The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-02

paint
Anho sire ecuid have nssa~ . ssesf
torlous aefens.. Il n alleged. tadr
sert was entered sept~snb~s ~.
1915. fcrecicsing ts~ fncr,esee ON her
etas. The property vas scid and
delivered to ono ~ Jones. on Dccem
her 81. 1917. for I'm Expressed eonsid
erstion OF ti,aisss.
MERELY AN ACTION 70
|sfRAiGuTEx Otr THE TfTf.E
Later. when Mrs. Anderson heess
IT the sale. The complaint states
Olson told her not ~ worry. - u
was merely an nctjc6 10 stfairhten
cat the title.
Finally. u Il ALLEGED. she icst tbs
entire estate during Tire summer Of
1890. she sod her three children
we're turned out os the hcnr- by a
man NAMED johnson. who claimed ne
vas renting the premises thru Oisots
They we're thrust upon charity.
Tho complainant alleges she ~
ssoo out OF the $500 rcaiszed from
The sal. Of the property. Oisrn
ne<icctinr to give an accSuntins for
the balance.
According to Olson IN. history NJ
the case dates much further back
than tn. death OF BergruanL
II lived with my father and
mother near Toio when I was . kid. :
Ne said. Il was a black smiths tny.
Ny ambition was 20 beccrb~ . law
yer. studied. and finally avs Into
q law office In Seattle.
AAil the old farmers evsr sSvund
Toto got The idea that b~Sa1~- ! was
q lawyer I must be making q pile OF
money. Every time I went home 10
visit n was a signal far them 10
stshs~ srourd ara borrow money
ara 80 ms 10 rsxfcvm legal services
for them.
-'old George olsonn 20 n for ms.
was the wafchword over thern. and
for some years Old George loaned
money and performed legal busin~ny
gratis I even loaned Bergman the
$1,000 thsa h ssea - bsih his
house.
BEGAN TANNING ssonrGAG1ls
="
on PROPERTY or CLIENTS
-rbcn George decided he could no
longer DO business that way. and be
ean taking mortgages on the prop
crty Of clients who conidnt pay their
ices and h whom he iosn~d money.
The result vas that several mort.
cages were forecioscd George rot a
-. - t~~a t..-t..af.- a.. s...s.t.~.
The land isn't worth a whoop.
II was attorney for Bergrnan's sec
ohd wife. Among others IN that r~rh
~ the woods. when abe died act.
"a az Berruisn's attorney IN rfotsi.
Ing her will Like everybody else
over there. he didn't have any
money. and I took two and . hall
acres in lieu Of a fee.
Then Bergman died. I didn't -.
lici, Mrx Anderson 10 act ~ her
iet-ai adviser. or anything Of that
kind Bergman had nortEagcd his
place.
ashs nsfrisd O~cas. her hniss
brother. ana Oscar wanted 70 eom@
to Seattle. SO they sold their cows
and chickens and all the furniture
In the house ana came
oscar wanted an automobile. and
they gave another mortgage against
the place. He finally abandoned her.
LIT HER LIVE ON n
As LONG As SHE LIKES
THE first person she came 10 was
Old George Olson. 10 get her out OF
the mess. After consulting her, I
foreclosed the fnortrsss. rented the
house. moved the little shack, az abe
caiis II. down onto my five acres.
paid up all the bills she owed. wiped
out all her Indebtedness. and sen,
her back to Tolo to live on the prop
erty as long as she cares 10. without
payinr cent.
II toid her When shs len that II
she ever got chance 10 seil the
property for anything like what II IA
worth. 10 do so and pay me so cefits
on the dollar for what I put into II
and she could have II ms long as she
lives.
.sops Of tbe old nnoa- b~eks cvei
there that are sore about the grave
yard, put her up to this"
Olson was tried In disisarment pro.
ceedlngs here about a month ago.
With tho decision still pending. the
complaint, supplemental TO the
original charges. has been flied with
the state bar examiners at olympia.
Olson will be tried on The later
charges before Examiner Howard
81. f'indiey in the County City build
ing here, December II.