The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-26
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rIsesaas The 0ssiaDss-Gss - -
AessAsp Seasassoa go nsuppA .
nisA nsrvsss-Gevs - sns uesay.
Il saw by the Sentinel the cshes day"
said ccnssdential nan of west SIDE
whotesale house. that john kziam. who
wac IN ~ tAe death % 'Scapys uulsh. 10 =
milwaukee, having No cyvs tpxaf~d
should like to see the man who wvald dare
have called him scaSy. Smith TO has face
continued the west sides. VITA merry
did you know him. Inquired . by
ssanAss.
''psd know htms Wen. rather guess.
yeA. ! Waa IN the book business In Den-
vse. back In The ~. and Upapy had his
heectng' apastmsats right Aloneside %
~ store. and lst ne tell you NJ was ans
q the bsst Il nsighhoss. Hss name was
Jefferson Smith. and people had TO call
him 'Je6 To avoid trouble
smith was an invetersfe gambler. and
before - opeasa hts ro0ns ~ used TO
play NJ socap' oaws % The stress cor
ners- Ycu could always tell when ne was
espaA He would aSpeas On to street.
with = grtpsack thai opsned Out sas
both sidss. ons Of those swo-6ox-on-
hinges sort % Affairs. and IN this hs
would have M soap. Iissls cylinders Abous
~ inch lono. and hundreds az them. IN
The USin. He woaiA ptck W one - shs
pieces of soap. remove the wyappes. place
. = Or ~ hall NEST 20 the soaD. raDlaes
the wrappsr. throw u beeh n the Pile.
sive y Z ssssie STIR ~ BY running his
hands Through the pile and giving than
turn over. Then NJ wsuid sing eus:
osshsss ~ Osseassy.
who VIII give ~ . dollar foe .
pschy
The dollars would b thrust ~ hlm
fro0 every direction and he would saks
them In and the people. VIM had bssn
ewatcAtna the operation and thought they
had dead sure thtNg. weuiA make shets
sssectsons, msssing to pstse. Of eourss.
Thsn 'ooApy' would say:
Gentlemen. you should have taken
this one. and. picking up . little cube
from tAs top, ~ would unrOIl the wrap
per. and there would BE- the 40 BILL A.
his finances recuptfated he wovld IN
crease the prise 10 a - or S1m esli.
scatter 81 hliis through the heap and
sates his price IN 80 draw. op0s dayG
ne would take IN thousands Of dollars a.
this game. Old. cray hatred business
men and young fellows and ali sorts ~
people would 9nther About. watch htm
ciossiy. think they hsd . sure thing and
take chaAcs- { tried v mysstf. Bat
never caught him. nos dtd anyone stss.
II was ths slichsst sAas svss vent -
against.
"Afssr seapy' had stahsd himself with
this game he would disappear from the
streets fog months 81 . sims. ~ veui3
sit In at = game OF faro. which Was Ne
savorite. and II things came hss Wy n
would stay right there untn IT, SIGN,
This Bank Has euspended' wss put up.
sThe snap game finally proved too sunaii
fos Smiths fertile brain. and assoeiafiae
himself With man named Charles Burke
they concoctod one az the elsv6sest swim
dies ever astempeed - this e0uutxy and
had the protection Of the authoeftsss. vino
were their innocent victims - veu -
the public. IN carrying " through
ME AssshsD sshe1s.
'-Aey leased . large park . few miiss
| oct from Denver. advert1s<d thae - ess-
ship xwouid START from tss psrs foe cns-
cagUsWith q bridal pair on board On ess-
| tain day In tsss The bfii boards vsrs COW
cred With pictures OF shs Srshap. - cd
vesttscment wus Inserted n the p&p~n Of
fSr1ng . rsWard ~ osdo for . pair VIA
would b married IN the park snse thsn
tAks the sSsp. \ prospective bride snd
grucm' answered. and their ptcfufss went
On - the dad. walls. ssore snSows w~rs
nlied with articles 10 ~ psssnssui - sbens
on their return from ne srsD snd tns city
went Wild over the irrespective event.
The eventual day came. The rsiirosd
vas sair1y biochsd vssh sp>eiaI tsUias
from asl dtrsctjoas 90 shs pask. and =
estimated that x.MD people passef
through the single safe - = ssad 70 -
the show.
In the center Of the pam wss . iarSs
wooden building Afewpcsssy structure IN
which the sissnip vac supTos~a 10 he
ready 10 make the trip. one ~ the osd-
- Justices ~ tn 1890 - pewvsv wss 90
hand 20 perform the ceremony. wsth -
Zee 70 his pocket Ta~ hrtdssre"n ami sss
bride secod ready ass fbs e~r~nony. ara
the former had = cheek for oIsv In Ms rxl-
let. Around she t<sflesns was a Fgw ef
barrels. connected With hose. AMI ecr
don ~ deputy sh~rf6s ssoos g'isr1 sroans
tho whole asfsis. TIRE report havia< h~~n
given ont that a spsrs - sre might
cause IN sspIosson.
no6e - WssA sss w~e~y.
white the crowd cas- ssfIi stresrnfns
into M r,avh ard shs band vss pisyfns
mosf stirring air 'usapy' ans Pa psrfn~y
vert 20 inc si<ost Sire. har~
richly gathered ur 81 tire nonsT
that had b~~n ssh~n fn. sw~ps
u INTO swo rrfpaschs. ms3e . s~ssiina ssr
the fence behind ire pisrs vrsrp ne snnsr
va. stationed. ssowrssd TO- hrsnrhaH srf
started scvess shs country. Tssy Pal sin~s
the a6ass - that trey ssvsv~t ~ Hfts~
way station tssf IN TINE 20 Sop On sspr~~
'rair bound FOR the Pscwc essef wntes
they s-srS>d snd masts tr~fr s~sps
The s1slv ~sus~d . grsof So fss -
weeks snf shsa eoosed o. rhss~ go -
conc~~f ~ action srons sh~ p~crs~ -ns
haa pss their sdnssssos fee snd ~ . s~~
months smith r~turn~f - D~rwer snf
opened sp . xsmnHfne sos<u 40 hss gsn
aesawnf We hsa ne ss@efs~s ow - meet
All ns~ esrp~rs GWs 81 fhe sf~~r@ss s@s
an old solst~r with sn sbsn6sne~ ~ s~s~
whiskers on his rsss Ne s'~sys ~sfs 80
srosssrs stuffed n ere tsvs - Va Se~fs
res people ~ me trans ~ ~ fNe asss~ss
engaged ss~rn IN ennvee-sktce. vsianee~res
90 sssw fssN shs MIMI SRI ofher yotnfs -
Interest fr~sudns me s2mhsinx sse~
srd frvarsbty tssmsat shem 40 -