The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-04
IN TO STEILACOOM.
rrlar Rice's Fall Costs Him
His Reason and Liberty.
Ls,s1ss OF THE COURTS.
- esatss Grand Jury In Session
!, ;. ccndemnation Cases-suprems
c.srt 70 Try Friedsrichs.

Rics and Q. Scheu were committed
- s.sane asylum by Judge Osborn yes
- n. Rice Is young man with
.,si aliases and has been known by the
~ q Pra-gor and Gator. He is the
80 rho entered Lynch's furniture
a l,.t month. but was foiled in his fe-
1870 designs by falling down an elevator
g Ann which he sustained serious in
81. vh,ch have probably affected his
Es-x he was found on the morning after
IN n an unconscious condition and
- 10 the hospital. Several days ago
-. mauifested various signs OF insanity,
a sbile at first they were believed to be
$3.50 for the purpose of escaping the
-slisntssrv. IL was soon proven that the
~ mind was really deranged, and he
IN h sent to the asylum at Steilacoom
y treatment
{ seheu vas German iaborer and until
,rsn,lv 4 Woodworking man, but OF late
has been very violent and has developed
: a1eided propensity for fighting. His in
q, IDEAS and violent moods have been
using his friends great deal of trouble.
= i IS years OF age, aud has been residing
= The corner OF Hington and Willow
meets.
UNITED STATES COURT.
\ The grand Jury was impaneIled yester-
~. and Judge Hantord delivered his
.Asrre as to their duties and the criminal
~ governing the cases over which their
srisdiction extends. They retired to their
nom and organized, and in the afternoon
~ nm the case OF John Kantz. the second
as Of the steamer Charles B. Kenny, for
usul. upon the high seas. The case was
Snmined November % by Commissioner
0uboru and Kantz was held for humping
xiIiam Stannard. the first mate, wnile at
"a about 100 miles off Cape Flattery.
M grand Jury ignored the case. No
elhsr cases we're taken up. although there
IN nov twenly-four United States prison.
"a IN the county Jail whose cases are to be
ksesiigated, and who were brought here
tsu McNeil's island. Tuesday, to be kept
IN until their cases come to trial. The
ukasges are chiefly smuggling and viola
/ ions Of the revenue laws.
The following constituted the grand jury:
] william Graham. Clallam; E. w. Devoe,
/ Port Townsend; H. NJ. Bloomquist, What
un; N. H. Clark, Houghton; John w.
I Gillespie, Coupeville; l. w. Mudgett. Sno-
bomish; Lynus J. Burr, Slaughter; H. w.
naker, Seattle: Charles Nj. Cooper, West
+. 6sstle; c. L. Hubbard, Seattle; l.. Cartin,
Island; G. G. Mcnamara, Port Townsend;
| NslviIIe Curtis. Port Townsend; Julius
Nss. whatcom; ID. H. Blockman, Seattle;
James Campbell. Seattle.
TEDIOUS TRIAL.
The case OF Cottell d Scott against John
| c. Ferguson for foreclosure of mechanics
| len has already consumed nearly TWO days
| b Judge. Litchtenberg's court and is still
diminished There Is only $445 involved in
he suit. but the trial has been a long and
bdious one. The defendant claims that
Elhs building was not finished according to
Dutract and was not properly constructed:
1stit leaked and destroyed lot OF plas-
eing and paper. and discolored the CELL
| NC and walls and prevented him from COL
lecsing his rents He puts in q counter
esim for damages exceeding the amount
Eiued for as balance due in the original
buiding contract.
The hearing OF the case viii be resumed
ate o'clock this morning. Judge Lichten-
berg was anxious to have the case finished
last evening, but the failure of the gas to
produce light forced an early adjourn
ment OF court, for in the darkened hail of
justice the court stenographer could not
see to write or read his notes.
CATTLE MORTGAGE.
The Fernwood Lumber Company and
Godfred Mohn were sued Yesterday by J..
r Jacobsen for 81. 100 for services rendered
by plaintiff and by G. Erickson, Jacob E.
Mohn, A. H. Mertrude, B. Eek, John
Olsen and N. J. Peterson, who assigned
thei: claims To him. A note for this
AMOUNT was given on July 10, secured by a
chattel mortgage on fifteen oxen, q COW,
ne logging tools and outfit and other
Irticles. Plaintiff demands that the
defendants be foreclosed of all interest,
Fen and equity redemption in the mort
gage property, and that the property be
sold and the proceeds applied to the pay
ment of the note.
WIDOW DEMANDS DAMAGES
John Brennan, an employe at the power
house OF the Front Street Cable Company,
made misstep last July and fell through
On opening into the revolving sheave
wheels, which instantly whirled him into
eternity, and yesterday Mary E. Brennan,
ms widow, brought suit against the cable
company for $4,000 damages, alleging that
her husbands death was attributable to
earelessness and negligence on the part of
the company for allowing the place through
which he fell to be kept open.
UNION PACIFIC COMBINATIONS
sound Railway Company in the condemna-
aon proceedings against property holders
Along the proposed right-of-way, Judge
suatton issued an order yesterday TO the
.neriii to summon jury to condemn the
mnd required on the petition of the COM
pahy. the court stating that the building of
.ae road was public necessity and that
sne land was required for the enterprise.
ane jury Is to be empaneled tomorrow, and
is duties will be 10 ascertain what COM
peasataon shorid be paid by the railroad TO
property holders. The regular jury hav.
.hs oeen discharged Tuesday aud the mat
e' oeihg urgent. a special jury for this case
was deemed necessary and the court acted
accordingly.
THE FRiEpERIcHs MURDER CASE.
Inc celebrated Friederichs murder case
sun al issue, and the man who is charged
.''n one Of the foulest murders on record
.s oeen granted a new lease of life. thanks
/" .ne zeal and adroliness of his counsel.
ne case of the State against Albert
.l'eaeriehs came up before the supreme
wuft Monday on Q motion of Prosecuting
1uo'hey Carr TO dismiss the appeal OF de-
Nadant because it was not filed within the
aipalated time. James Hamilton Lewis.
S'efney for Friederichs. endeavored 10
ave The case reinstated by Judge Humes
s ~ week in order to get the case properly
!. the supreme court on the grounds
WEI the lelav vas nceassonad he an inter-