The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-07
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the afternoon that he made the apron met Tor
me TO meet Van Buren, AZ go in NEn Burens
| room. Then the 10Th was the day he applica-
/ ton for letters OF administration csEle up iof
the second hearing and was c0nGnueu on
/ the argument Alter il was over went over 10
d.. Jordan's Office TO see DR.. Van Buren,. kel-
| iogg was alone there, and said Van Buren, was
1 out, but he would get him Tor ne. tie was OUT
/ minute TO the next office and Van buren, came
| in. Then he TOOK ne into another private office
! and asked TO sit down on the sofa, and then
/ he got up aud went to the alcove and drew aside
/ the curtain, and ne said: II am not trying 10
catch you in any trap; there Is nobody listen
/ ing" | said | mad nothing TO say especially;
| that / was up IN the court. He was very
! anxious TO know what had been done. aud
| tod him IN a general way and told b I'm that ii
the nego.iat ons thar We were Ia king about were
going 10 take place they must take place AZ once
! that there was no use III delaying about IT. l
told him that was mra'ieut; that ne hal
been putting me of, saying no would meet me.
/ He said moi TO be il hurry. that he had lnfor-
nation and without his assistance 1t could NOT
| be gotten at. l told him then that there was
| danger-that / understood other negotiations
were taking place from other people Tor money
| and hat they would get in ahead, and he said:
"Never lear; those people can't do anything
| without me. You rest easy. l have got the lli-
formation and they can't give IL unless give It.
The next day, the 21st, Kellogg came TO my Of
| fee and said he simply came to tell me not to be
| impatient lie was afraid was throwing him
| over, and ne came and tod me 10 be patient;
/ THAI Van Buren, conierring with the other
| witaess and that there was a hitch between
! them. aud they could not agree; that there were
I
! could not give me at the time, but to wait aud
| everything would straighten itselt out all
| right. He then made an appointments: 10 meet
| nj my Office TT o'clock on sunday alter
| noon, the 22i. He cana and kept tha appoint
! ment. and mat was the first time that money
! was mentioned between me and Kellogg He
/ at demanded this price OF 3d.
talking about it; it was $4,000 for
wou d make $4,000. didn't talk muen about
| the payment; wanted to know what ne would
| give me- and then he went on 20 tell me what
| he could give me, but oaly in genera way.
| He said he had no infor nutioa except what
| Van Bu rem was giving. and he was only giving
it in piecemeal He said that was the pres
| that Van Buren, asked him aud be would
| taae nothing less.
! @ | viii AK you whether or not any
plan devised for tine delivery OF the
| goods?" state To the court how The goods were
/ 10 be delivered--and first when it was
A. The first time Was on that sunday alter
| noon. Kellogg said Van Buren, had o9cn igur-
| ing good deal On now this could be done, AMI
! | told them had not thought very much about
! it and 10 think up some way, ana Ter them to
let me know tomorrow Kellogg came in on
/ Moatay and told RE that he had cone III TO ask
/ me if had thought Of any plan. and told him
| no: that wanted TO know his idea aid he said
he had this idea. He said that he hal a couple
| of los out here in Ross second addition to
| Seatte--iour or five !ots-and that he would
| enter into this kind OF contract with Mr.. Low
man: That Mr. Lowman would enter into
contract to purchase these four lots in ninety
| Gays for 5000 l think the lots
were worth $500 or 500 or so, and that there was
| a mortgage them too. I said that l
| could not advise M. Lowman to give anything
| unless Mr. L9wman was sure OF getting some
| thing III return and he said that vas the reason
that he thought of on.y $500 at first: that the
| plan was TO give this contract for ninety days
| for the purchase of those lots for $4,000. But
meanwhile Van Buren, was TO leave town; he
| was wanting TO go away the next day =
H. he could close up his affairs and to go to
! Oregon or some place unhGow to anyone ex-
| cept myself ami Kellogg. He said he thought
IL ~
| deposition, when was supposed to come within
| ninety days and that then this contract was to
be paid-this contract by the way was
good faith he willing stay
| IN the state of Oregon, before going to Paris
| France, Tor about year or anyway not exceed
! ing yeag. He did not want TO stay here too
| long to give other dispositions. After the CIV
ing of the irst deposition, they were 10 tear up
this Old contract ana then Mr.. Lowman was to
/ enter into.a new contract on the same lano for
/ s10,y00-to give $4,000 for the same lots over
again-some time wtnln the year. That year
| was supposed to Include the time IN wAich it
was necessary Tor him TO stay in the state He
suggested that that would show his good
! fai h in not wanting the $500 altogether at
! one time. ana that the 5000 rot 20 be paid
! ua;il the will was established and its contents
| proven. He sad that there was tAing that
| troubled Van Buren, in the matter, and that WAS
| this He said he was airai. that when lie gave
| the de position thea Mr. LOwmau woult go to
| Mrs. Yesler AID show il to her, and she would
| produce the will, and that he wouli be out his
| s20,0G0 told him / would think about that
| plan for while. l said did not see any objec-
| tions TO it, only / suggested the objection that
| if this contract was & ven Tor ninety days for
! 5000 for those lots. which was to be III Kel-
! logg's name-the contract was to run between
| Kellogg and Lowman-that It might BE- possible
| that he would not get anything ana MI kel-
logg might enforce the contract with Lowman
| for 5000 Then he SAID he was willing 10 DO
| any thing to fix that mp or give contract back,
| OF something to that effect.
O. That Is, that particular piece of real estate
| was to rise in price to the extent of 10000 al
! OF a sudden? A. That was the idea
@ Nhel wa, the proof of the viii 70 be made
before giving the $4,000 or after? A. That We
| talked about ut that time He sured me that the
| contents OF this Will could be firmly established
by two Witnesses, ana IN deposition referred TO
| was Van Buren's testimony for establishing 1t.
| When that deposition was gwen for the purpose
OF establishing the contents OF that will, then
the $4,000 CONTRACT was to be entered into. The
land was lots l, >, 3, AMI OF Ross second adj
dition 10 the city of seattle. told him would
think about that plan; that ii struck me ali
| right Meanwhile the appointment with Van
Buren, was TO take place on that Monday night.
| That the time that Van Buren, made his
! statement to me.
On leaving that time it was understood that
kellogg should come in the next morning. and
was 10 see Mr.. Lowman about the getting Of
| this contract. The contract was not discussed
In the presence of Mr.. Van Buren, between kel-
| logg aud me. The next morning Kellogg came
| in about Ii O'Clock. and think had not seen
Mr.. Lowmnn IN the meanwhile told him TO
| come in again in the afternoon. anu he said
then that he was not anxious himself. but Mr..
van Duren Was very mucn worked up, tnAt le
| began 20 realize that he had given
! all his Information and hadn't got any
thing, and he ought to have thought of that
/ before. On the night that saw Van Buren, he
| did not say anything about understanding that
the arrangements were all closed between me
and he loL <. Ii was talked about. We didn't re-
ter To il in terms, but il was talked about III a
general way that | calculated that they under
/ stood what was going on-eacn Of them, one
! from the other Van Buren, understood the
/ proposition that Kellogg made to me, because
! the next day, " hen Kellogg came IN, ne talked
| something about going over TO Oregon with
/ Van Buren,. He SAID tnat Van Buren,
| re ally didn't have any money. and,
I could not really rely upon him any more,
| and there was an understanding Ihht, while he
/ was over there, he would get from some source
/ money 10 Ray his expenses over there every
| month-Sl00, or something of that kind h J.
! loRg suggested has going with him because
| Van Buren,, as he expressed 1t, was not very
| strpuE-InIuue1 n TIE matter. All hs was AFRAID
| Jordan would get after him over there ana fud
| GU, his whereabouts. / never saw Van Buren,
| after that 70 Ia a u Inn.
did not advise Mr.. LowInsn TO enter into
| such q contract on the Tuesday morning hel-
! log- SAIL he was anxious TO get II settled be-
! cause y all Bacaa wanted "a leave town, and he
said Jordan MAS very suspicious OF him: chat
! Naa Barren told MN that Jordan WAS watching
| hin closely and was YerN kusp. 5us OF some
! thing and he was devisIng Il way OF getting
away from here without Jordan knowing i.
| lie told me then OF plan he had formed. He
/ sad some days previous to that that Van Snren
had Tri,t2n cIte- 10 his home III " Isc0ns n 10