The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-24
DEMANDS An ACCOUNTING.
FORMER ASSOCIATE OF II. G. TOR
RENEE WANTS A RECKONING.
Claims Tint He withheld n Fortune
I'm Sale of Mining Clnims-Tor-
renee Says That He Is the Victim

A new phase of the Terrence Hoshor-
Thompson civil and criminal litigation
which has been going on in the courts or
this and Pierce counties was developed yes
terday when William II. Smith, who claims
to have been former partner of Terrence,
served upon him a copy of a complaint
which will be filed today in the superior
court, charging the defendant with with
holding and converting to his personal
use between $4,000 and s125 900 of the funds
belonging to the alleged partnership.
In substance the suit instituted by Smith
alleges that the plaintiff was a partner CT
the defendant in the business operations
of a company of wealthy California capt
talists in Alaska which accumulated large
earnings from the control of timber rights
and placer claims in the vicinity of Dlw-
son; that the defendant. acting In the
capacity Of the company's representative
went to London, where he disposed or the
interests of several of the owners for the
sum of s2lo,co. which he preceeded 70 Con- con,
vert to his own use and benefit, leaving
the plaintiff with no equity In the trans
action aside from responsibility for mum,
Der of debts which the company contracted
In Dawson City.
The complaint further affirms that for the
purpose of making disposition OF the pro-
ceeds derived from the sale in such
manner as to preclude its recovery in
subsequent action, the defendant gave wv
900 of the amount to his father, sister ana
brother-in-law in payment for money whicl
the plaintiff contends was never advanced
10 the defendant.
The plaintiff represents that for the
purpose of securing sureties to quailty
upon $4,000 bond given in the actions
now pending in the courts florence deiv-
cred to his bondsmen drafts and MONEYS
to secure them, which he asks that the
bondsmen be required to account for TO the
firm of w. III. Smith co.
When seen last evening concerning the
allegations made in the complaint, Tor
renee said: This Is but another of the
many suits which are at present being
fought by me in the local courts to defend
myself from a systematic attempt al black
mail and robbery. The public Is familiar
tune by Hoshor and Thompson, and sup
pose are interested to know the explana-
ton OF the present suit AS matter OF
fact the plaintiff never was part
ner of the syndicate of California
people who operated our company In Daw-
by Moses Samuels and grub-staked to go
North in our interest on an agreement
that he should pay to Samuels one-half OF
what he accumulated.
"When | went to London to dispose Of
the interest Of my partners partners; which
legged in the complaint, also dis
posed of Samuels interest in the COM
pany, with the consent of the platntin
which completely disposed of his claims
upon any Of US for any sum. Samuels told
me last week that he had not only settled
with the plaintiff for his interest in the
sale but that Smith was at present In
money advanced him. He was never my
partner In any other sense than Samue,s
agent and therefore has no grounds to sua
for an accounting"