The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-23

| =, Spo..ed, he then told me he would pat mo
ta,. 49,, =, subbins, and gave me letter to Cap
/ f1.,,.a.Ah, which TOOK up aud reported 20
o oap.ain Allen | subbed in Captain Aliens
| ,ea, about three weeks, until June III,
/ . Al That time Fred Miller quit as hrst az
| ,sa. ou truck No l. and / was transferred 10
| " ueA, and worked there until July3 when
| ca'.,s ansferred to the engine as sfoker nave
s,sI, siuueo In that capacity ever since and am
| $50 acting In that capacity.
| ABOUT the 18th Of July 1891, about two weeks
/ et l was put or as stoger, met Mr.. Foster
| ia, .he butler block. Second street, and he
| go 70 me: ut Is time that note that you have
was PAID And said yes; 1 suppose l
LIS, ciear 1t Up" He said: 81 suppose 1t
| "ouid De as well 10 do IL year from now, but
told him "shat as long as the fes must be paid
might as Well pay It then" lie told me to go
| across the street with bin, and We went into
n.iek building nearly opposite the Butter block.
| she.e TOOK the note cut of M pocket. aud I'M
| ~ MS direction. wrote my name on the oack
| ara gave II 10 hin. never saw the note again
| unhl Monday, June Is inst, when l saw it
among lot OF other papers shown me By Mr.
| Foster
On April :. Isg,. Mr. Foster called TO see me
At 80. engine house ana gave nae a letter. the
eSact words of wbieo 90 nos remember, but it
WIS IN substance as follows:
Sir: Vitzthurn Mr F9ste- Is in neei of money
a mas asked rae to let hsn have the sum OF
sleo can aot lie. him have II. but you have
money and you world obiige II you would
let h1fn nave taas sum.
| t5ignedl GARDNER KELLOGG
read the letter and ne put il back in his own
pocket then sad. .'If this is straight business.
VIII let you haze it, and he said, ''Ies, yes, that
is straight business / can pay you back the
| money about the I7sh'' This was about 12:;So 1
soid him would have 70 let him wait until the
engineer came, at o'clock. Is as the en-
s-leer arrived. so that could get off. he AMI
vent down town in order that / could get the
| money out OF the BANK. On the way down he
| told me that Peterson. who il engineer in .ny
company. vas on the list.
Ne went 10 the Peoples Savings bank, where
now have my money on deposit, and drew out
@i55, aud Mr.. Fes.er said that he would give me
note 10. tho money and Dir. Kellogg would
lndorse It We ten went up To headquarters
and found Mr.. kellogg in his Office. and Mr..
roster told me to stay outside aud he would go
IL. He Went in and pretty soon returned with
note made ont the pviated form of the
/ Peoples Savings bank, payable to me, or order,
signed by Mr.. Foster and Mr.. Kellogg, OF which
note the following IS copy:
| 500. SEATTLE. Wash, April :, 1892
On or befora the It'll day of April. 1892, after
Gate, without grace, Tor value received. in gold
/ coin OF tho United states, either OF us
/ promise 70 pay 10 Oswald Vitzthurn or order. liz
he city a Seattle. the sum OF s10G in gold coin
/ OF the United States, with interest thereon from
date unt;l PAID nc the rate OF 10 per cent per
! num- said interest pavablc annually IN like
| gold coin; aud ii not paid "a it becomes due is
/ II be added 10 ire principal and become II
part thereof, and thereafter is to bear interest
=! Mt the same rate And in case said principal
saiil or interest or any part thereof, or any
her9,h stipulated TO be paid, is not paid
within ten days after the same be-
comes due and payable. then the whole
! o said prinei paIsnm and interest shall forth
/ with become dueand payable ut the election of
| the holder of this note. And ia case suit or ae-
/ ton IS instituted 10 collect this note or any
| portion thereof, We promise to pay, in addition
| to the costs md disbursements provided by
.aEa~ rhn
attorney Ices in said suit or action. Aud we
further promisetO pay. in each year n said office
IN Seattle. ali taxes assessed upon the mortgage
o. even date herewith, given 10 secure this note
and the debt thereby secured. Such payment OF
taxes To be made each year at least ten days be-
fore the time such taxes become delinquent, ac-
coriing 20 the laws OF said state
(Signed) JAMES FOSTER,
GARDNER KELLOGG.
We walked together from headquarters over
to Cherry streetsnd on Cherry street he gave
me the note aud gave him the hundred dollars
We walked down Cherry street to Second street
aud there We separated and l returned to my
engine house.
saw Mr.. Foster again shortly after the 18th
OF April and asked him for the money He
said: lyon VIII be all right by and by Peter
son is on the list: We viii sell him." l said:
81 do not care whether he is the list or not
want the money anyhow" lie said: swell,
we viii see." ana left him.
saw him again few days after that and re-
PIatSA iiS ICqHc,t iof the IlDueY. aUQ ne again
stated that would be al right for two years
On June of this month. not having obtained
any satisfaction from Mr.. Foster, became Iu-
dignant aud wrote him letter, OF which the
following is copy.
SEATTLE FIsE DEPARTMENT, June 4. 1892.
Mr.. j. fos'et-Delr SIR: You would obiige me
by sending my outs anding, the sum OF $780,
You told me YOU wanted said sum until the
i,ta OF April. | have got In pay the sum of
sleo the next 18th inst, therefore | call your
attention To this matter urgentty Yours firmly
o. VITZrHUM.
sent this letter to Mr. Foster by his nephew.
who Is a member OF hook and ladder COMPANY
No i, stationed M the same engine house with
my company. received no reply to the letter.
but the fireman that referred to as Mr. Fosters
nephew told me that his uncle wanted to
see me.
met Mr.. Foster, the commissioner. about a
week aftcrwards-I think it was the day before
MI hunt was removed by Chief Kellogg, or the
same day IN the afternoon, at Pioneer place.
lie asked me, What does your letter mean ?'
said, alt means just what il SAYS l want
that money" Mr. Foster then said. swell,
some ot.thosc fellows have got me over a barrel
and l think will resign pretty soon, but will
see thlei Kellogg about it; but if l do go it
VIII leave the Chief in the iurch for about a
| hundred dollars He then referred to Engineer
PETERSON and said that he would discharge
PETERSON before he got out, aud said that could
| have his place
We had several minutes conversation and
again asked him for my money He said he
would so and see the chief about it. We then
separated.
The next time | saw Mr.. Foster was on Mon
day, the 18th Of this month, at the corner of Co.
iumhIa aud Second streets: at that time again
asked Ior my money and asked if he had seen
the enlei about It He said, ''Yes. and the chief
was awful mad about IT." | said, ~ cannot
help II, go up and see him again, for must
have Is lie said. 'We!, VIII see him once
more"
During the conversation he pulled file of
papers out of his pocket. and among Others |
Saw The 500 note that he had given me in the
hrst place. II still had my Endorsement on il
he had ten or fifteen notes II the file and as he
TOOK them out he said. perhaps You don t
know auythiu; about this.' and moved the pa
Pets around III his fingers. | did not see the
names on the other notes. but recognized the
oaa that / had formerly held. found tina.
coaid ses uo satisfaction and lett him. That is
the last time | ever saw Nj Foster lie has
nai paia ine the $780, ans part nj IL, nor any
sraEt 81 tie $l5l that let him asye in the rst
Place, although h. holds the note that he fist
gLyc '8c
8l9 = poor man, and own no property what
cvaF except what money / have On deposit in
the Peoples savings bank. amounting "a a little
over 8 C. sud 81 IN another bank. aud The 500
uate signed ay James Fos,cr ana Gardner Ke!-
log. have M income whatever. except what
4 c2-1 and wsat Ijicie Interest / ses on the
n'en"y that hs.e mentioned. The ouly thing
that / have ever received ior the xI51 paid Mr.
Foster n March. lSsi, IS position III the Sc
ate ire department. Z atn now firmly con-
WINGED ;hat The $l1f, fo- which I held She note
O. NJ. Foster end Mr.. Kellogg. was intended by