The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-30
fAST NEW TRIALS.
krvis and Ferris Don't Like
Being Convicted.
/. BUTCHER KNIFE TELLS TALES.
- Evidssss Against Fsrrts-Whidby
Island Chinese Go Precious
Marrf's Estats.

f;eosrs Jarvis. the young man convicted
/. the United States court last Saturday
- charge Of roobing the mails. having
.sasea 4 letter addressed to Miss Mar
yusyi,e Mckenzie. from . private mail
kx. IL still out on bonds. On Saturday
Il sstoYnsys will argue . mosion for Q
~ trial, and in tho event the motion 10
fenied, the young fellow will be sentenced.
lanes Ferris, convicted January IL Of
roaang the possoffice at Duwsmish, has
Sled motion for . new trial, which will
sso b. argued Saturday before Judge
Hsnford.
In his application Ferris sets up that
! Ba Sicoiy. on whose testimony tho jury
b opposed to have returned the verdict Of
raslgy. IL . person whose reputation for
rEsh and veracity is nosoriously bad. In
he event that q new trial il granted,
ferris claims that ne will produce one
Harry Carson. who lives in South Seattle,
b sxes. that Nicely 10 an irresponsible
Individual. and no trust can be placed in
bis statements. Concluding his applics-
ton, Ferris says that shortly after the
robbery certain article. which was taken
fsom the posto flee, was seen In the pos
SESSION OF man living at Georgetown,
Rear the scene Of tho robbery, and that
bis evidence will be produced If the oppor-
unity Is presented.
Nicely referred to by Ferris in his motion
Tor new trial is only years old, and II
sas on this boys testimony that Ferris
vas convicted. According to tho boys
story h. Is another guileless Oliver Twist
while Ferris is the designing Pagan of the
plot. The boy testified that on the night
cfihe robbery ne was playing with several
other urchins when Ferris, who 10 coun-
ssyhsd appearing young man about 25
PEARS old, came along and. seIxiug him by
the arm. said:
"Coms here. sonny. and go with me"
The boy obeysd and Ferris walked with
him 10 the postofIice at Duwamish, where,
between o and 10 O'Clock at night. the
place was robbed. Ferris went to back
window and. prying open the putty in the
sash, took out pane Of glass. Through
this small opening hs pushed tho lad and
bsde him hand ont the mail, which was in
the general delivery boxes. This the boy
did. handing out every letter in the Office.
Then the store adjoining the postoffice was
gone through and tobacco, cigars. provis-
ions, etc, taken out
Though Ferris denied committing the
robbery and denied the boys story In toto,
the eircumssantial evidence surrounding
the case goes against him. The boy
swore that Ferris dug the putty out of the
window with q butcher knife. When
Ferris was arrested n butcher knife was
found in bis possession. The blade which
was Of peculiar shape. fitted precisely the
dents made In tho mutilated sash. In the
store part Of the postoftice was window
which Ferris. who vas still outside, told
the boy, who was inside. 10 raise. The
window was held down by two spiral
catches. The boy pulled the catches out
and the man outside then raised the win
dow by means Of nail which he inserted
In tho putty of the top pane and used as o
lever. When Ferris was arrested nail
was also found in his possession, the head
of which snugly fitted the hole made In
the putty.
District Attorney Brinker is confident
that Judge Hanford will overrule Ferris
melton for new trial. Although the
attorneys for Jarvis have signified their
Intention of applying for o new trial, they
have not ye; filed their application, conse-
qaentiy the grounds on which tho motion
viii De based are not yet known.