The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-07
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a ail1 make fl a practice to do 50 when tray
eng On the water"
DID you say anything about Alaska -
rs ST. ! said that I had a friend IN
-AAaska and had thought OF going there 70
enter the newspaper business"
me Trunk Van Waters Expected.
AeA the jury about the trunk you Of
iersa 80 20 get Possession Of"
Mrs. Neftie Williams. a woman Of tha
Io~n' owed ne an Old debt or g ara
asIeeo 70 give ne zinc trunk marked
IowIe and filled with gents wearing ar
EafeI 70 settle IL. I had been expecting
t1at trunk for two or three months and 7
sa'o a. the depot that Il would be vor.b
sIs 20 the person who could put me in pos
session OF t."
"a Dia you touch any baggage checks a.
no. SIR. When I was AZ the aepot An
-. :, 4 paced my satchei in the north
VS. corner % the baggage room ara
Wnen went after Il Il was covered v,.b
. ouhoie OF Examiners 1 didn't SCI n
1o"h on trunk, otherwise than 10 rest a.
on trunk while still retained hold ~
II AS 70 my being around the demo. fire.
auehtiy, l was there several times about
' re INK out on August stopped in
s@suaiiy wnlle waiting for the GREYHOUND
20 20 TO Everett. Ny inquiry about tha
dental" III
oh Contamination Van Waters said
mat Mrs Williams met him on the stree
soOat three months ago and asked him II
ne ae seoaiied her. He did not. but she re-
fesned MS memory BY telling how ha
helped her and her children to Victoria
ABOUT Tour years ago. She was grateful
ana TO pay the debt, which amounted ~
3. told him she would give him a
trunk that belonged TO her dead brother
ana contained goods that might be sold
Mr.. Wiltshire then took Van Waters
over his transactions at Everett and Van
waters made the statement that he Dor
rowed II from Mr.. Whitney, but paid II
back after he sold the trunk He was also
positive that there was no check on the
trunk. His examination proceeded:
How far were you on your way to Ev-
erett before this man Nickerson spoke OF
selling the trunk?'
sAbout two-thirds"
What kind OF looking man was heq"
Medium height, neither dark nor light
clean shaven. mustache, little over my
age, poor clothing. looked as IL he might
have been hard up. lie wore soft. dark
hat OF some kind"
Did you get his address,"
mo"
did he have prospector's tools7"
Not that I saw"
trunk?'
Il would give possibly Sc
Did ii occur 20 you that this trunk
might not have been Nlckerson's prop
erty?'
NO sir"
A Microscope for sale.
Didn't you tell Barron you had a mi
croscope worth $3.50 for sale and wanted
TO Know II you could get $50 on it2''
No | asked Mr.. Barron IL he could dis
pose Of microscope. / told him had one
worth perhaps $50"
The state did not ask a question for n
moment and Judge Humes !ntimated very
strongly that II was about time for the
cross-examiuat3on TO close.
Just walt a moment" said Mr.. Morris.
! want 10 ask Mr.. Van Waters II he ala
not tell Mr.. Barron that lie was from
Philadelphia, had been to Alaska. Intend
ed 10 return and that he had a $50 micro
scope that he wanted 70 sell
II object" came from Mr.. Dore. in
strenuous tones
Objection sustained" said the court.
II want 20 lay a foundation for inn
peachlng the witness" replied Mr. Morris
THE objection was sustained" repeated
tho court
testified that the combined value Of the
trunk and clothing in evidence would not
be worth more than &c.
After Van Waters brother had told OF
seeing the defendant Off 10 Everett August
=. the state called Samuel Whitney IN re-
buttal OF The defendants statement about
borrowing money Whitney said he did not
lend Van Waters a cent.
The defense eaIied Expressman Gillespie
back 20 the stand TO question him on
some points and Unexpectedly the evidence
came out thai Van Waters had given him
a check FOR the trunk a. Everett
After arguments By counsel the Judge
charged the jury and Instructed IL 20 re-
turn a sealed verdict.
Government experts pronounce DIT
prI.e,s mixing PoMier the pirast and