The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09

3 tA41 coHESrzafl8u. Lo4rHsa feT re ataEs
had RECONSTRUCTED saestso1 ASKED q Mr.
storsr yesterday az 70 Mr. Forts telling
her skssgs JAssssfs confession q undue n
taa1zcv viii her brotner-sn-tzw Sut TIE
court ruled 81. tae QzssEiga yesterday "a
be tad eons &C TIE CAY before. Az4 ATA-
cforsr w4s excused
Esv. Albert Atwood. VITO gave 5ss o.
eur,arson as clergyman. and bis ressasncs
a. zfs Madison street. testified that ore
az the electro NgEEs near the Aa14s12
E.razt n e enuTch had been taGsn sSays
he said s. was formerly nurg about ssv-
enty-ay8 fest frozn the starr hosfse.
which has hgarsd 20 coaspacuo8sly p us
"run sheep. rBB" scandal. Etxls wssE
az north. an9 plainly visible frou The
troat window * that house. Wasn't sure
about ths bay window. uriess counsel
raeaEt BY that the front wia6ox- Wines
had 10 regular pastoral charge. Had lived
81 Seattle about f~ecty-f91T years %
the night az J4uu4rY q he had taken
charge q the Epwortb League service a.
Naa.zor Street church. On that evening
Mr. Ford had gone oaf and brought Jes-
E.e into the church. A similar incident
was reeitsd "a occurring or the evening q
January &. On cToss-eIzEninatlon he
admitted that Jessie on both occasions
seemed osssdlent 20 Mr Ford Admitted
his ignorance as % bay window. SAID the
electric gght vas nrsght enough 70 recog-
nize persons going in and oct OF the En-
trance 70 the church.
Ida Reese bad ssen Jessie walking with
Bon Ripley OF Madison street near the
power house. going toward the brtdge
Cr0ss-examluation brought out the fact
that they were going toward her hoEle,
NF. Ford's house.
Albert Anderson stated fha. he was one
day coming down town when he net Jes-
sle Morfora loitsTfng along the street.
lie asked her TO 80 with him and she de-
eiined. saying that she was waiting for a
bay. This was in the afternoon.
a. y. a. secret Rooms.
w. r. Peter testified that ne had an
Office IN the Hinckley block near the
rooms occupied By Mr. Ford During the
month OF January. 1857. he had used Mr..
Ford-S Office. lie drew a diagram OF
rooms 81 ard s2ls and explained 10 the
jury the location ard interior arrange
ment OF the rooms. He showed that the
door % room szba was placed that II
Il were only slightly opened 4 person
standing outside could see nothing bat
the wsi 70 the left Of the door. lie was
sure that Nr Ford had moved into room
at about March d. iss7. and had rot occu-
pied Il before that time. Room 54is and
room 81 had been used SIS headquarters OF
the A. r. A. OF which Mr. Ford was pres
isent. Room 52 was occupied by Mr.
PTesnan Room 62sa was the private or
stantiy locked Room 81 was occupied arst
IN March fs97 The furniture IN that
room comprised 4 table chairs lounge
and desk. The lounge was not put IN the
room Ell April 3 Witness had often seen
Jessls Morford In this room. While he
WAS In one % the compartments into
which the room was divided by thin parti-
tons. about April Is. he heard an inter
estinZ conversation between Jessie and
Mr.. Ford. Mr.. Ford was telling her that
she must quit running around With bows
a, night. else she would disgrace both him
self and his family Toward the end OF
the conversation he came out into the gen
erai room and heard and saw Jessie cry
ing. Croxs-examined. stated that ne had
business with Mr. Ford almost every day.
Was In the room nearly every day and
sometimes several times a day. though az
times he would be absent from the city
for several DAYS together. and. of course
on such occasions was not IN the rooms
During the latter part - January witness
was absent from ihs city a good deal As
to the method % gaining admission 20 the
secret room. witness said Il was BY rap
ping.
How many rams did you have to givs7''
asked NJ. NeEivoy.
That e more ~ your business" replied
TIRE witness.
Witness Rad never seen Jessie Narfarf
tili after March "a ~ TIE time % the
converse tor referred % she was IN NJ.
Ferd's office altogether ahous half az hour.
He dii not hear AL 90 The conversation
hat PASSED between tsera. ard could rot
tell whether the portion he heard vas
toward the middle or end - their talk.
No. ne couldn't remember the dav OF the
week. The date was about April =.
Thought sAe Rad been IN - 8fi7cs before
she ieft about o. { O'clock IN ths af-ov-
neon. Would rot state positively whether
fore Or not ~ the wind-up ~ the con
vsrsatio1 sire was crying Die Hat think
Ford was talking snvrify Or hErshly %
her. though Re was Speaking very post
lively ard seemed 81 he q Kettle mortified.
TIE whole conversation which he heard
occupied about four or ave minutes
J. 4. Bpncs. who lives az ere corner q E
Mercer street ana Flrst avenue west. ard
who gave his occupation as mechanic srd
carpenter. exhibited before the iuTy q sia-
grara - the rooms En- the Blnck'ev block.
carefully drawn u showed tAe location
a. tie various partitions IN tho rcems ard
os - various articles % furniture u
gave particular attent 3on - che 6e.v
through which vourg Howard Wstmo~s
claimed - have seen the eauehty a1lrgs
az Mr. Ford. The danr IS tire private o.
fee of THE A 2. a was never icst un- .
locked u Rad an Ordinary l6ck. ana Pc
sides a Yale sprinc icck on are inside
April J The partitions were pat 5n that +
room BY witness himself about Apru 3 +
under Mr.. Fors-s employment. making !
three conapertuaen TIE furniture from
Egst was transferred 70 81 wien Mr.. Ford +
moved witness knew u9thts= 81 p rev
lounge beinE bought. - IRE outer soaF - /
& were open cne-guartev - ar irch 8
person standing in the haN caul8 nat pos .
ssb}y see the lounge. II voult have - % .
open two or three tnehes hef2re tbF door +
cnerfar fate NJ Fc~f's private rccm .
could b seen. Thee rooms were she on'v (
ones occupied by Fcr8 from Neveube~ +
fSsS. 80 Ar~il 1877. Witness VS. ie Ford .
private cr1ce nearly every day something's +
several tirnes = 8av though eftsn ~ was +
absent from the city ara - course 81 +
such eccaslens was uct IN re Gree. Ha f
was absent most - ths latter part IF Ian +
nary last TIE r0crss were NfE EeadQuEr- &
teFs Tse was AT cr8csr - tae A = A.
81 which Ford was president Entraere /
% fh@ rooms wee gained ~ 3 Scr-rt ~sH
or number - raps. known only 50 uzrl- /
bers - ere oT5er.
C'rcsS-ex rnfrFt. witness answered. sew
sraj enestsors about the diagram 20 fha (
rooms ara ssla As haf rsats Z, or Thars-
fav sro-. actual f~xpecfton. Asks Z 80
partitions BAD rot hsez renewed so thas
Ne had g arAw them trca memory. %
safa marks of paYtitlers were stl lsst
ara Sess3es as ~ Esd pat - 0arfisisns Z
a. hfraself Pc Knew precisely where thsv