The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-08
SHANGHA|ED
MAN IS
FOUND
DRUGGED AND TAKEN
ON BOARD SHIP
AT FRISCO.



TACOMA. Feb, Shy u. P.~
Telling a story OF having been
drugged aud thdn ahAnghaied
aboard an unknown vessel In San
Francisco on December 30. r. A..
Cox. a civil engineer. part owner
and general manager If the Ar.
zanA a fittaburg Mining company.
Of Patagonia. Aria, arrived tn Ta
coma late Saturday night and is
now In ST. Josoph's hospital. where
he n suffering from mental ex.
hanaiion
Further than bis word Cox can
give nothing 10 Huhatantiate hia re-
markable story Tho name ot the
vessel on which he was kept 4
prisoner for a. days he does not
know. nor does he seem 70 know
whether u was a sailing ship or a
steamer
Kept IN ships F4old.
4 was IN a rootn IN the bold Of
the ship after ! awoke from the 81.
lects or the drugs given me. aud
] was kept there constantly except
for q short time each uixht. when
WAS taken out 90 get air ] was
put Off the hoat after midnight ri.
day AZ nes Moinew. and 10 an At.
tempt 20 set p glimpse 81 the YES
Sci. 10 learn her name. ! was In
iurca by my capiora.H raid Cox ~
he lay on n bed IN the hospital 10
day.
Das Moinea IL little settlement
GA the sound bet wsen Tacoma aud
Seattle FROM that place Cox says
he walked 20 Tacoma. arriving
here without one cent Ne sent
collect message to his wife and
then wens 60 the hospital.
Drinks Drug.
Cor says he left Tucnou. ARA
December Is for San Francisco. IN
tending to leave on December 20
for flttabnrE 60 80 capitalists who
are intefeatrd with him IN the
iaine. On reaching the depot DE
rember ~ he found tha, he had
missed hls train. and while there
two men. whom ne bad met On the
train coming from Tucson. ap.
preached him. and together they
vent u cafe. whore. after poal.
lively refusing TO driuk any liquor.
be finally consented to take
lemonade
Cox declares that the drink Was
druEged. Tor scor after tAking q
he became druusy and remembered
nothing more Until be aw0ke
aboard nhip a. the time Cox
had about tis0 a 400 watch and
some te~elry. and this. he aaya.
ea& al taken. even bis Elks' lodge
pin.
To Hunt FOR Abduetor.
0ne az The men whom he ae.
cusee of dragging him Cox had
known Ia Arinnua. and he says he
ulll not toll anything further. grar.
ing u inay prevent hiln from bsina.
ina his alleged abdactorH 10 jus.
lice Cox says the vessel on witch
he wsa held a prisoner FOR Is days
wlil again land IN San Francisco.
ana he declares he viii leave for
that city ~ soon a. he a. able
Cox's diaappcarance. which be.
came known about December 1s,
when he failed 90 lot the Pitts.
burg men know why he was Do.
iayed. has been a mystery. Buni
mesa friends IN San Francisco EN-.
pieYed detectives 60 trace him. but
they failed 10 find a clue. and until
he appeared hers Saturday neither
hts wife nor his friends knew any
thing about him.
Ne Scandal in Case.
Cox. according 10 his own state.
meas. Is not a drinking man. and
his friends here snbstansinte his
assertion In thls respect. lie il
Fepuied to be wealthy. ana has CON.
plete control OF paying rnine
property lie II positive IN his
statement that there IA no scandal
responsible for his strange diaap.
pearancs. and be asserts that he
can prove every detail OF II as
soon ns he reaches San rrancfaco.
Cox Is about % years Of age. Mrs.
Cox formerly lived IN Tacoma, and
has many friends here. She mot
Mr. Cox IN San Francisco through
her brother who IL a civil engi.
neer. and was nfarried here about
~ years ago.