The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 24, 1908, Page 1

TRA? VOL. 10, NO. 208 THE SEATTLE STAR . , SATURDAY, ocT 24 BENISON WITH LOCOMOBILE CARRIES OFF COVETED TROPHY | Track Is Lined With Thousands of Excited! Spectators and Only One Accident Mars an Otherwise Perfect Contest. WREATHS FOR THE LIVING Wreaths for the Living Contest ening’® Yesne will » reviewed tn the light of their good » Votes received Monday ‘clock will not be Gxpectations will come to a and Monday ev one arriving after " jolts came #€véeral suggestions, among them » following from Rainier V » Rainier Valley a chance t@ make Don't be pe» With that end STEINHAUSEN od one VOte for the only woman name of woman) T have no hope that she wil! affords me some Dackcapping an friends, but none has a good word manner of washing Mil fo to her house and make this contest } Es gerne 4 one for Good M. VAN ALSTY owing is the standing ef the contestants k McDermott John Riptinger 3 of an ante-mortem obituary in The Star = ==! versation for several min WANTS HRAVY DAMAGES, etand saw Robertson in| y breaking bis sid Westbury turn, | j Hichards, owner were cloned ap by the health department 10, om the grouad that they Health of th Phe cheer that arose was choked eeeeeeee the thought of death and a mangled body im that Patechek at Tet os slain 2008 Se mages we wade had by confines in his b for | on r swerve, and leap f shed ute ‘ reprenentin, Strang, smashed a clutch and t lates he ‘would | Struck her in the neck, and sa she| had evidently been killed by the oon permitted to The glasses alive, working f his machine It moved « few fret Lytie was but a short a ditch at the roadside ture the lsotta, om the fourth lap on the race the Chadwick car Locomobile, Harley of Pall 4 wen the national golf cham ip for women on driving the the Chery | The soore at the} week's tourney field glasses Crowd Goes Wild. to be at | genie stood ix up, five to p | tempting desperately to put bis ear | eB a ee CHARGE COMPANIONS OF AUTO RIDE WITH THEFT... a mile a minute clip. was a frantic scramble with Rob with one mighty effort » Locomotbile lurched track and then Robertson teNNNER EEE EES © Pak WAY, Lone Oct. 24.—Thousands wpon thousands of spectators, cheerins worked badly ie 4 found of the Robertson's Locomobile and at the next tern} back on the roadway. Then the four} wheels gained taon Was | great car, picking up speed at every | ution of ite wheels began to} lengthen the distance between it) with and the approaching Isotta, while the crowd went wild finish Hine sped pile with ly lsotta follow: i Two Women Arrested and Part of Missing Coin Is Recovered. Robertson Wins. course, & scant two n of Lytle, and won Insane Enthusiaem e to regain his poeitian ‘The seene that folic of insane enthusiasm less of the other machines to fin . the crowd swarmed out on the course, sweeping police before it as if they Robertson wa: laughed, erted. od was one Utterly reck ‘the drizzle of rain the on ‘the turns fo: peep at the fying mon they Corners. All night lone ‘the spectators had stood ‘of vantage alonc ‘their places, and never dreary walt for the ma id they xive Through Space. came tearing down wih Lytle, the dogged iret two care had fin and guards » path of the othe Hreaking through injuring | in ‘the path of the other machines Apparently regardiess of their dan-| puted and cursed na, and the judge thelr joy in a feminine hysteria. First Accident. firet accident happened to the Matheson car, with Chevrolet at the p Ways knowns to Mra. Agnes Howard, ning MM | ghe is a housewife, and Miss Helen Burgos, who claims to rod | Were arrested by Sergeant of Police jump. | Claude G. Bannick and City Detec protest. | Uvex William Peterson | MeClure early this morning at the Hotel Brunswick, First av on suspicion of robbing Portfores and M Alaska miners, starting |in gold c Portfors and Swarts told the po- re of the om * had the alternative of plough ch the mass of humanity | be a nurse, mate by Robertson for the distance sides of the roadway ed out of the cara and ran ning to the Judge Enormous Crowd Watched. racing | J) FP. ronning off the hie machine compelled to leave the race remarkable tn the history of automobile racing the car yesterda of more than »biles driven by agonizing roar, as Rot cally tmposstb’ this morning owing to a elw fm that dense night and in a Pike Bat white for a sec course whict afterward the Aeme oa and past dang ~ SEARCHERS CONVINCED THAT MEN ARE DEAD prevent |L_ ooking Today for Bodies of Kloeber I TRAINS THREE: DAYS LATE (By United Press.) Springs hote lying under a er that the two hunters, on missing since |helieved to be ch of the canyon in « iisers and hunters section of mountains difficult of access Missourt Pactfic Overthrow of weft TENS OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE FLOCK TO NEW YORK’S GREAT ANNUAL AUTOMOBILE + THIS PICTURE SHOWS A SCENE BACK OF THE GRAND STAND, AS THE THRONG 18 AND CROWDING TO PLACES OF VANTAGE. of thie canyon in their haste to re-| head cook at the Spokane THE PRICE ONE CENT 2 SOUTHERLGHT; WEATHER SUNDAY RAIN; LIGHT FAIR TONIY WINDS KILLS WIFE AND ONE CHILD AND SHOOTS SECOND CHILD AND SELF Enraged at being served with aflength when he took her life, and complaint in divorce proceedings | those people who saw the horrible instituted today by his wife, John| act almost fainted A; Potharst shot and Instantly kill-| The man then picked up the little ed Mrs, Kathleen Potharet, the) boy John and fired the fourth) wife, fatally shot Kathleen, their|#hot at the infant as he held ft in} dyearold daughter, fired a shot at/bis hands, The shot entered the| a son, John, aged 2 months, and| right cheek and came out through |the left side of the jaw, inflicting a wound which the doctors regard as superfictal his murderous lust to «& sending a shot through | brought }etimax by [his own bead The horrible butchery an embankment at tere BH Attempts Suicide. summated sy at, and in alg |, Potbarst placed the gun to his aot ee eaatiad apectatore who |Read and fired the fitth shot.” The pe several Renenees: SDeee bullet entered a little below the | were attracted at the sound of the first shot Potharst had gone to with his wife and children evidently to talk their troubles over. The | jcouple were seen engaged in con and | | right spot {8 at the back of his head. He was unconscious when picked up and the attending physicians hold the covery utes, Coit's | ‘ *)had witnessed the tragedy and oth Jere from the neighborhood imme diately ran to the The body |}the man suddenly drew a automatic revolver Fires at Wife. scene. | the temple and apparently came | out absolutely no hope for his re-| } to interfere Attracted by the shots, those who papers from hie pocket and the woman and he commenced talle \ing. People who passed the spot at the time did not notice that they were quarreling The man suddenly tore the paper up and the next moment drew revolver and shot at his wife. The daughter was seated between the man and woman, and, after firing second shot at his wife, the man grabbed up his girl and held | her at arm’s length while he ended her life. Many Witness Shooting. Although several people were standing within 50 yards of the spot, the shooting was over and the tragedy completed before any of the spectators had an opportunity Trouble bad been brewing be tween the couple for a year past. On March 6 last during a quarrel, Potharst threatened te kili his wife, He fired the first and second! of the woman bad rolled down a/ 0d he did strike her with bis fist shots at his wife, who was seated | p41) the «round The first shot about 10 feet, onto the She was dead when picked up and jatkrted to roll down the bank he | first shot sent = second shot crashing | j through her brats | blood drenching his clothes. The The man then picked up Bis) pittie girl was covered with blood little daughter, Kathleen, and sent yi the third shot through her head.| He hela the hetplese | and the white garments of the In fant son had stained a deep scarlet tot at arm's |The little girl had evidently been = | instantly killed, and the baby's es cape from the fate of its mother little sbort of miraculous. hots All Take Effect, automatic revolver with iF ich Potharst brought their fam | soresh to an automobile rid to | ly troubles to such a tragic close Georgetown |was lying by his side on the After visiting the suburb the] ground. Every one of the five shots Pee Hotel Pruncateh A hut |he had fired bad found its human minutes after reaching the hotei | target Mra. Howard is alleged to have| As quickly as possible the pelice made some slight excuse to leave. | were notified, and Detective Clark Swa grew suspicious and both he and Portfors sear 4 their pocke only to find them empty. Swarts was sent to the scene. He had the two children and the man hurriedly detained the women while Portfors | taken to the Pacific hospital. The hurried to the police station. The | daughter was dead when the am women stoutly dented the accusa nf: ss a " " ton The women were searched |Dulance reached the hospital. The at police headquarters but the | little boy was tenderly cared for mo was not found on them and the wounds in his cheeks were | rgeant of Police Bannick then | dressed. went to the room at the Bruns wick and found $200 in gold hidden under a bureau. No charge has | body of the dead girl to Butterworth yet been placed against the women and of Both Portfors and Swartz are held as witnesses. & Son's morgue. the Mrs. body spot where she was killed direct “Ito the morgue | Potharst Will Die. | | Potharst was unconscious when picked up, and had not reg 1 consciousness up to a late hour this afternoon, He was reported to be growing gradually weaker turn to the shelter and comfort of| aq q an Sebennes the hotel. The ty coming of |*h 4e@ was momentartl |darkness found them still in the | pected canyon, and, according to this lat The crime directly at 1 est theory, they were unable to find |t the matrimont of the thetr way out and perished that whieh led » divorce night in the storm which turned | COUP! whieh le engin into @ blizzard and piled the entire | #etion being instituted by the wife country two feet deep with snow Her attorneys were Blaine & Wh Brother Is Convinced. Hams, The pa were ved Dr. J. 8. Kloeber gave up hope | upon the husband morning last night that ae brother and! ‘The address of the wife and h companion were still alive, though he was the last of all the searchers | Dad ts not knows An addr to be convinced. He returned to | found in the w pockett the t Hot Springs, where he | gives the 06 Sixth av spent the night rh orning he| 1 has be armed by the ne readed the party that is today try . * ing to find the bodies of > two | that F . . it men this mort « hea J. R. Harris, secretary of the! Sh a t local cooks’ and assistants’ union,!an aut e with his wife and sald this morning ; " he M theat Kumle is a personal friend of | °Mildren pa ‘ mine, I sent him to Hot rings | eVidentl 1 t the pot about six weeks 10 as head cnx where he committed the murder Much of bis time there, however . . been spent in hunting with Walked to Scene of Crime 4 Kloeber. Kumle was a big) ‘The party evid proceeded up man about 45 years of age and| . 1 Second av. to Battery st. in th could endure many hardshiy 1 have been in the country about |atitomobdile, and then walked down Hot Springs myself Behind the | Battery t. tw to a point hotel . hills, the sides of i where the treet ends abruptly oY Y perpendicular and there . - hes ay are also many deep ravines about | Mere the man and wife and- the the country, Kumle was formerly | children sat down on t , hotel.” | Potharst was seen to pull son fat the | divorce a few papers and several cards. | Potharst 8 pockets the deputy cor oner found about $16 in cash, sev. eral papers and some receipts. | had recently sold some horses and had a deposit siip showing a de- |@ Trust The hospital authorities sent the| bank book showed recent cash de Potharst was taken from the| couple w in th SEARCH FOR HUSBAND time. It was later that they separated, and it was the serving of the summons and complaint in proceedings which aroused Potharst lay where he fell, with | Potharst to his murderous rage to day Married Four Years. The Potharsts were married Jan- wary 21, 1905, according to the di- voree papers, which were drawn up by Blake & Williams, attorneys. ; This morning Charles Moorehouse, a constable, served the papers on the husband, who was drunk at the time. The divorce complaint charges drunkenness and cruelty, and cites Instances of where the husband beat his wife. The wife asked for $50 a month alimony and the custody of the two children. Both Had Mone: Mrs. Potharst carried a hand satchel in which was $4 in cash, Ia He posit of $600 in the Union Savings company The woman's posite of $200. Until the time they separated the re living at 1918% Fifth av They moved to this address from 1606 Sixth av., where they sold jout thelr lease to another woman, }It is believed the trouble between the husband and wife which actuak caused the divorce proceedings occurred while they were living on Fifth av M Potharst was possessed of t ble m having re n he through the ad » a relative nd be hus 1 emands for money Potharst was engaged in the grain and transfer business f ume ENDS AT THE MORGUE (By United Press CHICAGO, Oc ‘ ng et «ue . ‘ John Warren Fresno, Cal, be for decent burtal t ntity of was i by the ar re last ' { ® Woman, supposed to be M \ n, W that the is that of her band for has beon searching for The man died m a charitavle t Black tonight Frank RB 1 Hannan J } cak fox the reput minittee