The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-18

~s< nen who compose the Tfeen Shoe
r.--sny are In Il peculiar frame II mind
-. ave been boldly robbed by two of
-. s0r,,sr employees. Frank Mullen and
:. Leaeas.esa: OF that they are certain.
- tier have SET TIE police on the trail
: ne slopsifters, bur l3ey have no. the
xshsss, means At present Of estimating
-. sss and il is he narrowing Encer-
a.aty thai is worrying them.
p,,sa Hopkins. one of the company. yes
..xs,.r swere cut warrant before Justice
,.<rsoiI charging MlIlen and Lcbenste.n
III grand larceny. and the authorities at
yu,t.sad ard san Francisco have beea nc
ss.a 10 keep a lookout f3r the :wo n.eu,
"a xl fesp Thursday. probably for
,es.ars. Mr. Hopkins thinks t,.as from
e % tgs, worth Of goods may have been
sas.reo away, bat r.dicuies the story that
a sss All run up into thousands.
nu,;en and Lobenstein ara uofn conI-
.s.,,,ss Strangers in the city. They ar
- several months ago, during the KIon-
a. rash. In search ~ employment, and
- a.. "a werk as salesmer by the saoe
,snnznv. 1. wag not aniii very recently
- tasir employers had the slightest sus-
s.enn that the two men were playing
A. ,aAe. but little investigation soon
see.xhs 10 flgss facts that seem 70 prove
Aerana question tina, the tw0 men had
,pnaysa from the store and disposed ..
xans5eYah;e quantities OF stock. p:luei-
sxry gicndike footwear. They were II
nrs discharged bat the police have OH
t.is<d the testimony 0f n: eye witness.
saa Gains 70 have seen the men r moving
s,n.s from the store several days after
sssy we're discharged II II supposed thar
,hsy ys.e provided with duplicate keys 10
~ ssore ard store rooms above II. "a
tasush Il Is said thai some of the stolen
isreossty was removed from the store dur
~ hasssess hours under the very noses of
fys employees.
soys OF the stolen property is known
b have been disposed ~ Ia this ejty and
nh more than suspected that s:sli more
ma shipped out II the city.
vw.sn, according 10 the description fur
sxAed the police. Is a tai iine-lo0kIne
ysssx man. with blue eyes. black hair and
saes nastaehe. He formerly worked Ia
shae store In san Francisco. He Is mar
~ ard lived with MS wife at 81 Cherry
Ore. xhiie In Seattle. After being DIS
ratsaea BY thu Treen company he worked
n H. Seattle Shoe Company. but failed
"a ,srw as for work Thursday, calming
tst hs wife was III. II Is now known
"a. NJ. and Mrs Mullen took south
hsss train that afternoon.
,a<lste!n II a short. heavy-sef. sandy
ssseslenea Iist.e Jew. He a.So came
fswsan FrsneIsco. where. Il is said. Ills
Asksss own a shoe factory Lot,enSte!n
~ assa working for a Klondike novelty
tsr,aay having It's headquarters n Il. e.
~. ca,'s hardware store, since his
ssAsrse hy ne Frern company, ana me
ross thnk fAat Miles * Co. were also
Ykssnsssa by him. a. ne IS SAID Ia havs
cssrea .sr sale al dineTen. times Iatey
sisSps ard other cutlery. Miles y Co
had not discovered any Joss YESTERDAY.
hssns.s!n took the same train as Null n
ssa hs wife took. Thursday.
ehif Of Police Reed yesterday wfed
descriptions of the TWO men 20 Portland
ard san Francisco. and thinks the chances
tw sAssr capture good. The exnct loss az
~ Troen Shoe Company will not be a.
rsttainsd until The company takes stock