The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-03

morsn, am not real estate man, and will
nave TO be governed, and shall bring in a
'eroict according 10 the evidence"
who was this person. inquired the court
Irene Way was the reply.
b. T. Wilbur, tho Keeper OF the Great North
eia chop mouse, was the next TO BE- questioned,
ana considerable interest was excited when his
name was called, FOR he had been men,
uoneo by Wilder. in his narration of his
'aiA with Edwards, one of the jurors who
Were "ali right" Mr.. Wilbur did not appear
however, to be more excited than one would
naturally be under such circumstances. He
said:
gentleman whom do rot know smoke to
me about this matter. He came TO me and asked
me II was going TO be sup9 laed in this case,
anu to!d him that knew nothing about it He
SonimeIeeo to talk abou. the case and said that
~ would Dc something 70 MEAN object III
s S1nio oe summoned ON the jury, l told
I'M mn 1 did not know wha, he was
taxing ABOUT, and he continued: "If you re-
tufn verdict in favor OIL forget the names
ne mentioned-it would be an object to YOU"
toid him would see about it lido not know
MIN ne is perfect stranger to me, but saw
MN lew times about year ago in this city.
tnlnH would know him IL saw him again,
s gu. there was no one else present; at the inter
O'CLOCK night before last. He asked me, "How l
WouiC Stand on a case of this kind? I told him
ina, did not know anything aoout it; did not
Know what he meant by Ii. should think the
man had been drinking a little, !or he had the
appearance OF il. threw the matter off my
w nlnd; io no DID not susEeet that anything
the man when he came on Tuesday night
seemed 10 indicate that he was a little derauged
or OF Under .he influence of liquor. should say
that ne came from the lower ward, and just
marked 1t right. ! had company in the room
ana told them about my caller.
Here Judge Osborn asked him again il he
could identify the man. anc Wilbur replied:
1 think-I could not swesr to it, but think
/ could
The court then urged and requested him to
exercise himself to find ont who it was, aud
Wilbur promised to do so, adding:
was going to speak OF 1t when came up, but
II passed oil my mind 1t made me feel little
Dad ut the time: at least looked at it that way,
pus was going to speak OF it when Mr.. Wilder
was sworn.
q. Do you know Mr. wsy? A. No. sir.
q Do you know Mr. Edwards7 A. No, sir.
DO not.
This conciued ali the testimony upon the sub
lect, aud the matter was dropped until
the prisoners were brought in, for the
oench warrant was made returnable at
O'clock 1t was supposed. however. that
the two men had heard of the issuing of the
warrants and had gone into hiding, for although
every effort was made 10 serve the warrants
upon them. it was without success, and the case
was continued until Saturday.
Judge Osborn was evidently much concerned
about the affair, and would have been in 40
mood for a light sentence If he could
have found the accused. Later in the
afternoon, fearing that there might be some
question under the statute to the Efficiency
OF merely swearing the jurors aud taking their
testimony, he also had an affidavit prepared
upon which to base the issuing of the warrant.
Several persons left the court room soon after
the question of the attempted bribery
was begun to be discussed, and it was the opiu-
ion OF some OF the court officers that
Edwards and Way may have been warned and
left the town. This theory is supported by the
fact that up to a late hour last night they had
not yet been arrested.
At o'clock this morning it was stated by
friends OF Way that he would voluntarily ap-
pear in court at O'Clock this morning and give
himself up,