The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-14
foRGta WHITE ON TRIAL
History Of the Celebrated opera
tors Crime.
RI Lake wa.hisxsom Cable Road
ia the Hands Of . Esestvsr--
Miner sutts

Tbs TIA OF william " White. the
fsrggr. began ia the ai-fg.et ronrt n has
pass 0 clock yesss riay sftsrn son- The
sassesgaeat ssyoa whsen THIS triss IL rad Il
tf.as charging W hsss vltt9 90 Mas =. Ises,
haviug Fssssst ans. uttered 81 TIE Puget
-DuEd National aa1k 81 seattle . eertsis
draft pasyz,rslng 81 have be~a issued For
q 80 bs TIE Con- sasre4ai National bank OF
PorflAna Or. bat which IA isst VS. 10
Sued FOE 80 only There ar fse other In
dsetments against hin t0r forgery and al.
,sslsg forged sag>r. THIS Indictment sas
the arSt eue found Of ths sir, and u 10 IN
ss@rsa,ssi 20 - the i8tsatlon af tne prose-
eastfsu 20 take them sp in their os.sr.
White " as IA court fully al hour befo-s
his es.e Ess eaiiei yesSef'say. b1, very
few FecaEiEed hisa a. tse ~Fsts ned ls'aA
lag nan Who ertuzsas befort the court and
ssala Rot SPEAK loa9sr than q sbisger
u 8en called s2sja - plead 81 The last fssvru-
srafsrfsssfl Fsss12s had evidently agreed with
him fOf he looks msch stoatsr tran ~ The
time OF bis arrest A reddish beard noS
covers ths sFos-gtb-shssen tsee shas was
anything bas proposing when ne nrst De-
came Notorious By his crimes To aid 20
the change be wss neatly dressed. The
faced fetigish~bfosu salt That played -
important . part in the description given
~ nisa 81 the time be was a fugitive from
so that it lesskei nearly ues. he aise
wore q collar and csean shirt,
neither of shlaa he could lay claim "a a.
his former appearance. OsDesSiss The
i0fkef eAs unchanged His eyes were a.
restless as ever rowing ali over the court
room aud never look ng at any thing, while
his long nervous fingers hsd the old fifne
tendency 10 wandsr over his features.
These we're ssso personal traiis thar were
noticed 81 tae DESERT pitons given OF him
T. the officers.
The line OF defense. ~ far - iaiiestod
yeslersias il purely techbiral, not . legal
point being lost By tbs counsel 10 - geo
orally sabposed shat tue whole case vii
be fought GA Eossamss THREADS. Deputy
| bssirie Attorney fEntoD appeared for the
prosecution alone. AT his elbos MAS seated
sheriff John ~ actsrax, who stauds la the
position of pfo@ceu ing Witness
some time aA= takeu Hp 80 securing a
jury The ssrfesssr questioned the juror
very elos~ly ioaunihe tGs ~ qualifications.
kscb Juror vas asksd II ks hal read The
account Of tue sil.ssi soyseriFs a. pub-
lished ia The fosr ISrELLGsEscEE The
-, oMias question vas also ssksd.
Would you CONVICT a man - .
matter 81 aos ommodation Ia your
frfe9d. ur any one else la whom
you were under obligations - This
question was only asked 20 th.'-c who re
q led In tie Affirmative 10 the question
Afr Jon acquainted Win Jattb FAftNs
cashier at the Puge sound Sationsl bank.
OF sheriff john II. Mef3raws After seven
jurors had tssen exrasst for csuse and
Gpou Iserern ptofy CHALLENGES by the d.
fcnae, the following jury was impsueled:
Peter Cunningham, J " Ripley, Charles
Mcintyre ". VI. Jones, George A. Pom
.s0y. Michael Lsany, John MeRednond,
Casries smith. ". NJ. Crawford, Y. J.
/ Powers, John King. 4 r Nelson.
only two Witnesses. y l. Durham, essh.
ief. aud lanes Carson. teller 81 the Com
msfeld National bank of Pr land. were
examined Their test many sas simply a.
10 the msnnef ia shich White secured the
" draft which was Afterwards RAISED To
- no, and a. 10 tie true value oi the draft
| ia question.
RUTHERFORD AcoulriKD
The trial Of A. l.. Rutherford. of Fall
cts for assault with deadly weapon. YVES
not concluded nstii o'elock yesterday
afternoon. when the Jury retired, returning
Ia less than half an hour with verdict al
srqaittai Ms. Raths Fford, who had been
by her husbands side during the trial Ap-
f,arcd ovefioyed Al it, outcome
WORK ~ rBs GRAND JURY.
Indictments we're returned BY the grand
jury against Frank O'Brien for robbery.
aad Al Tee and All 'rn for dealing fan
tan. a gambling game The grad Jury has
nearly completed It, labors. and will prob.
ably bring ia is tinal teI.of, today.
sxeslvEK FoR rmE cAsLs road.
Judge Haaferd al tie morning session.
upou the application OF schwsba her Bros.
& Co.. plaintiff in a suit against the seattle
Construction Company g. recover judg.
M i for 81. - us aud for the foreclosure al
lein FOE isat amount. appointed r. +
carr fvcstFet Of the Company's
affairs The appointment Was matie
uIen 8 showing by the plaintiffs that the
/ seattle construction CompsuY IL wholly
insolyen,, and that II il grossly rnlsmaa-
AGED by men inexperienced In the man
aKvtneut of suyh an enterprise Receiver
Carr az once filed tsond for &.0 90 with
Bailey ustfeFt and A. 2 Nsher - suretics
sad assumed eharge 81 the c0mpanv's
property sad MANAGEMENT of the cable
road.
srtf FOR DAMAGES
john v. JONES instituted proceedings io
recover s2e.oes damages from the Northern
Pacific Railway Company Ia the eam.
psstat it i alleged that The plaintiff, on
JHuc 10 issa. ~htie or his way Ia svastie
| from 1t Paul MINI, With bis family. wss
maltiestet. falsely Imprisoned and sub
{ leetei ~ personal indiguitiss snd Insults
Z ny the con acfnr - aBc W the defendants
Z trains gfs'u which ht aud his family were
+ Passengers