. said
Clement yesterday. Intending 10 go 70
the klondike.. With time on my nanos
! walked around the city. was stand
ing in front OF a store looking into the
window when a fine looking man. ratheT
thick set, well dressed and from % 10 ~
wears of age joined me. We passed
good day and he asked me where !
came from. / replied that Texas was my
home.
~ am familiar with some parts OF
Texas myself he replied. and then nen-
toned several towns. Including Leaven-
worth ana Sam Antoine. The latter place
he gave as being his home AZ one time !
toid him that | lived at Dallas Then ne
spoke OF the chief OF police OF that city,
having recently been accidentally Killed
I knew OF the affair and We talked about
1t in a gossipy way. Finally. he asked me
II I knew Sheriff Maddocks. OF Leaven-
worth. l 6aid that l did not know him
personally but had heard OF him He IS
Aere I'm Seattle said the man. and there
are about ten others. The plan Is 70
charter a steamer and go to Alaska We
think We have a new and easy route
by which to reach the. interior. We
desire to make up party of forty men,
BY so dJing the cost OF the trip Will De
materially reduced. II you desire | will
lnu ma hna
II thought that ii would be "a good way
to reduce my expenses and consented to
accompany him. / did not know that he
was going to Q saloon. but We did go to
one. Where are those fellows that were
In here short time ago. said my COM
panion. They have been gone about fif-
teen minutes replied the bartender. oh.
WELL. said my friend. they will be back
soon. SO we had better wait Then he ask
ed me to have drink.
= II told him that did not care for any,
thing. Have a smoke. them said he. I
have been smoking I replied. he Kent
insisting and I finally took a cigar. We
waited a while and no one came Finally
he kept on urging me to JON him In
drink and said that ] would take
glass OF beer About the time the barten-
der was drawing the drink a stranger en-
tered the saloon and my friend asked him
to Join US.
az don't mind" he said, but am q
Kiondiker and have more money than
you fellows. so / will pay for the drinks
With this he went down In his pocket and
brought up a big roll Of something that
locked like bills No said my friend. 7
will pay the bill. Keep your money
Then he threw bill on the bar. I win
tell you what I will do said the Klon-
d.ker; I will shake you the dee, and the
one who wins keeps his own bill and gets
IS oh 10Th anil
my friend With that he showed the bills
over in front OF me and said: You act
as stakeholder They shook the dice and
my friend won and took the money. Turn
Ing to me, he said that he had won so
easily he would make me present of s.
Il would change bill for him.
81 don't want your S. replied. but
~ you want change for the bill ! will
give Il TO you Just then the Klondiker
said he would shake my friend for 800.
I went down Into my pocket and took out
about Sis. Before I knew what was up
my friend had the money out of my hand.
and turning to the Klondiker said: I
will bet you
Just then In rushed man, who said
he was the proprietor Of the saloon. He
declared that he would not have any
gambling in his place. and commenced to
shove me and my friend toward the door.
L amt gambling said I; only want
my money back Get out Of here both Of
you said he. or will have you both ar
rested
''By this time he had showed us out OF
the saloon. kept on arguing with him,
and when looked around for my friend
ne hal gone and with him went my money.
At this time the Klondiker was still
standing IN the saloon. saw a policeman
up the street and rushed up TO him. and
when we got back he and the man who
AZ M ha
Last evening Mr.. Clement went 10 police
headquarters and told his story
81