Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-04

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Lssl Ao1dsy morning there ooeurred
a. tie nozss Of Sadas A. B. Dalinhsnza.
-four r1iies from this place. 0os Of the
UosS shocking tragedies ever known on
tie coast william Pesrsoa aud fsrnilv
I've With gndRs Dillinbsnzh. and when
toe Diliirbsugh family aross On thu
morning IN qoestioo they we're horri6ed
a. nadinR Mr.. Pearson, wife and child
lying u bed IN pool Of blood. and pre-
seuEtnG . most h7rrible spectacle. Cpon
examination IL vas found that The child,
little Edith, vas dead, and Mr. Pearson
and VIE yet alive, but their tfsrosts
badly e1t- DR.. J. s Hsrudou was seut
foE and SOU sesed up the woands-
tne reports concerning the affair have
been very conflicting. bat we give the
particulars as nearly cozrect as Il IL pos-
siols 70 gather then. IL seems thai on
S01day night there we're prsseut al
J1age Diliinbsn9h's. himself aad wife.
and too slngie daughters. r NJ. Pearson,
ard VIZ PeAHsOn. wife and fwo child
fea- Aboat y pun. Wild shrek vAs
heard 10 VIM. Persons room and his
father rushed in 10 Ascertain toe esuss
de foond bis son lying on the foos ana
acting like wild man The father v.s
commanded 10 boz down befars his son,
20 march around tbs room, etc. He zas
ordered ont. and Mr. Diilinbsagh called
N, and ofdsred 10 90 through With the
sAEoe performance Inis thing was
Kept up for several hours, much 70 the
terror Of the household. The gentlemen
thinking that 30 disSbey the madm an
would make him more dangerous,
chose 10 do ms bidding. Pearson would
curse. preach, yell. ETC. He quiet
Sd down considerably In the az
ter Il part of the night. land
all hoped that be had come 20 him eff
again. The two children had been TAX, n
from the room, but be called for the elder,
and abe vas taken back to him. About
midnight he ordered his wife out of the
room, bat her father, Judge DlIlinbaue,
asked her TO Tet0rn and do what she
could TO keep her husband quiet. This
she did, and remained in his room she
rest Of ths night The child vas heard
10 fret during the night, and Pearson TO
speak to ID quite sharply. his il when
II % supposed be killed it. DIR. Herndon
believes that Pearsou mashed in the
ribs Jos. over the haart OF his little girl
and killed her in that manner. A large
bfuise was found on her forehead, With
the prints of the eraiu OF the wood
plainly visible.
Mrs Pearson throat aud face yere
cat IN i've places. The Adams apple
Is entirely cut Of. and the xindpips cot
in two. Her mouth shows she prints Of
her husbands kand-that be closed her
mouth while he did the bloody work.
Pearson's throat 10 cut in two places,
bat the wounds are not so apt to prove
fatal as are those Of his wife. Mrs.
Pearson tainted when the razor vas
nrst drawn across her throat, and re-
nenbs rs nothing further that occurred
d0riug the night.
Do TUESDAY Mr.. Pearson was ad-
judged insane, and was taken to the
asylum at Steilacoorn BY Sheriff Gregg
and Wa. Jonee. He did NOS give the
any trouble, and was very quiet.
Mira Pearson Is doing as we'll as could
bs expected, and strong hopes are en-
OF her recovery. She cor
yers-s about the tragedy with friends,
and mourns the loss of her child.
The cause assigned foe the Q Inamis-
sion OF the awful deed ia that Mr.. Pear
sou has been devotinQ bis mind too
much OF late TO the study of spiritual
ism, and on the evening prior TO the
tragedy seance was held in the house.
de has lost all bis property within the
past eighteen months, and that has
oseyed on his mind considerably of
late. When asked by DR.. Hsrndon who
killed the child. Pearson replied that be
did, aud he cried bitterly. He said
that he was under the influence of some
great spirit. and he could not help what
be did. He said that he proposed TO
ell the truth about the matter that be
would not lie. He regretted the affair
very muoh.
Il Is needless 10 say that this terrible
Affair has shocked the whole eommuni-
~. VIM. Pearson and wife have been
reared In this county, and are we'll and
favorably known. Mr.. Pearson is a
sober aud industrious young man, and
10 think that he should become insane
and comnit the awful crime that he has
d hard 30 realize.