The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-22

49, - 49, - 49, ner t1e 7exf
hesifh ~ nox cAanxea- i oaly saw her
~ enc room In faat Aonse. and ala mt
dtzee hS> . - Eaosed from one ruoU 10
asof1eT- Called nn<< sd fozad her wery
nL he M1sf Ct her rsesis we're bsux2kt
don wiki the land she had KIRK anset
tom her folks and ske wanted to keep oas
Ell soeIx rsys - they w0ald know nothing
epc1f Il ! Waited her two or three timea
~ fhS ln1gzng house. Scras days csd
nj call 81 ali. and l never stared with
hsr eli nixhs, nor sdufasster ehlorosarr 70
ktr TO keep kef from screaming. she wax
n% couhce1 20 Der bed: perhaps she was
uionxs, the Gay after she had fhs xinklEx
aeA sandsy. Mar .. she sid she
qisess teleph0ned for q hack 60 take her
Co the boa< There was no consultation be-
tstesl Dr. Miller. Mr. wjckenhan a16
myself n the month Of NAY Ia nay 0flce
/ never a. any time used any
nisver ssed aay iaasrulaen. abor.
her except stethescope fer
eslarfuins the hesrt- | carried hooks
/ asFay from Ger rDom in q bardle wEen
sas w2s faint and dizzy I took some bottles
IN roorl Is. Eureka lodging house. Seattle.
Tie oniy xsy In which l assisted her IN
s1F1inE frsm Tacoma 70 Seattle was calling
The hack. The second Cay after ! Ieit Tar
s1mA l reeelTed telegram signed Sadie
Bfzntusr. asking rae to come 20 seattle. IS
she Vas very sick / found her very i'll
| frssn orsr-exsrt5eE and worry As ! had
other business In town / engaged room
o. the same floor and remained these that
ntght and the next day.
MORE DxLfztoCs TALK.
As was going 20 her roesa she opened
lar. She askee If was Charley and Ii Twas
her child She was delicious, and re-
rEHfned 80 for enc or two hoarx Later ia
tht night she had another spell. | asked
her Who Charley Was, ard she said il was
Der former husband and the baby was her
child by Charles Waterman She said the
child had been born In Helena. M0nssns,
ana that she never had had charge of the
child. she was quite bright that meraiug.
and ! asked her about her future plans and
told her she had better 80 TO her friends.
This she said she couidn't do. offered 10
gel her into the hospital. She said she had
Only Is when she left Tacoma, aad that
was gone She said she could get MONEY
Of. her land ii abe could see Mr.. Wicker
sham"
Here the court adjourned TO 7
oelock in the evening.
THE STORY CONTINUED.
AT 80 DIR. Brown resumed his
stNry:
Afiss Brsntner told me II she could see
Judge wiekersham she could raise money,
as he was her attorney, and could sell her
lard for her. WiekerkhaIn had M 20 this
TINE tod me nothing regarding Miss B.ant-
ne,. He bad not employed nae or told me
to look after her welfare. when foand
haii to return TO Tacoma, looked about
for some one to take care OF the girl As i
WAS better acquainted with Mr.. Buiger
than any one else here, employed him TO
tahr care OF her until Or. Miller or
4 m~<ar1 =.
hiia to the room. introduced
him TO Miss Brantner and explained why
! l had got him. l told him to get Q nurse
a. foon a. he could. DR.. Miller came be-
| fors could get away aud took him to the
room. next saw Miss Brantner four days
After, ct Dr. Longacre's. / came here that
time on business connected with Jadge
wickerxh&m and her money matters.
Tho next time / called Mr.. wickersham
WAN with me and he talked with her on
money matters. Soon after that Bulger
brought her to Tacoma aud when she
arrived she asked me 10 procure room for
her, I took her TO the kassssois house
She said she came TO Tacoma TO see II her
hotse was completed, and asked me il II
would hurt for her to go out to her place
told her ! was going ous past the place,
and would see 10 IL for her / next saw
| ner at the Central house. / did not take
| her there, neither die keep her locked up
In my ofiiee till p "A. She visited me al
1 Il
| her back 10 Tacoma with Bulger She said
she wanted to live In Seattle, and we told
/ her We would try Ia get her work there
Aibsr this she came 20 Seattle. ! saw her
AZ ID p N. next day In room IS, Brunswick
hetsl She was languid and sick. The
reoin was not lit place for
sick person. Mrs Handsaker called while
/ l wits there. She was sane then, hut after
] lett she had one Of her queer spells.
| returned 10 Tacoma then When 1 went
i H. t.s~
grain from Mr. BuIger on June "A. she
was in room Is, Brunswick hotel. i went
| 10 ss,e her on business matters. Defendant
cane with nae on that trip. Miss Bsantner
said sic was anxious TO go East. Al about
| 10 y. m. we were In the room together.
" c all talked CO her giving a relinqulsn.
merit TO the land. she aligned the relin-
qEishmeut and said she wanted to go to
ner uneae in Iowa 1t once. / saw no other
paper At that time THAI looked like legal
document. TIE door OF the room was not
locked. bat Mrs. Handsaker could not see
what was going on in the gocm.'
Here the witness explained the form
| OF zoom and relative positions of the
| persons in Ii, as Mrs. Hancsaker had
done.
II was about IL o'clock when we com
pletsd our business. Miss Brautaer said
she wanted to go East at once. We had no
con versssson AZ this time about our CORES
pon,.ence, but we did talk about IL the
bexil day on car way to Puyallup. ! gave
her some postal esrds 80 she could write
on the road. very often ask my patients
to write to me when they are travelling.
THE LETTERS ExPLAfsEp.
bid her thst would like 70 have her
writs "a me after she got back TO Iowa; but
did lot tell her to write to me about her al
iegei! child. neither did give her any in |
struefions what To write.
The copies OF letters were handed to |
the witness and he was asked TO ex-
plain whas he meant In writing them.
In reply to this query the doctor
gave very clever account Of what led
him TO rite the letters 10 Mis- Brant- |
ner.
This point was dwelt on at great
length as the letters are among the
most damaging evidence against the
defendant that has yet been produced.
The doctor continued:
wrote to Miss Brantner eaatiouing her
about how to write 10 Mrs. Handsaker be-
Cansis had been informed that she Miss
b had told Mrs. Hsndsaker that DIR. Mil
Ter AID myself had performed criminal
me denying that she had ever told anyone
this.
MISS saAsTsER GOES EAST.
lsfs Miss Brsutner at Puyaiiap, she tax
Ing The train 10 st. Paul On the trip
from Seattle to Puyailup she told nae that
Jadgs MtekeEsham had acted as her at
tQrnrs in fling on the land: that abe had
exhibited to Judge wickersham her mar
riage t.ficate when she was talking 10
him about ding on the land, because he
had told her he had doubts about her be-
Ing married. as he had known her as
Sadie BFantner.
The witness was then turned over To
thu prosecuting attorney. The ques-
tons were put In sharp. incisive terms:
bat the witness took his time about
answering aud was evidently deter
mined not 10 be trapped into crossing
himself. The sxamipation commenced
al fellows:
"Yuu have taken gres. deal of interest
since this matter began, have ycu notg''
~ have"
.Ytm Was here and heard the opening OF
the prosecuting attorney and Immediately
telesrsphed for q witness TO comet
Yes, / teiegfaphed to Mr.. Bulgcr.''
Dc yea know II you had any thing else
Ia The telegram except 70 comee
II don't snow. may have said Come
on hnst boat
"Dtt yeu not send notes 70 defendants
attorney during cross-exaninstion of pros
ecatiiig wltneseg
II may have done so.r
did yoa not sis and laugh while l was
tryfns; 10 impesch witness hiilsy'
IL did rot: have nor felt like laughing |
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