Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-10
WAS ADVf2I|StR'S MAN
RECORD OF MORT >itVtNS
ONCE LEGALLY ,ptLAUDED
WAS PRIZE BLK THOUGH OTHER.
WISE REPRESENTED BY THE
MORNING PAPER -E EN-.
BEZzLER-6UNcoE

| gu Wy SedItlt paper VI one Mutt
Stevens, who at one time worked as
an Advertiser reporter and that paper
applaudcd in highest terms as
champion amateur boxer. broad
Jumper. high diver. etc, etc. wearer
of 1856 medals" Stevens chief exploit
while here was to attack Editor Gill
in the old Republican office. The at.
! tack was entirely volunteer work
though generally believed to have
been inspired in the Advertiser Office
Gill shot Stevens, who was generally
credited with getting all he deserved
Tho Advertiser, however, took Stew
ems dying" statement and threw va
rious loads OF bouq s 20 its agent.
whose record Is here given:
The Garonne brings news that will
be hailed with glad acclaim by various
and sundry persons, prlncipa ly news.
paper men, in Seattle and perhaps
other cities about the Coast. Morte
Stevens. known mere as Earl Barring.
ton. II in Jail at Nomc. borrower he
has he serious cAlrse o, embezzle.
mcnt hanging over hiin.
The good people o. rome were un
sophisticated enough 10 elect S,eyens
city assessor and 60. ,Uil.yl1r IL ,oOk
him four months 10 90 $500 behind
in his accounts. 10 cuOsg who knew
Stevens in this city II will be- imme.
diatcly evident tina, giucC mis- return
10 the North he mas lost some Of his
old.timc speed. 81 g.aa. uIs ust,rt.
Grated. When he ... ~ .ls prime II
wouldn't have jlleu .... .AurC than n
couple OF week 10 .. a"ay with a
triling sum liEe s-.5,u
II was some ,uDg years ago that a
young man who c. led himself Earl
harrington walked ia;, one Of the 10.
cal newspaper Office. and struck the
city editor Tor a job. lie got il. For
several days he worne. and as he was
bright fellow, he Lcpl mis- job. After
that he found other ways Ol making
money that were much easier and he
quit working. But. as has been said,
he was bright fellow and he still
held his job.
Darlington was tall, handsome. well
built and smooth shaycn. To one OF
the other men in the Office his features
looked familiar, but he could not place
the man.
He thought over II and finally con
cluded that he was mistaken; that h,
had never known Darlington before.
One evening the two were sitting In
q downtown restaurant. Darlington
was telling of some of his experiences
on the Chilkoot trail. The Other
newspaper man had also been on the
Chilkoot trail and as they were talk.
ing great light broke over him.
Was Run Out Of Dawson.
Hell" he said, Il know you. Your
name Is not Darlington. It's Stevens
You were run out OF Dawson. Yol
had whiskers then"
You win" said Darlington. "Morti
mer Earl Stevens. Don't give me
away"
The other man saw no reason why
he should not keep the secret espe.
cially as Darlington told a hard luck
story OF how lie was trying TO
straighten up, and agreed to say moth.
ing.
A little of Barlngtons history before
his arrival in Seattle may be in order.
lie had come out West. as he said
from Chicago on his way North the
summer before his return to the news.
paper field of this city. lie claimed
to be the son Of wealthy Chicago
manufactures. lie also claimed to
have worked on Chicago papers and
told many experiences of his newspa
per life In the Windy City. This part
of the tale he told is probably true,
for he gave evidence of knowing
something Of the newspaper profes.
sion.
At other times, however. he varied
the story by saying In confidence that
he was the son of an English earl
At any rate, Darlington, or Stevens.
as he then called himself. started
North. A short time later his wife
followed him from the East. That
was the last heard of hi min Seattle
for some time, but tho story Of his
doings in Dawson afterward became
known.
Abandons His Wife.
After his wife Joined him, he aban.
doned her, penniless, casting her off
to associate with low women Sbp