The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 18, 1909, Page 1

LOOK ON PAGE For “The Murders of the Rue Morgue,” by Ed- gar Allan Poe—the greatest detective story ever written — First installment today. VOL, 10 LAWYER KILLS } TIEN TAKES fi ~~ ee WLS WIPES QUT FAMILY BODIES “WERE FOUND IN BATH TUB YES. TERDAY. Crime Committed Thurs- day Night or Friday Morning L: of reduc Proud with the prid tinguished ancestry t €d to a financial stress whi Sompelied hin to borrow mey for the necessities of William WL. Seeley, a f mer national | 5 and a lawyer of dered his wife, | d his daug took his own ‘fife in Bome at 307 18th av. N time between 9 o'clock Thurs ¢ M. Seeley ter Rene ‘ day night and Fr n he ghastliness of triple tragedy eclip any, cr in the hi nals. From evidence at believed that Seele his wife's room, beat I the head with some blunt @trument until she was dead @nd then went to his daughter : Toom and repeated th Carried Bodies to Bath Tub bodies to the | tub with Mersed each victim Ahought Secley sw: his head into the p« That death might ed; Seeley then pul ies trunk over the BNconscious wile ar € is thought that the daughter, lene, was not dead f D placed in the bat! eventually drov The bodies \ not i Gcered until yesterday aftern when Guy M. Smelse f the Lowman & Hanford Print Ipening the d and Stationery Co., the fiance | roor saiitieine’ nak i of Miss the rear door trans 1 : their sedan GUY M. SMELSER Fiance of Miss Rene Seeley, Mur- dered by Father water 1 whe talke wit x ‘ ce . ae. aS ehy 7 2 stlons ‘ AN ATTEMPT W WILL BE MADE member of a ‘ tt P , TO CHANGE RULES ON ener 9 0 clock . y > ct CERTAIN MEASURES. Ing Smeiser an i ee , P * deansniinmensiien talked | p ea ; I , , BY T. J. DILLON di to attend a a Mz 6 . ce) OLYMPIA, Jan. 16.—'1 here ‘ . e of a friend ’ r merry little ruetion due the ia 7 f ‘in \ I Captain \ } senate in a day or #0, when the at 5 hese Ae olay i ‘ Cap ‘Dp mpt to change the Able to fearn, n Her Person | A) les Tes $ ne « reconsideration of th talked to ar ember of the ¥ Stage yh measures that have been indefinite Dn Frida . ‘ i in ne ytntll two years ago wher attempt: ca I f Oo raph was the end of This em Jy ised bride tele de © SCENE | mitted thone ed to bills Mmable to ge Phe bodies | ratty as m at the tt ihe’ ¢ iggy he tub | and skill ires which might era k ag # ps s iaes, thee re erwise have been pa had 4 tried to « with M Sate f. } house been present, 7 wa He ascertained from the’ Inde pen lent Tele t the telephor i home was in te came Mago the Seeley re ; B avening but no one responde Empty Chloroform Bottle anged and it was made posult ti #0 his kr A noise | ‘There were no marks on See-}80 SAY8 SUPT. BOUILLON wn] heard in the basement. Inve An emp woform bot A STRONG LETTER TO tigation showed that the family |tle was stand on the wash THE COMPANY. 8 roaming about stand in the bath roc Cla marar oe wes 3 ng.o say sea ie | I “gp m I response to the letter of James More Vain Attempts ed in Seeley’s right hand wa counsel the Seattle Huperintend 3 handkerchief which still car MSmelser then went to the|4 handker hief hi Sy . . - home of H. D. Moore, in that a faint odor of chloroform. |en | shter were clad | Public utilities, ‘the at “0 Dpeighbo whood, and the twe Boe eter Were WAC ltorney anked for suggestions as t ae men, together with M ( night gown i ‘BS lhow the street car fendors now in és. again visited the Se wore one stocking. |use can be Improved, Superintend Moor on 9 ith t r 18 ent Boulllon has ritten a letter in residence, but no response her she was just retiring or had put on the stocking| Wiech he points out a number feceived to their repeated) serious defects. Knocks, Miss Moore went to| When aroused by the act of her! tn nis totter to Mr. Howe ] never be|intendent Bouillon says th better than ; ° fathe vabl Becley's home Saturday morn-| father bably ing and fed the cat t the present fenders lnone, they are not nearly as effi ber tried several times iring cient as might be had. He saya that telephone but. no| “Mon er Hié|\they are too coarse and rigid; that te a. penne: fl hoes werk'on bit Hot laced. [fare ts no gear tb.drmp, tham*and ey esp 4 ost, thorough | that they are carried a considerable Almost distracted, Smelsem| Despite a im thorough ¥ Pree ‘ ‘ fi Aistance above the roadbed, leaving in company with E. W. Zibbell, |Scarch. the instrument with). iarge apace without any protec: | Bi dpiend of the Secieys for sev r tied could not be found, |large ae to make dangerous lands years, on Sunday Sonioals gy . a h ‘ ot a\ Chief of Polige Irving Ward, |tpe#, and the wheel guards, Mr. (a went to the house anc i— ain, ent ott arwnartemaae, | BONO saya, koem to. afford no} lpermined to. ascertain the; (Continued on Page 7.) “tion to Mfe. Seele body as clad in a and tre RENE SEELEY. The Murdered Daughter. LAST EDITION wr BOOST THE FAIR »,< Every Business House should /y) use an Exposition Rubber § Stamp. 4 ATTLE, WASH., MONDA JANUARY 18, 1909 Ww. tL. SEELEY MAG. KATE M. SEELEY iris So PROMISED IN SENATE Smelser is per 7 € gh t r denat and Nichola a 1 around this weel t m. Th ing out the org senate, because ed to be an ne Way or the other. a more in the nature of a person ntest between Ruth and Nick h announces he is going to } find owt whether or r 1 ny friends on the floor of the Nich isn't saying much bu th f the opinion when it come question of atorial fri not entirely a «# strange land n their care by June 1 is VICIDES NEW YORK, Jan 1 Jan. 18.—By U, P.—-John H. Woodbury, the fa mous beauty doctor and soap manufacturer, shot and killed himself today near Coney island. It is believed that his auicide was the result of troubles growing out of a damage quit for $50,000 brought aga by. Stephen A, Emmon tractor, Blc ATTACK HARSHEST OF TERMS ARE USED BY REP- RESENTATIVE. Language So Villifying the Speaker Is Ruled From Floor. WASHINGTON, Jen. 18 By U, P.—One of the most vitriolic attacks ever directed againat President Roosevelt by & member of congress was made today by Representative Willett, of New York, on the fleer of the house of representa | tives He described the presi dent as & gargoryle, a tyrant @ pigmy descendant of Dutch trades people, an imitation of a king, & bogus hero and a foun tain of Billingsgate. Reopresentat v bere by 4 ne that P Jer tyres de from us his themes, “the passing of Roosevelt the preaident’s eo wa ot mer tioned during Tries Our Patience He # n t chlet in the jin Cube he wa hill by the eo Juan uifted wa punish tial, He was a ca New nt would have ary court-mar iidate feated. He is a mammoth ty that has a laugh with ev. | This gargoyle has | native quar | | Ruled from Floor. Willett was in the-midst i 1 j tter attack on the pre refuse to pr leoed, on the gro he wa iiifying the pre The wae raised on aj Willett -is a mer minority “| TEXAS ANTI-TRUST LAW IS UPHELD WASHINGTON, Jar P.—The Texas ar ed by the Te re origin a 01 later amended fr 190%, was today held const tutional by the supreme cc of he United Biates, The case in VatersPieree Ol ¢ ar in| fined $1,624,000 for Ked violation of the antitrust law | Taft Keeping Out | AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 15 rom FAMILY He further calle the attorneys ula| WOMAN AND SIX CHILDREN |tention to the fact that it is up to| WILL SUFFER IF |the etreet car company to select an| EVECTED. efficiont fender, and offers the r} f considerable informat in bin} Living in abject fear of Imminent office to this end, if the company | ejection from thelr little 4x8 shack 1 dewire to use it. A study of|on the beach near 20th av, W., the the t life-saving inventions in| wife and #ix children of ©. G treet car fender would, in Mr.|Czerny were huddled around a Be * opinion, solve the diffi-| stove this morning, waiting to hear uty, In concluston of the letter,| from the father and husband, who notion Js again served on the com-|had gone to look for other quarters pany that proper fenders must bel that eould be called home, Five weeks ago, being ordered by his landlord, the New England Land Co, to vacate his present ab Ozerny obeyed, taking his family to an old barn a short distance away But the barn was cold, very cold and with very little fire the children suffered untold agonte The two youngest finally were taken sick from exposure, and are now in a precarious condition Then to cap the climax and to make gonditions that before seemed | unbearable, much worse, Seraphino | », a Bpaniayd, living near by, | nl le, down, ving the almost exhauste TRAGEDY Ay Tragedies of a Day |Was Shot Through the ee ee es PRICE, ONE CEN S WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND 5 OWN LIFE _ TERRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY ENACTED ON CAPITOL HILL MADE ON TEDDY TRIPLE TRAGEDY—Mrs. Kate M. Seeley and Miss Rene Seeley, killed by blows over the head by W. L. Seeley, an attorney, who then p ACH committed suicide. J. A. BISH, shot himself through the head, leaving a check to cover his funeral expenses. Edward Lindgren, killed and his body hor- eee . ribly mangled by a Seattle-Renton outbound car. G. A. BISA FOUND DEAD UNKNOWN MAN, murdered and his body IN HIS HOME found a box on Vashon Island. TODAY. JOHN TOPINKA, a victim of alcoholism, found dead in lodging house. Head—Believed to Beasvcde. AGED INDIAN SQUAW FOUND NEARLY DEAD IN BOAT Be ; hinos ant DIES AT POLICE STATION te} Fa note on the table AFTER BEING PICKED , ibe Frappe ettialine Gaiman UP AT SEA ’ Heme ext : An aged Indian aw, unidenth body was found this m fied except for @ tattoo on ber arth ith a hole through the head her fire§ Pp a frie “ irinh ‘ posed tion € soon after, ™ ‘ mt nem | The woman drinking while emi-int ate « | heavily, and there was a quart bots police star a yenterr nscious in a emal} foot of Charles Thompson of the | tle of Canadian Rye whisky foum ands when she was takep yout, over half of which med one at the houre. The body EDGAR LINDGREN IS » Soun’ morgue KILLED BY S. & R. will investigate the TRAIN xo into the Indigp Sons have the body. She was ver START FIGHT He Attempted to Board well dressed indicating that sb » theory is IN COUNCIL ag cs hvala ed, nas, she cnane here Ered - Famed t erg t stantly tlle ail ca t Pe x : ied | and the « De CHRONIC DRINKER SUPPOSED eck for Sif to make @ rae ‘ i . wt TO HAVE DIED OF : f the Meattie Biect 5 retersed pe pansied Wee ALCOHOLISM, é before ( Lindgren a her who! quenter of ington st. grogger+! was found dead fn his bed this y morning by Mrs. A. W. Wallace} whom | keeper of a lodging at 12h) is nutes | Washington #t., wh e opened! cident the door to clean up his room. an was 22 years of Topinka ha iving in this 4 with bis parents in house for four years without visible inquest will be held means of support, and was y 21 w 1 nic drinker. Death ts though cau y alcoholism, ives, if any, are unknown HIS CASE WASHINGTON, Jar Jan, 18.—By U. P—tn a decision handed rererererararararararararararwarararararararararararararar a down today the United States * * supreme court decided against | w CENTENARY TOMORROW OF POE, AUTHOR OF * President Charies Moyer, of the | “THE MURDERERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.” & Western Federation of Miners. - The Murders tn the R Morgue publication of which ® in the case in which he seeks (@ is begun in The Star today, ts Edgar n Poe's prose mi * damages from former Gov. | terpiece and the st detective story ever written in any Peabody, of Colorado, Gen. |® language * Sherman Bell and Capt. Bulkley * Ite 4 jeation at this time is not only because it is the & Wells for iiiegal imprisonment * most thrilling story to which newspaper ders could be treat. # Moyer took an appeal from i ed, but a cause January ie the hundredth anniversary # the circuit court, the judgment * of the birthday of Poe—an event well worthy of observance * of which is upheld by the su |# In Balti city of Poe's birth and burial, in New #® preme court * Y P Richmond ¢ ther cities the Poe * ® ce ena # to be ele ated ate ceremonies. * * No hig tribute ¢ age man of gentus can ® U. $. MARINES ARE: 2: “ men of crane ome. 8 * * SHOWN HONORS — * Murders in the Rue Morgue” will appear in stx daily # * ts, ending Saturday * VALETTA Tiny Jan. * oe we. R pbig + Page rep BOOl ew FUND V ERNE EMMEE SEEM 716 - an fleet. The D <2. > BEN-HUR CONTEST IS SS DRAWING TO A CLOS ARERR * - * —— *® WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE. « but off in * Interest in Contest Increasing Greatly as the Time n 236 fea Grows Short. mn # READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN, AND * GET BUSY!!! The 8 Ren-Hur contest closed. By Wednesday oon the public and parochial gcho ts who desire to be the quests of The Star at ite monster theatre party next Monday night e¢ theatre MUST have the aye in, The limit ts 160 ter, some part of Don’t forget to put your name on the story, and also on the em father and moth velope in which you mail the essay, Put your name, the grade and shelter what de a} school, on the upper teft hand corner of both the paper and the ens move back to their f hanty | velope. Thie Is very important. A necessity, Now they are ordered The pupils should bear in mind WHAT it is they are going to se to move at once or suffer the humil:| “Ben-Hur” is the most elaborate religious drama ever put on the ation of being bodily ejected stage. 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