The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07


MY Sss~eaee ssssas
coming the next forenoon 1t II O'clock
sharp.
Yesterday dawned and the solicitors re-
aliSsd that they had been neec4d. for the
bird had taken wings and SCARED away.
Now It IL learned that he went to Victoria.
and had the same Joyous experience with
some Of the Seattle steamship men who
were attending the meeting there. They
also wined and dined him. and still have
his promise TO ship the goods TO them all
~ soon an he returns East.
Seattle has its DIR. Hoenech style Of Wis.,
tors every now and then. They never
leave the city disappointed.
CURIOUS traits In people frequently de-
~ velop In the office Of the city water
department ut the city hall A few days
ago the treasurer's office was besioged
with patrons OF the water department,
with coin to settle their accounts In order
to avoid the ''shut-ofY'' notice that had
been sent around. Nost u the customers
were behind several months In their dues.
One Of the deiinquents came TO the coun-
ter Of the water department. with wrath
In hia ese. He was short. stout past mid
Gle are and sported q bushy. long gray
beafd.
"You'ts charged me with bath tub for
oix thcaths past At - cents q month";" he
~. with some heat Il don't propose
10 b rubbed. and won't pay your billr"
A clerk looked up the records. sure
enough. a hath tub was charged against
the mans house, situated in ono Of tho
outlying additions
You are charged with having q bath
tap" said the clerk.
"a bath. Why. haven't had bath In
SIX years. much less six months, Take Il
on the books-I won't be robbed
Hes a Pop" whispered bystandsr to
tho clerk. The deduction was properly
made on the bin and tho bathiess man
went on his way happy.
ssTTNIIERE are half a dozen tough show
IL towns said Max Steifen a for
mer advance man. on his way to San
Francisco on the lookout for a new lead
''Bus there are two which 70 under the
head Of toughest and one II Texarkana
and the second Ia Ponca- The latter place
is-as you may have heard Wallace Munro
tell OF ft-in Arisonar-may heaven spare its
peoples
'Ponca is-pardon me--punky cory.
reckless and awfufiy loose What a place
Il II for tossing bullets around. But they
don't tear down the playhouse as they did
= i
frst night We showed there, when a
great broad. coarse six-footer came swax-
9esing UP 20 mo and started To walk In
side. Ticket l tr~muiously announced
'Waw- he reared. Me u ticket, I'm the
sheriff OF this ERE town 4 don't care II
you're the president I replied holly Get
out
HE snor,ed In manner that was
alarming. displayed his guns at his belt
nd 81 All eH sstyf ia seat he sASv
ptcely. and the half drunken audience up
stairs had been eoaxed 20 keep decentiy
SIN. They whooped whenever the DANCES
made their exit and demanded tina, the
giris h. on nearly all the time.
I'm half an hour the sheriff returned
He contained. should Judge about two
quarts ~ bal whisky. ue was AT tho
head cs twenty men. all more or less full
Of fighting refreshments. They locked
dead tough. They announced their pres
ence BY kicking IN the door and marching
In In solid platoon. They didn't take
Oft their hats. ard many as could get
seats SAL dawn. We cut the show tell
you. for the house was rough ard cevond
handling They weren't gsfng out whsn
the curtain fell Most OF the women we're
out. SO We turned OF Tho lights ana the
scared company laid on the fieor OF the
dressing rcssns while the gang shot the
Getting full! of holes
ITO yea know anything OF the game Of
- bunker
oti az II ssay seem few people knaw the
simplest principles % the operation. much
as i, has been written about and disclosed
In Tire court srisis Of confidence operators
one Of he etsy detectives gave the fol.
iewins as the sramaiis rerSonae In az up-
70 date hunkc transaction:
ss~~rer.
Geld decker
The stsii haaA.
The cross LITTER.
The s2aarsr.
Tire sieer~r IL he mar whose business
Il il to 30 forsh ara ssa the victim" said
The seteStive- Zach man In the gang
Is trained eor hi ewn particular the. TIE
sfe~ser displays remarkable kSew,~sxe cg
human natars~he mast End a man with
money. ere who IS greedy aaa at she same
tine more -er less susceptible. Usually the
victim 81 hanka operation wArts q get
ssSmsssiEs fer rotasng-a failing rot tn
eernncs In humanity.
The cold decker is tAs rrsr WIN @,sax,
the e.x rasts.' ~ sas language Of the essss
sssaa. TT sta hand makes ore tn the
game. which - usually poker OF psraasss
WAIST er asagss. Tarn Games the cross
afgsg. VIA = Usually a gaSS. s8eagAs az
aanl worker. ana lastly, ne sssuaser who
Se~s nes aSake rs APPEARANCE ca tAr stage
astk gAe ssstSra has rsrfexs with ASs -sorey
After sAs game - started. al. sta aA2s,
and ne sseerer lose rsea4y en- the ars,
fura sSv L.