The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-07

! liv.ng?"
And he looked a, me in surprised way, and
| ne SAID: "iiow do you know that?'
Saii: al know ali thai" Aud then he said:
yes, he left to the Gag e., 10 Mrs John
Gagie, the lot On which che is living aud me
sum Oh 5000 He then left TO viii
/ L'wman the lot on which he is iiF
Ing and the surn of s2o1Q He then left
70 the city OF Seattle for charitab G purposes for
! the building aad maintenance OF a charitable
! Institution for destitute children the sum Of
! crsn unde: The age OF IL years Al the rest and
residue of his property he eft to the city OF Sc
aitle for The purpose OF building and maintain-
ing public hospital
! He said that was the contents OF the Will He
| went over IL TWO or three times. told him that
| ! wanted him 70 be positive about ii, and to
! have no mistake about it, He told me that was
| the order IN which the requests were made, and
| after he tod me that he said:
! AT first, however, all the debts were TO be
! PAID before any OF these beques;s were TO be
| inside"
He said that the executors Of the viii were J.
| Eugene Jordan and ]. ID. Lowmsn; that the
property was lett TO ]. ID. Lowman. as managing
trustee. To hold the property until all the debts
| were paid and the legaces aud requests dis
| tributed.
| lie then told me that right after DIR. Annie
| Russell was first called IL, after she had made
| her examination OF him. he happened TO drop
! into the sick room. Mr.. Yesler az that time. he
| said. was in bed. He said that he, Dr. Van
Buren,. came into the room Mr. iesler was talk
ing 10 DR.. Russell; thai she haI finished her
| animation of him, ana IA he came in Mr.. Yesler
| wa asking her what she thought of him. and
! she said sRe did not see anything IN particular
| but that he was an Old man. Mr.. Yesler then
/ asked her ii she thought he was going 10 die,
| words TO that effect, and she gave him eva
| slve answer, saying that he was an Old man and
| he milht have had cold or something OF that
| kind; that thereupou Mr.. IesIer said TO them
| both
II have made my wiIl--the Will, Dr. Van
! Buren,, that read to you some time ago..
Van Buren, said he then went over and gave
TO them both the contents OF the will, which, he
said, was the same he had related to MIN
He said. This will is with my private papers
in the house, ald Minnie (nis wife) knows all
about il, where those papers are
He then told me that two days before the
death he end DIR. Annie Russell again IN
Mr.. Iesers SICK room and they got taking
about the Will, and that Mr.. Yesier said those
words. DE-. Van Buren, at the time was very
careful OF his OWE accord and volunteered,
without my asking tor 1t, To give the words: anu
he gave them slowly. He said that after talking
about the will ne could not say how it came
NJ, the old man said
"Bear in mind that have told you about my
will, have told you where IL is''-uo not those
words exactly, 81 have told you II is with my
private papers Ill the house and Minnie knows
al about them. say this in case anything
might happen 10 me" That was the substance
Of that conversation.
He told me- then that after Mr.. Yesler died.
when no viii was Forthcoming, he was surprised
ald said ne met Dr. Annie Rus ell ana they
dressed to each her their mutual surprise that
no will WIS forthcoming. DR.. Van Buren, said
ll&l at tilaL meeting Tlgnt the uSntI can
not reco.iect whether II was Immediately after
the death or Immediately after the funeral Dr.
Annie RUSSELL said:
'Why, he not only told in your presence,
but ne told he another time, few DAYS prior 70
the death, in the presence OF Mrs. Yesier that he
| had maize his via and she knew all about it,
or words to that effect.
Nhl.e he was telling me the contents of the
VIII AMI relating TO me the story tried 10 take
down in writing a few OF the things that struck
me as important AT his Tequert l maize an
exact copy, which Mr.. kellogg compared with
the original, and then gave it 10 him.
Mr.. Keleher then produced the original of
these memoranda, and al the request OF the
counsel, who jocularly remarked that
else could do So read it in court, after other
| witnesses for the state had been orderei u
withdraw. He then proceeded with his story,
as follows:
asked him then about those other negotia-
lions going on with the city. l said: "Wnat
danger is there OF those other people proving
this will2' And ne says, ''W no do you mean?'
He says, "Do you mean Rochester and jordan"
aud said, YES" He says, Don't you he
bit AFRAID. They can't do anything about that
matter IN this transaction | then asked him
about his relations with Jordan. He was very
reluctant in speaking about Jordan or abou.
Mrs Ieser. He said: II do not care for the
eagle family III. Minnie ia all right, but the
rest of the Gables have no use for" He said:
About %;,h Jordan l do not care to talk about
OF This; want to 50 away ana get out o. this
state aud 90 to Paris He said that DR.. Jordan
I was watching MN very slSplclOusiy, ana he
wanted 20 get out OF the state at He said
| if Jordan ever found ont that he WAS telling
these things IL would be- pretty hard with him:
! that Jordan would not hesitate 10 do anything.
! lie said jordan would not hesitate to cut his
| throat. / knew that he wanted to leave the city
at once Nothing was said, think, at that time
| with him about his being assisted to leave the
| state
| He said that he was sure that he could prove
| that Will and TINT he had another witness he
could prove II by. At that time he tod me for
! the irst time no the other witness WAS He
| said it was DR.. Annie Russell. lie said
"Yov have not been able To understand all
| along the trouble have had" 1T is not my own
testimony" he said; All is those other persons
| and / had good deal OF trouble. and cannot
gGl her now the other pe0pe are negotiating
| with her. You cannot understand the difficulty
| l have had He said: "W hen we once get my
! testimony in this case. why the o,;Ier people
! viii show their hands" | a~ked him directly
/ what his rc atoms with Mr.. Yesler were and he
| won Il not tell me, but he said tha;, when once
| his testimony was III shape AMI when she knew
J str0ygd. Further than that he would not
| talk. He said ne did not want TO talk. He said:
81 want 70 get out OF the state an give my estt-
. mony, ana gel away from Jordan ana the whole
! crowd OF them. a. he expressed it
He said that the time Mr.. Ye,ler first began to
! fail Mrs. lesier had gone to Il prominent attor-
ncy in t1is city II get him To go 10 Mr.. IesIer
! ami induce him 10 deei property 10 her, and
! that she hat told him 10 use as an argument
/ with Mrs. Gesler that unless Mr.. Ie,ler should
/ deed the property TO her she would apply for Il
divorce, because the old man was not treating
] her right lie SAID that alter that time Ii was
that the cid man began 10 fail.
He said that he came III to Mr.. Tesler one day.
| ana Mr.. Yesler. tn nix. lying on the sofa
{ and that he put his nan Is down into his pants
poch"; and pulled out a couple OF little pills
! anu Van Buren, said 10 him: "Nhy don't You
leave those with your other mCIicine." aud the
! old man said:
! "N eli. do not know | do not know what all
I this medicine means, and | Thought / would
Keep Il In my own pocket and then will know
/ what AIR 'a&inE-
/ asAei him tnen what the old man meant
! Well, he laughed, and he said the Old man did
| what he meant, and / said, "N hatr aud he
! sHid:
"Nhy. the old man was suspicious of some
! one poisoning him
And said. "Who?" and he said:
"fe lntinated Mrs Ye-ler," and he laughed
| about X and d;d not say much. He told that as
one nI the funny parts of The story. think.
| When | sug ,estel t. HIM q Ncqllest TO Mrs
! Gag Z, lie wanted 70 know how anew IT, but |
! d:d not give him the source oil my information.
" hen he LETT the room that night either he or
! kellogg said do no; remember which, that
/ Kellogg wouIi see me in the morning / guess
! Il was understood between the two OF tuen
I thai Kellogg would come up and see me.
! Kellogg. aad lei0fc January - been carving
! messages between aud Dr. Nau Buren, /
| Trims FIRST sA" kellogg in that connection on
January l9 III Dg. Ioriau's Office il the safe De
! YO-.t building. | saw Van Bureu on several &c =
/ day. Janua-y -. saw him. and he ASKED me
I - come I'D - ois room in the Russell house at
( & a THIS room next To the bay window
! ua ne second t}nnr, n the cOrncr OF Third all
| Cherry streets, aui ,ronted ou Ih.rd street lie
| Tad made a. n"..r.c tEleEt Win me that even