The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-26
.DICNTFIED FINANCIER HELD
AS CROOK in COUNTY JAIL
Col. Garland, Friend of
Noted Men, Charged
With Larceny in Coal
Land Stock Deal.

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Is Col william II Garland. a
whitchaired. dignined prisoner in
the county jail. a crook, a fool or
financier?
with the grand manner Of high
finance. the suayity 81 man Of tho
world. and the culture Of one born
and bred 20 the purple. Col.
Garland. 90 years old. lauguished
genlally Ia the county iail. charged
with grand larceny The colonel
was arrested yesterday By Deputy
sheriffs Freeman and Hill. and IN
stead Of spending the night 10 his
luxurious suite IN the, New Wash
ineton. occupied a cot IN the county
jail.
The grand larceny charge in
wolves the selling Of coal stock in
nonresident coal mine to Job L.
Beardsiee n Chehalis county
farmer. for 1900
The colonel sold stock In tho
Apex Coal company What the
Apex Coal company amounts 10 Is
the question Tae prosecuting wit
ness claims the Apex company owns
nothing the colonel says II owns a
lease on Chehalis county coal lands
and has an interest IN the Hunting.
ton mine IA Castle Rock II part
OF the colonei's story Is true he was
probably guilty Of nothing worse
than foolish finance. II all OF II is
true. be- is a nuancier Of a high
rank,
Has Wealthy Friends
And the colonel speaks casually
of his intimate friendship with
President Mckinley and shows per
sonal letters from Senator Root a
New York and r A. vanderlip.
president Of the National City bank
log New York. one Of the foremost
flnaneiers of the world To his for
mer business associates he told Of
vast coal land holdings in West
Virginia with Senator Eikius and
Henry GRssaway Davis 81 his deal
ings with =. Hazen HYDE. OF Equit-
able Insurance fame. % coal lands
next % the famous Dunsmuir prop
eriy Ia British Columbia. Of Lewis
county coal lands and valuable hold
lngs 10 the Coos Bay country.
So far as can be learned, the
colonel hasn't got cent IN the
world. His actual tangible assets
consist OF new ledger and a cash
book. probably worth s. Yet he
has been living az the New Wash
ington hotel and entertaining his
guests royalty.
Taxes II Calmly.
Col Garland takes his arrest
with the calmness of a man &C
cusiomed 90 petty aunoyanCes His
suowwhito hair Is neatly parted.
his wellntting clothing spick and
span, and be adjusts himself 10 the
routine of the Jail like a philoso-
pher above noticing such little in
conveniences he processes ignor-
ancc Of why he should be arrested,
and suemises that Il Is all part
OF the coal trusts scheme 20 keep
him from shipping his coal into the
local market
His personal possessions are
varied and Of small value. even to
several thousand dollars In Con-
fcderate money which the deputy
sheriffs found IN his room. The
police declare that this was his
flash ROLL" but the colonel pro
fesses 20 be Ignorant Of the mean
ING Of the term.
This morning he submitted to
having his picture taken for the
newspapers with dignified grace,
aud at times even condescended to
pass a slight joke with the pho
tographer such as one of an as.
sured position might venture to
one of "a lower order without COM
promising HIS social standing
Garland's local company was
known as the Apex Coal company.
which he Incorporated with A. ].
Dillon. Of Portland, and VI. p. J.
Mcdonald. of Seattle The com
pany has had a rather stormy ca
reer TO date. starting In the Amer
lean Bank building. from which It.
was forced 10 move Next Il went
20 the Century building. until sued
by a local newspaper for advertis-
ing The suit rendered the com
pauy homeless
Il was az this stage that Chef
Bedding and Capt. G. h Wood met
the colonel onlceless. They gave
him desk room in the Washington
building and after a short time he
began TO tell glowing financial
stories and insisted that they quit
their secret service business and
get rich with him Tie talked of
hundreds of thousands of dollars
as glibly as the ordinary man does
of pennies
He Moves Again.
SO they moved to the Leary
building, Bedding and Wood own
ing an the office furniture. aud the
colonel sull talking la large
Occasionally the colonel
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