The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-04

] the secre. meeting OF the COUNCIL ana con-
! timed:
] Rochester gsra ne the impssssea that TIE
,,e-scas De was 70 deal with we're Of tae fem
! ini-e gender. He spoke of two illnesses xao
had witnessed lie reading OF tie NIL AZ 'he
conclusion ! IVES selected 20 iliorsn ire 1exs-
PAPER Of &ay matters I thong * .cuEns 70 DC
published He cid no. tel ths zspoE.ers any
thing about t8e Yssler viii nlztisz. ne com
n7ittse fDslly let ths matter - IL DonWor1n
30 his ju sg.nent. Something vas said about
LowEoaa putting MP share Of 'nessoss o. eslso-
iz1iug the viii. Rochester stared that the par
It's who gave the information shought they
oEzght TO receive more Khan thsy ssou4G under
the VIII.
Officer Jaycox testified that lie notified
Jordan at Columbia and Frost streets. at
a. NJ, TO be present az the meeting at
Mayor RonaiG's office. He tsas on the
street and said he guessed ne h.d better go
20 bed
Chief Jackson testified that &c was pres
ent al the secret meeting on tse morning
of January % twas held in tzse city hall.
/ He did not see Jordan present. Word vas
sent him By Rochester from t'.ss mayor be-
tween and 10 o. N. TO notIfz the MEM
bers Of both houses IN attend Z meeting at
O'Clock next morning. He Isoceeded:
d.d no: wish it known tina. il r*is;ed 20 the
feser viii case. xas az tie NEE .-ig aud he.rd
portions o. the procedure. ! W. 10: I-=se-f
az the committee meetings Roczsester stated
that ne hal drawn dictated . VIII for III.
Iesier and tina: IL could b. proved He had seen
knew OF one. He said he vGu@ no: take the
case OF getting the viii excep. On = percentage,
and the mayor said to the mem fers OF tie coun-
Gil that that showed Rochester Elew whas he
was doing. or be would 10. taze Che case or q
contingent fee.
Cross-examined by Mr. Whis. Mr.. Jack
son said:
Rochester made no excep.ions:when he in
st:ucted me 10 notify the rnefnbers59f the cou3-
Gil. made an exception OF Mr. InSran because
he lived long way Off and cosSsd catch hun
next morning. Rochester sad t~ar at the in
stance Of Gamma Ponein he had 7Ece drawn
viii Tor Mr. Ies!e!.
Delegate J. ". LYON was tie next wit
ness for the prosecution. and gold plain
story in corroboration Of the testimony OF
the other witnesses, also bringing out many
points they had omitted. He .ad:
have known Mr. Yesler since: 1850; an sc.
quain.ed with M. Yesie- but slightly. Atthe
meeting OF the city couacil or January o the
mayor stated that Mr. Rochester slad told him
that Sir. Yesie: had left viii. snd that he
thought the will could be found md The con-
te-aAs SNsdtAiHiiS4 IctjAtaDtt oat6---tc AutH
Mr.. Rochester broke IN and said: "As things
go, goo1. reputable peop.e for ssa.tie." Ire
ceived the impression that one Of ~he witnesses
did not reside in seattle. There vas
a great deal Of discussion RI the meet
ing. and finally it meEtios-ed that Mr..
Rochester could not STATE much as be would
Ike To so large a body OF men. and committee
was then appointed. / was a member OF the
committee. and he gave 70 unCs.rsta1d that
he could recover the will and Is<ove its con-
tents, and that he would dol i. for 8 percentage.
do not think the amount was mentioned. He
stated what he understood the cot9ents OF the
will 10 be. Besides naming the lep5zc.es 70 the
city, Ms. Yes.er ana Mr. Lownan, ne said The
other heirs were well proviiai foa The value
o! the estate was discussed, end v*riousy esti-
mated at from 100000 TO si00.5D l think
Mr.. Rochester remarked that the tcty would
ceive 1850. 900. Nj Donworth waz present and
said very little ct that meeting. NJ. Rochester
urged immediate acton, anc- ! believe
somebody suggested fee II 10 per
cent. Mr. Rochester retuseGk this, and
said he had consulted various at
torneys and the lowest percentage such
bushes. put at 80 per cent understood
that 10 per cent. was refused b-ea~se it would
not be sufficient 20 meet the den5auds OF the
parties from whom Mr. Rochester gas TO get his
inform Rochester said whi5s these par
ties were reputable, they consiter-d they had
not been fairly treated and might -eiuse 10 tes-
t.fy. some one suggested that trey might be
compelled TO testify, but Roehes@;r answered
that it was easy TO bring horse II wafer, but
not 10 make him drink.
@, Did Mr. Rochester make az Abatement
that he had talked with any of th> parties he
referred TO as witnesses? A. Well, I understood
he had talked TO third party: x said ''he."
but had my suspicious thst he 5neaat "she
from HE actions Various ota-r members
thought the same thing. On tse following
Monday night al the joint session at the city
hall had conversation with JoEssan. Jordan
said: Il understand there a r1eeting of the
council On the Yesier will matter He said he
had never heard OF it till Mr.. D nworth tod
him tina, day.
No new points of material Importance
were brought out on cross-exaglination by
Mr.. White.
Mr.. Miller moved for a continuance I'M
| til Monday, but Mr.. White objected to de-
| lay, saying Mrs. Yesler waS. under an
intense strain and wantetS TO know
whether she was 10 be CONVICTED or &C.
! quilted. Mr.. Miller withdrev@ his objec-
tons and a Continuance was tsken till 10
O'Clock this morning.