The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-12

zerhow - having belonged 20 his unrle-
The only expianaeaan Of this calm ~
given by sam Ccosnbs. tire odd pioneer.
who says THAI Jacob Sigp's Indsan wvsraan
VAS one OF Cfaef cursey.s tribe. which
bad It's renssezYoss AT the place and gN
IL into their heads that they cwEed the
Ia,si Al shs PRESENT time although ali
Of TIE Lard AZ the head of the cove -
r,katref. ksos.se OF Il IS o<capzed by the
If5tsans.
Prom the time the zecia0ws LANDED az
Yossng cove they talked about the for
tune OF Jacob sligo until she whole coEa-
.nunay knew the story hy heart. Ze-
chow had En0uey. and bad no troubie In
getting lawyers 10 take up has case. He
es.abitzhed without n sioa5t that he was
the nephew Of jacob Sligo. and thsa COM
.asncei proceedings to get a power OF at
8ersley from the other relatives in Ger-
many.
All this tine he was looking Up evi-
sEenee 10 show his title TO about haf the
city Of Seattle. a portion Of Pierce ceGn-
IS. and strip Of lard over in kitsap
county The excitement about the gov
srnanesFe dry dock worked on the ze-
elbows like a lotion. They sa. thousands
OF dollars in their grasp. and went after
them as FISH jumps ~ ~ which con-
eeaIs he sharp hook. When ore lawyer
got tired OF following up Zechow's fairy
story he would get arother. In this way
lie employed between fifteen and twenty
attorneys TO solve the riddle Of Jacob
Slso's immense fortune.
One Of his most absurd Chains was
that bis uncle owned the Co.fnan block
on Front strcet. How absurd the claim
was can be seen when it Is known that
that land was donated BY the Terry es-
tate TO tins Seattle waiia walla rail-
road and subsequently sold at auction 20
j. NJ Colnsan for about $500. Imagine
Mr.. coirnan's surprise one day when
woman walked into his Office and with
tears in her eyes said:
Please. Mr.. Colsnan. give me back my
property tEleaning the entire block on
FROM street, between Columbia and MARI
onl: you are a rich man and viii not feel
Ii. while / am a poor wosnan."
SIR. Coiman was simply non-rlnssed.
lie looked at the woman a moment and
then remarked:
My good woman. L have not got any
OF your property"
He supposed she was an insane woman
who had some deiusion and gave the
matter no more thought until an after
ney came TO him ard said that he lad
the wonsan's property ard had better
settle the matter. lie suggested that 1t
would he well to pay her sum CT uloEey
and quiet the matter. Mr.. Colrnan talks
business In very clear and decided man
ner. On this occasion he kept his repu-
tation by saying;
Well. IL you or anyone else has got
any claim on my property go ahead ard
assert It In the courts"
The lawyer retired and did not make
a second attempt nj hlaekmail. or what
certainly had the appearance CT such an
attempt.
Some time after this Mrs Zecfow he
came wildly insane on the subject OF
..uncie Jake's" fortune. and ii was naces-
sary To send her to Sieilacoom. She is
still there. ard from last accounts and
the words OF her dead husband not many
months ago, she viii never recover. The
wife having become a. wreck through a
sieiusion the husband kept on the same
track. and finally secured the services
OF Attorney W. W. Stewart, who re-
Gently died. TO get possession of the
fortune.
After Stewart had been at work on the
case for a while and collected a large
bundle of legal documents, such as cop
hes OF the records OF Kltsap county In
w'isich Sligo was Interested, he met Post
Intelligencer reporter on the street and
told him he had u fine story for him
The reporter wezlt to Stewards rooms in
the Seattle National bank building. ana
Stewart told him ahat he was trying To
set hold OF an estate left by Jacob sligo,
OF Port Orchard. fraadulentiy handled
50 that only a part OF 1t went TO John
SEo. an illegstimase heir. while the re-
naai1lder was possessed by many wealthy
people. He said that the real heir ar at
! least one OF them, was Henry C.echow,
formerly OF California. and that he cx-
reoted 10 find zccslow a. his Office. A
day or 50 Later the reporter found Ze-
chow at Stewards office and talked TO
him. or ut least tried to. He talked so
| hrokeniy. however. that it was difficult
10 set q connected story from him. 1t
| was clear. however. tina, he believed ne
| ought 10 have the create part OF the
! city and a good share cs kitsap county.
| II was SO apparent that the claims were
I
/ that the reporter asked Stewart If he
meant 10 say that he could establish that
Dutch Jake had been cheated out OF
property In this city or elsewhere.
| well. replied Stewart. II thlnk the
odd man had other property. but as a
| matter Of fact all that We are trying te
| set hold Of IS tins land near Fort Orchard
/ We eould not get evidence in the other
| cases.
! From THAI point on stewart told IN.
/ story az how zechow had written 10 hi:
| foma for a power az attorney from IA
/ other relatives. ard that. although wcxy
had been received erect from German,
shas Consul Roseathal. az san Francisco
hssl thc pewes u attorney. be had ,lenie,
possession. a; that time. eF a day or 5,
before. Essential was in Seattle. h,
ieft However. before Stewart saw hin
again. CT at least that was what Sew
art said.
Retare the interview elozs-l the re
parier asked gscaow ~ ne.se ,loN,, 80
sssass ~ me ether hairs il Germany
rms ia what ere wrote. Johann zeehoN
raaeain 2eohow. wlssss sfnlna sn,ssarYsl
and Carl Sehraesul,
That Mas sh@ last slTs1e TIC reporter exc
/ saw 2eehow, He met Stewart. boa s-ves
/ oa tae street che dag ard was iagoVine
saaat through al article in the san Fran
casee Chres 5sss the censzl at san Fran
c.sse bad heeR spaTTesf ur 10 pro9ace ~
Favxr % attorney Tao matter restc
here euta xesaows hnsiy was found 4
the FrsseC river. TIE SseFies %5ns ca