Wealthy Miner Found Stupor-Struck in Seattle Lodging
After arriving from the North with $10,000, a miner is found penniless and in a stupor; his hosts are arrested for robbery.
E. E. Blanker, a wealthy miner of Marshall, Alaska, who disappeared the day after he arrived in Seattle from the north September 26, with $10,000 in his pocket, was found Sunday in a stupor in a lodging house. He had only $100 when found and was unable to tell what had become of the rest of his money. Mrs. Agnes Nard and her husband, William Nard, who conduct the house, were arrested.
“He had only $100 when found and was unable to tell what had become of the rest of his money.”
Stories of 'Klondikers' arriving in Seattle and being preyed upon by local boarding house operators were common in the early 20th century. Seattle has long wrestled with how it protects—or exploits—transient populations passing through its gates.
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