Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-11-21
ANOTHER BIRD
HAS FLOWN
F. W. Wheaton Leaves Unpaid
Bills Behind.

F. W. Wheaton, an itenerant rail-
road promoter, playwright, would-be
newspaper man, and society leader.
is wanted by G. r. Merrifield, a rem
resentative of the Henderson-Ames
company of Portland, dealers in
lodge paraphnelia. Merrifield ma1c
tbs acquaintance OF Wheaton in this
city in the month If October, and
wheaton, as memento of that ac-
quaintanceship executed to him a
check which was to fall due a num-
Der of days after its execution. The
check, upon its maturity, was cashed
by Merrifield, and it came back to
him the other day, as other checks
have done which have borne the name
Wheaton, marked mo funds" and ad-
ded to it was few dollars expense
as result of it being protested,
and it was with relation to this
check that Merrifeld desired to see
Wheaton yesterday, but he failed to
locate him.
Needed Money for Spectator.
The check given to Merrifield was
for the sum of SIS, and at the time
that Wheaton gave it to him he rep
resented that he was in need of mon
ey for the Spectator, weekly paper
which he was publishing, and which
was being printed for him by the
Lakeside Printing company. He
represented that he had a number
of accounts standing out for adver-
tising but which he then could not
collect, but would as soon as the pa
per came out, and that he needed
the money to get the paper out of
the hands of the printer. He sug-
gested the issuance Of a check pay
able to Merrifield which was to ma
ture some time after its deliverance,
and Merrifield agreed to accommo-
date him, and the deal was consum-
mated. When the check matured
Merrifield had 1t cashed, but it came
back to him because of the lack of
funds to meet it at the bank and had
added to it the protest fees.
Wheaton Victimized Others.
Merrifield came to the city yester-
day in search of Wheaton but he
failed to find him. and stated that
while he had not preferred crimi-
nal charge against him he had the
matter under advisement. He pro-
ceeded in his search direct to the
Office of I. N. Skinner, the confiden-
tial friend, and partner OF Wheaton
in one of his theatrical enterprises,
and while through him he did not
succeed in finding Wheaton, he
found sympathy, because Skinner
had also been victimized and had
spent two days in Spokane in an en-
deayor to locate Wheaton but had
failed.
Deceived Doncherknow."
Both Merrifeld and Skinner were
seen by a representative Of the Press
concerning the matter, and the story
as above narrated was elicted from
Merrifeld. Skinner was in immacu-
late attire and after ramming both
hands into his trouser pockets and
giving a searching glance at the
training in London roll" at the
bottom, he ventured the remark
tnat he had been deceived IN
the fellow doncherknow." and
that Wheaton had recently drawn
a draft on him from Spokane which
he had to pay, and then followed a
history of his connection with Wheat
on.
Were Friends and Had Jap Cook.
According to the story Of Skinner,
Wheaton was q good fellow and an
entertainer, but financially speaking
was a bankrupt. He had felt sorry
for him in his plight-hIs great heart
opened up and went out to him in
sympathy, and he had taken him In
to reside with him 30 as to kind OF
keep down expenses. He paused
long enough here IN his narration to
digress and impart the valuable IN
formation that he had a Jap COOK
and a few other matters concerning
their housekeeping quarters the
last time he had seen Wheaton was
Sunday when Skinner came In on
the train from Spokane. As he step
mad from the carS Wheaton was just
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