The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-24
FOR THE COURTS Benefit
AxoTHEH CyRCxs no Perform II
THIS CITY NEXT MONTH. zsg
Wrsiisoa's Worldwide Wonders
lopsfua~ tn Air Their Tr0ables
In Seattle. All EMorts so GET
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Ths~e nll. &c circus IL the superior
ooart neg. rnontn. when the summer va
eatsasas are ever and the wheels of tusttcs
s,exla % revoive again. after a season CT
partial qssefasse. Ne. that the lawyers
''wlIs play hcrse" with ne jadges, or eas:-
v-~t tie cSurt-rS5m into bear garden.
as il is sometimes efl4 fg4i ts4@y ny - DO.
b. dyspeptic ssit.cs. Noting ~ the KIND
TIE statement - gne OF fac;. aud nothing
more The circus viii he Wilson'S WGr!d-
vide HSnasrs which came ia grief n
fasa city ahcE4t month ago. and TIE *
astls cgurl viii be called wen 10 weigh In
tie balance the cla5rrs u ifs rival o@n%gs
10 the miscellaneous lot II show psrapaet-
saalis. educated horses and aid animals
that constitute the circus property.
An evidences Of the iutnniiog. % the par
ties ~ fight their lag suit 20 anssh MAJ
the fling OF answer 81 the sapeE.os
court yesterday II tire repiesin suit OF O.
IL Walker, one ef the sfgrse blaine men
wao claim 20 owa the circus. agsins, Mr..
anti Mrs Chss3es r. Powell In the All
swnr the Powe.ls deny the Ownership OF
fts.. Blaine aea, aaG assert that they have
to- fltls 70 the show. Pending 1ae trial
u the lAx suit. the e.rcus Is a Gis3rgsn2
ed community. The big tents. the trained
iursta. toe performing poodle dogs. the
sacred bull sauI the educated hs1hoon.
and iass bar nos least. Funny Peanuts"
she little Jap RHO sparx with saui. are IN
blaine, In charge Of the plaintiffs In the
case There also. are a number OF the
circus psaple
The remaining members OF the circus
troupe arc ten,lng On the beach al West
seaitle, along with some OF The Oesk So
c.ssy OF the city They are the people who
fs~.a l.sa y.ef
Wilson. when the show broke up. Will
sou came over 10 the city the other day
10 attend this trial 0f Funny Peanuts" on
a charge of provoking an assault. and be-
fore returning 20 the circus camp made a
lengthy statement Of his side OF the ease
70 "a Post fn;s.ligsncer reporter. Concern
Ing The litigation over the show ne Was
content. inasmuch "a the matter vas sub
tudice.'' WILSON has picked 40 more than
little legal lore during his long career
a. a circus owner. lie @oaid only say
that at tbs .irsl Il would fse provo shat the
Blaine men were only mortgages OF the
show. and not owners at all
But concerning Funny Peanuts the
Jov!sl-iooking Wilson waxed eloquent.
II had mafte up my mind" he said. mot
10 discuss This affair until IL vas over. but
when saw In the paper that 'Peanuts'
was telling around that owed him s., 60.
] WAS really irritasej. Why, that ii,tie
jap has been with ne for six years. and In
that time he has cost me a small fortune
for cigarettes and billiards. The Lord
kao9s. he isn't much u an attraction. but
] mad liking for The little rascal never
allowed him 10 want for anything He
had the best tailor-made clothes, good
food~in fact, everything ne wanted except
money for drink. Drink i PEANUTS great
fault / WAS under no legal obligation To
pay him salary, bu. every Sunday morn
Ing he got his little s.. Just like regular
member of The company. !; was mean
trick in those Blaine feilows-they call
them Barnums up thereto get him drunk
and steal him away. Peanuts never
woiG have gone II he had kept sober
II have been the boys guardian for
long time. He was with me for long time
as an eTpioye. When / returned 10 Japan
again tried to give him back TO HE par
ents. but Lord save US, they wouldn't
have him, No one In Japan VIII admit kin
ship to a dwarf. SO | had 10 adopt Pea
nuts by advice OF the British consul 7
couldn't alIake him. And then 20 have
him go back on me when l am In trouble.
He'll never find any one who with trsat
him better than / have. Owe him money.
That boy has cost me 4 mint OF /, In slf.
fersnt ways"
Wilson Is character in his way. lie
has been III :he circus business from In
fancy, ana il 4 good specimen OF type Of
the old time Snowman now fast disappear
Ing. lie has been III every country under
th1 sun. He MAS oIu>e with Barnuui. and
was enc Of the men who brought the Ia
Nous white elephant ~ America