The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 1, 1908, Page 3

FAURE DIED WITH HANDS GRIPPING WOMAN'S HAIR 6 5 CLOSE ABOUT ERIOUS WOM- AN IN CASE. Dianne With President Common Talk All Over Paris. —s {By United Press.) 1.-~-Cha Ww der of her ix ago; with th presi palace pomnge, and bad OOn Cai secretly palace between ever her pro ‘ata state bal! wife and daux pad declared they ‘the ball untews he tol jto stay away. He w ‘and asked be in the altereation (hat dead of heart that Now it is Steinhei! Japy, Mrangied to death in Mme. Steinbet! was) seem = Sag med geste charged with being implicated td| Mme. Steinhell was today taken apparently, to dis. | 2@ killing of Steinheil and Mme.|trom the prison of St. Lazar to ahh Fon | the palace of justice, where her eeeere itorles concern. A motive suggested for the) examination was begun by Magis re who, she said @Zlesed killing of Faure by the|trate Andre, She seemed more ra the household, killing © o ig that he did not take ac-/tlonal today than she has been for} apd mother. tion in the famous Dreyfus case some time. It has been considered | }soon enough to sult her. Why she! best to detain her at the palace of ting Stories. | should have killed her husband and justice until her examination ts over ago sh was arrested, mother ts not even sugested jJuatice until her examination Is ee - —— aT Although Magistrate Andre re | wrttton | }tion on a charge jand | felon’s ¢ |oast from an honorable pr fused to say what occurred during! the examination of the woman, was rumored about er than cut the woman's halr. This sensational story started a new story, this time involving the physician who attended Faure at [the time of the tragedy. It was dented today that the woman lost! her hatr shortly after the presi dent's death, as bad been reported Wednesday ts and Pictures for Xmas, each ....... | Litofransigeant today published an interview alleged to have been jgiven by Mme, Stelnhell shortly 20¢ | before her arrest. In this she says | thar she published her 4 tiie a hen she did because she feit hi work ; beautiful color he ve . | reason givi | : and 85¢ giving way and because she | .25¢ fs and Pictures for Xmas, each ........ 10 Embroidery Flouncings, elty Silks, for fancy $ and designs, yard .. Ribbons, 6 inches wide yard .. [partment directed toward solving FETS Cos cewcs of which she and others bad been - | der to ascertain if polson had been admintotored by his murderer. nod GORDON WROTE te f 7 | ¥ | (Conetuded.) » Geo toe |barrassed because of the fact that { wanted the force of the police de lor the newspaper | positively identified the tle as that the mystery of the double murder | owned b Slips, heavy muslin, each ........0. 10¢ | accused. f / The body of Adolphe " Gtetnhett red Seam Sheets, cach ......sc0s-0e 50¢ Was reinterred in L’Hay cemetery ; iS ; : }teday. the authorit omforts, filled with white cotton, covered | tained the bene pgs § i; 4 koline, each . ies . $1.50 | make a chemical examination in or ROOT'S OPINION 9 the corridors | cordi today that evidence had come to|have been assigned to the case light that Mme. Steinhell’s hatr was | Ws | caught In the death grip of Preat. 7 dent Faure, and that the doctors | te who were summoned at the tim of hin death worked for hours fn an effort to loosen his fingers rath-| City Detectives Lee Barbeo | front | paper yesterday Bodies Are Reinterred. } fany holes mm: | necktie never belonged to Hugh Mc | Mahon is the word of his widow Jatements | jt hadn't arrived. No answer was |reeelved to this letter, | Wrote the second time ter also remained un: jthe money was never sent, -These two letters are among those In the hands of Gordon and} his attorneys, letters Value for $8.75 Wednesday enjoy reading evenings, you done of This let were writteh at these comfortable & Chairs worth its innuggets. Like cut, Solid quartered oak 7 Spring seat from Root, would seem to Indicate that his relations with the attorney for the Great Northern railway were of a character hardly in keep- ing with the dignity and integrity | | that is supposed to be part and par: i) of @ justice of the state supreme | court. | Root’ Mistake. | More serious, however, than the | writing of these letters, is the con- duct of Judge Root in the matter of a decision relating to a case in which one Harris sued the Great Northern ratlway for damages. The }ease came up on an appeal from a lower court, been given a verdict, The supreme court affirmed the verdict of the lower court, and opinion. In this opinion he used Janguage, which, while it had no bearing on that particular case, would prove troublesome to the railroads in future cases. Citing this language, the railroad asked for |@ rehearing, and It wi ‘anted Root again prepared the opinion, but, before filing it, he or some one else sent a copy of it to Gordon It didn’t satisfy Gordon, and he, an attorney for the Great Northern railroad, drew up an opinion and forwarded a cbpy of It to the legal department of the Great Northern at St. Paul, notifying the head of | that department that if It appeared sfactory he could arrange to have it filed as the decision of the \supreme court in the Harrf-Great | Northern case. Was Satisfactory. The opinion prepared by Gordon |was perfectly satisfactory to his superiors at St. Paul, and today that opinion {# on file in the rec ords of the state supreme court, and is the law of the state so Tar as the points it covers are concerned. The original opinion prepared by Root and sent to Gordon is now in the hands of Gordon and bis at- torneys, as are also the telegram from St. Paul stating that the opin- fon prepared by Gordon was satis- cush fed with A gen tomorrow of This Child’s Hardwood Rocker, golden finish, sells regularly for 95c It's worth picking up now for Christ mas—almost half price. Only one to a customer tomorrow, ch” Range Comes In— ’s a Good Reason. sent by Gordon to St. Paul accom- panying his opinion, and letters ag St. Paul to Gordon relating to it. All of the papers relating to thie transaction were shown to the members of the supreme court, and it ie understood also that all letters in which Haris had} Root wrote the | by Root before to Gordon Root's fellow jus | wore also laid tees. It wan after thone proofs of Root's misoonduet had been shown to the court that Root announced from Olympta that he desired an tiny tigation of the charges made agatnat | him. Gordon ts Protected. rdon hae If, as many belfeve, ¢ Joraftily schemed to protect himself ifrom every means of at |tack, he has been mort successful [He has not only forced Root to |make virtual acknowledgment of his iit, but he has driven the of tictals of the Northern rail way to silence proven guilty of the debauchery of the highest triubunal of the state Great jof Washington. on holds the whip hand Hie wielding the lash without heart or merey, In the ptllory of public opinion Judge Root stands flayed in all the weakness of his writhing soul, The most charitable thing that can be wald of Gordon is that when he planned his own protec jtion he did not contemplate the degradation at his hands of his ob associate and friend, Milo A, Roo | But the situation grew beyond htt himeelf from prosec of emberzloment mprisonment in a cast the die that not branded him an ot wien character «f a and led 1..to and to save wible 1, hv forever only the Juatice but blackened supreme court & dingraceful scandal an official of | & great corporation DETECTIV COME 10 HALT ARE BAFFLED IN THE M’MAHON MURDER MYSTERY. Alleged “Necktie” Clue Brings Ridicule on the Finder. “There's nothin’ new today,” in it}the MeMahon murder mystery, ae~ to pollee detectives who necktie ‘The yal which appeared in a newspaper yes orday afternoon, is not regarded sensational seriously by fr of the dead man. and Frank Kennedy carefully went through the vacant house at 1214 Aloha st. last Sunday morning and saw several old neckties, including the purple one, a picture of which was so fiashingly flared on the page of the aforesaid news A careful © ple tle in au nination of the pur- ation fal to reveal le by « atickptn. evidence that the But the beet who says her husband never owned it A phystclan wae led to the office in question and MeMahon, Mra hon is just as positive that the te was never worn by her husband Overiocked Other Ties. The enterprising reporter who rummaded abiwut the house at 1314 Aloha st. and found the “necktie,” should have coflected two other thee which are now there, As 4 matter of fact, the purple tle which was found in the house was the play~ thing of doge tn the neighborhood, according to persons who reside in that vicinity Coroner F. M. Carroll wilt hold an inquest tomorrow morning, at which time « Jury will decide as to whether Hugh MeMahon was murdered of died a natural death. From the facts at hand, it is very and Root | probable that the jury will find that [McMahon came to his death at the wered, and |hands of a person or persons un- | known. The balance of the |terday sfternoon, factory, a carbon copy of the letter Dec. | morning. The report of Onseward & Ruben- stein, analytical chenists, late yous that no trace of earlier |polson was found tn"the stomach of | dates, and without any explanation |the dead man, removed the last doubt that death resulted from nat- ural causes, Police Disregard Clues. Despite the numerous tps given the pollee detectives by The Star yesterday, apparently no attempt has been made to run down the! clues That two thugs did MeMahon to leath there is little doubt. If the police detectives were on the job in earnest, It would seem that some results should be obtained But until the coroner's ing held and the opinion of the filed, The Star Cane agen to allow the police Setectives to “investigate. WANTS DIVORCE FROM CRUEL SEA CAPTAIN Alleging that her husband, An- drew Hall, has for long time been cruel to herself and mother, | Mre. Bertha EB. Hall applied for divorcee In the superior court this In her petition she states | that her husband fs @ sea captain, and carries a reVolver, with which he has threatened the lives of the family. An order preventing him from coming near the house during the pendency of the action was granted by Judge Gilliam. Mrs, Hall alleges that in April, 1908, her hus! d threw a gas pipe at her, which missed its mark by & barrow margin, and that since then his conduct toward her has of. ten been such that she has been obliged to run to the apartments of her neighbors for ) Bhe states that he fs capable of earning $200 a month, and asks for tem- porary alimony, Cottage City to Sail Deo. 19. Repairs on the steamer Cottage City, which was in @ costly collision with the schooners Blukeley and Bainbridge some weeks ago, are al- moat fink hed, and the date for her sailing has been fixed for Saturday, "ho, ‘The Moran company, which secured the contract for her repairs, has done the work well within the roquired time, and ihe boat In now as good as new. Bteamer Pennsylvania sailed for Seward thie morning with a good cargo of supplies, and a few pas aongers. wt in Jury THE STAR—TUESDAY, DECEMSER 1, ane tance mae me MME. LILLIAN NORDICA CAPTIVATES AUDIENCE leat they should be | 1908. Great innalin te in Turn Ie Delighted With Her Reception. Mme, Lillian Nordica captivated | thé Seattle public last night at the Moore theatre, and in reciprocation the herself was captivated by the enthusiasm of the audience and the work of the Symphony Orchestra After the concert she remark } that it was a pleasure to give her programme, and she was sorry when it came to a clone. This was portrayed in her gracious gen erowlly In response to the persistent Applause after each nelection. Her encores, expecially her famed weird cry of the Valkyries, and the charm ing idyll following the group of Knglish songs, were greatly appre cfated | Mme. Nord made her first ap |pdarance on the programme in| |"Rina's Dream,” from “Lohengrin.” Her Well retained beauty and youth | were marked as she stood regally numbers from Quilter and Richard Strauss. She rose to the supreme power and beauty of her voice tn the dra matic staging of Gounod’s ( | tina pen of Bheba.”) Thin w |the maste of the evening, 4 manding her repeated appearance till, with her arme filled with the monstrous bouquet of yellow chrys ave anthemumsa, the evening's gift, she sang & winning encore Mme, Nordica possesses a mag netle personality, a wonderful dra matic power and a delightful ac curacy of Interpretation, As an artist her voice in still of la tonal beauty However, it w noted in the early part of the pro gramme that it Incked ite old time freshness, The upper register when forte had a suggestion of a metallic ring, while some of the tones of the lower register have lont a lit of their richness, In planissimo her tones are beautiful and velvety |showing remarkable technique | The Symphony Orchestra selec tions were most praiseworthy, es | pecially the Andante Cantabile by Tachaikowsky. jin her shimmering Iridescent gown,| Following the concert Mme. Nor singing tn a melodious utter dica and her manager received the of extreme simplicity and sweet members of the Symphony Orches news the trancelike dream motive, tra association behind the scenes Einsam in Truben Tagen.” Later She was highly praised for the follo the expressive rendition of | evening's success, and she display the lish songs, perhaps the ed her willingness to return often most DB sing being the first two in concert to the Const So ae oer esa see MIGHTY BONES TO GRACE EXPOSITION’S ENTRANCE Mammoth Whale’s Jaw Is Donated to Build a Big Arch. An a fitting emblem of the A-Y- P. and @ grand synonym for the vast territories and new world won ders to be covered by the expost- tion, J. EB. Standley has donated to the board of directors the lower jaw bones of what Is said to be the! largest whale ever killed, which will form a huge arch of solid bone 20 feet in 4 heteht over the main en = TAKE FRENCH LEAVE Trusties Sent to Empty Ashes Fai! to EB. W. Stanley and Harry Price, prisoners at the county jail, em |ployed as trusties in the kitehen work, took French leave last night jabout & o'clock, while they were | assisting in emptying the ashes from ‘the baking oven in the rear of the jail. Ed Van Meers, who was in charge of the men, was cy by « cloud of ashes rateed P ty by them, and did not of their flight until they were = > one for successful pursdit.! CROCKERY AT VISITORS Can No Longer Entertain’ Because of His Bad Manners. Alieging that her husband, Wal-| lage W, Dreyfoos, who, she says, has a clothing business worth $30,- in Spokane, is a man of ungov- e temper, and has rendered hér Ife mileerable by eruelties of various kinds, Mrs. Lillian H. Drey- foos filed a compiatot for a divorce tn the superior court this morning. She asks for such alimony as seems) Just to the court, It is alleged in the complaint that | the behavior of Dreyfoos at such | \ times as he would become angry) eggs toes Soot a ‘DEEP MYSTERY VEILS ASSAULT _——- (Conctuded.) “after the shooting tast erude “false premises ight found a very mustache" | the portieres, also a stove handle, with one end wrapped in a sock. This had evidently been prepared @ strike Atwood down, ut for reason not used. It is believed that Atwood was first hit with the butt end of the gun from which the shots were afterwards fired at him. Wanted Immense Ransom. | Peneath & newspaper on the table in the house the detectives today discovered a slip of writing paper, on which was written mem- lorandem, consisting of figures showing certain denominations of money, aggregating $20,000. At the bottom of this paper were the words, a by Monday night at7 p.m.” This was the day and the designated hour at which the meeting was arranged, and may tn- dicate that the real purpose of the stranger was to have rendered At- | Wood unconscious, later holding him for ransom. : | franc | The immense jaws COUNTY PRISONERS ‘ od lying on the floor behind | A coll of rope placed on the bed | in the house also lends color to} to the grounds of the expo sition belonged to & sulphur bottom whale, over 90 et in length, whieh, wounded to |the death in some distant sea, en caped from ite slayers and wander ed to the north shore of Vancou | Ver Island, where, In its weakened condition, it fell a prey to Bella Bella Indians of the Race Rocks reservation, who pulled {t aground and stripped it of blubber. For two! years the immense bones bleached | | upon the sand, until Mr. Standley | secured permission from the author: ities to bring them to Seattle and| exhibit them among the sea won- \ders at the big fair. Se | Jailer Smith, in speaking of the break this morning, said that these jtwo men are the first who ya | gotten away daring his term of of. flee. He states the men were well | | behaved, and have been employed | for some time with several others | to take out the ashes each night Stanley and Price were serving sentences of six months for a rob- bery committed in West Seattle last | July, They had three months left to serve. It is customary at the/ county jall to employ prisoners who are serving short sentences at work of various kinds about the court house without guerds, and last | night's break is the first time this| custom has resulted in the loss of | any prisoners. D THREW was such as to seriously embarrass | his wife in the entertainment company throw glassware and « floor, against the walls, or at any | yersous who happened to be handy) enough to offer & good target. This, | @ says, Occurred Bo often that she nally was obliged to entirely giv up the entertainment of visitors. Mrs. Dreyfoos alleges that her husband often stayed out very late entertaining bis lady friends. He) | also stayed up one night until 1 | o'clock trying to locate a supposed rival whom bis jealousy led him | to believe had been conversing with | his wife over the telephone. She| of| also states that he threatened to|y kill her, the office of the Mutual Realty Co, | the rental agents who had charge | of the premises and arranged to! rent the house, He paid a month's rent in advance, $45, and also gave the agents $10 to pay for a ton of coal, which was sent to the place. This man was about 30 years of age and explained that he was simply reoting the place for his lemployer, who wi upposed to oc | cupy the house with his wife a day or two later, It was this man who undoubted | ly Invelgled Atwood Into the house nd attempted to murder him Find Traces of Woman. The neighbors knew that some one had been occupying the prem ises for the past day or two, but the bitnds were. kept closed and only one or two neighbors saw the solitary man about the place. It is | not known that anyone else was oc cupying the premises, although to: day detectives found a woman's rub- bers, some combings such as are left after a woman combs her hatr and other evidences showing that @ woman had been in the house, probably up until yesterday Mrs. Cooper declares positively that the rubbers are not hers and were not left in the place when she moved, also that the bair comb. ings have been placed in the house since she left. Atwood Badly Hurt, S2-1NOn Nee pghs ~_ K, Oe. scrawling hand, it is belleved that he took a sudden fit of j ency because of honiesickness | Anderson's parents live at 382 West Ohio st, in Chicago. ‘The the theory that Atwood's assailant) Atwood was taken to his rest had figured on holding him a/ dence immediately after the shoot prisoner until a certain amount of |ing, in the police ambulance and money had been paid to secure his | will be confined to his bed for some felense. The failure of the blow time with his injured leg. His to render Atwood unconscious and | scalp is badly lacerated where he the disconcerting effect which this| was struck with the blunt Instra had on the man’s assailant would | ment. have probably led to the shooting, | Practically every member of the mot originally planned and disar-| police department is at work on the ‘ranged the ransom scheme. lease. The detectives have arrived Dons Disguise Quickly. no definite conclusion, however, ited Atwood to the motive or the identity of J "Phe man who aseau dpe | the party or parties who might have appeared at the car, when the mer! been concerned in the outrage, ant stopped off at the end of hie | There is undoubtedly much more to dé, smooth shaven, and as At- w looked into the face of the the case than has been developed man as the first shot was fired! , the stranger had managed to the fake mustache to his face, | undoubtedly Intending to convey the impression that there were two men, ‘his was the mustache pick- p after the shooting, Rents House Furnished. The residence in which the as: sault ocourred had been occupied by Mrs. R. Cooper until last Wed- nesday, when she vacated the prem: iwes, partly furnished, On Thursday a man appeared at one of the moet mysterious which the local department has ever been | called upon to handle, Description of Man, A description of the man who PRIME BEEF, Milk Veal, Fish, Pork, Fancy Meats of all kinda, PALACE M/.RKET, Second and Yesler, tan Bite » | and the case will most likely prove | 8 for te | | STORE FEATURES § =I is Store News for Christmas Shoppers 11d asnortment { Price; ser c 1 ( % r TOY LAND 4 Half Price | and needlework lessons by M ntore STERLING VALUS IN IVORY Dior AUR MION'T TA CLAUS PIN to went At 4 Price—GREAT SUIT SALE—At THOUSANDS OF GIFTS Useful and Appropriate, Ready for Your Choosing at Decided Savings. We Quote a Few: TCARD ALBUMS, sit on recs | 6-1NCH % ae $1.48 monos f gente Xmas |. Bale SEWING Spe eyes, at three handkerchiefs. & adil price Pr . cial ‘ ie AND 12%¢ MUSLIN, eaen & t-! YARD. | ORs Eeeee for 6,000 vaca 48 Inch Bleached on a nite ry : Mus lin, length 2 to.8 yards. See a design on a se | Bpecial Bale, MATCH MOL DERS. Hf ineh White M and Bronze ors, and best guality cloth Mato ore, many new fast colors. eeuiar pric yerd Bale | demigna ‘nas etal many beautiful Hegular 260 kind ed Hasswood “‘Tabour ettes, ready for burning many new designe. Bpe- | RED DAMASK. IT Ge. ty pleces Ked Da clal prices, ego $c .. $1.50 Printed Basswood Mirrors, mirror part of fine gnality French ready for rte ‘ ing ideas in Lok 9 2c | igen 55 MEN'S S9e AND 81.00 WORK. | ING SHIRTS, foe. 5c o $1.2 Men's Heavy Flannelette | ond ‘and Han: 25 Ring Tirta, OF | ee Boxes, in sete beautiful 4 ark = — sizes rinted designe. 2 ott Regu "E B9e pecial, wet age = Ss stant tANICURE S eias inhome = hes y * AND PANTS, Toe. obs Women's Mercerized yariety |. vests and Pas pecial prices my Bess! oe BOG wseen | Hest Me DOL > | if-inch kk | jointed, light or ¢ | movable eyes great | value at regular price te. 4 bargain tomorrow In the gaa Sate . 9c in large red or black | | Bpseened ne ? s SP A VASO GES rented the house at 4549 Tenth av from the Mutual Realty Co, on last Thursday, and is believed to have attempted to murder Frank lands was called tn and administer ed to the man. Na cause is known for his ac- tion, Early this morning he phoned Atwood, is as follows. his employer that he was fil and Age 30 years, welght 150-160| would not come to work pounds, stout build, height 5 feet 7 He th oecupied the morning |inches, complex complexion, eyes reading and writing a joint letter and hair dark, well dressed, wear- to his mother and siste The let- ing a dark overcoat and a dark ter broke off suddenly while on |derby hat, well educated ap; nee the reverse sheet was written and good talker; looks as if he ay, Kid, just take good care ja clerk or engaged in some mer- of self, cantile pursuit From the sudden way in which he broke off his letter, and then wrote the above note in a large, doctors who are attending him as. sert that he cannot recover. He was taken to the Bmergency hos- HIS LI BY GAS BREAKS OFF LETTER TO MOTHER TO | SUICIDE. | | | | mdter—Shoes for Ba- biee—Shoes for Young Meo— Shoes for Old Men, Detaching a tube from a gas stove and placing it in his mouth. We stand ready at your com- j Axel Anderson, a tile seiter, for mand with @reat values for tit- | merly employed at the new muni ie eee bakes beet; | eipal building, thie afternoon at light an@ heavy French kip and tempted suicide by asphyxiation at . hand-made here in Seattle. Just & rooming hoyse at 1818% Sev enth av. suttadle for the climate and C, B. Frink, owner of the apart | conditions tn our own city, |ments, upon being told that gas Come and Investigate, You may | was escaping by Mra, J, F. Bad find what you bave been look | wards, who occupies the adjoining ing for, A @ollar saved ts a | rooms, tried the door, and, finding | {t locked, climbed into the parch | J} ¢°Her earned. land gained enirance by prying | We eam aise tix wy your oa | open a window | Anderson was found lying face |] *hees an we are experts in shoe downward with the tube in his mouth and the gas also escaping fj “ss from the fixtures. George New Dr. FOR THE H at cheap ST. PAUL DENTISTS | Corser Third and Pike. Snoqualmie Hotel Hatrance. ) DENTAL WORK * prices coi Friedlund, Hornberg & Larson 600 Third Av. Cor, James St.