The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-24
THE WICkERShlm CASE.
Proceedings Of the FIFTH Day Of
the Trial.

Proceedings Of the Fifth Day d
the Trial.
.1vidsnee Of Witnesses for tine De
fense--Msss ErsntDerss Character
Exciting scene.
The trial OF Probate Judge James Wicker
sbarn was rssuraed In the 6fstrics szIrr
YESTERDAY snorning ~ ssaa The woxl q
Eaaekeninx che character Of Miss ssssi.
Bran<ner, the prosecufrix, for cfsssifs
previous 20 October =. 1sS-. was GYM
meuced ut the morning session ard ION
tiuued throughout the asy. This bIaeEsen.
ing wae doae mostly By gamblers. car
tenders. and other persons whose reguts'
sfons were shown 60 be e. least 6onbtfzi.
one OF two respectable men Who wsre
placed on the stand b. the defense tsxtsaed
hat they had seen Miss Brantner In cora.
ueny With men OF islrepute and that thes
had heard she was hxd girl. 4 great deal
Of damaging evidenee concerning Miss
Brsntnef,s character was given in the rei&r
ffou OF specific acts Of immortality alleged
against her by tbs FOUNDERS Of Tscomz:
INT the force OF their testimony wzs lest In
nearly eyxry instance when they were
nlsced under rigid erossexamIn&sioa a
10 feesr own characters.
Dr.. HEELgRss STORY.
Dr.F. G. alIIer OF Tacoma wss sha grxs
Given 4 chance 10 tell What be knew Of the
csre He like his partner, Dr. Brown, told
hIs s.agy in deliberate and cautions man.
ner. and stuck 70 f with considerable con-
sistcncy 10 the erossexaninatioa HIS
evidence on the direct examination was
hrissiy told about AZ foIiows.
first knew sadie Beaasuer on March III.
fssx. when Was called 20 see her ~ AR
Tal5ert's, where she was working she
appeared 70 b. suffering from heart
trouble and thar was what / treated her
for After that she called at my once
several times. Wien learned her syfnp-
toms / asked her If sire aas q married
woman. a. they were Of such a nature ~
only married women sh9Hld have Che
said No. bHt afterwards told her had
beea past her ranch and then she said
she had been married when she was only
rs years old. tbst abe had child and thai
il was with her husbands mother In
Helena Montana She never asked me 20
perform q criminal operation and I
never performed one on her nj her
own or ~ any other person i request. The
only instrument ever used on her was 4
sfethescopc. never used eocntne In
treating her.
The witness then told the tame story
that DR.. Brown had toisf about the manner
In Is hich Miss Bransner secarsd rooufs 81
the Fashion lodging h0uHe.
sAfter she left Tacoma never saw her es
the Eureka lodging house In Seattle. con
tinued the witness. II came 10 seattle to
zee Miss Brantner In response 10 q telegram
from DIR. Blown. DR.. Brown and Mr.. Bnf.
ger were there and Der cQndislon was the
same as II had been when saw her ia Ta
coma returned the next day after Sc.
curing a room for her at DIR. Longakerss
house and Mr. BEiger employed Mrs.
Blake as nurse at DR.. Browns re-
nurse and instructed Mr.. Bulgeg and also
Mrs Blake to give hes anything she need
ed aud ] would pay for it. when Mr..
Wlekerahasa arrived We went into Miss
4rahtner's room together. He told her
DR. Brown had sent for her 70 come up aud
see about selling her land, 50 she could pay
her expenses she said that abe would
like TO sell her relinauishment, and asked
him now much Ehs could get for IL. He
told bar perhaps $500. At this tiEae 1 told
Wiekersliam would be willing 20 give uy
services, but | did not want to advance
money for expenses did pay out about
$50 or so to Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Buiges aud
Others. was with her two ar taree times
during the night, aud size was talking
about WickeTsham, her aunt. her baby,
Charley and perhaps others In her dc.
lirium. She would say aMr. wIckershans,
is my house built YETI, Mr. Wiekarshsu,
can you sell fsy landF" Come aud take
me Charley, I'm woman now; can cook
I can work. I'm not child anymore. :
She begged for her child, and cried for IL
Said something about her poor baby that
couldn't walk The next time | met the
prosecntIFg witness II vas al the wharf IN
Tacoma. kfl response 20 telegram from
Mr. BulSer. The next time she came 10
my Office she said sne was stopping al thc
Central hotel. She Was Locked Ia the f0oss:
little while. but | WAS there. She called
Il the asslce afterwards aad said she want
ed to i've In Seattle. The next time | saw
her was ia the parlofs OF the Brunswick
hotel. She was lively aud looking we'll
was in Seattle at that ifne 10 coasumEnate
the purchase OF some lots for my sister
Mrs Handlaksr CAME 10 my Office AMI
asked about Msss hrantneF. | doa't know
where ssgat after she left. / did not see
deteadaus that das, ssa neyeF rode In 3
basay with kiEa In my life.
On the cruss examination the witness adj
mitted that be hss taken great interest In
che trial because aa had been charged In
<tseotiy with criminal practice in connee-
tion With t. and that be had talked with
the defendant aboas his posi- ION.
MISS nsANTsgg SAT- Up LATE.
Charles Hoilenbeck testified. | am the
proprietor q! the Central hotel, Fuyailup.
Mlss Rfanfnsr stopped at my house two
diHegeat Tunes IN september isS5. sae &C
eupied a room or the paFior and 1t 10
O'clock when I went 10 the room 70 lock
up she was sitting M with MT. Hurley. |
don't know the gentleman who paid her
bill. She did not pay IL Mr.. Hurley was
her only visitor that know OF. She was
there agala few days later aud Ar. Hur-
hey sat up with her until 1880 o'clock and
! had 81 tell them 10 so to bed Her con-
duet was different from other guests only
In that she sat up late In the paflor.
DAMAGING srogs.
John Bualong. carpenter of Tacoma. was
the tirst witness called TO testify 10 his
knowledge of Miss Brauiner's character
previous "a 0ctober =, 1851 He said:
have seen Miss Efantner on the streets Of
Tacoma. Ia October, 1855. | went to a
fouus ta wake a young man who was work
Ing Tor me aud there was woman Ia his
room. aud think u was Miss Brantner.
The mea was Jahn A. Stewart. IL was !
o'clock in the morning.
On thu cross-examinatlon the witness
said that Stewart had opened the door and
allowed hiia TO come into the roam, where
he had a good chance 10 see the girl,
whose face was towards him. He did not
knew whe st was al the tiiae, bat was quite
sure now. lie admitted that he Was 3
friersi of the defendant aad had talked
with him about the ease.
HAD SKIN nER 60 OFT,
Webster 9endletou. Ut Tacoma, testified
/ have seem Miss nsansaek OF and an ever
since she first cams ~ Tacoma. In lsse.
when she vas working for Griffith, had
store under tha rooms in which Griffith
lived have seen her so ant OF the house
frequently between aad o'clock in the
evening, several times each week. some
times would see her return and some
times not. I closed up from $40 "a Il,
Sometimes she went olit alone aud Sorae-
times IN the company OF men. I c0uldn
necessarily see her when she retnTned ~
there was stairway on the outside ny
which she could have entered the hoes e
without my seeing her | aase seen sais
girl at the Methodist church, and aa Vi
seen gentlemen accompany her home.
Court then adjourned 30 l.90 y. tn
rEspLKros csass ExAmiSEns
After dinner the croSsexaJninafion com
msneed as fellows,
''pidn't yoa have conversation with Or
Brown at nsau--'
Yes. sir.
"Didnss yaa say something 10 nr. Brown
about your testimony
Eyes, sir +"
s'Didn't yoa hear the eeart caution yot
uet TO talk abaas Year essaencSf
''fes, sir, bar assist talk 20 him about
the evidence
.swho We're some of these Eenslsmes yoa
have seen this young lafs wsthT"
"A great many"
Ian you n&rue sosne9s
Afsssr sr,.as sssaf{nn hts said ha .,.uf.i