The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-17
THE DEFENSE HEARD.
c.seI Presents Some Very Dam.
aging Evidence.
~ue TESTIMONY OF NEIGHBoRs.
oy Defendants in the Terminal
Road Casa Receiver Vacated
New sufts-The Blotter.5

-. Steel divorce case occupied the at
...s,on of Judge Battle in the special ses-
- ~ the equity department yesterday.
=. dax was devoted 10 the evidences of
4. witpesses for the defense, and some
-.,ser damaging statements were made
..-,rdirg the plaintiffs actions The at
..~aznce vas not large, the interest in the
...e having evidently expended itself with
- evidence given by the two principals
I xeek. Mr.. Steel sat in the court room
.svxoasly moving about, occasionally
.s.netng AZ his wife. and varying the
..onotony Of this performance by Riaring
Z Dpssn. the aged correspondent, who, in
,x,n g,sred back at Steel and then < danced
aver st Mrs. Steel. She, however, sat qui-
~ bv her counsel and paid but little at
,,stion TO either of the two men.
NJ. Steel was on the stand in the morn
s,x 10 testify relative to the value Of mis-
rraperty IN Seattle and other places. The
hsysrs failed, however, TO get the infor-
rssion. as Steel said be had received no
,.sort from his agents. When questioned
rstlye TO the testimony given by his wife,
"a. she had worked out four years, be de-
sied Il. She had worked out off and on
ar that period, bat Se did not know that
a. ever got a cent for II. She never
xorked with his consent. Replying 20 a
suesGion in regard TO his employment by
x Mayor Kalloch, of San Francisco. he
nd:
II am not a politician. but I went
tasoagh various Eastern cities with Mr..
KslIoch and he treated me flnely. rode
4 the same carriage with him and ate at
lhs sane table and got $50 per month and
nv board / want TO say right here, al
though Il has not much bearing upon the
esse. that Mr. Kailoch is a very able man.
He the same one who shot De Young in
Gao Francisco"
The first witness following Steel yester-
Say vas Frank German. who lives in the
slIsy al the back of Mrs. Stsel's residence
on Fourth street. He said he had fire.
ousnliy seen James Dugan coming out OF
Mrs. steeI's house at early hours in the
morning, after having seen him enter In
The ssening.
Ms Frank German corroborated her
kasbssds evidence and added that Mrs.
ssse bad told her that she had got ''old
Jasan drunk" that where he lived they
we're temperance people and she kept beer
iw him to enjoy after he came away from
Iodge. One day In the year 1892 Mrs.
seel called on her and appeared angry,
aiming she had been deffauded by Steel,
sko had induced her to transfer some
woperty rights. Mr.. Steel. she said, had
jos, left for Butte, and she hoped the train
sould be ditcbed and break his neck be-
fore il reached its destination.
Enrich Estrum, fisherman, with his
family occupies house adjoining the
esee home. His business necessitaled his
rising early. Several times when be left
his home he saw Dugan leave Mrs. Steel's
honse.
sFor long time I thought Mr.. Steel
vas that man over there" pointing TO
Dug.n, because he came and went at all
hours" He arrived between Q and 10 at
aght, leaving again between and In the
nornlng.
Mrs Estrum testified to Mrs. Steel's vio-
lHs and abusive language 20 the children
~ grown people in the neighborhood !:
nEshe was continually calling the police
nshealth officers and giving trouble TO
Huy one in the neighborhood. On
discrimination she admitted that the
health officer had been brought there TO
examine into the sanitary conditions OF
her own house. She said she did not like
Mrs. Steel; in fact, dislked her intensely
John Crist, q veteran Of the civil war,
eorreborsted the foregoing witnesses and
said Mrs. Steel was continually raising
trouble in the nelghborhood. had had sew
era ''spats" with her himself: that she
used obscene language to him aud twitched
her dress at him, which he illustrated by
hiiching his trousers mp and giving them
ashaks lie knew Dugan and had seen
him enter Mrs Steel's house late at night
and come cut early the next morning.
Mrs. Crist eorroborated her husbands tes-
lmony.
NJ. and Mrs. T. G. Collins, colored,
nsghboFs OF Mrs. Steel. cited an instance
when Dugan came 10 their house and
sskei If they had seen Mrs. Steel 20 out.
Mrs Collins answered Eyes" That's all
right. Dugan replied, II have key and
can get In, no matter whether she's in or
cat
Police Officer BirdsalI had heard Mrs.
s'ses use vile language on several occa-
sohs
L J. Williams. of Port Angeles, said
sometime in 1859 Mrs. Steel had rooms in
shonse on Yesler avenue. where he made
ha headquarters. and he had seen Dugan
inter Mrs. steel's room IN the evening,
w never saw him leave. Once the bark
US q adog disturbed him. and he got up;
sas about O'Clock in the morning, and
= Beard some one leave Mrs. Stesl's room.
ne could not say that il was Dugan. al
s4oash be saw him enter the evening
ore' Mrs. steel. he said, always kept a
~ahket over the keynote and had the hole
Rel hllei With paper.
VA'hg 10 the absence Of two important
s.sas'ses, the case was adjourned at about
80 until this morning.