The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 10, 1924, Page 9

[ SECTION TWO Some Called It Mere Rubbish-- But William Patching Spent Years in Collecting That Pile of Boxes Which He Calls His “Valuables” The “He owes t ree years’ back rent. Where'd he get that pile of funk?" if Curious onlookers, who saw a vast heap of miscel e pictures, cans and w ‘vacant lot jur oor of the W . Seventh | Fi ave. and Westlake, hurled jibes and qaustic comment at the sight | Down below them, in the lot, hid-| @en from the curious throng, be hind his “valuables.” on an orange | ferte, sat gray-bearded William | (Patching, bewildered and grieved at jthe eudden turn. * For 10 years “Old Bim” has been | feollecting the “valuables.” Each | yand every article—and there are thousands of them—represents a bit fot hard-earned wealth. To the eyes| jot the throng above the pile resem- bles @ junk yard or rubbish heap, | Ito O14 Bill it ts as dear as the/ [apiden coins that the miser trickles | sthru bis fingers. He gloats over | empty cigar boxes, the warped | faded pictures, the cans and ‘broken glass. He walks to one side, | then to the other, heart-broken but alert, and as guard. | Don’ put my picture In the pa- | per.” “Old Bilt said, brokenty. _ Raagplniend x shat, pertag his Valuable” is what William Patching calls the pile of around last night, trying to steal,| Junk shown above. It was brought to light when he was the thieves—brutes™ | compelled to vacate the basement of the Wilshire hotel, ee eee | Seventh ave. and Westlake, for failure to pay his rent. He| Gaed sete wore ‘shen Sheritt | had spent years in collecting the pile. Patching is shown Matt Starwich served a writ of res- | below the picture of the “valuables. titution. i —Thotos by Frank Jacoba, Star Statt Photographer For 19 gears Bill has been making ———————— daily excursions into the alleys of city, and at night he always fought home loot of one kind or an. other, foraged from the the city’s waste. “You see, I'm blind in one eye and @eaf in one ear,” Old Bill said. “I couldn't get work. I had to do some- thing. If I had been working I ‘wouldn't be in this terrible fix now. | What will I do with my wealth?” = | ? Whatll Old Bill do with his ‘wealth? j “Rubbish” you say. “It’s good for | nothing.” | A A Right! But once a millionaire was Friday and Saturday Ends This Served with a writ of restitution by | Death. “My valuables,” he cried, i looking at his factories and automo- | Diles, his jewels and stately mansions. | “What'll I do with them?” “Rubbish,” said the Grim Reaper, | Who. had seen empires and peopies jz and wax fat and prosperous, | and fade and decay. “Mere rubbish!” | Second and Madison DELAY ACTION ON BONUS — Democrats May Force Tax Bill Ahead for Debate BY PAUL R. MALLON (United Press statt Correspondent) WASHINGTON, April 10—Demo- , o7ats on the senate finance commit- | 1€e today obtained a delay in con- ~ sideration of the bonus bill which may forestall efforts of republican caged advocates to have it taken up the senate be: z hg before the = Pleading that they needed time to study the measure, the demo- rats asked and obtained a post. 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