The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-04

TIE Girls Story Corroborated On
Material Peints.
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There are No u'sw deyeserrneafx 4, ~
Nickersham cane, wAacA wxs rhs sn,k II
the streets Yesterday. Interviews via
Ntm Br1nxaeES ssserss and these e,nrer
sAnt with the fA<Es Of tie case. only tenaes,
% confirm der stoyy a. told xexte-sasy
norainEs IN svery particular
Arx Hands&kar Was Still vsry III frou,
W0FsF OVER tbs natter, and oauld xi7e ns
further information she heliexex Mixr
hSAnSnsr's story md VIII still defend Re.
sSslnSs 81 axs&El;S aud furnish her 4
he attorneys were hard Il work on The
case ana succeeded during the day = -.
tanning fkcts thai viii enable thcsn 46 con.
arn every statement made Is
tie girl. They .earred the identsfv
g rae notary pebble thai Mis-
her aeknow iedxsnssz1t 10 the rcfrarfion ~
signed 10 TIE penny block, and found thar
pc = corne<sEA vita lucas sse-
teseczfys agency. They are also
gathering evidence against Lucas
On another matter. b which they exuecS
@ unpe1ch his testimony II WickcrsAsn,
nesSes They claim they can prove him "a
. professional blet ksuAisex. and thar he
nxs been convicted Of leyyang b1aekussi
LacAz himself uxS In Tacoma YESTERDAY.
Or e least mis- employees said he was there,
50 his Stcry coaId nos be learned. The
nexse detective conld net be found BIZ 4
Observation-Disclosures reporter. although
bis identify has been clearly extas-
hshed. He Is known to have been en-
nected with the Pfnkertpn nesertiyt,
Agency IN Chicago. aud Is said 10 Be 8 good
eii-aroand detective. To i gentleman
VITA whom ne talked yesterday he said ne
had not been employed 10 shadow Miss
Bsanfner, but admitted that be had handed
her the letter and the IS
Miss sadse seyier, alias Mrs Snyder. the
woman detective who played snch an i'm
porfanf part in the Mot could not b,
found The landEady az the Denny block
said she oecnried room y la that
nailding and had had IL rented for some
time, although she had only occupied Il
recently. No Miss SEWER responded 10 the
double knocks oil the reportes ON the door
.of room n. and It Is to be inferred that
she was either absent or not at huxne
70 reporters. The landlady said thar
she bad not seen Lucas In company with
Miss SEWER. "whe, she added parsntheti-
ealiy, Is one Of the most modest and auief
appearing girls hare ever seen.p bat she
remembered that Lucas had been there
several times TO engage q room for some
one She reraeE hered seeing Miss SEWER
going up TO her room on Tuesday morn
ing, accompanied by another young lady
whose description answers fairly well 10
that Of sadie Branfner She said She
knew nothing of what had gone on in
Miss Sewer room and was very indignant
that such carvings on" had occurred in
her house.
The fact that Judge wiekersham has
been In Seattle quite frequently of late
added weight 70 the story against him and
eieence that he had been here on Tues.
day.
United States Attorney White Is still at
his ranch Lear Redmond, 50 no statement
could be obtained from him.
A. G. Bowman, the sseuogrnpher. who
was III United States Attorney Whites
ONCE when Miss Branfner went there 10
make her statement, saws that ne was en-
ployed By some person other than the
United States attorney. bat declines stating
who that person Is
wICKEEs1IAx AT TACOMA.
TACOMA, May q The news of the COMES.
sion OF Sadis Brantner, published la the
Posr-ISTELLIGEscER this morning created
considerable interest ia Tacoma to-day,
and Was the topic of conversation In the
hotel Hobbies and on the street corners.
The rumor that Mr.. Wickersham had dis
appeared Is incorrect, Is the PosT-fxTElLE-
GENcER correspondent fonnd him without
much trouble in his Office in the Dougan
building this afternoon. In answer 70 the
reporters inssairy as 10 whether he had
ANYTHING to say. Mt. wickersham said:
The statement published by Messrs
Ronald and Prichara, so far as they relate
10 Miss Brantner having made any af1ida-
Wits or statements to myself OF persons on
my behalf. through fear or cumpulsiou,
are absolutely false IL there il any coer-
eion over Miss BrantnPr. IL Is and has been
exercised by others than myself
or friends. believe that il the girl
was left alone she would tell the whole
exoaeratcd. j do not fear the truth.
neither DO hlame the girl as much o.
do those surrounding her. and BY their in
duenee keep her to one story. ! have
nothing further 70 say more than should
ike 10 know what Miss Brmafner told
white The judge does not appear to be
worried much over the case. and says thar
be will not run away. as IL Is not his style.
he returned TO his ranch this evDnfnr