The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-07

&@tNFk tAkfAsE nv fEl&8l k&EVW kfk<fk DAD &1&
ID tie air ard err -sHessnasas 10 the nan
sho administered 20 their wants aad wfo
rendered fsvo-s. aad IN ~ hoar ca,,~s-
ei0usly tarnand dsnasd tia. he he nsi.ed
20 the cros1 That sas one Of tie tsa-
matte features Of shsa ease
NJ. Allen snen Continued.
There q another dramatic scene IN this
panorama. ~ the threshold OF fafs case,
sAicn II marked snd stannei ird@lshly.
and ;hat IL tie tesslEnsay Of Mr.. Graves -
70 The advancement made hy which Mr.
krgg wa selected TO be q candidate for
city treasurer. and there wa SIGH de-
naand for his election that TIE bank con-
srib1ssd 500 toward his election and
chsr4ed - 20 the expense account. glth
the arrangement and understanding that
the pubic moneys we're 20 n< deposited
sltn that bank. fais fact is sndispa.ed.
There - 20 shisr>r OF 9enaaeiafioa or hint
Of denial as TO the Improperly Of o pre-
concerted arrangement ey which money
sas thrown into political fund. By the
sndueace Of '-kicf COMMITTEES. as eoas-
s<HssEsos for the agreement that when this
Esaa Vas elected ctr treasurer sas nonsy
"a 10 go into CERTAIN banks. and Was 10 De
p1s into the general account and thrown
IN hotch feo.ge precisely - ITS account 10
Kept wiki private individuals, standing
IS tie account Of any one else. and IL
seattle had been rs unforGonste as her
sister cities al Spokane, Tacoma and Port
lkad, aaf the doors OF The banks had
been closed, the city would hare had 10
stand side by side with every individual
dspositof OF that eanx and taken its
chances. l ask The prosecuting attorney
xhat attitude he took toward the men
who had swept al the pablie money
as.y. whose conduct compared wish Mr.
Fabrmsns Was IS the mountain 10 tie
mouse"
liz vas true, however. that the banks had
done only what ali banks are doing ali over
the country where public money - 10 be
obtained. This reminded NJ. Allen of .
story. il sas Of 3 pioas old negro y ho
saw . little boy playing marbles in the
stree. on Sunday. He gave The Sabbath
breaker . severe rebake, winding up by
asking him why i. Vas that ne did not 60
into the back yard and shut the gate.
That was the idea with the borrowers from
Krug: II four Of them could get inside Of
four walls and call themselves . bank il
made their acts perfectly virtnous. M
Alien proceeded:
THE oaiy charge against this defend ant
10 thA; In the entity upon his books Of the
payment of interest upon the moasy bur-
roRed his account read IN account with
A. krag.' Therefore II 10 ciaimei 10 oe
criminal Bot Il is had read with A.
krng, city treasurer then it would he
legitimate. This IS q ridiculous idea as If
tue whole thing consisted of o crime Ia
bookkeeping. All the evidence there is in
the case has been furnished by Mr.. Fuhr-
man himself. There Is something
remarkable in fuhrman's aiti-
sr. ,hk. <r. ~r
Of the adass that The guilty lee where
no man pursaes them Mr.. Fuhrman's
conduct was farshcs; from that. lie be-
lIevcd that ne had done no wrong. that he
had violated no principle OF good con-
science or OF morality or of las, and to
put 10 a. Hr. Thurman had sad TO the
counsel for the state: Il did NOS know
that II was violation OF any Law, nor you
did not know IL. and none OF Us knew 1t
until this disclosure was made.
Mr.. Allen mex, referred TO the perfect
openness of Mr.. Furhman's relations to
the city treasurer. the entire csndor With
which ne appeared before both the finance
committee and the grand jury, the readi-
ness with which he brought his books be-
fore them. appealing without compuision
or process Of court. explaining everything
and giving them every information in his
power: referring 10 his candor on the wit
ness stand during the trial. his fairness in
answering the scorehing cross-ex-
animation by the state, telling
every fact within his knowledge.
making every admission as to the
true state Of facts. whether they told
against him OF in bis favor. spoke OF the
promise aud impiied agreement between
Ar. fahrman and the officials of the city
that the warrants he Was induced to buy
would be soon redeemed. pared Mr..
fahrmaa's relation To them with that Of a
man having note Of another's, which is
agreed to be paid within a certain time.
but which the maker refuses or is unable
TO pay. although he has large funds tied
up in other channels upon a teehnicaiisy,
but finally agrees to let his friend draw
upon the same as an accom- modstion.
Moreover, in getting his loan. Thurman
gave good security. the city's own war
rants, with which he ~as overloaded. He
sas not one Of the high city officials who
went in behind the counters and took the
money out of the till snd LETT due bin.
And SO far as getting hrng 10 make an
unlawful profit Was concerned the evil
dsnee showed THAI there had been no
arrangement for the payment of interest
a. the time Of the $40. co Joan. Mr.. Allen
closed by again referring to Mr. Fuhrman's
good repu' ailon and the fact that ne has!
done the fsir thing with the city ali
through. After reviewing the testimony
~ To Fuhrman's good reputation and
speaking OF the character Of the witnesses
Mr.. Allen concluded:
In the supreme hour Of trial IN ne life
of thts man who mas stood Gpyivhtly 10.
fore this community in every v!cissiiude
of its struggle, we bring this character
OF men and bring this character OF repu-
talon aud ask YOU when you come TO pass
upon the question OF the gait or innccencs
Of Henry Fuhrnan 20 see and look at h m
from the standpoint, that he proudly occa-
p4es aud sasialns in the estimation of the
best mea of the communities that have
known him for quarter of = century"
Mr.. Hughes, who followed his colleague.
spoke to greater length. ha, devoted
himself principally to an attack upon the
banks and persons sho. a. was shown BY
ihe transcripts Of the evidence before ,hp
finance committee, had obtained money
from the city treasury and had not been
indicted. among them ex-Mayor Ronald
aud Comptroller Carson. Mr.. Hughe.
a 80 sad that 10 seemed 70 him that an
attempt vas being made ia deadly earnes;
- make Mr.. Fahrman a seapegaat for the
sins of all those who borrowed from krus
speaking ou this line, Mr.. Hughes said
The lag presumed Mr.. Fahrr.isn "a
haVe borne gOod character, bat The no
u1eat the 4siease Pat witnesses upon THE
stand 10 sststi3sa his reputation thev
t&re~ down the barr, They fsuag opon the
gates Tor the state - attack thAt repuks-
iion 81 lf acre n the poNsg % the state "a
DO 50 NaAt ala they Der They