The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-27
WARRANT FOR
KIDNAPPING.
Sworn Out Against "SxlftwateI'
GATES, Tho millionaire.
El0PED WITH HIS NIECE.
Girls Mother Is Complainant and the Police
Are Locking for the Couple Whs
HaVs Been Married.
tLoptD WITH HIS NIECE.

Tacoma. Wash Aug. a7.-"Swftwater
Bill Gates. millionaire and best known
man in the Klondike, has married again.
and this. his fourth marriage. is an elope-
ment.
There is an awful row over the AFFAIR,
for the bride is his own niece. Lydia
Boyle. who is only fourteen years old,
and Mrs. Boyle, who does not like swift
water despite hrs mfiitons. is on the
trail of the fugitive lovers.
She has sworn out warrant charg-
ing her brother with kidnapping her
daughter. and the police of all of the
big towns in the far West have been no
tilted to keep watch for the blackbearded
man and his child companion,
II is believed that "Swiftwater" IS
making for San Francisco, where he al
ways go to celebrate any extraordinary
event, and he may be captured by morn
ing. IT is declared that the Klondiker
has long been filling his nieces ears with
stories Of fine clothing and gay time.
He took her on an apparently innocent
jaunt TO Chehalis several days ago and
while they were there he persuaded her
TO be married. Mrs. Boyle learned of the
marriage on Thursday night, and was
so unwise as 70 tell her brother that she
would have the law on HIM
HELD THE TRAIN FOR HIM.
"swiftwater" gathered up his wife and
| got aboard a train for San Francisco.
| Mrs Boyle appeared at the station with
| a policeman and a warrant While the
train was being searched "Swiftwater
| and the girl jumped out, got IN q car
| riage and drove 70 South Tacoma, where
1 the Pacific limited mail train was held
/ for them.
| "Swiftwater's" true name Is William
| c. Gates Where he came from original
! ly no one knows. He arrived IN the klon-
| dixie country with the first lot OF gold
! -e.4el<e=A-a4.a- made a big fortune
ITe did not look for gold al all, hut de-
cided that as there was bound 30 he monel
I'm the transportation business, he would
! take that end
He established a boat on The White
| Horse Rapids and coined wealth trans
| porting miners and stores over the sNltl
| portion OF the rivers course Because
OF his calling he was named "Sviftwater'
and no one except "tonderioot eNel
! calls him anything else.
| After saltwater had become ricf
he fen IN love with Gussie Lamore, whose
| real name is Busch, variety actress
! who tramped into Dawson from juneau
| in 1896. with a company in hard luck
| Miss Lamore Immediately became tho
| belle OF Dawson. and score OF miners
| and "Swiftwa ter" set out TO secure hei
for their bride.
While "Swiftwatcr'' was counting Miss
Gussie she fen IN from a too continuous
| diet of bacon and beans. Anxious swift
| water" ransacked the town for eggs fo'
his divinity. lie succeeded In getting II
for which he paid s25. lie built Miss Gus
sic a 600 house which was rather
poor affair in spite Of its cost for eVera
thing was so high in Dawson that TIT
lumber for pig pen cost fortune.
GUssIE WOULDN'T MARRY.
Miss Gussie wouldn't marry Swift
, water" and when he pursued her 10 Sal
Francisco. where she had gone to GO
something 10 eat she SAID Whth ashe'
for her opinion Of him:
"Oh he Is as stupid as an owl and n
rich as anything hut gracious
wouldn't marry him. for that would meal
| Dawson and (shudderinrf beans.
"Swiftwater" Is "A swarthy and sullen
! eyed and when he talks he speaks 81
| loudlv that he frightens one. He arrives
I'm San Francisco on his love quest wear
ing an ancient silk hat laring howere'
waist coat and other strange clothing
lie was attended by an Indian valet an
by relative named Boyle engaged Z
| do his talking.
Miss Gussie ran away from him 10 NeV
Yor so he married her siste
Oracle and took another sister name
Nellie TO live with them. lie quarrelle
with his wife, and she finally divorces
! him Then he married. Nellie Lamore
and when she tired OF him and got di
vorce he pursuaded Gussie. 10 whom hi
heart had always been true, TO becom
Mrs saltwater" No, ..
"Swiftwater" is only H. spends none
prodigally. and is easily the most pic
| turesque figure In the gold fields.