The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-17
CLOUD BLOWN AWAY
II Obscured Title to Property
With a Forged Deed.
oeaTp TOOK THE WITNESSES.
p~cu,tar Tangie Cleared Up-Te-t Case
Regarding Delinquent Taxes
Grade Tax suits

xery peculiar attempt 10 ciord TIE
=. - = large number OF lots 81 block =.
.s-<s FIRST addition 20 Seattle, b. a
- forgery was brought 70 light in
80. Ianzley's court yesterday in the
- ~ George +. Fisher. trustee. against
T-.s~s z. STREET and others 70 quiet title.
.wrlst 2. is7I Noah F'lickinger convey
"a - Joseph Street. ot Seattle. lots 20 IS
.-..,,ssye. excepting lot Ia Laws FIRST
.sagtsou 20 Seattle. In 1872 Street failed
= rav taxes or lots !. ?. 3, 2. 70, II. u. Il.
= Z and IS, and on May I. iss7. Aimira
rstss purchased them at public tax sale for
ar After this the tax certificates were
.rrehssea BY ". I. Wadlelgh. After the
ss~-ea OF redemption and after the great
a. !, 1859 Wadieigh presented gatisfae-
go n~oof 10 Sheriff Woolerv that the cer-
,sseates had been burned IN the fire, and
! al deed was issued 20 him under date
- Jsnuary 1. 1894. wadleigh then con-
ysyea the property 10 George X. Fisher.
.r.stee The lots were vacant and uuoc-
ss.sea. TO make matters more com2ll-
ne. J. Bernhard purchased lots ] 70 rs
,neiunys OF the same block az a tax sale
Tsne {. lss2 by assignment the tax certi-
fcatss became the property OF Anna r.
srl,h. who received tax deed from Sher-
A. xcGsaW June 5. fss5. Then Mrs. Smita
ee.Teyed 20 Marmora De Voc and Victor
Hugo Smith.
IA examining the records II was discov-
srs6 thas an alleged quit claim deed had
her fled with the King county auditor
,une 2. 1894. BY an unknown person. con-
yey1ng from Joseph T.. Street. OF CalifOr-
"a. an unmarried man. 20 Henry r
sreg. temporarily stopping az San Eran-
ESQ lots !. 2 3. .. 10. II, u. 10. II. Is and
SCI the same property for 500. BY ex-
s-nlng the signatures OF the notary pub
A. John =. Poole. II became evident that
smethsng was wrong. There was at
nched 10 the deed an acknowledgment
tS Poole OF the signature OF a pretended
witness 10 the deed named T. NJ Monsen
cIose scrutiny showed that where Poole
vas supposed TO acknoW ledge Joseph T..
Streets signature and also witness the
deed the names were written with .
brsad and iapored ink line From this 10
vas claimed that Street never executed
the deed and that Poole's signature had
been forged, all for the purpose OF cloud
iag the title 20 the property. Mr.. Wad-
leigh commenced searching for Street, but
coald find nothing OF his whereabouts,
other than II was supposed ne was around
IN the Columbia river several years ago.
Street, Il appeared, had been IN several
scrapos. and after leaving Seattle went to
Oregon aud from there took trip up the
Columbia, where he was supposed to have
been drowned. Search was next made TO
discover who left the quit claim deed with
The suaitor Nothing could be learned on
Tits subject. IN order TO find out IL Poole's
Signature hal bsen forged, Osgood Put
nam, of 40i California street. San Fran
cisco. was appointed TO take the deposit
ton OF Poole. bat Ii was discovered that
he haa died Then Putnam was ordered
% take the testimony of II. a. Cobb. Al
bert +. Chapman and James o. McGrath
as to Poole's signature. Each OF these
men was well acquainted with Poole. and
stated that while his signature to the
acknowledgment OF Witness Monsen was
seauine, II was forged in the other In
stances.
When the suit 20 remove the cloud on
The title came up yesterday Judge Lang
ley held that the purported deed was a
forgery. and directed that II be Cancelled,
and gave Judgment for the plaintiff. ex-
eept that the decree should recognize a
stipulation between Fisher, Wadleigh and
Narmora De Voc which provided that the
suit Is settled as 10 lots l. .. 3. Q. 10. II. Il,
u. a. Is. &c. in block 10. and that judy
meht should not be an adjudication of lots
= ), s. and s. block 10