The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-20
solored People Mourn Departure of
mir. Wearing.
LEAVES MANY CREDITORS
FLoATED WORTHLESS CHECKS
RIGHT AND LEFT.
Pullman Porter Says Wearing Also
Carried OF His $175 Diamond
Wearing's Restaurant Seized By
Creditors-Supposed to Have Gone
to California-Police Want Him.

W. s. Wearing, colored, proprietor of
the Allegheny restaurant and cigar
store at 81 Commercial street, is among
the missing. In leaving Zion he leaves
any number of creditors. if reports be
true. and a dozen or two worthless
checks. 1t is alleged that he also car
ried away a $175 diamond stud belong
ing to a friend, all of which makes
Wearing man badly wanted for EN-
oezzlement and grand larceny. There
were runlors of Wearing's disappear
ance Monday night, but reports to that
effect could not be verified. Yesterday
proof positive came thick and fast. The
restaurant man has probably cleaned
up several hundreds of dollars. His
place of business has been seized, but
the property will not half cover the in
debtedness.
Saturday night Wearing gave his
cook, VIII Crawford, a check for $1275,
his weeks salary. He also gave A. T.
Dorsey, the Iowa cigar man, a. check
for $40 in payment for some goods. He
gave another creditor a, check for $40,
which has been heard from, and good
ness knows" how many others he
fioaterl.
Withdrew His Cash.
They were all drawn On his account
dl Lie 1NdblOllcl Udtlh, OQl
before being presented, Wearing had
drawn all his money and given up the
key to his deposit box. When he left
work Saturday night he told the cigar
clerk to look after things and show up
early Sunday morning. The boy did
so, but the proprietor did not, nor has
he been seen since.
The cook presented his check Mon
day morning, but was told that as Mr..
INxa,a r.ir1cY had rnolopfnd r11ftinQ his nIsi-
vate mark on the same, it could not be
cashed. Crawford was nervous,
but On Monday night was as
sured by friend that Wear
ing was sick and would be around
in a day or two ali right. The cook
ran the restaurant and waited. Early
yesterday morning some more men with
checks appeared at the bank, and upon
inquiry of the president of the insti-
tuition, learned that Wearing's account
had been withdrawn.
Restaurant Seized.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon At
torney Grant H. Smith took posses
sion of the place. representing Mrs. Es
telie Swartz, who once loaned the res
taurant man $104. She held chattel
mortgage on the furnishings, which
proved TO be worth about half the
amount of her claim.
A second party has papers calling Tor
$40 from the sale of the dishes-wcrth
about $24. There are said TO be oceans
of creditors not represented in the at
tachment papers.
Pullman Porter's Grief.
s. T. Young, Pullman porter, is
chief mourner He. says he borrowed
$40 of Wearing on S175 diamond stud,
subsequently paying the debt. This
was ten days ago, and Wearing, in re-
Spouse to Young's demand for the Sc
curity, said it was in the safety deposit
box and that he would get it for him
next time ne came in. The Pullman
man went in, as per arrangement, but,
like others, found Wearing out.
It was reported that Wearing had
been seen in Ogden Monday might. The
police of that city were at once notified
20 look out for him, but no return
word had been received early this
morning. Wearing is believed to be
headed for California, and every eff
fort will be made to bring him back.
Wearing was considered honest. His
colored associates say he will yet re-
turn, and that he was embarrassed
financially on account of a fire that oc-
CURED in his place some weeks ago. The
police. however, are of the opinion that
the restaurant man was out for all he
could get.