The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-17

liberation; that il was the elimination Of
plot that was planned months before its com
mission. perhaps, and that it was planned by
some one of no ordinary ability: that
II was planned by some master mind
The making of the agreement was part
and parcel of this plot and original design. The
selecting of place for the meeting of some rep
resentative OF the Trust compaLy at Browns
point was another part and parcel of this plot,
and the taking of the money was another part
and parcel of it. The stopping of the time lock
was another part aud parcel OF the plot, aud.
II the court please, the preparing of this agree
ment was no less part and parcel of that
crime than was the taking away of the money
actually from the vault The preparing OF
these agreements much part and
parcel of this crime as the stopping
OF the time lock or any other part that was
played in that great crime. We also see from
the evidence that this crime not In itself
prepared by one person; the evidence in this
case shows that all these various parts
and parcels aud steps in this crime
were parceled out to various persons for them
TO perform as it had been allotted to them.
There were three persons interested in the
preparation for this great robbery. There was
the one who prepared the papers originally, as
had been originally designed In the pot, and
that the part OF the defendant in this case;
There was the other, whose part was to take
these contracts, which had been prepared by
the defendant, and meet an officer OF the bank
at Browns point and deliver over the securities,
that had been prepared by this very defendant
some months before. That was his part, his
parcel OF this plot. That was the part which he
played IN this robbery. Then there another
part, which another man played, and he was no
worse than the other two, he simply had his
duty to perform in the part that was allotted to
nim' ana that man was Edward Albertson.
whose part In this affair was to stop the time
lock and take these securities and this money
from the vault and thereby play his part
In the preparation of this crime. If
OF this defendant from the acts of
Chandler and the acts of Edward Albertson,
separate the acts of this defendant from the
one great act OF robbing this bank of 100000
your honor has finer mind for making dstuc-
tons than have. For the evidence in this case
shows conclusively that all the way through
each man played his particular part in
this great scheme, and no one of them is any
more or less guilty than the others, for the law
says that even though the person be not ac-
tually present In the commission of the crime
even though he be away IN another county, If
he counseled, aided or in any way abetted the
commission of crime, he is principal, and
he is as guilty as the man that ac-
tualy takes the money itself Suppose
this bank had been robbed in a little different
manner. Suppose this man, Edward Albertson,
had gone into the bank, murdered the president
OF the bank, and by that means, supposing that
was the only means whereby he could get into
the vault, had taken this money and these securi.
ties from the vaults or the safe, had then
fled and met this defendant at the end of town
holding horse for him, that he might take it
and ride away, would you doubt for q moment
this mans guilt or connection with that affair."
although he would claim he did not known any
thing about 1t, that he was simply there with the
horse by accident, or that he was requested
i'm fhnra M hat
although he would plead ignorance OF the whole
affair and say, "I did not know anything about
what was going to happen. did not know this
man was going to rob the bank, j simply hap
pened to be there with the horse"
would your honor believe him?
In the same way he pleads ignorance
as 10 the use of these documents which were
prepared, not for the escape of the prisoner but
Tor his immunity from punishment That is
the horse with which he expects to ride free
from all prosecutions, and that man sitting
there is the man who prepared the docu-
ments by which this Edward Al
bertson and this man Chandler expected
to get out of the clutches of the law. l say he
is no less q thief than the man that would take
the horse and hold him at the end of town for
the criminal to mount upon and flee away The
state has connected this defeudent Albertson
with this crime in three ways. First, il
has connected him with this crime in
tracts, which were executed and delivered on
Browns point. one of the most important steps
in this crime, as / said before. Second it
has connected him with the thief
that committed the crime by communica-
lions which he received from the thief the very
day he took the money out of the vault, "a
evidenced by the letter received by defendant
from him. We have connected him in the
third place, with the other thief,
Chandler, who, few days after the
commission of the crime met the defendant in
his own Office, and we have placed him in the
very presence of this stolen money, or at least a
portion of it, for Chandler had $1,000 of the
money with him at that time. We have con-
nected him with the preparing OF the papers be-
forehand; we have connected him with receiving
communications from the thief, the same day
the crime was committed; we have shown that
he was with the thief In his own office, with part
OF the plumber. two or three days after the crime
was committees: and, in the fourth place, we
have shown that he was in con-
fdential relationship with the thief
in character of mediator for
the condoning of the crime by the letter which
was written by Edward Albertson to the
Guaranty Company, in which he states: 81
wish you would write to K. Il. Albertson. attor-
ney-a law, Seattle, Wash, and advise him of
your action on the within. lie may be able to
advise you in the matter" He has his part he
Ia the adviser. the planner of this whole affair
sHe may be able to advise you in the matter:
whatever you write him will be strictly conf.
Dental" That is pretty document for a man
like Edward Albcrtson to write of
and concerning 4. B. Albertson. II
there was hut that document alone
the gentleman might say. ~ know
nothing about it: he had no authority to write
any such document" But take that document
in the face of all the other evidence that we
have introduced on the part of the state i'll this
case; take that document in connection with
| the fact that he drew up the very contracts
| that were a part and parcel of this crime;
| take that document in connection with the
| fact that he received letter from the
| thief himself, written the day or night tho
| crime committed. take ii in connection
! with the fact that this man Chandler went TO
! him with part OF the money in his DOS
session al that time; take ii in connection with
| all these facts, is it possible to make any man
| believe that this defendant, r. r. Alber;son.
| had no connection with this crime?
Counsel spent great deal of time at
tempting 10 discredit the defendants
story of Ross first visit and charging r.
Il. Albertson with concocting the whole
plot, saying:
Now, the man that sustans the position that
Edward Aioertson did-he was a mere clerk for
the Trust compauy--had not the brains to con-
coct scheme ike this. 1t took finer hand
aud shrewder brain to plan plot ike this
and il seems that the thief recognized the de.
PENDANT in this case man that had the
ability To do II.
The frsi visit of Ross was dwelt upon at
great length. the fact that defendant did
not make more particular inquiries of him