The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-17

On Thursdsy and On the next Saturday
nv boy. Who works in . morning
nsvepapsr once, came home se
o'clock In the morning and told me
~ had seen in the New York World
that Minnie Yealsr and two doctors had
BEEN arrested for destroying Mr.. Yesier's
viii. I nearly tainted when heard that
and rsmsmbersd the awful threats hed
heard Minnie and her mother make. II
wss not long after that. II may have been
tvo or three weeks, I received .
lstter from my sister, Mrs. eagle, and
Minnie. Il vas dated February 3
l1oA This letter I have given to the Law.
ysrs, bat have IN exact copy Of II. }"
Ma Nossaus then produced the copy
oi the letter, which she said hsd bsen
taken By the lawyers TO form part OF
hes deposition, and the reporter was u.
lswsd 70 copy It. it, startling words are
o follows:
eeutaS Tsbrwory 81, iSpA
MGale woste ~ % ssrite 10 pos and bc0s yos for
eod soke q cay nolkfac eboas brRta0 ts srU 70 Keep
IN i1snn eSl d TIE eSeestossAtp 6As sovs
ros Gag ncthing that she gefs eieos she vii oSs yos
10D dol.ay Of her osrs for then ske VII oa Acg he
estate there sr0s beg mo23hnd Wom0n conse N ne
room inst a. sAe bssnt TIE damed old viii Sp bss
~ told nv that ssas old letters BIT u thev hsns
tAaf pe tad y0s sAe ~owh burn u, thai vii Be sdv
nud o. M side for god sake keen Il to your sev
from minsie and youy ststev
tscco gdge
for god sake keep stu
annie n Noygens
Mrs. Morgans waited until the letter
lad been transcribed, and then took up
her narrative, saying: within IN hour
and half from the time got that letter
It was on its way back to Seattle. When
IL came. my son. who 10 II years old, was
present and We read it together. did not
know what TO do, and was 20 dustered and
frightened that could not think.
asked my boy what ! should do and be
advised me to send it TO the lawyers who
were working to carry out the wishes OF
Mr.. Yesler by proving his will. ! did not
want to get my sister and niece into trouble,
did not want to penitsntiary them, but
did want TO see justice done Mr.. Yesler
and his last will carried out SO a. soon
@ my boy said send il to the lawyers
made up my mind to do 30.
enclosed Il in an envelope and de
yected II to Preston. Carr & Preston. Ut
Seattle. About . week later got tsle-
gram from these lawyers telling me to
write to Minnie 1T once. was sick in
bed, % / got Mr.. Morgans to write, sign
ing my own name. Ii was something
like this: Minnie. will you stand by the
promise your mother has made, OF 5000
live remain quiet and say nothingf I'M
I'll We hear from you We remain quiet
II did not receive any answer, and then
Mr.. Kelieher. . Seattle lawyer. came to
Hagerstown. and ct his dictation wrote
smother letter to Minnie. trying TO get
reply from her In regard to this money
making her promiss good-but ! got no
answer. Then they dispatched for me to
come ont. and came with my husband two
weeks ago last Thursday.
Before leaving received . very brutal
letter from Mr.. White, Mrs. Yesler's law
yer. In it he said that If testified that
had received letter from Mrs. eagle in
which she said that Minnie had burned
the will, that he would prosecute me for
perjury. He also accused me of black
mailing. then made M my mind that
would come to Seattle and tell what I
knew about the matter"
Mrs. MorRans Was then asked II she was
not afraid that the threat contained In the
letter would DO carried out She replied
with spirit, her eyes flashing - she rose
from her chair:
II am not afraid Of anything that have
testified 70, because IL 10 the truth and
nothing but the truth, and Mrs. eagle and
Minnie know that it 10 the truth, and l
think from the way Mr.. White acted. he
himself thinks IL II the truth" She then
continued:
II arrived In Seattle. with my husband
and little girl, two weeks ago last Thurs
day. The next day was sick, 30 sent Q
note asking for Ara eagle to come down
and see me. She came on Sat-
urday and brought Mr.. White along.
I said: Becky. why didn't You answer
the letter sent your She said never
wrote 70 her anything like that, and then
she went on: You wrote to me Just about
that much Indicating about halt . sheet
on sheet Of paper asking whether Mr..
Yssler left . will. What possessed me
to burn that letter. have been
handing over all my letters to Mr.. White.
cannot zee Why burnt that letter. She
then Was anxious to talk with me about
the letter. but Mr.. White would not allow
her. When abe Was about to say some
thing. Mr.. White would angrily say,
Nov. that's enough. don't want you "a
talk about that matter
II never had any trouble with Mrs.
eagle or with Minnie. / would not like ia
zee either of them sent to jail, but you
must remember that Mr.. Yesler Was q
cousin Of mine and thought Q great deal
Of me after he came to my house. and
always thought he Was one Of tho best
men in the world"
Mrs. Morgans Was then asked II the ar.
rest aud trial Of Mrs. Yesler was discussed
to any extent in Hagerstown. and she re-
piled that it was talked about great deal,
and there was good deal said about foul
play. Continuing her conversation in
this line she returned to the incidents oil
Mr.. Yesler's visit. and among other things
said:
MY mother (Mrs wampierl who was
IN aunt Of Mr.. Yesler's. lives in Hagers-
town, two blocks from VIII ere I live. She
is now az years old and very poor and has
been blind for over ten years. When Mrs.
eagle. who is her daughter also. was
visiting Hagerstown. she called upon
her but once during the i've weeks that
she was there. and never even went TO bid
her goodbye when they were leaving. Mr..
Iesler MAS an xious that something should
lie bough. for our mother. but Becky re-
fused to allow him TO spend any money
upon her"
Did you expect 10 receive s.. 900 IL you
remained silent from Mrs. eagle or from
Mrs. YeslerT WAS asked.
mo, / did not II Dir. Ye.ler had lef, 4
will. as knew he did. would not remain
silent for million dollars. thought too
much of him to allow them 10 wrong him
In that way"