The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16

me the assurance that If we
paid this claim SIC. 600, the Trust Company would
ing from any future obligations to them.
Now Let US view the case souarsly, a. II stands.
Ny eompuny, ss bondsmsn Tor Albertson.
$1,000 s sse bank is Willing TO accept this .a%
from US. releasing all claim upon Aibertson. II
this sum 10 not paid over to US by Alberfson
s a so sse to ns %s .one
clsim upon aiSertson, and and would Be compelled
70 proceed eriminaliy against him. l hope We
viii not be forced to this issue, ana sppeai 10
you to aid me in every possible way
toward securing this cash. L wired you last
evening to come to the Tacoma hotel Wsdnes-
day and was very much disappointed upon re-
ceiylng your wire that you were 70 leave Town
and could not communieate with me
for two days at least. ! received .
me that they had receiv5a a lengthy letter from
Edward stating that the trust company had
signed papers agreeing not 70 t prosJic nta-,
view at Seattle, which explains my tele-
gram TO you of yesterday: Wire me
on your return TO Seattle and advise me wnetner
you would prefer coming here or my coming 10
Seattle. am very DESTROYS OF returning East
as early as possible, as l nave very
sick wife at home, besides other business
requiring my attention and sincerely nope tnas
$4,000, In the hands OF Edward Aloertson
turned over TO me personally, which VIII
lily. have carefully avoided calling
upon Mrs. A: at all, as l was informed
she was very i'll at her home, consequently l
would not allow myself to intrude upon her
presence in her present condition. 1t is indeed
a sad picture, viewed at It's best, but
as goes the good old adage: behind the
darkest cloud cen always be found sunshine;
we can only await future Developments, and
upon the receipt OF the cash EDWARD AIoertson
can again return to his almost neart-Droken
Ian ,o mifer PeThap in his present a
state of mind: Let every individual effort be
exerted in the persuance of the cause. as herein
suggested Awaiting your ! repIy co OF wlse, io1rs
Room 81.
THE TACOMA HOTEL INCIDENT.
The witness then told of his visit to Tacoma
on Sunday, his interview with koohersperger
and his visit to the home OF Ars- Albsrtson, who
was i'll. He found Mr.. Perkins wait
ing to take him to Mrs. Aibertsons
but he visited Kocherspergsr frst He thought
he stayed there about an hour. The
Kochersperger interview incident was
told and the witness testified that he
had told Kochersperger nothing that he had not
already told the court. He denied that Koehers-
perger locked him IN the room and forced ad-
missions from him. This part OF the testimony
was very long and went into minute details,
and the WITNESS fatty contradicted many of the
statements OF KochersperGer.
Evidence was then introduced 10 show that
the witness spent all of sunday night and Mon
day morning, August q and Il, in Seattle at the
Rainier club, check receipt books of the steward
being introduced for that purpose.
A LETTER FROM EDWARD ALBEITsoN.
When did you first receive notice that Edward
Albcrtson became a defau:ter and an embez-
zler? was asked By Judge Burke.
/ received a letter which believe was mailed
at Tacoma Saturday, August %, at ii p. M,
stating that the party who bad seen me about
drawing a contract had been sent in his
behalf, aud he went on to say
that he was the trusted emp oye OF
the Trust Company. That for about year
past its books had not been audited that he
had been specializing, ana was hspelefsy in
VOWED; that he was about to leave, and that
might hear from him later.
hat was the first time that knew that he
was delaiIlter. or that Ross represented him,
or that he had had anything to do with the con-
tract.
Witness testified that he showed his partner
this letter, and also telegram received the day
after from Mrs. Edward Albertson stating that
she was in deep trouble.
Details of the contract were gone through
again and every part of the testimony was
carefully reviewed before Judge Burke
turned the witness over to the prose-
cuti0n. rigid cross-examination fol-
lowed, but the witness did not change
aay part OF his story. The principal effort of
the prosecution was confined to impugning Mr..
Albertsons motives, and in trying to make him
say that he knew the contracts were to be used
by his cousin.
5. q. Mitchell and J. Frank 81. Wise, of the
Edison Electric Company, eorroborated Mr.. Al
bertson's story of the New Westminster trip.
Herman Chaplin furnished facts that
fixed the date of Edward Albertsons last visit
TO Seattle about the last Of April. George Hyde
Preston corroborated his partners story
corning the drawing up of the contract, and
was on the stand when the court adjourned