The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10


o. IN tns local efnes os the White Pes =
Yukon Railway Company. who has essn
miss.ng since Thursday evening, was
found yesterday afternoon In tsske WASH
.nGton ~ = point opposite COLUMBIA CITY.
Attached 10 the body was . long rops TO
the end Of which wss fastened rock.
Coroner Hpafling and members Of the po-
lice department are satisfied tnas Thomas
committed suicide. and despoedssey over
love affair 10 ssssesd - cause for the
act
Thomas hsd bean keeping company with
. girl named Rachael Fitts. who 10 en-
Tuesday night the two we're out together.
and. according To Misc tYtfs' admissions.
they had = little quarrel The siri deniss,
however. that this quarrel was Of SERIOUS
nature.
Thursday afternoon they made On sp-
pointmsnt over the telephone TO NEST that
evening. bat Miss f1sts ala not keep the
appointment. Capt Willard. Of the police
department. who Investigated the case lest
night. believes that when Miss tstts failed
10 keep the appointment Thomas. thinking
that she no longer cared for him. went
out 10 the lake and took the fatal ptunSs
before he had even time TO consider the
matter calmly. The testimony Of those
who knew youpg Thomas 10 that Ne Wes
exceedingly fond u Miss rita.
1homaS friends can account fee Ne SUI
eide on no other theory but that Of Dc.
spondsncy over HE love affair. Hs had
Just received IN advance Of SALARY 81 the
ofnce whore he was employed. and was In
excellent spirits on the aftcrnoon Of bic
dlsappearancs
A peculiar thing In connection with the
case n. however. that Thursday afternoon
Thomas lett the Office At 4 o'clock. two
hours before his regular quitting time.
without giving any explanation Tor doing
%. woman stenoGraphsf employed 81
the Office where Thomas worked was pres
ent ~ tho time the latter had his
conversation with Miss Ette over
tho telephone she remembers hear
Ing Thomas say. ~ quarter
20 seven7 No, that's too early" This
scrap Of conversation leads the police 10
believe that Thomas intended meeting
some other friends and staying with them
for awhile before he Kept his appointment
with Miss rus.
Thomas lsft his Keys 81 the once whsg
he left. He IL not believed 20 have mad
much money With him. and although his
relatives advance me theory that he Wa
inclined 10 beilsvs H. Wv N Nv '''
Nothing found on IN. body indicated IN
any way the cause of fhs death W fhs mo-
wv ssS9HA w w III SFN w suIctJ0s IN
fa0t, ths pockets were sinautafiy empty,
All that was found wss the hly's card
case and an invitation 10 q party The
body Vas found by r. ~ clarh, an EN-
rlSys ~ tina Stewart n Holmes Drug Com
pany. who was rowing on the isks si the
time.
The news Of Thomas Death was com
veyed IN Miss Fits last night nv capt
Willard, and she vas almost pfostrsfed
by the shock, II ought 10 have met him
that night" she sobb~d During eli the
conversation she hsd With Capt, willard
sns. howsvsr, pcrsIstsd that The quarrel
she had with Thomas WIS not 81 Q ssrious
nature. nor one that could have driven
him Ia suicide
Thomas lived with HE mo,bw sod two
sisters At t7x Washington ssre~t. IL has
. brother living IN butte. Mont. and . sss-
ter In Los Angeles, cal. The young man
was - years old 1T tho time Of HE death,
and had been IN the employ " tbs White
Pass n Yukon railway since last bseem-
bsr, UntIi recently he was Photographed
W the general managers ONCE. but last
week ne vas transferred 20 the auditing
department. Those who knew him say ne
was 4 quiet. home lowing young man, and
that hs bad no rad h"bits lie vas not In
Coroner epsfiins viii probably hold On
inquest on the body Monday. although 10
has not yet fully decided,