The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-27


| hiding the will in or about boxes SO and
| 99l. in the safe deposit vaults in the Safe
| Deposit building, on Front street.
At 9 o'clock in the morning Detective
HeroId and Constable Van Horn went to
the Yesler mansion and rang the door
bell. Mr.. eagle, Mrs. Yesler's mother,
came to the door and opened it
| slightly, and Constable Van Horn put
his foot between the casing and the
| door, and, stating his mission, walked in.
He requested to see Mrs. Yesler and was
| told that she was sick IN bed. He, how
ever, said that the case was urgent and
| that he desired to see the lady and per-
form his duty. There would be no neces-
sity of removing her from the house,
so she would not be subjected to any hard
| ships. Finally e servant was called and
! told to conduct them to Mrs. Tesiers
| room and inform her of their Grand. The
! servant. did so, and on opening the
| door Van Horn and Herold stepped
| inside the room. The servant retired
and left them alone. Mrs. Yesler was sit
ting up in bed, and when informed of the
nature of their errand, took the situation
| as gracefully as possible and told the con-
stable to do his duty. Constable Van
| Horn drew out the warrant for forgery
and was beginning 20 read when there
came laundering at the door. The con-
| stable says the door was not locked, but
the person thought 1t was, for suddenly
there was Laundering and noise as if
some one was climbing ladder, and from
| the transom came the words:
Don't you sign any papers at all. Keep
your mouth SMUT" and the constable says
he is confident he saw the angry face of
Mrs. eagle looking down upon them.
| While the scene was going on IN the
| room, Mrs. Yesler's attorney. W. H.
| Waite, of the firm of White & Munday.
came running to the house. and, on enter
ing, wanted to see the warrant. The de-
tective replied that it was not necessary
| for HIM to see the warrant. Mr..
| White objected to this and Constable Van
! Horn showed him the warrant, knowing
that he was the lady's attorney. The
| officers were waiting for instructions as to
serving the search warrant. Attorney
| Fairfield came and the officers were
| given to understand that it would
no. be necessary. Attorney White wanted
| to know about the bonds for Mrs. Yesler's
| appearance at preliminary hearing and
| the detective replied that there would be
no necessity for any as she would be al
{
! was no fear of her going away.
| White, however. insisted that he wanted
the bonds fixed Immediately. and thus put
a stop TO any detectives nosing around
the house. The matter was COM
promised by Justice of the Peace
| Humphrey coming to the house
about 10 O'Clock and adjusting the
matter. Her bonds were. fixed at $1,000,
| with herself and NJ. K. Maddocks as
securities. In this manner the affairs at
the Yesler house were adjusted, and with
out any great inconvenience to the lady of
| the house.
| Drs. Jordan and Van Buren, during the
| morning sent for Judge Stratton, of the
| firm Of Stratton, Gilman g. Lewis, and,
| after consultation, were allowed to go
| down to their office to see about getting
| bondsmen. AT 80 O'Clock they had secured
| several of the most influential men in
| town to go surety for them. and then pro-
ceeded TO the Justices Office. When DR..
| Jordan came into the room he was as cool
| as ever. and the same might be said of
| Van Buren,. The bonds in the
case on the charge of forgery were
| placed at So, 600 each. In the case of Dr.
| Jordan his own name led the list, followed
| by E. Lobe, Robert Knipe and one other,
and in the case of II. Martin Van Buren,
| the sureties were the same.
Deputy SheriifS Jack Mcdonald and
| Tom McCorry, who had charge of the
| prisoners, Withdrew when the Justice de-
| clared the bonds satisfactory, and Drs.
| Jordan and Van Buren, went out, accom-
| panied by their attorney and bondsmen.
| short time after DR.. Jordan took ride
behind his handsome span of grays.
The report had gone out that Mrs Yes
Ter, Drs Jordan and Van Buren, were ar
rested on two charges, viz, forgery and
| conspiracy, but this was not so. The war
rants for conspiracy we're in the hands of the
constable, together with the search war
rant issued on the infornations of larceny,
stating the supposed location of the will,
| but at late hour in the after
noon it was decided not to serve
them. Constable Van Horn and
Detective Herold. armed with the search
warrants, had taken advantage of the time
while things were quiet about noon and
! searched Van Buren's room at the Russell
house and the vaults at the King County
bank. bnt report that nothing was
found. The search at the Safe
Deposit vaults was not carried
to 4 finish, and now interest hinges to
| some extent on the contents OF z D0X that
| has been sealed by Constable Van Horn,
and will be opened only after the opposing
attorneys come to some kind of decision
| in the matter.
The section of the code under which the
| warrants for forgery were issued reads as
| follows:
| Every person who shall falsely make or as
| sist to make, deface, destroy, alter. forge or
! cOun er cit, cause 20 be falsely made de-
| faced, destroyed, altered, forged or counter
| feitcd, any record, deet, VIII. codlcil, bond
! writing obligatory, promissory note for money
property, receipt FOR property. power OF attor-
| uey, certificate OF a justice OF the peace or
| other public officer, auditors warrant, treasury
| note. county order, acceptance or Endorsement
| OF any bill Of exchange, promissory note, draft
! or order, OF assignment Of any bond, writing
! obi gatoTy or promjssory note for mcney or
| properly, or any othec instrument in writing.
or any brand protected by law on tobacco etc
or any person " 10 shall utter or publish as trina
! any such instrument knowing the same 10 he
| .alse, de.ac 4, altered. forged or counter cited
| with intent 20 Ge!raut any person, DO " politic
! or corporate, shall DC deemed guilty OF forgery
! aud on conviction thereof shall he imprisoned
/ III the pcnitentiary not more than fourteen wears
| nor less than year and De fued in anv sun,
! not exceeding $500.
Mrs. Sarah BurCert Yesier d,ei in 1857
! leaving no Issue, her two children having
| died in infancy many years before. In
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