The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-26

After wandering for two DAYS and three
4 nights along the Seattle water front ana
IN the sluus Of the city. with only such
shelter as he could secure in public places
/ % resort Lieut. Scion Arnold the miss
! Ing naval officer, was fonn3 on lower
( Main street BY Police ofiicer LOCKER yes
terday morning lie now Hes az the home
I Of friends IN this city. near deaths door.
{ his mind stu wandering and his physical
health. never good since an illness at
Manila d year ago. temporarily shattered
by tine unaccurnstumed exposure. Sc
we're attack Of pleurisy is also threatened.
There Is every reason TO believe that
Lieut.. Arnoid'k present condition Is II part
the result on foul play az the hands OF
persons unknown fiis head and face are
badly bruised the deepest cash being on
top OF the skull where a heavy blow was
apparently received. OF the clothing he
wore when found not a single garment
was his own. Even his understanding had
been removed and coarse dirty substi-
tutes provided The shoes he wore were
several sizes too large. dirty and much
the verse for wear His trousers and
coat were torn. dirty and disTeputabie.
By contrasting this with his neatly folded
garments found beneath the railroad tres
Tic al the foot OF spring street. an idea
can b. gained ~ the change wrought in
the appearance Of Lieut.. Arnold.
The amount IT piuEder secured by the
robbers OF Lieut.. Arnold viii probably
never be exactly known. Everything he
had Of value was stolen. fifs money. tho
amount of witch Is not known. but Is
supposed to have been less than 500 WAS
all gone when ne left the naval sta
ton he had fine gold watch and chain.
Even bloodstone ring, his class ring AZ
Annapolis which he highly priced,
removed from his hand.
Not in MS night Mind.
Lieut.. Arnold's disappearance was prob
ably tho result OF 4 temporary alteration
Of mind, from which he has not recov-
cred. Several times during the past year
ne has had such hts. the results OF the
severe Illness which caused his return
from Manila on the hospital ship Soiace
In October, 1879, The last one previous TO
the Seattle attack WIS In Portland. two
months ago, when he was not himself
mentally for several days. Al that time
however. he was IN the midst Of friends
and received close attention until the
passing Of the Illness.
He was IN waen he was ordered to
Bremerson two weeks ago and had been
on duty for several days prior to hts
coming to Seattle last Thursday He was
en- route TO Tacoma but that he was even
then out Of his mind Is shown by the fact
that when he went TO the railway sta
ton, Immediately after landing here. he
called for a ticket TO Portland instead Of
Tacoma. and when he later boarded the
train. engaged sleeper 10 Portland
While waiting for the train TO start he
wandered out Of the Sleeper. and IN hts
eiouded mental condition was unable 10
fnd his way back. In the darkness OF
the railway yards and the water front he
probably met tho robbers who took from
his every stitch Of clothing his money.
his watch. his ring and everything else
OF value.
No ..a,t 80 N. ,,,,,stat .h...xa,t..,. -, -.
charged ia intoxieaats as Lieut.. Arnold.
according TO hir friends. has never heea Il
drinking man. He has always been very
fond Of home HE and was accompanied
by his wife wherever HIS duty would per-
init. Mrs. Arnold declares that during the
eight years ~ their married life she has
never known him 10 drink To excess. In
this she r. horne out by the general rep
utatiOn OF Lieut., Arnold ia the navy as
a conscientious, Woodworking ana relEa-
bic officer
Case suiI n Mystery.
Tho story % whnt Lieut. Arnold passed
through between o'cios X Thursday night
and n o'clock sunday morning will never
be fully known. but Il Is u,fls wonder
that the experience has hfouRht him ~ ~
60 death. During sixty hours Of exposure
there ~ little probability that he found
any better shelter than the drinking 70.
slrts - he water front. which fact cora-
btne8 With thc rough treatment which ne
evidently received would BE- suffclcni 10
ettns dawn the strongest mar. lite ~
fees VIXEN nsn already snwen can he
imagined
Tsa theory that ne was rabhed shortly
AFTER De- left tue ear b ne aniy ems thar
Furnishes any reasonable explanation ~
the casattiea Re whirh bis ciathlng was
found. Hat ~ wsnlarcd loaG. thr gar
naeats fpssnd beneath the trnsiis wosls
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