Show A CRANK IS CINCHED He Sent Scurrilous and Abusive Mat el I Through the Malls Seattle Wash Nov 25Chale F Blackburn a mining expert and a crank on silver and religion has been sending scurrilous and abusive postal cards to editors politicians and preachers who disagreed with him o public or social questions Among the large number were cards to President Cleveland Secretary Carlisle and the editors of the PostIntelligencer threatening to kill them unless they changed their attitude toward silver He was arrested late last night He did not deny sending the cards and said he meant what he said |