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

Fore ] ~ 3eve be dr. ssy - adtit.o1. however.
fh&t lbs estF -agsT ee- eEse1, fg- q sass asca-
tiea Of ar. Nss3eeks was granted that morning
TIE Viii wegld fe 6sgtr0red. VI Eaddoeks
bad rsta:ios 70 Ds spyoiate3 s1ai a4st-zsor st
tie REG aset Of the xiasE.
q DI1 HT. Rochester rake arr t.ate-aeni a.
- bow tkls Inform s.io1 came bin? A Yes.
hs did he sxsa the information cane 20 hasa
through s078e Ns1asu. lie Gid net Identity Ter.
ard as1 not ssk hin =5o tbe =cz1za wss-
Sa5ers,o0s that TIE matte, cane - him Al g
rrorls4ousl manner. bus Esa. srea- that fe
Tod re -. Il Trew &C. OF ;se fac; tat ".
D0uwo:rh i1s s-ed upoa taz iatormasi9n ;ha.
Rochester haa. After coasultln< with Dog
worth. NJ Rochester ra.As tae, re-ssrk ~ ne:
'Dozw0rsa ignores the fac. that have got to
u tTE9e % rsy clients"
@ Vas anything said about eT3rioTing Mr..
Rochester a. The rgsc-tzg7 A. les. slr: o1t
6o not Know wao sid u ] favored his en-
ployEneEst for lg per cent, provided ihe eorpora-
tea eoassel was sstisfe1. NJ RoeEes:e. did
not Tell Us po<.jvsly that The ihiag eo1ld De-
Gone. II gaze u BIS opinion that the thing
could Is doae. tut refused - have snytnfng 70 do
Nitss u exsep: On TIE ua3egstGa ID NJ ina. ne
would receive Is per esnt e. conangen; tse-
q Who suggested tsEf i wcaid BE- Al Illegal
contract for ;he CITY % pzy lEgncy fo- bring
ing forward tAis xiii? 4. Nr 5ouwoTia sEg-
resssd iEEt to the committee. TIE rDeEn5ers IF
tie COMMITTEES wsTss Alderman DEuito1. Dale
gate Lyon, P:elceat KIoe5er, Q; The aouse OF
delegates; p,esi1eE. Sweeney. If ths board Of
aldermen; myself cad the corporation counsel,
81. Don worth. This committee WIS appointed
a: tie secret meeting and Erst met that a!ie--
BOON ~ tie rex Cay a IF Office IL the Pioneer
building. Al were p,esen; except Dr. Eioeb@r.
az Rochester was there. We "a ks1 over
sb0Bt VIA: he'd been ssi& IL the eo01ci. meet
ing, and some on coming - ;erElz ard employ
iag Nr. Rochester REMARKED 10 tie commit
lee thg, / felt more sstlsGei nov ih@t We ought
to 20 10 work and do something to get the will,
that had received some further information
from Mr. Rochester since the meeting Of the
council which made me tEink that there was q
WILL ,hs. x had been in ex lsfence and wss now
destroyed. Tie iur.ess!on That received from
Mr. Eochester a. tnzt tine was that Mrs. fesier
knew % the exi te3ee o; the will: thai the will
LETT 20 &r. Lowgnen this yellow block down
here and le.t 30 Mr.. Yeiler Iae bank down here.
He tod re tast be got hls Information from q
woL3ap: tsatshe was not satisfied with what she
got and oGgnt 10 have more: this woman was
tie go between for others, that Ics. T@s.er IN
addition. for - 90 OF $4,000, might be pretty
good witness ia the matter. After that Mr.
Rochester told me that Nrs. Iesicr hod nothing
- DO Eiih the matter. The infoi mstion / got
from him vas that M-s Yeslcr knew where the
gill was aud, perhaps, $4,000 would be enough
ior her; and ;hat III. Viii might be produced
BY her. sly understanding that MGs. Yealer
could dig up the VIII. 10 no, Know whether
be said thst not, but that r what 1 under
stood. IL stated distinctly shat he didn't zee
Mrs fes.er. but THAI the interruption came
from woman. think be said TIE lady came
To HE house. supposed .he woman was some
ultimate trIena Of Mrs. Yeser. / did not corn
municste this Information 20 the committee or
any one before called meeting, or afterwards.
aud 90 not know how yOG Annw IT, ar. ROcn-
ester was present when made the statement TO
the committee, and said 20 me: II am sorry
told you that, because / knew you would not
keep it,
q. Now. Mr Rochester-oh, beg you pardon
most sincerely-Mr. Ronald, you tod them in
the presence Of Nr. Rochester, did you, that be-
hgd given you further information that tie viii
could be produced or established? /. Yes, sir,
think that is true. And I aid !es. satisfied
that there had been a viii and the terms could
be established. IL was shortly after this that
Ni. Rochester told me that what he said about
Mrs. Yesier was not true and that he hai been
on cod trail. / comm unicated this to Mr.
Don1oTth aud FELT satisfied that Mrs. Yeslcr was
innocent. Sir. D0Dworth declined 10 have any
thing 10 DO with the proposition which Mr..
Rochester made 10 the committee unless he
would communicate 20 him his Information
aud the names OF the witnesses he proposed 10
establish the will by, aud we d / agreed that uu-
less Hr. Donworth would consent in the matter
we would not undertake IL.
q, Did he advise against it? A. No, he ad
vised delay and postponement until he could
make an examination. Slice then the commit
tee mas not met.
q Did SIR. Rochester state how much the cit-
got under that viii? 4. He said the city got
the bulk OF the property. We figured on the
vaiue Of il when we talked about the contingent
fee. 900, 600 was the amount we had arrived a,
aud then we quit. ! an satisfied the whole
committee was present except Dr. Kloeber.
q Did Mr. Rochester say anything about be-
ing CON peeled TO satisfy the demands OF the
witness? 4. here something said about
hall breeds who would claim something. but
they had an attorney and he felt satisfied that
!eir attorney would accep. a small colnuensa.
ton which could well affJrG 20 be bald Mr.
Donworth and / remarked at the time that in
view of the recent decision OF the supreme
court those half breeds could not take anything
away. / understand they have evidence to
show that he (N- Yesler) recognized them.
@ DID be intimate q AZ there was a provision
made for them in the WIFI A. | have forgotten
lie may have meant that because he said there
were some half breeds. DO not know the name
al the attorney SIR. Rochester referred 10 when
he spoke OF the hsI breeds. NJ. Rochester
would no; take a cash fee. Then Dr. Sweeney
proposed that we should go into the matter and
employ MI Rochester end pay MIN VIVA. his
services might DC worth. Rochester made the
supreme court he not going to
lcaye tie question of the worth of
his services To the city council or any
body else, and that he would not do it.
He said he would have to pay for the informa.
lion of these parties. He estimated $4,000 or
,60,000. He said he would have to pay before be
could get it. AMI If he was employed By the city
the city must pay for IL lie said the parties
were reputable people, which struck me as re.
rnarkable, anu that he must have the assurance
OF the city before he went ahead. Isugyest led a
10 per cent. lee which he would not take IL
appears also that Mr. LDwman was an in ;ereste,i
person as well as the city OF Seattle, and was
willing that We both go ia together and pay our
urouort!ou OF the percentage. Think Rochester
stated that NJ Lowmau did not have the in
formation that Gld.
The reason why he wanted n contingent fee
was that IA good deal would be eaten IN TO SAL.
i,!y other demands; good deal would 70 tn
buy information. That was why he insisted on
- per cent
Under cross-examination by Mr.. White,
the mayor said:
Nj D5uwortn consulted with Preston, Carr &
T. shields Rochester did not at the Interview
at the tacater cay Maidoeks' petition for letters
OF administration ought not 10 90 through We
| instructed Mr. Donwosth 10 70 20 court aud
! keen srill, aud II Frestan, Carr & Preston aid
not get Il continuance To Intervene on behalf of
| the city. Al the taeate- asked Rochestet " hy
his !nfo.mauts d!G no. destroy the wis. and
Rochester said: Il think they are af-aii To-
| cause have communicated 10 them that il va.
| 4 peul.catiarg ofcGse.
NJ u htte-i}.a rot Won saw that rcnutahlf