The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-28
aBBED THE NAILS.
friction Of Jarvis, the Jeal-
eus Lover Of Females
non Law UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
-. Osbssa Declares Cennias1eassl
90 Asssss Damagss-T.vsss1gas-
ing Land Clsi0s.

necrrs Jarvis, the young man who g.
~ prosecution . week aeo On charge
- ~adinr obscene matter through the
q - becsuss Of fiav in the Indictment.
~. committed yesterday in tbs United
- court ON . chasgs al stealing . let
3 - Addressed 70 Miss Marguerite McKen-
The Ietter was taken from Q private
81 bor. where IL had besu placsd by
- carrier, and the o6snss consequently
- under the law providing punish
nuns for persons convicted Of robbing the
y 1.itsd ststss mails. Jarvis ID now liable
:. 6ne OF 81. 900 and Eve ysars' imprison.
III providing Judge Hanford givss him
- fuIl bsnesit of the Law.
n other indictment against Jarvis.
s 1urging him with sending out cards with
rivous and obscene matter printed
|s1kseson, was yesterday dismissed on mo-
- Of United States Attorney Brinksr,
M represented to the court that the
xr5scipai witness for the prosecution wss
- Of the city and could not b found.
Easing escaped the othsr charges, young
1wva confidently expected to b acquitted
= shs one on which he Was convicted. and
- verdict Of the jury was grsas sur
niss 10 him.
Jssvis is saiiow-faced. smooth-shavsn
uss, small Of stature but iordiy in his
6smsanos. ssrutting about - ifhs were
sven feet tall and we'll proportioned. He
ssss ; pair Of large colorsd eyegiasses.
skiea almost entirely hides his fAcs. The
uincipal witnesses for the stats were ex-
koiissman A. K Boyd and r N. Boyd,
- iattsr freight solicitor for the Northern
Pacific railroad. The testimony showed
1has A. 4 Boyd and wife are nov conduct
hg the Feass lodging house on Front
street, and last October Marguerite Nc
Kensis and her sister. George Jarvis and
mssfai others roomsd st the house.. Jarvis
end Miss Mckenzie, or Maggie" - she
VS. familiarity referred 20 during the trial,
ssrs at one time great frisnds. But the
sisi. becoming tired Of Jarvis. throw him
sssrboard and began 70 accept the atsen-
eons Of others whose company she found
mare eongenial. In this trial no reference
= the obscene letters which Jarvis 10 ac-
eused Of sending 70 the girl Vas made. but
h vas merely stated that the young fellow.
piqusd and jealous. sought 70 6nd ont
II possible who his rival vas, and he
therefore proceeded to intercept the Isttsrs
which came TO the dying house addressed
70 his cold sweethearI On the Sd Of
Augusk last Boyd and his wife saw Jarvis
tske letter from the mail box In the lodg-
Ing house and put Il In his pocket II was
aftsrward learned that the letter was adj
dressed to maggie" Mckenzie. Boyd
ordered Jarvis from the house ana his ar
rest subsequently, followed, and the grand
Jury brought In several Indictments against
him.
When A. e. Boyd. who 10 sx-pound-
master, Was placed on the stand Jarvis
attorney endsavorsd TO impesch his tssti-
mony BY proving that he was fugitive
from justice, and asked him:
.D,dn't you run away from your homs
IN Cansdaf"
"No. SIR"
"were You not indicted In Canada for
horse stealingf"
Boyd admitted that such was the fact,
but declared that his reputation Was not
injured - result Of the indictment; that
the proceedings against him were dis
missed by the judge before whom he was
arrsignsd for trial Boyd later explained
that his arrest grew out of family troubles,
his wife having married him against the
wishes of her parents. and her brother for
some time thereafter bore him cnmity. He
claimed that the charges
against him we're unfounded and that he
had cleared himseii Of the stigma con-
pec,ed with the case.
r. NJ Boyd swors that the letter stolen
By Jarvis was one he had written to mag
gle. In which he told the girl that he
would be up that evening august 81 and
call on her. He denied having sent the
letter 20 the Peass house by q messenger
boy, but swors that he mailed 10 at the
postoffice.
The jury was ont about an hour aud
brought In . verdict Of guilty. Jarvis viii
appear In court Monday morning to make
arrangements for bonds pending the hear.
Ing Of motions In the case.