The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-20

h16 lessned 20 lore nim, A few davs
after this vent 20 tie puvaIIup saEls.-
ca1vasssng. Mr.. Niwkerzhans fssilewsss
sse and sAw FsEsn a sansner ard
other places
HER Ruin sreoNRETsHg3.
When xetaYnei 10 TACOMA I nae.
him again and tod him Enienaess
going 70 Seattle 90 canvass. lie said
IL was = eeod pazn ard that be wsulS
re In Seattle of taat time and ssos.id
insrc3ure ssle 80 his acquaintance /
told him [ Intended 20 rect q Lads
friend ard stay with ber wtEfe in So.
attic and laughed &C the idea of I'd
coming xlong. When I reached tile
boat Ssturdav evening be was shere
and came OVER with ere. TIE boat
was delayed and did not reach here
until IL O'Clock, and my friend did
not meet me. On arriving Mr.. Wick
rrsSlafn took me 60 the Brunswick res
tauFant and sAl9 be wonid go cut and
1rd room for me. In about twenty
minutes he returned znd said b..
had found . nice rooEa. (Thig
was al on October ., 1887. !
We had supper and be then took nv
yaiixe and led nae TO the Eureka Iodg-
ing house. / bad no idea Of his base
designs and had perfect confidence in
him. He took me 20 rcom - ard !,
when inside, locked the door and put
the key in bis pocket He also fas-
tened the window. ( asked him what
he meant and he replied that he in
tended to remain. | threatened to
scream, bot be told me IL would do no
good as il wasn't that kind Of hon=e
The witness gave a ciseumsfanflaI
account of hox the witness. by force,
accomplished her ruin.
Judge Wickersham registered at the
house as John Jones aud wife. " (The
bofel register was placed IN evidence }
He told me Jones vas the name be
went by at times. Here = card with
the name OF Jones written on il was
identified BIZ the witness and intro
dueed in eyidenee} We remained at
this same place the next night. as
did not think there was any Use OF
resisting him further
yUErmrE fsTIxAcIEs.
The attorneys for the defense OBJ
jected to the introduction OF evidence
relating to any acts after the commits
sion OF the alleged seduction which
was on the night Of October %. The
maintained that this evil
denee was admissible 70. the reason
that all these subsequent acts were the
influence over the prosecufrfx n order
that be might take advantage of her
In covering mp his tracks. The discus
sion OF this point was continued 70 the
afternoon session. when Judge Burke
ruled that the evidence was admissi-
bic a. showing criminal intent. The
witness then continued:
After our return 10 Tacoma / met
Judge Wsekersham several times on
the street, and il sas arranged that
We should go % the Olympia together.
We went and stopped at Young's
hotel several days. We came to Seat
tie from Olympia. and roonied at the
Eureka iodging-house again for sew
eral DAYS. He talked with me about
our criminal intimacy. and said he
was sorry. ! said that didn't mend
matters. and he admitted il didn't
He told me he would do anything for
me, and asked If I wouldn't like to
take up piece OF land.
skfsE ENTRY ON LAND.
said that II I were old enough
would like to have a piece. He after
ward sent wo.d to me by Miss Stannus
that be would like to have me come 10
his Office and see about taking up the
land. He said he would get me d
piece II would swear / was q years
OF age ! said | was only liz years
OF age ard / would not swear that
was 81 lie said, You can fix that
by my saying that you are married.
said ! couldn't as people in Taeoma
knew that ! was unmarried. He said
could take piece up In the country
and that no ssse would know who il
was II tstok an assumed name. He
also said il would be better II | said
had child who was in the East and
a cripple He told me Sc choose a
name and | suggested that OF Mrs.
Sadie Waterman. We came 70 Seattle
then and be introduced rae AZ the
United States land Office IS Mrs.
Waterman. lie wrote q paper which
he said was fiIingo on school land, and
which | signed. | saw him next az
Tacoma. and he said probably would
not have 10 70 ont on the land. He
went 20 Washington soon after. and /
did nos see him again until March.
When he returned home in the latter
part OF February he said he would
have 20 go to Seattle again
and make another fling on
the land. He came here
on March 4. and the next day sent
me telegram TO join him. Telegram
II I . \
night. and the next morning we went
10 the land Office and made another
filing under the same name as before.
l received receipt made out by Mr..
wickersham. Receipt offered in EVIL
dence At the instance OF Mr..
Wiekersham | drove ont 10 the land,
which il near Tacoma. few
days later. Afterwards he told me
10 build house on this land and gave
me ss5 and plsus for a house. aud told
me To give them TO a Mr.. Mills He
also promised 10 furnish me money
with which 10 nakeimprovements aud
live on the place. He said parties out
there were talking about nay taking up
the land, and that IL was causing him
Z great deal OF trouble. He told me |
could pay him back the money be adj
vanced when sold the land. although
he would rather have the land than
money.
II never asked Mr.. wickersham for
tie gave Use a book once.
A copy OF Don Juan with certain pas
sages marked was identified by the
witness as the book referred % and
Introduced as evidence.
PHYSICIANS IMPLICATED.
In May discovered that was in
an unfortunate condition and | told
Mr.. wicker<ham. Acting under his
| called on DIR. Misner.
who told me that my surmise WAS
correct amt thea Mr.. Wiekersham
told me "a 60 70 Drs. Miller &
Brown and tell them was
4 married woman ard that he would
make all arrangements. This plan
xas carried out AMI met him after
warts at the office of prS. Miller &
Brown. An appointment was then
made for me TO cali at the doctors
office the next day at q p IN. Before
eavtng home was 10 say that In.
ended going Ia Seattle, 80 that nav
absence would not he wondered az.
Seps my agreement and Doctors Mi
er & Brown performed a criminal or
grafton on fue. Al 1T o'clock that
night DR.. Brown took me TO 4 room
over the Fashion saloon
where man met me and
asked IL was the lady DIR. Miller had
engaged room for. nr- Rrnwn st