The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-15

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! cannot tell you exactly WHARF n 80. from,
who l heard il. unless it was from sishsr one
o. these three gentlemen.
must have been one OF shen3
conversation with
The witness was then cross-questionsd con
corning the Tacoma hotel interviews. He
was considerably mixed up about lock-
ing the door on AIbertson, and finally
admitted that there was high
wardrobe In the room in W hieh witnesses might
nase oeen located. He would not say that he
nsa paced the men there, bat they might have
been present. Still, eyerything said by aIhs,.
son to him on that occasion was sin the strict.
est confidence"
JOHN r. N'sRAw or THE STAND.
John H. McGrav was the last witns.. sx.--
ined before adjournment As he took the
esAno tnere was q murmur of expectancy, and
surprise was expressed that he should
ps witness against his friend Before
ne got done, however, II was conceded that he
was Deter witness for defense than proseeu.
uon- he said that last Thursday Kochers-
perger ana Detective Sullivan had called ON
him as friend of r. B. Albertson,. and
a. ked him to go to see the young man and ad.
wise him to make confession. The witness had
gone to Albertson's Office and had heard his
story. which was in substance a. follows:
June 10 tmore than two months before the
rooberyl man giving the name of Ross Rad
caiiea at the ONCE OF Preston. Albertson
Donvorth, OF Seattle, and had nv
plausible story convinced Mr.. Albertson
that he came from a mutual friend who was In
deep trouble. This friend was the trusted ayspt
OF large corporation and was short in his az
counts. This friend in his desperation had
taken several thousand dollars in money. the
securities of the banks, and changed the com
oination OF the SAFE DE wanted Mr. Albertson
TO prepare an agreement by which this friend
upon giving up the securities would be
granted immunity from punishment IL
was intimated that the officer.
OF the CORPORATION were Willing
10 sign such paper, as it would be their only
salvation, aud Ii was also intimated that IL
was q large Seattle corporation whose In.
,erests were at stake. After consult
ing bis partners and acting rather
upon impulse than judgment and the advice Of
ms partners, he had prepared the paper. dictat-
ing IL 70 his stenographer The next day the
man had called for il. Days passed on
ana he heard of no company being
ihluredi by one of It's trusted men and the
matter dropped out of his mind. After the rob-
Gerry had been made public, Ross,
who then turned out to be Chandler
visited hts ONCE again. and THROWING
OH all disguise, asked him to deliver a letter
rom his cousin Edward Aibertson TO his wife
ms X. b. Aloertson said he refused TO do. and
.nanoisr secured stamp and envelope and
had mailed IL from his Office He
had told the witness be would have no corumu-
nication with his cousin and didn't want to
know where he was, but wanted witness
10 tell kocherperger and Sullivan that
IL he should ind out where his
cousin was he would not tell them
witness had returned to Kochersperger and
sullivan aud had expressed to them his belief
III AUCTIONS story. Albertson had
told the witness that II
would not be safe for Eocherspereer
aud sullivan to hound him further. Kochers-
perger or Sullivan in their talk had told
witness OF the interview with Albertson in the
Tacoma hotel and that men were concealed in
the room.
Here the couSt adjourned until a. m. to-
morrow