St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-16
HIS COUSINS AGREEMENTS
II. B. Albertson Admits Having
Drawn Them Up.

TACOMA. Wash, Sept. 15.-Interest
in the Albertson ease continues un-
abated. To-day j. Z. Kochersperger
testified that, as special agent of the
Fidelity and Casualty company, he had
been dispatched to Tacoma with a copy
of letter written by E. Albertson Aug.
%, saying that there was a deposit of
$4,000 the company had had.
They will try to recover S10,0 900 of it
under the bond which you issued to
them guaranteeing Ey fidelity, etc. To
give you money, and at the same time
lessen the chance of my being prose-
cuted. [ herewith return the bond
is to refuse payment, deny their ex-
istence or declare they were can
ceIled. You know your business. |
have written Palmer 81 Son that the pa
perS are written and have attention.
wish you would write K. b. AlbertSon,
attorney, Seattle, and advise him of
your action. He may be able to advise
you in the matter"
Kochsperger went on to say that on
arriving here and learning of the nature
of the agreements President Waldo had
been forced to sign, he at once judged
they had been drawn up by the lawyer
to whom Albertson referred. He
therefore wrote a long letter to r. Il.
Albertson reviewing the case and ask
ing him to come TO Tacoma and meet
him. He came and Kochersperger
asked him to put $4,000 of the money
taken in his (KOchersperger's) bands,
adding that he believed AlbertSOu had
criminal knowledge of the robbery. The
lawyer, however, asserted that he had
nothing to do with the case, and had
not seen his cousin for years. He re-
fused to tell where Chandler and E. A.
Alberts0n were. Koehersperger said
he then told Albertson he did not be-
lieye word he had said.
Detective McNaughtOn testified that
he made overtures to the bank to renew
their agreement not to prosecute Albert
son and accept half the amount taken
as a compromise. He took his authority
to make this proposition from Marshall
Knell, but could not say who the latter
was acting for.
S. A. Perkins, friend of E. A. AL
bertson, said he had i'll his possession a
letter written by Albertson to his wife
from Portland, Aug. 90. In it Albertson
says it may take him six weeks and
perhaps six years to get out Of this
scrape.' He says he took between $780,
600 and 100000 worth Of securities.
Z. b. AlbertSOn was the first witness
called for the defense. He said he
never saw his cousin, E. A, after he
left North Carolina until he came to
Tacoma, and had seen him since last
January but once. In June young
man calling himself Ross called at the
Office and told of a friend who was in
trouble, having taken from his employees
small amounts aggregating $4,000. In
an effort to help himself out he had
now taken S1,000,00o worth of securi-
ties. Ross outlined the agreement, and
wanted AlbertSon's opinion. The law
yer told him it might deter prosecution,
but did not think it would. He drew up
the agreement in blank and had not the
slightest suspicion that the implicated
person was Z. A. Albertson. Ross rep
resented that the robbery had already
occurred. Ross since the arrest re-
vealed himself to Albertson as Chand-
Ter. The lawyer said he did not know
where Z. a. or Chandler are now.