The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-01


aceep. the cash Powell then wished wit
hess 70 make cat an assignment 70 him OF
TIRE original amount a. TIRE bIl. 81 Tns
witness ostivesy and erapnaticaiy decliE-
ed to do, saying he would not be party 10
zsacEs q transaction. Witness said the prop
er course for him would be 70 make out
ne. bin fer sl5 snd receipt II. and shtz ne
had Sons. When Powei. approached him
On the Euhtsc. 81 nis account it was on
First avenue. Powell was accamra 4 py
sorne Ore, whom witness thought he had n
.roG iced 20 him a. Perkins. This g@nfIs-
man aad asked witness whether h had adj
vfsed a compromise Of shs suit. and beng
tod yes, asked why. Witness had tod s1rn
that be did not regard Mrs McSelley N
turies as permanent, and that he though
fair compensation fer ner Gainag.s rom
the accident would De from sss 70 Sl.
Witness also told Of his Attending Us
Grove household while il was under qaaa-
antine. Powell he said was anxious 70
get Grove out Witness said Powea nad
sent word by him 10 Grove that settle
ment was pending IN The McNeades o~e'
and that IL had been compromised ~
During DIR, Yandeils testimony !. ~;
Perkins, who was IN the room. was caIiso
forward 70 give the witness an oppots0...ls
OF Identifying him as the maj VIC "as
with Powell a: the interview on rirs, az
nue.. DR. Tandeii, who is nearslgnte1, sass
him close and searching seFddhy. an
though uncertain. rather thought ne w.
rot the man. He thought the man VIC
was with Powell on the occasion releT.s "a
to was taller, bur adhered 20 ais or,stna ..
statement
az Perkins When Dr. Yandel had con-
Guided his testimony j. y. Perkins was n
troGuced. and despite Dr fanGeia III
preston. said he thought ne must nay
been the man who was with PoweA ne
said he was passing along fKst asFhu-
when he saw Powell and Or. fanaen IN
conversation. He was called back ey Eo"
eli and introduced 10 Dr. fahueA-
Grove ON the stand.
The next witness was Frank Grove. AS
- <xrxs~ ~ sad
which manifested Itself IL a coZeh olIsfens
attitudes in as many seconds. one OF ti,o
peculIaritiss OF his testimony was MS Iaii
ure 10 comprehend the piainest ana mos
direct questions put 10 him, and another
was his evasion OF those questions aIleI
they had been repeated by counsel OF ny
the stenographer. II,
ness told OF hts coming here some ten years
ago. Ills frat occupation mad been AZ Gar
penter's work. Later ne naa pseh elhpios
ed as a telegraph operator. Had Workei
for the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern. ms
first station being at Fan city IN july
1898 ne had worked for the Ioiumpla *
Puget Sound railroad.
Have you any recommendsT asked At
torney Madigan. who has notaoie dsfe-
gard OF grammar.
producing from an inner pocket several
neatly folded papers certifying 10 his good
work AZ an operator. all OF which were PUT
In evidence and placed on file.
Questioned closely as to ms iegai expefl-
ence witness had decidedly embarrassed
air. lie testified that during the period
from May aSa5. 10 January, 1886. he had
tried several cases In the Justices court In
Snohomish county. He could not be GER
tain as to the exact number He had been
a notary public and had worked liz the Of
ace of the snohomish County Abstract
Company. He had come TO King county
in January, 1896. and had done some law
business. beginning about August, 1898. He
n al nay a
court though he had Instituted two suits
In that tribunal. Asked as TO whether he
had ever practieed in the supreme court:
he gave a mo- whose long crescendo OF
surprised denial caused a general smile.
lis your knowledge of law then so limit
81 that you wout hesitate 10 undertak
the management of case alone?" asked
Col. Allen.
We'll. that depends on the nature OF the
case. ! might undertake II alone If 1t were
an ordinary $40 case. But If t We're an i'm
portant case ! would cali in other counsel"
Witness testified that he and Powell were
partners in the Eureka collection agency.
but not partners in law. He admitted.
however. that Powell had engaged him In
the NcNeIley case, saying that he would
'let him In" on that case. The case was
then about to be begun. Nothing had been
said between them about defrauding Mrs.
McNelley Nothing had been said 10 him
about settlement prior 10 the time his
house was placed In quarantine last month.
The quarantine on his house was raised
Witness came down town next day. DR..
Yandel had meantime delivered him
message from Powell TO the effect that
the McNelley case was nearing settle
ment, and that Powell wanted Grove 10
come down town and sign the papers.
When he met Powell the latter had tod
been out TO see Mrs. M:Neliey. and had
advised a compromise, and had suggested
To Mrs. McNelley that she hang on 10 her
crutchcs until a settlement was reached.
sFl=G - ed ha he Is nv "
Attorney Z. Z. Ferry. who represented the
Union Trunk line. brought the stipulation
OF dismissal to be signed Ferry had said
the stipulation would have To be signed by
Mrs. McNeiley as we'll as by her attorneys
and Powell had taken II out TO her 10 sign
being accompanied by a man named Clark.
When witness saw Mrs. McNaliey's sigma
ture on the stipulation he supposed Il was
all right and had affixed his own signature.
He thought that when he signed the docu-
ment the names OF Ault and Perkins were
already signed Asked To explain how his
name then came 10 precede theirs he said
there was no other place for him to sign
except AZ the top unless I signed way
down AZ the bottom
Shortly after the settlement witness went
out 10 see the McNelieys and advised them
that Powell was drunk and they had bet
ter conse down and get the!r money. MIR
and Mrs. McNeIiey differed as to wheth her
they would accept the $50 and he had
come away and left them disputiug Wit
ness had received so from Powell on Octo-
her 10 hut did not know whether II wa
IN payment for his services in the Mcneil
ley ease or not, Witness had known Pow
ell about two years. Had first worked
with him or for him in the hardware bust
ness making some klonilke stoves Was
not associated with Powell In The an
cases which that gentleman had mention
cd and did not believe or know % any If
" or sixty applications per dav received
by the collection agency E}e had ioshei
with Powell abont the diploma from the
Law college and had gone down to the depot
ia 81 fsssf an a..
was a diploma or not. as Il WIS printed IN
Latin or French aud witness dd nos read
either lauEuaRe
That Famous Degree.
Questioned a.. 20 whether ~ had NOT
iseipcd 60 furnish pro0f az powrlrs legal
reading as basis Cor sha latter's arDlira-
ton for his diploma from the law coileS,,
in FAsc3eo. witness exhibited strange