The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-29
Senator Green Of North Dakota
and His Hard Fists.
AeuslNEss TROUBLE SETTLED.
Renufeks, says the Dakota senator,
IL PsSiI of Great New York
Rasenl-Csed Green's Name to Dis
pose Of Alleged Worthless Prop
TO h-An Early Morning Meeting.

George ]. Rennicks. who Is said 70 DC
: Dual 81 Homer Pennoek, tie notorious
New York sw.ndler, was g.yeE. q thrash
.sg an roozn 81 81 tae Seattle hote! ~
ssenator J. s. Green. q Mandar. =. d..
yesterday morning about 2 O'Clock.
geas.ie<s yelled Ike a Cofnanche In
dian and the guests In adjoining rooms
thought as vas being murdered. After 1t
was all over the senator spolos.zed pro-
fuseiy 70 thee ns had disturbed and ex-
pialHed that he had 10 work OF H;;ie
surplus energy on promoter Eenn!eka 10
stop him from claiming partnership Ia h.a
AIseh, Alaska affairs.
Mr.. Rennicks could not be found yester-
day although he promised to see MIR. Green
al noon and atraighten up some matters.
under penalty of being reported 10 tho
police.
Senator Green Is a pleasant man to talk
with under ordinary circumstances. hut
when be throws ITO pounds OF solid flesh
and muscle into a blow on mans Jaw II
IL a different proposition 1t Is said that 20
roored Mr. Eennick IL one round, where
upon referee H. u. Hail. OF the Duluth
board Of trade stopped the fight and rem
dered decision IN the senator's favor.
THIS L. the FIRST fight the senator has had
since he was a boy, but from the way be
handled himself 81 is evident THAI he he's
not forgotten the time when he was fac
athlete.
The story OF the trouble as related by
Dir. Green is as follows:
His Meeting With Rennicks.
',In ls9, I became interested in ventures
In Alaska, with George NJ. Frye. os Elk
RIVER. Mnn.. and W. l.. Richards. OF Mn
erai Wells, Tex. Our under; alxlng Was 10
grub@take a certain number OF miners
and carry Oh a general merchandise bust
ness together with pack trains and other
transportation We embarked In business
at Skag~ay and also GA tho southern coast
at Disenchantmert Bay. sending our min
ers in 10 the Alsek river with instructions
10 go 10 the Tanana river. While we were
all three In Seattle getting our boat start
oil In the spring Of the present year, having
chartered q ship 20 take our goods 10
Slsagway and having bought the schooner
Morrill, to take our miners TO our loca-
tion on D!senchantment Bay, where We
have store. va became acquainted with
George j. Rennicks. The acquaintance
WAS nothing more than We would be Ike
" to have with one who claimed 10 Re
thoroughly acquainted with the country
60 which We were going.
''Eannicks was accommodating. helping
us 10 find schooner 10 purchase and In
stat kAf
10 be beneficial. He was treated as a gen.
tiemau by ourselves.
Myself and my partners left here early
In February. have returned once since
then for more merchandise and vs. here
during tbs month OF April. My partners
have not yet returned. great many or
nv friends in seattle and elsew here have
told me that Rauuicks claims In my al
vencc, that he Is NV partner, and purports
10 have contracts from me selling him Ger
tain things ANA that he "a A general part
uer and that we could not do our bust
ness only for his advice keunicks Is very
much tiisl.ked I'm the country where have
been sn Alaska and if he were 10 40 to the
Aisek country he would he hung NJ 10 n
tree or targed and feathered. As there are
very few men there who have not been
rr~,ised Ky him in ono way or another.
And a ctaim Of partnership on his part
throws dlscrcd!t on all our do.Ugs. This
WAS tho principal reason on my part 20
have e stopped. believe Rennicks 20 he
nothing more than = dangerous adyeniur-
err and a man who viii 10 O sr'at deal
OF damage 20 "A community. especially 4
new mining country. % mining ~ .ndles
are his speciality.
\ Little Dccoy Work.
"Oa my return On the twelfth ot This
month reports OF partnership kept coming
- me bat Rennicks was said 10 be In
England. re1rouEh an accidental source l
located him IN san Francisco and set a
,lecoy 70 get him back here. lie belie.ius
that re had 4 chance - swlr.lls another
party on soao OF oar property returned
- Seattle. -. kept under cover. Finally
I found him and AAd talk with him
During that conversation Ae supposed taat
rotations Det weet9 las were friendly haV-
ing rs kunwledev ~ ehat I mad learned.
From hfs talk AND other o'curren ~ be-
came convinced that what hla heard
Was tEuc- I got -. II hal,. who Is :,
nlsxnber OF the puiuth board - trade tc
meet Renui ks WITH = proposition ~ baY-
ing something ltstl showed roll az biiis
and Ennricis Immediately went after him
The fnansr dragged somewhat a Keu-
Ia-ks was very cautious Tho natter al
minated in my room ;si~ morning atssa.
O'Clock when Rsnnicks stsa Hail came e.;
my approval n the value * the iwuuft.s
involves, ileysa!cks uot thtuklaS that
knnw Tho details of their trA1e E~Dui *
rat -NVsi tlat hc ~cWlA have 8 80 % Hail
cash So a fen minutes Rrunlcks bad
stated - Hail r,pvsted.y ;ilAt ho ms sos
partuer sIai t,sf 30 could 60 ue - 3.
aHyt''lag. bag cautioned Hall uot "a sas