The Minister's Son, the Stolen Till and the Seattle Policeman

Harry C. Good has a history, of which his shooting of Officer Glasscock is only the latest—but probably not the last—chapter. A special dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer tells the story of his descent into dissipation and crime.

Victoria, B.C., April 19.—Harry C. Good, who is held in Seattle to answer for the wanton shooting of Policeman Glasscock, is well known in this city, where he resided for some years and where his first steps in crime were taken. He came here from Nanaimo nine years ago. Being the son of Rev. Canon Good of Nanaimo, and himself a young man of considerable taste and business ability, he had no difficulty in securing a position of trust with Mr. S. T. Pitts, wholesale grocer. From invoice clerk and assistant bookkeeper he was soon promoted to collector. For a time he gave every satisfaction. Then his habits changed gradually; he displayed less and less interest in his employer's affairs and gave himself up more and more to pleasures that exhaust the pocketbook as well as the hours of the night.

Finally the inevitable crash came. Good had been sent to Nanaimo on a collecting trip, and while there, despite the fact that it was the home of his esteemed and venerable parents, he indulged in a debauch with a number of the lowest men and women of the town. While this orgy was in progress Good was legally married to one of the women of the town, upon whom he showered his employer's money in a golden stream, and with her he fled to the Sound, his accounts being upwards of $500 short. It was some days before Mr. Pitts could believe the evidence sent to him of his collector's dishonesty; then he went in pursuit. He located Good and his wife in Seattle, and, threatening to prosecute, brought him back to Victoria. Only about $150 was left of the stolen money, and this Mr. Pitts forgave. He acted not as a wronged employer but almost as a father, and, having received Good's solemn promise that it would be his last break, gave him back his position and cancelled the debt.

Good's reformation was short-lived. After Victoria merchants would no longer trust him, he went to Nanaimo and obtained an important position in a company's office for some months. Then he left with his wife. The remainder of the dispatch traces further troubles before he returned to Seattle, where he is now held for shooting Officer Glasscock.