The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-10
r>erg Echmieg Cannot Open
His Mothers Grave.
s,peRtoR COURT FoRslps IT.
rn-Nurray Stock Sold for sixty Cents
an the Dollar Piles to Fight
Bank Cases.

. rrnst Picht, his uncle. The ruling was
~e1e by Judge Langley. and 1t sustains
! 1eelfh Oficer Palmer Ia his refusal TO
~r.rt : removal permit
a import OF his contention, Schmier
..~serday fled an affidavit. making some
ssrrffsrx statements against his uncle.
r.~efv Commissioner Gasch. When
sssniex was between T. and IS. his father
go ana SchmIeg claims distinctly TO re-
ss.rber request made by his father a,
= aeeehbed that the body OF Mrs schmiee
.seosd be dlsinterred and sent To Ger
~ssy. The father also stated, II is sad.
airing his last illness, that ne had been
shemefuIly m.strestej by Gasch. On June
4 ~ Gasch made affidavit that Martin
erhn5er was single man in 1863 and had
lined so until 1878, while Schmieg saws
= NV an entry In his mothers handwr!.-
- on the fly leaf Of her prayer book
stytnr his birth an June ., 1877 and ne had
s.vass been informed and believed he
~ss TIE son OF Martin and Augusta
erkmiex born in lawful wedlock and al.
~srs bore. and still bears. that love ana
saecf!on for both Of his parents that Ii
asturaI for son.
According to the afTidavit at the time
cssrh made the affidavit above referred
a schmieg was a minor. and Gasch. his
ruardIsn., had control of his property.
erhmiae became so incensed at his uncle
a. casting false and scandalous imputa-
f,ons upon him and his parents that he
~euh to a lawyer to see II settlement
could not be made and the property taken
from Gasch's control.
echnieg accuses Gaseh OF SO vilifyinc
Aim that he could not. with any due re-
eard for pride or self-respect for the men,
cyy Of his dead mother, seek his aid or adj
vice. The sGtate, worth 1850. he says
vas non-productive. and he. himself. a.
though cripple. was forced 70 form the
friendship OF Freeborn. who gave him
various sums OF money and wearing APP
parei. and provided him with the necessi-
lies Of life. He claims that few months
af:er attaining his majority he gave
mortgage for 81, 0s4 to Gasch. one OF s.. so
20 August Melhorn and one of 500 to White
Nunday 10 secure debts charged against
lis estate during his minority. All ylese
nortgages are said to be now held and
owned by Gasch, who has begun fore
closure proceedings in the superior court
of Gnohomish county. Schmieg denies that
he q dlssipafed or a spendthrift. He says
he has received only about 5000 In cash
ont Of the estate, and declares the accu-
salons against him to have been only OF
9 wicked. spiteful and malignant heart"
we're TO secure debts OF others for whom
he had become indorser. He says he gave
rreeborn the deed TO the cemetery lot In
consideration of cash advanced and for
the accessories of life, with the distinct
understanding that the remains OF de-
ceased should be removed to a smaller lot.
which he could care for until such time
a. he could take them to Germany. Free
born had never exerted any influence over
.hsm but had only given him brotherly sd-
vice.
: schmieg believes that from the dying
statement OF his father In regard to the
treatment of Gasch. that Gasch bears an
unnatural hatred to the memory OF both
his mother and father and to him, and
that Gasch commenced this suit mainly
for the purpose OF bringing odium upon
rim and eventually obtaining the cene-
terry lot from Freeborn for less than Free
born paid. lie denies having removed the
graves,one. and says that Gasch told him
that Mrs. Perkins. whose husband he Was
snformed was buried in the lot with bis
mother, was living somewhere In the
United States. and he did not know wnere-
schmIeg closes his affidavit with the
statement that he Is Informed and peiieves
that his father, Martin Schmieg, az one
tine owned that valuable piece or real es-
tate on which the Union block now STANDS.
which Is now owned and claimed by Frea
Gasch, and that the affidavit or Gascn.
made on June rs. 1892. declaring Martin
ss.mIeg a single man from 1889 to 1878
was made for the purpose OF perfecting
The title OF Gasch to the property ana ae-
frauding Augusta Schmieg. mother OF
scmieR. OF her community interest.
Fred Gasch in his affidavit states that
Arthur Schuieg never told BIN IL was MS
fathers request to remove the pody ol Dis
wife 10 Germany, and that young Sehmfes
lived with him on friendly terms until ne
became of age He states that the VIII o.
Martin Sehmieg practically disinneritea
Arthur Schmieg as TO one-half OF the es-
tate, inasmuch a. II did not provide Tor
one May r. Schmieg, claiming 10 De
child of Martin Schmieg. and that the WIN
also les, a large portion OF the estate 70
relatives In Germany: that Mary Schmieg
attempted 10 have the will prohatesi In thts
county, and that the affiant resisted me
rrobaf.ng and was successful IN saving
the entire estate Of Martin Schm'eg TOT
Ms son Arthur Gasch does not dehs
that there is an AFFIDAVIT. purpottihs 70
have come from him, on file In the aunt
ors Office. stating that Martin Scamieg
was single in 1859 and remained so untu
M That n he did make such an am,
osvi,. he made an honest mistake anu -
NO; intend TO state other than the facts'
that designing persons. knowing the 49,
ress Of Arthur Schm!eg. have used ths
ar,says, 10 preiuiice his mind. and ny
sars MEANS have Influenced Schniieg 20
believe his estate has been suuanderei-
The s. 5ea mentioned iu Schmieg's ahfcaNie
Gaseh saws was money borrowed os
Gasrh while guardian to pay Tor sehn''"s
support and schooling.
Gasch saws Schmieg never told MIN ,hae
his father blamed him for hl-treauhs IL,
ana states that he was the ccnadentiai
agent Of Martin Schmieg during ms lte-
tine ana faithfully discharged MS ~,
towards him He SAYS II IS true that
in Sesmieg a. one time owned che-.'hI -
re I'nlon block. now belonging 70 AuEuss
Nea,hor-, h,,f never owned the south hsit
q the b'eck. now belonging 10 "a,
sAss schmies, IN his lifetime, sold the hoi "a
haif IN genera warranty deed thar seoSe'-
suent 10 thar date. in the guardianship ~
Arthur Sehmleg. a supposed in'ersss "a
Augusta Schmier IN the lot Was 500 -
Ger order or probate court for S2.Vs. VIII VIII
money was s,,er,, IN the support ana care
~ Arthur SchmgeS while in Germany
Gssch states that he eudcavcreG 10 pur-
chase the cemetery lot from rSess ~
after he learned that Schmieg haa soi" -
S2at ~ might he able 10 pFotcN'
bose q the dead. and for no other pur 49,.
Tie afilani says thai he did not say
Anna Perkins lived. and SAYS II Is not 'n-
wish % himself and Mrs. Perkins 10 nave
sAe remains % th~ir relatives hurfer IN
foreign country. and further saws scni'i !,
las not the means, ara. judging ~
ess past coaaucs. VIII never have &c
means 80 remove che body or his n'o'he'
70 Germany oF elsewhere
Freebarn. IN h,s AFFIDAVIT, says iNss 'lis
seed "a the les was given 70 him IN 500 500
fsiih for money borrowed and necesSs re
ef life furnished Schmicgs that ne =
man Of family and purchased the TOT az =
eaFial place Tor the dead. and for no e.a 20
purpose; that Ne has never attempted "a
sesnove The bodies ana knows nothinS ~
TIE faAtrsr ~ - he tnrr,lsatNne IT,