The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-17
foaGtR WHITES DEFENSE.


The srsal Of White. the forger. was ga IN
,he district court szsin yesterday. and &C
ezpssss t,ssh the morning aud afternoon
sessions. ~sta the exception Of the short
tlrne tassa up in tue bearing u motions.
me sweat II the Car VAS the placing OF
White upon the stand 10 testify Ia ess owa
h..hsf The esse stl prohsssiy Dc given
81 the jury this Afternoon
Among Ibs sifnesses called i0s ss'e
prosecution al the morns az sessi'1n acre
Leslie TarT.sr, 81 tue First National bank
o. seauie: pennls Alssa. the aesm-ier
sno i sose White on the Bellevue ho.ei
70 ca CT the train ST smiths Cove inaine-
s!i4sely alter the commission oi TIE crime
Joen LIE. q eounfy prisoner WOO had
: .ru.thifg % say afsaat q pole white had
nanAea hirn. sheriff MctsFaws who fol-
,ss1ed White up asa made MN turn over
the fnoney he had secured ifom the
bsaks aud WOO asso knees some
thing about bis eoBauct while 10 jail; ana
Tsiis.r Irckle, who tod OF ceFsain myster-
Ioas holes cot from White. eel Into an
adjoining one. whence hole fhrJuga 10
The corridor had Teen mace.
The great ursrise tn. dag Was when
prison.r Leo was called to the stand. de
testified that = few dsys ago Write had
hauded him a note 20 pass 10 Thomas
who occupied . cell adjoining his White' -,
hut in another corridor II wAs between
these cells that Q hole had been cut in the
sriex wall. The note referred To Was put
in evidence, II having fallen into sheriff
Mct3raw's hands instead OF reaching its
destination. IL read ~ follows;
THE FoEGsE TLLITEaArE.
Please Let me Know what cell yoa are
in and LET me Know II Esering thing Is ell
Risth for going IL ! get over on your side II
you have got q die please send IL 10 me or
Ii yon will think you can make Hole
In the came phase where II Vas oefoE Let
tue Know When you Intend 90 90 N'aht or
day the Hole will te not hard 10 make
" her IL was befog'
wni e admitted that he wrote this note,
but attempted 20 explain its words away
by saying gnat he was simply trying to get
into the confidence of some of the Dies
p-raie prisoners " no were planning de-
ilyery in order to warn the officers. In
support OF this he cited the following note,
which MAS ais, placed In evidence by the
prosecution. aud which was handed 10
Jail.r Pat Fsrrsher . few days before he
was murderously assaulted by Martin.
Clark and iiayis
.slF you Had Better not TrHst Thoms
Lest Man that Came Ia keep them away
from door when you ON Loo"
From this last note the defense tried to
shox that White bad no wish 10 escape.
bat on the contrary Was In league with the
officers to keep Others from escaping.
Tn. evidence for the prosecution pre-
ssntet yesterday was mostly collateral ],
being brought out for the evident purpose
of connecting all alleged series Of frsudn.
lent transactions of White. all tending to
show his gull, in the case on trial The
Abs redeem forgeries we're brought out in an
incidental way All of this evidence was
objected Ia BY the defense a. ministerial
and Irrelevant
WICKED J. c. SMITH.
The prosecution rested in the afternoon,
and W Lair Hili. senior counsel for the de-
tense. made lengthy and carefully.
woFded statement of the theory of the de-
/ fense. IL was. in short. that White had
| ocen made the victim of . conspiracy on
( the part OF designing men who anew he
| had money and eoneoeted a scheme Ia
swindle him ont of II aud land him in the
peuitenfiary. One ]. C. smith, mysteri-
| ous person who could only nc described In
| the most general terms, was made the
sctlye leader in this plot. II was he
s wsis and to the she . ses,lmSay
/ his attorneys, that has sold White the
/ franduient paper which he had eashed be-
I lieying 10 To be good. The fact that White
/ had left the city by . back way immedi-
stely after disposing Of the forged paper
/ was xpaiac,i by the fact that he wished
I Ia 40 To smiths Cove and get an overcoai
/ he had left there before taking the evening
/ tram tor snobo y ish. where he wished "a
/ close up "A land deal. A small vaiise con
| tanning - oe In gTcenbeeks that White
claimed to have lost on the train that
/ evening also received considerable attcn
/ TIN.
/ Ri Morgan. from whom white bought
property I'm this city, was the first witnes.
/ called for the defense. His testimony wa,
principally 10 difference To- that transaction
and 10 whites personal appearance 1T thu
time of the alleged forgery. the effort beins
\ TO show that the defendant did not apswei
20 the eeser pti1p OF the man who bought
| the drafts a. given 10y the Portland bankers
WHITE on THE STAND
| White. when put on the stand, was very
/ nervous. but answered the skillfuny pu
/ queries Of biz attorneys very readily. III,
( told Of hts Vsiious meetings with the mys
/ tersous 4. smith. whnfa be accuses oi
leading him into all this trouble. and who
according "a his story, appears n he ~
| ubiquitous as pumas' Moate Chrisio. He
nrst met him on The train going 90 Snohe-
| mish some time before tn. forgeries aud
made his acquaintance next he saw him
( I'm seattle = few days later, a. the exact
7 time the drsft that was sfssrward raised
T Wa scared from the Portland bank
/ Nhitr nsffthsu 10 VI IN foftiau1, ana
( 10, smith wss there. too. then White wen,
/ 20 fcndlcion ard there smith came before
htm again, 10 wsS here, according "a
I Whites story, that a resl estate deal was
male snd tie wss given the forged paper
Z by smith IN payment.
White was subjected 20 q very rigid
/ crslss-rSaminsiion by Prosecutor feuton.
/ he said that the mysterious smith ~
( scmhici hin some shat in personal appear.
snce. the cnly difference he conld recall
I being aboei fenT inches ia statue aud the
| matter ~ having = mastache. while be
I - hi'sl had Rome The Portland bar ksrS
I testified thar The msn who bought the
1 paper Then bad . muSIsche
/ White LETT the stsud AZ O'Clock in tho
! evening. Judge iisniort Chsrgesi the Jury
F particularly Ia reference 70 discussing the
( ase AMI allowed ii Ia separate. The case
/ VIII pro3sbiy he given o. the jury this
{ afternoon.
BUILDING PERMITS.