Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-08
BOND OVER.


W. b seymore.
The preliminary examination Of Cap
tain W. b. Seymore, charged with com
uniting an assault. with intent to kill his
father law. j. ID. SeIieck. took place
i'll Justice Cams court yesterday, eccu-
pying almost the entire day. The exam
ination attracted mnch interest. and the
little court room was packed almost to
suffocatIon. The sympathy of the spec
tators seemed to be entirely on the side
o! Captain Seymore, and at certain
points of the trial murnlurs of Applause
were bot lily concealed. Mrs. Seymore
and the CHILD were In during the greater
part Of the day, the former bearing her
terrible oraeal admirably. AZ times she
would come near breaking down. bat
her demeanor was for the most part
calm and dlenIfied. The legal points
at issue we're strongly contested and
ably argued by the counsel engaged.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ronald
Was assisted by Judge Jacobs. while
Judge Burke aud w. II. White, Esq.
| conducted the defense.
The first witness for the prosecution
WAS Mrs. SeIleck. who testified substan-
tally AZ follows:
NV name is Mary A. Selleck. and
live on the opposite side OF Lake Union.
formerly lived at Cherry Valley. King
County. On Tuesday last Was sitting
| in ON in the house when Captain
| Seymore opened the door and came in.
| He did not knock. There were In the
room besides myself Mrs. SsyInore, who
| Is nv daughter, the child Ralph and a
| gentleman by the name of Moore. Mr.
| Moore was Just leaving. Captain Sey-
| more advanced 4 short distance into the
room and spoke to the child, who went
TO him. He picked the child mp and
| rushed out of the door, which had jus.
been left open by Mr.. Moore. My
| daughter caught his coat, but he broke
| away. We both ran after him and
screamed to my husband not to let Sev-
mour take the child away. Ny husband
| WAS IN the root house, several rods away
| and near tie path which Sevmore took
| Az soon as he heard US he turned and
| ran towards Ssymore with both hi
arms extended. He had no weapon In
his hand, and his fists were not clenched
| Captain SeymOro ran on until he and
INV husband were within three or -four
feet of each other. He then pointed a
revolver directly at my husbands breas,
and fired. | believe he wished to xiii
him. Nv husband turned half around
as the shot was fired and SAID to me
Woman, he has shot mel He often
calls me Woman Ny dauahter and
did not stop but ran on after Seyrnore
He held his revolver in his left hand
pointed back so rs to cover US, anC
looked at US over his shoulder He car
ried the child on his right arm. lie "a,
through the gate and disappeared. liz
did not stop At all. The house - mine
We came to Seattle on last Monday"
When cross examined by Mr.. Whit.
the witness said Yes. the house il
mine. | have Il deed for 1t. | don
kuo. where the deed Is. think II ha,
been recorded. We Ian 1ed at Belltowt
when we came 10 Seattle. We walked
from the landing to Lake Union. MIR
George Nj. Bowman did not meet Us Al
the landing with a carriage. We wal keC
all the way
After the noon recess Mrs. Selleok
again took the stand and said a. wa
mistaken on one point of nv evidence
Mr.. Bowman did meet Us 1T the landin,
and drive us to Lake Union"
Mr.. SelIeck was next called, and hi
testimony corroborated that of Mrs
Sellrck. He sad: "Seymore fired a
inc. The smoke blew against my breast
| was on n little higher ground than b,
At the time
Mrs. Seymore was then called ant
said: - live ut Lake Union. | hav'
been living with my parents since las
May" At this point the defense OBJ
ieoted to Mrs. 50, mores testimony OF
the ground TINT she was the wife of the
accused, and she left the stand.
The prosecution rested their Gas,
hare. and Captain S-ynora was calico
by the defense to testify in his own be
half. There was much discussion AZ t,
the admission of Ger ain points of hi
evidence, but the Court ruled that tn,
whole story should be heard. Captai,
Seymore said: May name is W. 3
Seymore, am the husband Of Mrs. Say
more. | have been a resident of tn,
Territory for several years. My wifi,
and have not lived together since Ma,
last. Before that We lived in Tacoma
My wife has been living with her father
on the Snoqnalmie river. She came Il
Seattle with them on last Monday, an.
AZ was informed. WAS taken by Georp,
Bowman to his place on Lake Union.
went out on Tuesday afternoon to pe
my child. | WAS determined to succeed
went out In n carriage. | took "a re
vOlver because | expected that George
N. Bowman would try to prevent N,
taking my child. was ready to defen,
myself. | know that had reason t.
fear Bowman. On one occasion when
visited my wife at her father he sough
to prevent me, and stood in my patti
with shotgun. | brushed him asid,
aud went on. That was last August. On
Tuesday We drove out to Bowman
place. When We got near the gate
left the carriage. but first helped to turn
It around so that it would face Seattle
went through two gates toward tn,
house. ! shut the gates after me, bu
did not fasten them. | walked ~ usual
but examined the ground carefully as
went. knew that l would have t,
come back the same way in peril of my
life. passed Mr.. Selleck on the WA,
to the house. He was in the root house
aud his back was turned to me. | wen
on to the porch and walked along i
until came to the door. | opened tn,
1
The door opened into u room in which
were Mrs. Selle,k. Mrs. Seymore, m,
boy, and a stranger. The stranger wa,
evidently just i'll the 40. Of leaving. IL,
had roll ef blankets and a valise in hi,
hand. My wife said. 'Hello,' in a yer,
surprised tone. | said nothing to hel
but spoke very pleasantly to Mrs. Sci
ieck. She did not answer me. | ther
said = the child, 'ktlph, who is it?
He said, Papa" and then ran to me.
stopped down to fosdle him, aud lit
tic pet dog bounded up and patteo
him. When the stranger passed ou
through the door. | watched my chanc.
and seizing my child in my arms
bounded out. Mrs. Seymore said
No, You don't in a very confiden,
Way. ! ran across the porch and ia "A, Pee
from II. My wife caught my coat, bu,
her hold WIS broken when Jumped.
ran along the path. The women
screamed To Mr.. Seileck, and he ran
towards me with his arms extended.
knew that he Was timid and that could
brighten him from nv path. | shouted
". Al