The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-28
I DAWSON'S FAVOR
- I9ner Porter Of the Ven
- Makes His Depesition.
6usss AGAINST The WIFE
- $50 0sr - nsoeev1ng No n
- nssa, s~nAing Him OF ~
-, ard Othsr Things.

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81 - 4 securing testimony 70 b Used
AZ ss11i-of HI wife when the case u called.
srr veek the deposition Of ArsL Parsons
S@1vua % Monday and vas ordsrrd puh-
1Sua And yesterday along came the tes-
1S1rrr q Fred q. Afford, Who Was en-
s11rs1 - . porter NJ the Hotel vendom>
Z - part Of the time the D1wsons were
@G1ee there. In watch he tells Of the
Il - ~ Nra Dawson with A. c. Hess
70 eehes men whose names be dos not
-. IN deposition - very fun ara
Xuuo Mn Dawsoc up In rather Z bad
& - = u states dates aud times that
~ GERS together tn the hotel In u
2111p1 a1Do alleges that Mr.. Dawson cent
- - FER besr and cautioned him not
= - ~ Doctor anything shout her re-
11ano with Hess o. others. The most
1nmng1ng statement IN the whole deposit
& - y thak ons morning. after Mrs Daw-
= - Hess had been tossther In the par
Y ~ nfn o'clock In the morning. he aaw
- anter hef room IN his stocking feet
Ex1 ~ him coming down the han from
- Akerfion OF her fcom the same morn
s - obouf s O'Clock Ia the same earb e he
RI - WhAn he went tn Afford also
80 statemests TO the effect that . num-
& - q dodgers In tbs house complained Of
z - aef1ous of Mrs. Dawson and that be
[u1ssd ths same TO the proprietor. These
& - Afford alleges, took place durinx the
mnw pass of LIS. and January and Febru-
-, ~ The deposittoa wAs taken In
GnGo. where Afford u nov engaged ~
n6mnGuman-
= - direct answer Afford says he -
lynn old and v ~ present living in Chi
- He arst met Mrs. Dawson In Au-
81 -. and me< the doctor the follow
& - nonth- He lived IN Seattle for eight
So prior 20 July. 1895. From December
- 70 February II. 1855 no was en-
- - porter In the yendome hotel. and
"A - there that he met Mn. Dawson,
4 - opcupied rooms of that hostelry from
S - - In August to the latter part q
1u1oe. i1o6 When she first took up her
u1osnce At the hotel she was alone. from
K Anv1Ge II 10 September ~. 1886, or until
nbsr y. when her children ana nurse
Que hack. and the doctor one week later.
Sulng he time Mrs. Dawson resided at
~ vsndoms she had room "a. which IL
{ = - north side Of the frst noor Of the
/ $3.50 rooms Of the once floor.
- Afford gives . diagram Of thin
- - the exact location Of Mrs.. Daw-
Z 1rfe soom.)
Md says his duties while he was at
~ Vondome were 20 look after the house,
! ~ Ne halls. answer bells. ETC. He
- = duty from .. m. until midnight,
4 - s1Gpf In the once on . cot. From the
- Nh. Dawson went TO the hotel until
~ - Joined by her husband and chill
~ Afford alleges that he did not see
- logeor. but was told by Mrs. Dawson
- - and the children were In British
GO
uong the time Mrs. Dawson was alone.
4 p1 eays he saw different male visitors
~ ~ bedroom q number Of times, and
- The way In which he knew was
xMA Dawson called him there to get
Ul11o1 AMI also beer. Most OF these men
T. not know. These visits occurred
0D8 twice . week. and would last on
noAsions until 10 or II at night. and
- he says. he know q man TO 20
= ~ oom IT , o'clock in the morning.
49, man he knew that visited Mrs.
- was A. G. Hess. Sometimes she
n male visitors In the parior. among
=. G. Hess. On some occasions, he
- Mrs- Dawson has been In the par
49, Inherent men. oue at Q time, with
- nght turned low. and sometimes en-
~ oct One time he remembers partic-
~ she was alone In the parior with
- from or o'clock until in The
en1ng with the lights turned cut. He
ve4u carry her beer at such intervals that
would average almost every night.
onnetimos he would get II In q two-ouart
~ and sometimes IN . large pitcher.
- the Queen City saloon. and some
- ~ other saloons, and would deliver
y hef bedroom and again in the parlor,
y several occasions there were gentlemen
= ~ company that he did not know. and
- q twice Hess was there: there were
- ladies with her
M Dawson. Afford says. went out al.
every evening. sometimes before
~ returning early and sometimes late.
W2U1lfHfA NJ al DO
1anes OF many he did not know. One
al. ne says. while sitting In the ONCE,
- came In at II or y o'clock with her face
so.ned. She talked Ia a very free manner
- threw herself on the table on her ell
Sws and after while she wen, Go her
soon. Al another time. IN the kitchen.
sne mad been drinking before and had some
~ snere. and talked very freely before
sesai OF the employees. He knew she was
intoxicated. because her breath smelle-i
suonxiy Of beer and her general appear
snce Indicated that she was under tho tn
unsnoe OF liquor.
Her conversation during the times she
Us intoxicated. Afford saes, was TO the
meet That she would never marry a doc
w " she had TO DO II over again. Ths,
ioF her living q, home and eonaning
Ssslssh IN way. aad having TO stay at
s.sss Ana taik to one man. she said she
eeuid not do that
MIS- Dawson. according TO Afford, would
sae,irnes ssand~a, the foot 81 tire stairs.
~ a. other times walk backward and for
-ssu. lie says he has talked to her and
as would tel him That she was down
sasFs FOR fresh air. aed sometimes that she
waiting for some one. or for a car. ara
stslh ne has seen her nod or be..l<on 10
1sa who did not sior.
- otneT occasions. however. he has
nss meet a man in front OF the hotel
~ NoWn The street with Inn. one Of
men was A. G. Hess The reason, he
re Knew Hess was that he STONED
: we fendcnae on the ton soor a, ,ns
81 unne Mrs. Dawson lived there A.
~ NAne Nc took beer 30 Mrs. Dawson ara
N TIE paricr he alleges that xha
-. aifn 20 have glass OF beer bat he
49, Ahey were occupying a fesa-.-
- ~ one corner. Re went info tnn yS,o,,,
'Sls. Two or three times after ara =,
VINE they were sitting SIDE hv a.
axsinS her arms around Hess and hIs
= sINena her. little later he went
h, -, shd sae was sittiaw on Hess lar.
$50 resting on his shoulder sfsor,t
h's regular bedtime was =, a. -
-. - :. ana zHau' II ~ Mrs Dawson cape5
.hse The payior AMI asked ht,o !, !,
I. scout time he turned tn savsp,
- mus be getsisg sleepy ard woula ~
49, % get ~ In the morning n ~ sis
= 70 bed He tod aer Re us-tsl,x ~,
when he got rcafv. ara sha ,,,is
49, e I'D nei So 20 ned they would Ss
81 no Nnser. After this remark he
sss parfoT untn o'elerx =, ~. s.s.,,,,-
- a, AaNSh~- sgn1s he eiaf-,,s - 49,.
-, afs Dawson ard Hess sitting se,e-
"a ne rarior between Il ans II
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