The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-20

principally AZ his 0fssce. I desptsed hssp
bat was afraid he would tell 90 ne. fate,
! goi 70 love him. ! never Hudersfosrf wfy.
time
TRIP To OLYMPIA.
..Abou; the middle Of December he made
iise meet lin 81 Olympia by fhreafenirx
70 tell went rp on the Fleetwood in the
afternoon and be Weuf in the morning
he met fns ut the whsrf and told me -
go 70 Yoang's hotel. We came back on
the Fleetwood the next rsornIrg ss,d came
on 20 seattle Instead 81 s,opplu ~ Al Tssor,s
he DID not speak 10 me or recognize ne on
the boat and ] guess be had some ecsznaf,,-
tances on board In seattle we wentfo the
Eureka lodging house again aad staid
there two days I came 70 Seattle with
PIN two % three times alter this, the last
tii1e ON the End Of March Oh. / can't
tell you the rest 81 this now. I'm nzfuIiy
tired but will tell IL some other tine. /
know IL II going 10 blast my natne hat
i m almost past caring for that now I'm
Determined on bringing him 10 Justice
aud shall not spare myself 10 do II. I
wonld tell you tue rest If I IVES not 80
weak
THE STORY cosTtxTEB
The reporter had no desire 10 tax her
further and the story was continued by a
gentleman thoroughly familiar with the
entire case. He said Along iaxt March
some time Miss BFmnfner discovered that
she was eaefeat>. Overwhelmed with
ranged r. @sfiession By VERY prom
inenf Tas IAN Under pret=nse
OF maxim nation ara convinced,
from tbs .temenf, that a criminal
operation \. ..srformed
tn xoTHEE's ANXIETY.
''You nnaerstand, she had been working
y private family, and when her mother
discovered that she was missing she at
pncehegap anxiously Investigating. This
led TO shifting ths sfri ia the Massasoit
house. Then she was moved 20 the Gen
trial. Finally wickersham became alarmed
aud brought her TO Seattle and took her TO
the Eureka lodging house. You under
stand that all this time the girl was sick
nigh unto death, while she was being
earted around from pillar to post. wicker
sham and the Tacoma doctor who per
formed the operation sat up with
her at the lodging house one night
because she was 50 low. After a
while for some uDaecounlable reason she
was taken back TO Tacoma for awhile aud
then brought back 10 Seattle and taksn TO
the Longaker house. corner Cherry aud
Third streets. Then she was shipped back
TO Tacoma again and once more brought
back 70 this city and taken TO the Bruins
wick. She was delicious and NJ +. Bulger
was hired to ii; up with her. Her condi-
went 70 Mrs. Handsaker, prominent
member Of the weHnan's Christian Ten.
perance Union. and got her 10 help care for
the girl, telling her that she was young
widow. Mrs Handsaker Is an estimable
Christian woman and did everything in
her power. She moved the girl into bet
ter room aud made arrangements 70 take
her 10 her own home. After making such
ARRANGEMENTS she went down 10 the Bruins
wick the next day and was surprised 20 dnd
the girl gone Then she first imagined
that ali was not right she
demanded 20 know OF Rnlger so effeefuaily
where the girl was that be finally confessed
that she had been taken 10 Iowa II seems
that Wifkersham decided that Miss Brant-
ner must be taken out of the country aud
quietly sent her back 10 ae4uain,auees In
iowa Mrs Handsakef az once went 20
Tacoma and found Mrs. saunders. friend
OF Miss Brantner's and consulted with her
As result the young woInaa's mother
after weary weeks OF searching which had
almost driven her crazy, learned that her
daughter when nearly dead, had been sent
all the way 20 Iowa Mrs. Branfner started
fer Iowa NJ once, found her daughter and
when she was well enough returned 10 the
sound with her. Nv the way, IL il said that
Witkcrsham had previously started the re
port that the girl was conducting a house
Of I'll fame. Mrs Brantner had been work
lug for a farmer named Van Dgie near
sumner and took her sick aud heart broken
daughter there. shortly aitersGrd Prose-
cutting Attorney Conner learned of the
matter and made thorough investigation
quietly. A. result Miss Brantner was
taken To- Tacoma Tuesday evening. driven
up town in closed carriage aud kept
there until this morning when she was
brought 10 seattle. wivssrsham's arrest
quickly followed.
ANOTHER SERIOUS FEarCEE
II don't know whether wiekersham
ruined the girl a. the result of passion or
whether he did IL deliberately 20 get her
in his power and thereby make her assist
him In defrauiing the government At
any rate he induced her To locate about 80
acres Of valuable land about two miles
south of Tacoma aud she came down here
10 the land Office and pre-empted H. He
told her they might think she was under
age and that she must swear that she was
Mrs Waterman, a widow. aud that she
had Rn infant child. who was cripple,
aud could not be brought 20 the land Office.
Niekcrsham suhsiantiatcd her statement
q, the land oifice Then he got her 70 sign
a REIMBURSEMENT 10 the Land. which is
very valuable 10 him.
MRS HASpSAGEg ssES.
A reporter called last night ON Ms. Han
ssker for any information she might have
in connection with the case. Mr.. Hausa-
ker was ignorant OF the fact that the mat
ter had become public, ana protested
strongly against mention OF Il by the sews.
papers, as the girl could net he benefited
thereby. Mrs Hansaker Deemed - al.
vulge what she knew, hnf hinted mat a.
the proper time, In court, she would tell
all Answering persistent questions By the
reporter, Mrs llRnsaker said the case
came Is her as one Of humanity, wnich
she could noy refuse. he girl was very
weak, and bad % be fed with spoon.
That was about the first ef june Money
foy the girls support came from Judge
wickersham through friends IN THIS city.
WiekeFsham never appeared IN person.. bui
his desire was that she should want for
nothing The gill was In the city about a
month he left about the last week in
June, at which time sbe MAS unable 30
walk without assistance
Answering a direct inquiry. Nm. Hsusa-
ker Rcknaw lodged that the giri was taken
away without her Mrs. hansakers y
knowledge. Certain persons arrived from
Tacoma by beat Que etenias is,s !" Aus
and took the girl away the same night
rhis was a great surprise % Mrs. hanSs
kerr because she knew the girl WAS wholly
unNt 10 travel she had NO, heard from
the giri since she left seattle except ipif
Fretiy through = letter from a frieaa in
Isnoma.
Tnr PROSECUTION.
Constable caldwell VIII leave fo5 Ia
coma oa tho hrsi boat shis morning aod
will return With the prisoner this after
aoou The arrest was uos made ua'4
ahout IL o'clock last night 4. The crime
Z fhArre.i Was committed Ia seattle, the eN
F animation knd trial VIII have 10 II held ~
this district. Il J. considered rather doubt
ful ii the charge viii hold under fae terri
serial lsw, and be may have 20 be held
uDser the United states law known as ths
Eimuads' act The punishment nude
this laW j. Imprisonment u1f eNeeetiul
three YEAR,
WHO wllKEgSdAN t.
James wickershaua. the accused, : aeeu
ssySars u age he - SLIGHT Sc stature aae
+ rl4,; t.Yeansse ssiuE IL personal appearance
lie . ~ = aeryoas, eNtitahie teafera
naent. and came 10 Tacoma tfou liiuoss
lie has aM csfiusahie wife. who = deFotcs
H. htgn. tasf Winter the only issue ~ tA1
marriage. an }ufsut son. 3afcG during 4udy'
Nfrkerxharas nhSeUcc ia Washington
Wfckcrsharn Is nlemhFr ~ the hstg and :
considered q sharp pa ilfioucr iatilrf n ~
eaot lawyer He ! member - us
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fhr chinese frtln Taeoaa au4 Vas e etics
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she aust tlsiassc ticket tog thr pas = ga
a. ras hccn actively engage
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fEffau thrown 6FNn 80 settlement $3.50 81
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sfysssiS. il i said lie = oiie y - - -,
kuuam men ta RsFrgc co0rtY. AAl fn5 -
tisae psSt las been .syiux % 1ep hacS tnt'
the Republican ranks, snd has teea t--ss
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