The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1906-01-06
BOLD HOLDUP ARTIST
nose GOLDSMITH OF SEATTLE
MINUS OVER $4,000.
X Had Planned a Deal 70 Buy
= Interest In Two Opera Houses
. Got Goldsmith In Hotel Room
Forced Him to send out and
His Cheeks cashsd.
aas 0oIdsmlth. theatrical booking

sss Goldsmith. theatrical booking
and owner Of the Strand the
OF Seattle. was held up in =
.4bIh 1t the Lincoln hotsl. one Of lie
most fashionable hoslelries in Seattle.
b. = man who gave his name as Burke.
and made TO pay over $3.50 Il vas
one % the boldest and best planned
eoups ever turned In that city.
Goldsmith bad received telephone
call frOm Burke who stated Ihat he
had . business proposition 70 make.
4 meeting vas arranged in al up.
own once. Burke said bic vas from
Butte. Mont. and owned a half inter.
est In the Miner af that city. lie
declared be had $4,000 TO invest and
would like 10 buy an interest in Gold
smith'a theatrical business. lie shoW,
80 what purpoFtsd TO BE- draft ON the
Butte Miner for that amount Gold.
smith said he would sell him an In.
taFest la bis two vaudeville theatres
10 IhaSpeiIy for that amount Il was
agrest that Goldsmith should have the
pap@ra draSA Up by his attorney,
The beKt day Goldsmith received q
telephone call froH Burke from the
Lincoln hotel asking him 20 come ap
and taik over tho deal Goldsmith
and an smploye named Cohsn went
to n room on tho top fooF They were
met By Burke. who stated that be
sishei 10 talk 10 Goldsmith personally
Cohwn wuHt 20 the otics and Co...
stpith remained With Burke The aFnt
.hihE the latter ala after Cohen istt
sas 10 tell Goldsmith to read letter
yiuK GA = tabs Ia The Fsam. This
siteF stated that burke needed $3.50
gerry badly. and n Goldsmith ga rot
'eom~ through aith that amount bis
bead aUatd b- shot an Goldsmith
turned 10 BIS companion and looked
dawn thr barrel ot a Colts revolver
Write oat cheek Tor the amount. -
commanded Hugkr and acnd the
hhgwl clerk 20 the bauk for the money
500 10 gold aud the balance IN 500
Iilia
Goldsmith ga As told sSd called up
American hank 10 say that the check
uaa all RICH, ard 10 pay The same As
directed Thr hotel ei~fk wAs called
70 the F'sosn. burke keeping Goldsmith
covered and shielding the gun from
che clerks sight After tho clerk had
gone Bustr told GoldsiniIh 20 order
drinks for fwn. whteh be did and
after the clerk returned with tho
trorry he aFd~rea twa mere. Tor which
he made Galdsul,h pay
Victim > Gentleman.
PDrsoiluE ths money. nurkc inform.
81 Goldsmith tha, &c waa a gentleman
and shook hands ulth him lie aiHu
said hr ~uala not take Goldsmith :
diamonds 10 then made Goldsmith
81 into the bathroom and warned him
"a make M nsitrry Tor I 5 minutes lie
then tsrkcd thr do1r and iegi Af,er
wai'inE for about 10 minutes Cold
smith began yelling and attracted the
attention ~ woman ia the ncIi
ruom The p1rtef was aohi for and
Goldsmith liberated
Tho police wrrr bottled AZ once aud
Detectives paced an The case Gold
smith describes nurk~ a. being 81
medium height and fairly u"u dress.
81 His hair ard muaiarhoa we're je'
black and bis eyes light blue which
causes Goldsmith to think be vas dis
Euiund
Cashier lane Of tho Scandinavian
American hank. teloEraphcd Ia Butte
and learned that no such man as
burke has any interest whatever in
the Miner Chief Delaney says Il Il
the cievorest piece ~ work in the
history % the department.