The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-03


- "a nonsy frsrn Jadse W1rkexshAns
with ron, and ron chi eiye 4 - Miss
SEWER when she comics b~ck- sid
the negro.
BE fken tore open lie envesope and
handed Il % Miss Briufner. together
Nth the money. saying be had con-
fdence m her
Miss Brnnfner d onsse fook tie let
ter 70 Der Toons and resd is
A. EvIpKsr itEeos
Il was written On . sheet Of paper
headed with the card Of the Pacific
Detective Association and read - fcl-
lows
SEATTLE. April 80. 1sss-
Ny pzAr Miss Sexter,-I hare tnforn<d
Mr. Lucas tat would nbs 81 In Tacoms
tamcrrsw and c1nn<e bgrger refrnin
from thanking yuE fc7 The very satixfnc-
tory work yoa have done fer NJ. L1cez
sad tfrCngA hiza for me. Tour LADY Hike
GepuysE1eA<~ year rFGx1 p<EESx- fact and
feariessnESs viii esEkle yUa 10 make Z nc
cess u mast AIRY sssuafsen II life. Again
fhanki1s soa fssg your assistance. take
pleasure In faeiokinF IS fog the dress that
was p-ozn ssess Tor the sgiccesEfni termina-
uDn II the negotiations recently coasurn-
raet1ss sns. madam. vssry truly.
JAMES H1eKHExaxx-
r. z---rIease Acknowledges receipt Of the
irrlesars. JANIS W.
Nh ReNALL xnTrfrEn-
Miss grzntner ran with the letter in
hand to Mr. Ronald q ,a0nse and called
that gentleman from the table to show
him the letter and tell all that had oe-
Cured. He then teleyraphed to his
associate, Mr.. PritchsEd, who came
over from Taron1z to iltteEd the con-
ference at night.
ft was at this confersnee that Mrs
Haadssker FIRST learned the girls
story. She was overcome by the
shock. and has been seriously III ever
since.
Attorney Ronald and his associates
arc hard at work on tie case, and viii
spare no effort 70 expese what they
call Wickersham 3 slaranable yilIasny.
1t Is their opinion that the letter for
Miss Sewer, handed I'd Miss Rgantuer
by the negro. was sent for the purpose
OF frightening Miss Brantner, who
would doubtless read the letter under
the circumstances. into taking the SIS
accompanying IL aud leaving the eoun-
try Then they could come up at the
next terra OF court and have the prose-
cution quashed because the prosecus-
Ing witness had left the country
Nh. MuNpAY's s.sArENrST.
United States Attorney White was
at his ranch near Redirasnd yesterday.
but the reporter who called to see him
received the following statement from
his partner. Mr.. Munslay
II don't know what Mr.. White
would like to say about the matter.
but / IL tell you what ! know.
Last Saturday Nj. White was at
his farm. and Mr.. Wiekershain, who
was called to see him, told me his mis-
SION He said that Miss Brantner
wanted 10 make statement about the
homestead matter. ! telegraphed this
fact TO Mr.. White, ami he came in at
once. On Monday he sent for Mrs.
Handsaker and Miss IIrantner. When
they came bowman, the stenogragher
and myself were in the room, but as
Mr.. White said he wanted 10 see the
girl alone, we went ont. Mrs. Hand
saker did not want to leave the room:
hut Mr.. White did not think it best to
have her there. as she might influence
the girl. AT least, + supposed that
was the reason. After Mrs Handsaker
and Miss Brantner had left, Mr.
White said be got no satisfaction cut
Of her. He had only asked her few
questions and as she did not ap-
pear anxious TO answer them he let
her CO.
WHERE IS wrcEERsHAm2
kilograms were reseived in this city
at late hour last night, asking the
whereabouts OF Wickersham. These
dispatches intimateu that he could not
be found in that CITY.