Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-11
FOUND GUILTY.!
A Woman and Money at the
Bottom Of the Crime.
Alfred Anderssn will probably stretch
hemp for numbering bis
brother Carl.

with the murder Of his brother Carl,
near Portland, last October, has been on
trial before Judge Stott, in the State
Circuit Court Of Oregon the past week.
and last evening the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty Of murder in the first
degree. The circumstances Of this hor-
rible affair. az shown by the evidence,
were about a. follows:
Alfred Anderson. q large Norwegian,
was living in Portland, and was known
to be out Of means, having arrived in
Portland in June.from q trip to Europe.
On the 9th or 18th Of September, his
brother, Carl Anderson, came out from
Chicago, and in company with young
woman named Bertha Nelson. Carl was
known to have considerable money and
other valuahles in his possession, and sub
sequent circumstances show that his
brother at once set about planning some
way to capture both the money and the
woman. He planned for several DAYS
before he settled upon a plan. Finally
on the 9th of October, the two brothers
went on duck hunting expedition to
An island a few miles below Portland.
and IN the eveuin Z but one of them, AL
fred, returned and on being asked about
his brother, stated that he had gone TO
Chicago. be told this story to the Young
woman with whom Carl, his brother.
had been living, and induced her to ioin
him on trip To the Sound and finally
to San Francisco, which sne did.
Some weeks after their depart |
ure the body of Carl An
dersOn was found floating around
IN the river with charge of shot in his |
head. Detectives soon got on the track |
of the supposed murderer-Alfred An
dersOn, and arrested him in San Fran
CISCO. On his person was found watch,
ring, pistol aud several other pieces of /
personal property known to have be-
longed to the murdered man.
The case was well worked up, and
link BY link of evidence Of guilt was put
together, until it became a very strong.
chain, sufficient to salts
fy the jury. after weighing and exanin-
ing Is carefully, that there we're no flaws
to be found.
Guilt was clearly fastened upon the
accused, and after being ont an hour
the jury returned verdict OF guilty IS
charged.
The following evidence, relative to
AndersOn's doin2s on the Sound, will
be read with interest, as most of the
parties mentioned are we'll known here.
Charles e. Newhard, sworn, testified
l reside in New Tacoma; am a saloon
keeper there; am acquainted with Al
fred Anderson, and saw him at Tacoma
in tho GrOtto saloon, either on the 18th
Or Nth of October last; for two or three
days after that he spent money very
freely; he said his name was Alfred
and he
CAME FROM CHICAGO
To buy saloon; he said he would buy
the saloon of Potter, the man / was
for, and that he bad money in
q belt, which he showed me, to pay for
it; changed one $40 and one SO green
back for him; he did not buy the ga
loon, but went away, and when he came
back few days after he said he had
bought saloon in Victoria.
Cross-examined-Did not think the
man was boasting. but supposed he was
what he claimed to be-a salOOn-keeper
from Chicago, and that he had come out
here to buy business.
George Charles Bott, sworn, testified:
Am bar-kesper at New Tacoma; Al
fred Anderson came to my place and
Dragged great deal about having
showing me $6O0 to $500 in
Rreenbacks; he bought a music box Of
me for $40; think he must have spent
600 while he was in Tacoma.
Witness then identified several arti-
cles, among them the watch, revolver
and pOcketbOOk. which are claimed to
be the property of the murdered man,
and which witness saw in the possession
Of the prisoner while he was in New
TacomS.
WHERE THE MONEY WENT.
Frank Scow, sworn, testified: / live at
Seattle, know Alfred Anderson; saw him
On Puget Sound before his arrest; he
had about $llO0 in his possession when
| first met him going from New Tacoma
over to Seattle; the money was in the
form of greenbacks.
Mr.. Caples-How much went out of
his possession ON that trip?
Witness-Between $500 and $500.
Mr.. Caples-You know that yourself?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Caples-How much did You see
the prisoner have?
Witness-Well, the game lasted -;
be handled money ON the trip to tho sx-
Tent of $1,000.
Mr.. Caples-How do you know he had
that money!
Witness-Well, we didn't feel like 60
ing to bed and started in to play draw
poker and the game lasted till daylight.
Anderson lost $50. We then went to
sleep and when We woke up We started
in to play again, and Anderson lost
300. He lost other sums of nearly q
hundred dollars after that.