The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-18
THE STORY ALL TOLD.
Lawyer White Confirms Mrs.
Morgans' Interview.
PRODUCES HIS OWN LETTER.
Attorneys Angry 1t the Publication Of
the Great Sensation In the
YeeleP VIII Case.

The sensational developments in the
Yesler will case, published in the Posr-
IsTELLIGENcER yesterday, created no little
excitement on the streets, and furnished
food for nearly the sole topic Of converse
ton. 1t also had the effect of stirring up
the attorneys in the case. Tho lawyers for
the prosecution had evidently counted
upon springing the whole deposition in
court at some time when it would have q
practical effect in their interest and they
had jealousy guarded for days leak out
before it suited their purpose. As init
mated by Mrs. Morgans the story she told
the PosT-lNTELLIGENCKR reporter may not
have contained ali the disclosures she
made in her deposition. On this point the
attorneys for the prosecution would not
say q word. Col. E. NJ. Carr when asked
yesterday if he had any statement to
make, said: II don't see that it is neces-
sary to make q statement, as you news
paper men appear to have no regard for
the interests of any one when it comes to
what you seem to think is proper
news matter. don't intend to try this
case in the newspapers or to help news
papers in their efforts to try the case for
the lawyers"
w. H. White, leading attorney for Mrs.
Yes!er, took q new tack yesterday. he
would not give out any information to
PosT-INTELLIGENcER reporter. after the
deposition was taken, but yesterday he
was only too willing to talk. He was
forced to admit that the interview with
Mrs. Morgans was in substance the same
story told by her In her deposition.
He also gave out the letters written
by Mrs. Morgans to Mrs. Yesier, and also
the letter written by himself to Mrs. Nor
gans. which in her interview she charac-
terized as brutal and threatening" Mrs.
Morgans could not give her two letters to
the PosT-INrELLIGENcER reporter for the
reason that she had kept no copy of them
and only the attorneys in the case had
copies. The letters as given out by Mr..
White read as follows:
'HAGERsTowN, Md, Feb. 25 1893
"MINNIE: Yours Of the 9Th at hand. Will
you stand by your promise made to your mother,
but must be sure OF the money before eau COM
ply with your proposition. Please answer at
once, As things are being hurried. Till hear
from you remain silent.
"P. S. Five thousand dollars is about the
amount would receive, as Mr.. Yesler read to
me fronf his will Yours in love.
'ASNIE NJ. MoRsANs.'
This is the letter Mrs. Morgans said she
wrote after receiving the alleged letter of
Mrs. eagle begging her to say nothing
about the burning of the will. The second
letter Is the one she told q Posr-INrELLr-
GENcER reporter she wrote to Mrs. Yesier
at the dictation of Daniel Keileher. 1t
was dated March 8, and read:
Dear Minnie: want to write to you q few
lines. don't know why You never write to me
no more since you werc out here. Maybe you
feel you are rich now and don't care no more for
your poor relations. You know your mother
wrote to me telling me yon would give me s. 600
ii they didn't find out that you burned the
viii, and II won't say nothing about
how you said you would burn the will
that day We were sitting on the lounge Uncle
Mart wondered why you did not write yourself
in place of your mother. He was suspicious
right away. He said you have got your mother
to write. so that IL you got clear, that when it
Is all over, you would say that you never
promised me IS, o0o,so ne said he would sit down
an ! write to you himself and ask you if you
would stand by the promise your mother made
for. 1t was now two weeks since you didn't
answer that letter. He spoke of it last night,
and he said he felt sure that you never
intended to answer it and il was scheme to
cheat US out Of the $780, You know when you
were here you and your mother told me that
aud all OF US were remembered in the will and
Mr.. fesier read me that part of the will, too
Uncle Mart says now the VIII is burned he il
afraid We won't get anything and he il very
cross that you don't write yourself and tell him
all about everything and that you will give me
the 5000. He says you have plenty of money
and you could send IL before now if you wanted
to. so made up my mind I would write you
myself today and tell You about this. At first /
thought l would not write at all being as you
treated me so tad after you went back from
here, but Uncle Mart is go mad about it all that
he may so talking about it all and ii might
reach the people out there. When the thing
came ont in the papers every person was ask
ing about IL A great many persons asked me
what knew about II, but OF course did not
tell them what knew. One day Hagerstown
lawyer came to the house and asked me III
knew anything about will, but ne would not
tell me what he wanted il for. Being as I was
scared that would not say anything about it to
him. II is so far away out there I am
very anxious about it and how it will turn out
and now write 20 me at once and tel
me ct once when you are going to give me the
money aud II the will left mo more than 5000
will look for letter every day until &c. your
answer, and will tell Uncle Mart every day no.
To be impatient. aud you will answer this letter
even II you have not answered the other one
Minnie, you need not'i fear; if you keep YOUR
promise, viii keep mine. Please. let me hear
by return mali. ANNIE NJ. MoRSaNs,
30 East North street
Mr. White says both OF these letters were
turned over to him By Mrs. Iesler and he then
wrote the following letter 10 Mrs Morgans:
SEATTLE, March IT, 1888
"Annir ". MorgGns, No IS East North STREET
HGGGrst0tca, Ni-D.AR MADAM: Mira Minuia
q. Yesler. MY client. has given to me two
letters, one addressed 10 her mother and
dated a. HsgarstOwa ca the 18th CAV
OF February. 1895, and one addressed
10 her, dated az the same place on the 9th day
CT March. These letters purport to have been
written by YOU. Both are bold attelnuts at
b ackmai!!ng. II you know anything about Mr.
lcsleTs viii you should testify to the same if
req ired. Rest assured. however, that IL Won
testify 10 al untruth. which you will do if Won
swear TO what you wrote, no stone will be ieIt
unturaed to prosecute you for perjury Very
respectfully W. II. WHITE.
Mr.. White also gave out an affidavit
made by Mrs. Morgans at Hagerstown on
February II, concerning her knowledge of
the Viii, all the essential facts in which
she told In her interview He claims that
the letter Mrs. Morgans says she received
from Mrs eagle does not bear any resem.
biance 10 the iatter's handwriting.
The other papers OF the city having been
left on securing the sensation of the wear
will doubtless do all in their power to dis