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

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safe, OF just how the Shortage iss. Esspsct-
fully, E. ALEEkIsos.
HOW TO BEACH CHANDLER
The reference TO floss of confidence ana the
| respectful ending Of the letter brought fortn
| loud laughter which the osiiIn had difhculS
| in suppressing 50 that the memorandum OF In
| structions enclosed with il might be read IL
| added 20 the intense interest Of the weii.laid
| plot, and was follows:
Get A royboat and one nsn 20 row for you Of
| you want him) over TO Browns point BEFORE
| rounding the point, ana aooas iorIy RODS snis e
| (near the topl and . white handkerchief at
Iached to it. At hi place, between tbs
hours of and : O'Clock Aonoay morning,
| your oarsrnan in il. You wiz az once see Chand-
| Ter. who will direct you how ID reach him.
When there band Dim 'ns tnfes papers, ana II
| will place 4 -FOUR hands the articles mentioned
| in the agreemen Mt. when You viii at once sign
anv attenpt 70 intimidsts or parley with
/ Chandler wifi be OF no avail, and viii only
| result to your disadvantage, and II you come
with more than one man or cave any boat 70
| follow or preeede you, or should you fail 10 Be
/ there By O'Clock sharp. Chandler viii be gone
ana eli the books and papers win be destroyed
| Your only hope of recovering those papers,
yaiuables, etc, viii be for you TO carry out these
| instructions 70 the letter.
THE SECURITIES RETURNED.
| The witness then went on to tell OF his visit
10 Browns point:
When / neared the point saw Chandler
standing on the bank, about fifty feet high. he
requested me to come up and / took the wind
ing path up the hill He then asked me If my
1ame was Wallace, and said IL was. He asked
me- liz said, and we went about
quarter OF mile into the woods
He didn't seem to know where the
papers were. Finally he went away about 100
yards, and returned with small package. i
asked him If that was all, and he said. NO,
there Is another one" Then we went 10 look
II under log. They were done up in brown
paper and tied with hemp string opened
them and saw that they contained notes,
tracts. I satisfied myself in gem
eral way that they were our securities
and about the right number. We talked in q
general way. / asked him IL Albertson's wife
and child were with him, and he said they were
not asked If his wife knew OF the crime, and
ne said she did not told him was very sorry
II had occurred. When we got to the top OF the
bank Chandler said, "You may hear from me in
q few days. You will probably get some
money" told him we would be glad to get II.
The witness then testified concerning the
character of the securities, saying in a general
way that there were notes. certificates of stock,
county warrants, land contracts and other
papers OF the probable value OF s600,ooo He
also testified that before leaving Chandler he
got key TO the combination OF the safe. This
was produced, identified and offered in evidence.
Witness testified that he returned to Tacoma,
had breakfast and then went to the bank. He
found the vault locked, opened it readily with
the key furnished, and also the safe door. The
combination of the inner vault door had not
been changed.
Attorney Smell led the witness to testify con-
corning the property stolen.
Was there any money taken7
There was something between $500 and sl7,-
draft on our New York and san Francisco ac-
count He had stopped the time lock by put
ting sticks into the cog wheels.
" hen was the money taken?
To the best of my knowledge on Saturday
night. I saw Albertson last on Saturday when
left the bank at O'Clock.
Has the bank received everything back?
All but the money taken. There is about
$4,000 missing
Are you acquainted with defendant R. B. AL
bertson?
have met him. He came to my bank Office
on the second Monday morning after the rob-
berry aud told me he had been to the residence
OF Edward Albertson and John L. Cohoon.
Who is Cohoon?
He is under arrest for the same ofense
The witness continued:
He told me he had been there at that resi-.
denee the day before. Said both women were
very sick, owing 10 excitement and because of
Cohoon's absence, and that If Cohoon was not
produced at once steps would be taken to find
them. He said both women were very i'll, and
that it was necessary TO life that Cohoon should
be produced. He said he was a cousin of Ed
ward Albertson, and talked about the disgrace
10 the family name. / asked him when he had
seen Edward Albertson, and he said not for
year Afterward he admitted that he had seen
Edward Albertson about six months before. /
don't think he said he had been In Tacoma
before since the robbery, and / don't know
that he had been here OF my own knowledge.
when were these agreements which were
| enclosed in this envelope prepared?
/ only know by the dates-August %, Satur-
day. Inc bank was robbed on saturday night.
Witness afterward testified that the agree
| nents were not dated when he got them.
| The witness then testified that when he left
| the bank at O'Clock Saturday afternoon the
securities were in the bank and the money was
| there. That was the last he saw of Edward
| Aibertson.
COULD NOT GIVE FIGURES.
Judge Burke took the witness in hand and
| directed the cross-examination to the witness
personal knowledge OF the banks affairs. He
| took up Mr. Wallace's statement that the money
/ and securities were in the vault Saturday after
| noon. Mr.. Wallace admitted that he had not
| counted the money, but he had looked at the
| trays. lie had locked through the safe in a
general way.
| Can you look through safe in general vay
and tell its contents? asked Judge Burke.
| Yes, in ii general way.
How much was there in the vault that dayY
There was about $4,000, $4,000 of which was
| in greenbacks. The gold was not taken
| When had you counted the money last prior
! 10 that day?
| Not for week. had looked at the trays
| and counted the currency.
| Judge Burke asked If witness thought Ed
| ward Albertson took all the money on that
! Saturday and Mr. Wallace said he thought all
| but about 5000, the overdrawn accounts
! He discredited Albertsons own statement
that he was short about sIl750
| before that time and Judge Burke
| made special effort to show that the witness
| left the handling of funds nearly altogether to
| Edward Albertson. Wallace admitted that he
| did not check up the draft accounts ON
! which Albertson was about 5000 short stilI
| he was certain that all but the $1,000
was taken on that Saturday. In response To
| questions he testified that Albertson had been
| secretary and ex-oflcio cashier since the COM
| pany began the banking business and that he
| only exerted general supervision Still he in.
| sisted that Alberts9n could not have been short
| sll,0O0 prior 10 August D.
The next point made for the prosecution was
| on the value of the securities and the exact
amount of money missing. He thought the
latter was about $4,000, but, although the books
had been balanced. he said he could not rernen,-
Der the figures sufficiently 20 swear better than
within $500. He finally placed II at sl6snO
| ana said take tina. for the amount 10 the
dollar
Is that your statement that you can't coma
nearer in the amount than s. ,0O0f
might.
Then do IL.
lwon't because I can't swear closer than that
Witness said that Albertson's salary war 81. SEQ
year. He could not tell the face value OF the
securities. Their market yalue was
about $60.000 He could no. tell what
the securities we're excepting that they consisted
OF notes. bank and other stocks, contracts of Ia
coma Land Company. He finally
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