The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 12, 1903, Page 1

ONE CENT JOHN NINK WAS SHOT DOWN FOR REVENGE WASHINGTON The Seattle NOVEMBER 12 Would-be Assassin Lay in Wait for Him and Sent a Rifle Ball into His Back---- Wealthy Widow Mixed Up in Affair Nink’s Condition Critical Jobn A. Nink, a solicitor in the em-) with whom be had not lived for ter ploy of the Mutual Life Insurance| years company, was shot down and possibly] Nink’s divorce sult had been pend fatally wounded on the sidewalk at] ing for years, and he was tn the ha bite pla the corner of Sac venue and t { adserting freely and inp of his inamortta were w tn a pre- after 1 o'clock that relatives street at short morning. Nink, who ts ne moving heaven and earth to prevent cartous condition at Provid him from ébteining his freedom in or ence hos | pital, says that the shot was fired by! der that he might marry her who slipped up be-| The divorce | number granted by the sypértor court was one of the In @ man with a rife hind him and gave him no warnil Ugly rumors to the effect that rela jet & especial session last evening. the tives of & wealthy Seattle widow, to} case being heard before Judge Miller whom Nink was engaged ty be mar-/ Attorney Burton H. Dennett represent ried, are responsible for the attempted | ed Nink and ® decree was granted by m the} | assassination, are in circulation default, the wife falling to appear 1903, let wound in the back near the right Ider blade, and apparently dying He denounced the shooting a» a cow ardly act and asserted that the nesas sim did not give dim a word of w ing. Me denied any knowledge of the entity of the man w shot Dr, Moye and Dr. J were alled to attend the w u They ordered him removed to the hos pital in the patrol wag wan resting easily, but was not when ® Star man called. ‘The attend ing physician stated that the t x junt right nipple | took a downward course, lodg under the skin near the | where it was cut out It ie believed that Nink will rec unless blood poisoning sets in. Bo far the potice have mage no arrests " ] nection with the shooting HELD FREO GUSTAVESON YIELDED js morning and are, to 4 cer Visited various beer saloons tr streets thi we and t Nink Visited vartous beer # 1 LAST NIGHT tain extent, confirmed by Nink him-| the city before starting for his apart self, who unhesitatingty stated to of meats at 1104 Third avenve, and ap Fred Guataveson, wh j Seal Rock hotel, on I Star man-at the hospital today that! peared to be exultantly hap He} wan held unmasked F r Fevenge was the motive for the crime. |spent considerable money in treating | King street coal bunkers. last nigh! , | at Il o'clock. He lost $1 Nink 1s & German about 59 years of} and in the Brooklyn cafe made the}"'One or the thugs was armed. with age, and has lived in Seattle several / statement, “Now I am a tree man and|® large revolver which he thrunt into Guataveson’s face, while the Years. When he firet came here he} can walk the streets undisturbed rjother man did the searching tavenon gave a good dencription posed as a German gount, and It ts/ got a divorce today.” the men. The street near the scene of the said still claims to be of noble lineage. | Less than haif an hour later and|hold-up was by no m t | 1 “| He ie well known an within a block of the Brooklyn he wax Americans of the city, principally on| shot down. Second avenue was st! account of the scandal that rem well filled with pedestrians at the time from his successful wooing of the! and « number of persons saw Mink widow mentioned, who ie a member | ¢, 1 also saw his would-be assas of a wealthy and prominent German | | | what tin disappear up Union street, carrying family. appeared to be a rite Until last night, Nink was & a Patrotman Brown waa attracted t tied man. Only a few hours before he | the « ne by the sound of the #hot down wes shot from ambush he was|gave chase to the man with the gw granted a divorce from his wife, Mary | and called upon him to halt. The com- 1. Nink, who lives In the East and! mand was not heeded and Brown fired | DESPERATE GANG IS THREATEWNG MURDER ASSASSINS STILL AFTER MEMBERS OF THE LEWIS FAMILY IN DOUGLAS AND OKANOGAN COUNTIES (Special to The Star) ‘SPOKANE, Nov. 12.—-Another} proof that the murder of Charles| “0? . Thennis at Govan, Linco county, | the investigation is connected with the Lewis double | Thennis murders. a few days Kept the Many ar 0, but the officers have tler a secret. have been nected with of the Lewis and All are threaten- tragedy of December et, was! md indicate the existence of a brought to light by the receipt of an |desperate gang In the wild country anonymous threatening by Douglas and Dr, L. Lewis of Wilbur, @ brother of | Okanogan cow Judge Léwis and his aged wife, who ed at their home near letter was mailed at Wiibur, ad reads "O14 Lewis, look out. If that man is bung that is in jail, your be bemangled worse than you was. The gang aln't brok The letter is written or paper in & dinguised hand, and there is-no signature hi stle was matied In the afternoo The man in jail referr t letter is Cyrus Vic trial for the nis in April last loved that Theninis was mr because he had boasted that HASE at the time of the robbery well lighted. OREGON BOYS ARE HERE The University of Oregon football team arrived tn (he city this morn to be In readiness for the of Washin orm, and the game Bat ne i ted that Seattle thin seam | the Northwest Washington is PLAY ELEVEN INNING GAME‘ LOS ANGELES, Nov les won an eleven-ioning game with Portland yesterday af m. It was & fast, hard-hitting exhibition of base ball. The winning run wae scored after two men wer of the eleventh tnnin Los Ange Re sua 491 and Spies; Butler “FISHERMAN DIED IN THE STREET in the t of John street herman wan f ME ANY MORK FOR AWHILE f the most it in the last half | He waived of $800 bond went to ABOUT TOWN} signed ass Smal | —— MORE CABLE | Wink was carried into ve Munner! fl | HAPPENINGS ; saloon, bleeding profusely from a@ bul STEAMER AMERICAN COMING WITH 780 MILE6 FOR THE AL ASKAN LINE enough neferr have forged ma | LABOR MEETINGS TONIGHT but has never beer Bartenders—Union hall, Pacifi | He ways his trout blerk Da Paward Brick Layers—Room 16 Mas t touche for ' } while asleep in & room at the Grand Laborera—Oly Pacific hotel, day Might. Me left d avenue his room unlocked trommen hall, 1420 8 | Two 1-year-old youngsters, | George Fisher and Roland She Helpers No. 2 | who ran away from home, M s ne paeeee. y a returned inet night. They been tn Auburn and say they have] penters bh | had nothing to eat. They were kept at the jail last night and taken home ke—Room # thin morning $10 TO TWO BOLD FOOTPADS | jericko Royd als of the CABLE IS CIDENT IN HARBOR bour ha use ’ entangled anchor was freed at o'cl terday afternoon, conmul of the reput ernment are g0 DAMAGED INSULATION TORN OFF AND WIRE BADLY KINKEO BY AC- The French bark Ville de Muld hause, after being for 61 houre en tangled In the Alawka cable CHIEF OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA of Pan The other > hin ATHLETIC MANAGER) having r ame in and at n adv te of eaner athletics in student tents, } | Duly kee h with the stu Jaente ar t times knows what n he hag to rely on, He has " f the faculty operation of surer of the 4 chalr t commit cords, scores ‘UNPLEASANT | BYRNE DALY, THE | A FEW NOSEGAYS THAT UNCLE SCENT B vic Onis 0 ‘e Dares to Print the News SAM'S ly Pager in Seattle That Ne S PER MONTH LAW-MAKING ASSEMBLY WILL SMELL THE OF DURING THE PRESENT EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. “BOXING AT (878 » BREMER TON : THREE MATCHES WILL BE PULLED OFF AT THE wae YARD TOWN for eight rounds Max of crulmer | f Beattie Kid" Lew ' be an elght-re Harris, the cham- | and C. H. Black will leave Pier 2 at 4:30, «© immediately after DURING 26 YEARS EXPERIENCE the woods afternoon fe walking tn near her home at York yeaterd Mra. M. L. Cody slipped and fell on @ a. breaking her leg. She was alone d her calls Cor assistance jownpour of rain she was herself nearer the y fr brought ” at home of! 1 afters ught to the howe RARE BOOKS | ARE SOLD DES MOINES CELEBRATES | DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 1 A three days’ celebration of the opening of Fort Des Moines was ushered in today For many year the capital city of Iowa has been the location of post here and tte final acqut ion is regarded as a cause for gen- eral jubliation, to seoure ts chartered for | &*Y FOOT BALL CHAMPIONS wi mercial Order of w and one rth t DECEPTION | ALLEGED :: HE WANTED WO FILTH HH. CLARK, A CONTRACTOR, | ACCUSED OF A $1000 FRAUD *| CAPT. MASON EXPLAINS WHY HE CHASTIZED STEWARD of the v ja J. FL Clark, a contractor, yeaterday bond before Juntice Cann, w him over to appear before the superior court to wer « harge under false pretenses brought | iby J. ©. Clark ted to bulld a house r Friendly and aid so. Pr id 0, and alleges that he was told by Clark that all tat ily were ‘ Lie 81,000 for tab 1 ma aced against the t ily comes b at Clark with the charge ty preferred pantry * Commissioner Kiefer hark Captain Phil- of the steamer rrested on @& by steward occurred that the cap- and cuffed him se. The captain the steward that > the The th more profanity and the captain him out of @ lodger at 510 May- rts that his truntc was broken open Tuesday night and $2 worth of goods stolen. In his re- port to the police he names a sus- | pect n| SCENES IN COLON, PANAMA, WHICH COLOMBIAN TROOPS FINALLY HAD TO EVACUATE Bob Fortune is hom clty jail, He has beaa out fe old friends for a few ¢ STOLE FROM POLICE | met xi, th Iria repr be ‘ to make will next two an public young his t in Carnegia hall, rainooat and hors ® were missed and rt Bob, which Is the » when Bob's arrest Another ere to delight He ts Edwin Freneh violinist, American debut to- Nov thered here for n of the New » of Religion, » during the 4