The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 8, 1909, Page 1

FAGTS. CONNECT Eh WITH MURDER i Is Positive That He Had a in the Killing of Hugh McMahon a Year 4 BY T. J. DILLON, the case sp i. t Miller in cx ‘of Hugh Me m as yet ma Strong, and ry person \ mnection with weak anything cases is y rt in the an important onc Hirst place Miller from McMahon's body willing to | that the murder was co " pals, Smith fer admits his « iad watch to Sp 1 ir mien they were arrested here as bludg ff boasted to Williams of having tried to field in Spokane th § for assault. These fact Susceptible of other pr McMahon crime ‘addition, there are the plots ivan, Capt. Tenna f confided to his young accomplice. Story Straight. = VAN CUBE THIS MURDER? that Miller wen ® pains to instruct} Of garroting B@ent under the name | Wntil he was ar-| ms he was known | landlady his name | i | AUBURN, Gal, Nov. 8.—It was F facts taken Into con-; @#8erted here today that $5,000 lite ‘point strongly to Mil |!msurance, paid upon the death of tion im the McMahon | Joseph Armes, is being used to em ploy counsel to prosecute Alma} Is Certain. Henrie the yg ayer girl kod is being tried oa the e of hav Prosecuting Attorney is tried oa the charge of having lp morally certain) The work of getting jurors to e ni Peter Mil murdered him the man. Incidental- try the girl, who is known person: | g with these men—taking the dia release of Smith Her paid arrote and Rose. Smitt itted by Mill connect Miller ver ert him y closely to kill E. R. B Herbert Mansfield, Roy Wil and ams d by Attorney Tom aside all Miller's ally to almost everyone in the brutality to S€ community, is progressing very of the A slowly The fact that for four} told ® she was the sweetheart of} t Joe Armes, the son of a wealthy in Miller began rancher, and the fact that after to light that he had | she killed him, a lifeless child was hon diamond and | horn to her, areknown so well that y almost every man who is called as taleaman admits that he has a fixed opinion. Following is a brief atline of the district attorney’s| |plan as disclosed by him today Prosecution’s Plan. We are going to show,” he said, ed,| “that these two people bad been lovers for a long time. out in the testimony that the girl @amond and watch. | went to the house where the broth-| When | learned of ers were iiving and that she spent| these I| nights there wi We will show that they s jisagreement. She wante SMe Of a dozen burglar. him and kept ‘ escapes and “ I paid no a id of her ieee, as funders ong them all t wiry by awking | was the corone and was satisfied had been murde the o With would s inquest be the had a to marry attentions. There was ught of marriage on his part We will show that the premeditated. She had been no tho eo He told me practicing with a revolver some InGermantown, Pa. I days before the killing, and went him where | as|to his that night with the dates, and he rend intention of murdering him. We range of o it tress on the 10 be from Los A which sbe tells her {intention of Gnd from here a ing him Pal. He told x t wilt letter in Jury Believe It? that she ented, rime Bide line busine @ sap. Explain Thanksgiving Om was kill cor Right, a year ag Setting Miller going to prove and that the ted in hatred,” co attorney fense aske ie Vili the jury be able to con-|Janson informing her that he no| forced their way into the office of ; ¢ ceive of this blood-lusting hatred |longer ca for her. | the Great Western Lumber Co. at cruiser, Dolphin, crashed into a log When 1 after they have watched this pale She Quit Him. | Third av. W. and Ewing st. The|Saturday night on Lake Washing the was early in N girl sented beside her white-haired| oi. told of the struggle with | ter door of the safe was open and | ton, Origa for help were heard b an be con mother in court, and after they! norseit to let her husband alone | ‘2? ee ga thing phe | Cate ©. Mhrier and Archie Bollonf made no w have heard her heart-rending story . " « or “ inner boxes open Nothing bw v i Sig's aad x Whatever, Mi the witness stand? mage poh or ppoogr waa. tae wan valuable papers were taken who. gave the alarm, Capt. Bill Al to rememb« Will they be able to pleture in| be had asked her to do, and she . len, in’the launch borothy, rescued iis Whereabont ul# during | thelr toinds wuch @ hatred when| far (nA Miter neveral Muitiest a LAUNCH WRECKED; Mrs, Gate sad Mr. Grimshaw ; Peacxston wae: hear on the stand the owt: |fecton the eilingiy Dowed'ts e| TWO NEAR DEATH pi,iettoes, fie minutes th : who + le that lonely cabin on the | mevitable the point of the foredeck. The ac is bee fiends 4 A outside that lonely cabin on the) “1 sacrificed all of my pride and| Mrs, E. B. Caine, widow of Cap-leident occurred about 200 yards oft | Ahad eillowed to nee te eens ') my tove for my husband, whom I] tain Caines and her son, William E.| Madison Park a mr pert yr lle pig are Fity.[ still loved,” she sald, “and 1 told sdheais : f Ppt tinge Ps dp : lim that my only hope was that] ve eee pty fir po Se 9 his son would not grow up and) MERE MRE ey the with a ji, « roi ae Ired the shot) curse him for leaving his mother| # PRY anything 1. ge etheart on that! tor an adventuress Little Pearl Hensen, of Bremerton, was very happy a week eens °° wit t trall, indicate to the jurors’ |"” 4+ noon, in the middle of Mrs. | ago. With a great big delicious stick of red and white candy, ite Mesangn st 29>, and deliberate malice, the essen-| 1 nson.George’s testimony, @ recess she crowed with all the happiness of 18 months... She waved the OTN tino Mouse, |! ment OC SeReNeET was taken until this agernoon candy in her hand in glee. itoneg, eH On's ¢ The Engagement Ring. Karlier in the morning the Then came a shrill cry of pain. She had thrust the candy Volunteers Deniai.° nt link n the evidence that Ye anything + ty ed to marry her. The Sontined Miller. ‘sj confident that the court Bey Mayed mo a dirty | ‘ mit any testimony by oH me that ¢ ’ tion that will fend to HYG have know the girl's character. The vey 1 wouldn't | t ny, will be confined With them { the question mise to make hor his or try failure to keep that k ‘ ut to cause tempo admits pawning the diamond and | | tted erworth, | which | It will come | pestering him. He! got tired of her and wished to get| murder | H OME_ EDITION — ASS = ea “p> SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1909 DOCTOR'S FERVIO LETTER ABOUT. AFFINITY MAY PREVENT HIM FROM GETTING HIS SON |Abandoned Wife of Dr. Janson Making Bitter Fight to Prevent Former Husband From Posses- sion of Their Child. “1 scarcely know how to com- mence this letter, for no mat- ter how | word it, it will cause you the greatest sorrow and grief. Like a thunderbolt from the clear sky it will strike you. “Regard it as a link in the chain of fate, which has been meted out to us before we came on earth. The time has come when our paths in life must divide. | have found my | soul companion, the only wom- an who can make my life happy ~—can make me feel that life Is worth tiving. “| met her in Oresden and we had not been together three days before we feit that fate | had destined us for each other. | | tried to restrain myself and tried to exercise my greatest self-control, but in vain. | might a8 well try to stop a whirlwind. . The relentioss law of Karma its course regard less of suffering and tears. "Do not attempt to come to me or ask me to come to you. it would onty Interrupt my studies here and cause unneces- ry suffering. Do not appeal | to my father love or ask the | | ohitd to interfere. | cannot | change my determination, but BODIL HAMMERICH, the act | it will only add burning coals |* 8% about 35, who admits to my head. * ing Janson. “Do not prejudice our son * MRS. JANGON-GEORGE, deserted wife of Dr. Janson, now against his father, but try to | # the wife of Charles BE. George, Tacoma lawyer. Axe 25. | screen him from evil tongues \* CHARLES E. GEORGE, attorney and editor of The Law- from the out | only hope | * Yer and Banker, & Tacoma magazine, also an ex-convict, who that your heart will not be *® claims to have a complete exoneration from Gov. Deneen, of MRS. JANSON-GEORGE AND SON, Whom Father and Mother Are Fighting for in Court, Jit. eee eee eee eee eee ee 2 + * * CHARACTERS IN STRANGE MATRIMONIAL MIXUP. * DR. ELIV JANGON, of Seattle, age 34; wealthy phyal . * * clan who deserted his wife in Munich, Germany, in 1907, for & Danish actress 28. now Dr. Jan broke up one hor ns wife, wre meet See EEE E EE EEE RE filled with too great bitterness ® Miinots. toward me, fy that you wilh |* RODERICK JANSON, 1! years old, son of Dr. and Mrs. always regard me the best \* Janson, and the object of present fight. | friend you hav rth whom |* MAB. IDA. L. GEORGE, who claims George a» her hus | you can turn to for counsel.” #® band and who js now suing his for maintenance. | \* | The letter above, which tells of |» SPUERSEVEREED SS nlc, ety etillaalbabilbadilid {the finding of a soul mate and the | <= = casting off of a wife, is but one of | the numerous mart tons which developed today before } Superior Judge Frater, tn the sult brought by Dr. Eliv Janson, a ae physician of Seattle, to} ain possession of Roderick Jan. Sen, hie son, from Mrs. Albertine | Mrs. Janson-George ta the woman | feast off, the one to whom the| jabove letter was written, and at ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. &--Gra the same time the woman who ivi ‘an Studdiford, the opera singer, when cast off hastened to wed @2-/ was today granted a divorcé trom| other man, Charles EB. George, a b ‘ er husband, Charles Van Studdt proufnent attorney and editor of | ford, a St. Louis traveling sales | The Lawyer and Banker, of Ta-| exiles: = GRACE VAN STUDDIFORD. DIVORCES HER HUSBAND (My United Pree.) | man coma. She is in possession of the!” va. geuddiford was a wealthy] | boy He was given her to rear it man when she married) when she secured a divorce from Msg g Agr mew ‘ pat his fort Dr. Janson following his finding his |S. — the tigen mane soul mate. ther, whic oh west the sume way.) And the soul mate, Bodil Ham jaanteen,. |merichJanson, the actress found |in Copenhagen, now the wife of Dr.| | Janson, this morning admitted on | the witness stand that this was her| second venture as an affinity | Janson Tells His Story. | | The narration in court of thie | |strange life story began last Frt |day when Dr Janson made an effort to prove that Mrs. Janson George and Charles E. George, her present husband, were not fit per sons to rear his son To prove this Dr. Janson brought out the story of love affairs of George. | AMATEURS BUNGLE ONE JOB AND THEN GET TO AN OTHER OFFICE. Amateuri#h safe crackers made He secured the admission of the| an ineffectual attempt to blow the |story of the sult brought by Ida| strong box in the offices of the re against George for mainten.| Washington Broom & Woodenware ance, in which Ida L. George claims | Co., at Sixth av. W. and Nickerson that George was married to her | st., last night when he wooed and wed Mrs. Jan-| It is believed that the attempted son, following Mrs, Janson’s di-jsafe cracking was done by the lvorce from Dr. Janson. Then to | same persons who demolished the day Mrs. Janson-George had her| safe in the offices of th Varnish Co. .a few which, which bungling job Evidently dingasted failure at the broom and plant, the safe innings | Weeping copiously and shs } with | son-George grief she ceived th aking | succes nrestrained: sobs, Mrs. Jan told of the sorrow and nderwent when she re letter written by Dr.| ware GRACE VAN STUDDIFORD. thetr | « omen - - wooden- | Grimshaw, crackers next | 7 . oe jfrom drowning with narrowly escaped death when Charles looked a he said. Her mother, Mrs. The doctor Hensen, sent for a the eye. “We want “It wit be a miracle présent Mrs. Janson, into her eye. Bodil Hammerich, the Copenhagen doctor, post hagte. 4 actress, testified that she became to get her to a hospital at once, * * * * formerly] * * * |{nfatuated with Janaon the minute| » if her sight ie saved.” * * * * * * * * * whe saw him. And she also admit-b All week thegbest physicians in Seattle battled at the City lted under crogs-examination that hospital for the baby’s eyesight. One eye was taken out. The she had been another man’s affin other was affected. The final verdict was given out this morn ity, had been the soul mate of the ing. It was one that made husky the voices of even hardened manager of her theatre for seven| hospital attaches who have seen many scenes of anguish. years, when she knew that he had said the doctor. “She will a wife living at the time, A child] now f years old lives as a result of this “Irlendship,” “Pearl will never see again, always be blind.” Ke SHEE EEE REE E EE EE EX i ir 45-foot | THE SEATTLE rs SUX ROAST TO. “DEATH BEHIND BARS. OF R04 cal NEV nine w | which |tory of at the | proact jed to | street | agony |The work of the fire was j howev | With the full realiz | predic | ni | face w form, jto erie seldom Stout-hearted fi ARTHUR W. L. |Trapped by Barred Win- | dows, Factory Employes | Fought in Vain to Es- day, were barred windows on the lower floor. The six victims, being shut In by the flames, struggled COUNTY POOR TO CINCH Are Not Ci Doubtful of Success. DUNN. Free mail delivery. High school privileges. must remain closed. Water for the new school, ONE CENT PAUPERS 10 DEFEAT ANNEXATION GANG WHOSE METHODS HAVE PUT GEORGETOWN 10 SHAME Nl OW Uat CONTROL Supt. Corson and Georgetown Officials Work To- gether to Help the “Gang” in Suburb--Men Who zens of United States Are Paid to Vote—-Old, Lame and Blind Herded to Polls in Autos—Unique Gerrymander from Hospital to Farm to Help Ward 3, Where the Gang Was BOOZE IS FREE FOR PATIENTS WHO VOTE WHY GEORGETOWN SHOULD COME IN The sosidtienial will be ie out of existence. Cedar river water will be available. Efficient fire and police protection. which otherwise Water will be delivered to the hill residents. Municipal bankruptcy will be averted. In a last desperate effort to defeat annexation and the moral * “clean-up” of Georgetown in the municipal elections to be held in that town tomorrow, the sick and decrepit of the county hospital and poor farm will be herded to the polls and pe | voted as residents of the city. Between 25 and 30 of these county charges were loaded into automobiles and hustled to the city W YORK, Nov. 6—Six of | Tsistrar’s office last week, some of them too old and sick and nen burned to death In a fire | infirm to write their own names. destroyed the celluloid fac f Robert Morrison & Son to-/ trapped behind iron insanely » bars. As the flames ap. hed they were actually rowst death in the sight of the Their horrible cries of were heard for blocks away so swift was impossible ation of their ament the utter hopeless of their escape, and face to ith death in its most terrible these frenzied men gave vent *# such as human ears have » heard, nexation beaten and Slocum elected. er, that aid n har which ars of seriy BY ARTHUR W. L. Look around the county hospital a little while and you'll soon strike the tangled and twisted trail that leads into the ,| realm of crooked Georgetown city politics. The men who have made the name Georgetown a thing One old man, too weak to walk, begged and pleaded to be let of |him along with the rest, and on the city hall steps when he collapsed the old fellow was picked up and bodily carried into the registrar's office, and his name was written down as that of a bona fide resident of Georgetown. Today the saloons are crowded and booze is flowing freely. The saloon men, with great braggadocio, boast of having an- Slocum has publicly prom- ised that Georgetown will be wide open when he is mayor. but Dr. Corson drove DUNN. Lott myn Phage Possig cen for good people to blush for—who supported the existence of Junequaled ‘exhibition of human | roadhouses in their city till a great tragedy forced them to get suffering junder cover—for a while—the men who have played with F tke eR Re te te & | Georgetown politics for years and swung its city policy—these * * | men have gone to the King County hospital"and poor farm for | THE MENACING JOY RIDER. * " : le * | votes—and have got them. B hedlel of ths teteiae one a INMATES TAK vie piste nous TO VOTE—AND | were drowned last night when *| PAID TO VO “THE RIGHT AY"—BEER AND | their machine ran through an * WHISKY BROUGHT TO THE POOR FARM JUST BE- t prdge, have not ‘been veces. #|FORE ELECTION AND THE UNFORTUNATES EN- | * ered ‘ * | COURAGED TO GET DRUNK THAT THEY MIGHT IX whether fur or sit ‘persone &| FEEL RIGHT TOWARD THE “GANG,” FREE DRINKS | x met death in the accident. * | FOR THE INMATES BEFORE ELECTION AT GEORGE- 1e suse et ee eae’, Steward J *| TOWN ROADHOUSES—THESE ARE SOME OF THE |* fears 8 sory Relic all in eb : THINGS DONE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE x for the purpose of punishing. «| MEN IN CHARGE OF KING COUNTY'S POOR. * Moy riders.” - ‘ ‘ *| I had not been at the hospital long before I struck the trail : air ine be A pee * 1 of Georgetown politics. I hit it again at night when I walked * thing. The elimination .from * | through Georgetown saloons with Orderly Belcher. They were * Bresvere asin - dey neers’ * talking over there—and counting over there—on “the pauper * would be a positive benefit.” * | vote,” I learned of it from inmates and patients at Georgetown, TeeRRN ER RRR Pal I was told how 20 patients were moved the year of the | A last election from the county hospital to the county farm—and SILENT ON POLITICS. iis coniais The regular meeting of the Bap THE HOSPITAL IS IN THE SECOND WARD, THE j{ist Ministers’ association was held) RARM IN WARD 3. WARD 2 WAS CONSIDERED SAFE, |Contrary to all expectations, the} WHILE WARD 3 WAS DOUBTFUL. SO THE SATUR- Cte he eine cheron of poll! DAY BEFORE ELECTION SUPT. CORSON SENT 20 |c ussed nothing but ministerial sub-| PATIENTS FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE FARM. ote. THEY REGISTERED SUNDAY AND DULY VOTED \¥ RRM ee ee | TUESDAY IN WARD 3. ty gan OReAmNGS. ‘4 Orderly Belcher told me the story of how he—though not * *!a citizen of the United States—voted at the last election, on the IER MES ph A *| advice of the Georgetown politicians, And was paid $5 for \% ‘Ba 19,001.89 | voting. Hee told me other things ci cata gM ak aoe J Al Senrahe boa 1, “used to go over to * Balances 8.814 *| Georgetown almost every day and get a skin full. Nobody * ctoarings today. st.745014 ¢] had a cent, but we got all we wanted * Balareos 196,489 “The day before the election a couple of pol ticians over iPS ee Pree em Continued on Page Seven.) oe