The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-09

A Dad Woman Foand in .
Tacoma Drag Clerks Room


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1 Tacoma Yesterday Eaorsing sad go ~
/ lxss night IL Is be sho relates toe aoss-
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yapeur Clark wss mpioysd by siewar
A co ia Tacoma NJ A. b. stewart - A.
. vz.srss.-r Of that firnsl about . year ago
II. w.s ssss cred 10 The Joss5iag cepAss
rueus ana ..ssn gained TIE cs1asaebre Y
{ ~. eu.r,gsssrr- lie came yell recoM
unxsdtd. Saving served two years wisI
Nlss,usn 4 To-. of Portland. ana bfisxs,
S-lrsa. He was . hard working, sefs'
f-IIox COR one occasion Mr.. Aaorrw u
-r~sas-A. b ssewarss tsrv1h~r-1iscos
/ @rr<s thss Clark xss slightly insc1fcAlrc
I ms hAysfenesi several rnassins ago. In'
ese 1 asked 10 ke excused. with the unA4ss
stsnaisg tnas il the oftens= were agar
rosr niffsi he w0ufi CONSIDER nims, III ois
pgaNarie SCENE
Yet rasy morning al sc'eloek Andrew
-tex ait useE Clark ia the stefe and though
he Was infaxieare Tnea vas enacted Z
var, dramatic scene. Mr. s,esarf sad
-Ciark, 90 have ssee1 asinkiEg. You re
m msSr tne understanding &c nss fon
must quit
~w.I, said Clark handing over the keys
OF the sr.,le, Il am r. ady 10 gut"
This said he fell 81 the tiaor- He -
auicsly removed To the rooin> of phy
4 ian wbo dsseoy, red that the man was
suffer ne from tue effects of 20 son VIA
marked -Atros.iaf' was fonnd on his per
SOD That i ssppos-d 10 b the poison used
AtropIa i the active psincipai OF bella
touna It's effect is very similar To that OF
guor .sniae. IL il FarsieaIss painless. As II
almost a. : pols AZ adm raj tssred reduces is
We ifas 20 q state oi Inconsistencies
A HossIBLE DISCOVERY.
The perhaps suicide ia addition TO his
other du'ies was night clerk for the drug
store aai slept In . room overhead. A.
there after the store had been
c oszd, and iuvarisbls found hin
alone and in bed. Yesterday morning
after the sensational episode In the store
Mr. Stewart vent to his room merely out
of cgriosi Y, not expecting an additional
horror. He locked ia TIE csoset. and there.
taddied up liz a corner, sas tue d. o! Q
seai woman
80 MARKS oF VIOLENCE.
There we're no marks Of violence on her
uerson She was partially disrobed. and
her white garments were cloited with
el Cd An examination shaxed that the
bullet hsd entered the roof OF hei
mouth aud penetrated her brain. she had
H. "A
woman was at onee identified rs Hattie
ca o. O bad woman of lJw type.
HAD No BAD COMPANIONS
Clark never associated with such women
SO far IS his emp osers knee. aud thi
presence Of the dead BODY In his room is 10
them unaecounfable. To make the mys-
terry more inexplicable. Their are no pow
der marks OH The woman,s lips, and
her teeth are not broken OF p
supposed thar she, TOO, attempted suicide.
bat with more sudden success than the
man However, before the coroner. who
held Ill inqus ST Immediately after the
diseoy. ~ of the body ihomss ". Neem,
made q statement which communicates the
situation II was in effect as follows:
STRANGE STORY.
II went to Clark's room saturday night
with Hattie Csss. After We had reiiree
Clark came in. When he saw US he picked
mp "a revolver and ordered Us out OF the
RON. got mp and weat out Theu,
thinkiug il was q bluff. | returned aud aid
Ia Clara, YOU wouldn't shoot auy body
Won't - he replied, and with that he
fir 4 at the weman. sha fell ard left.
This tory is not credited. The circum-
stances, IL Is thought, do not sustain 1t
The absence of powder marks, Mr.. stewart
says. and the fact that the outside OF INT
mouth is unini1red, give substantial sup
port 10 the suicide theory.
UNCONSCIOUS, BIT STILL LIVING.
When Mr.. Stswsr. left Tacoma last
night Clark. though Unconscious, was eth
living. and the physicians were confident
of his recovery.
Mr. Ste sarr displays great deal of snx-
iefy regarding tue tragedy. H. is conf
dent that the woman committee suici dc,
and doabis that Clark had anything TO do
with IT,
A. b. STEWARDS THEORY.
His theory is that Clark found the dead
body in his room, and moved by
shame AMI fear attempted 10 take his
life. Mr. Stewart calls attention 10 the
surroundings The drug store In local. a
on Pac fie avenue. people are passing q,
all hours OF the night, and il il ~ him a
strange and perplexinx mystery that the
fatal shot was not heard.
RE THINKS CLARK can EXPLAIN.
He thinks tina, Clark will be able 90 give
an explanation that will exculpate him.
self, aud he therefore anxiously awaits hi.
rtcovery.
Is SHE Drummer HATTIE"
ua.fs.. Gas IL 80
paiei prostitute well-kuown In Seattle a
"DruukeH Hattie She was arrested q
few days ago for soliciting prostitution OF
the King street bridge. and was released
without fiue after promising 10 leave toe
city. All thst could he learned from q
diligeaf search in NbitschapSi late Las,
night WAS that Drunken Hattie" hal
gone 10 Taeoms several days ago.
FUKrHEg NEWS PROM TACOMA.
The following additional information
was received from Taeoms By wire lasi
night,
IL is all, ged that Clark met Hattie Cas-.
in Portland eight wears ago. white he wa,
ia the employ nj Wisdom & co. Fearins
that his Connection with the woman
would end In mia. be left Port
{ land and went Co st Paul Minnesota
He VAS soon compelled 10 again change h i,
+
II Paul tie went 10 Alaska and after Z
line came to Taroma aud en-
tered the employ of Mf stewart
ies days ago Hattie Cas- appes red in
Iacptns- Weems. who - refer al To above
ssys a. the III an no orde "a him out o,
tiAfSs noon wore a dark n as ache. Ctsrl
hsS = light mustache. Neen< when takaf
To ~ >snith's Office where Clark Isy. did
not identify him q, the man who he'll. tn,
pistol
sEEss Asb CrgTTs ARRESTED.
( NeeIas and Alfred l. Curtis. two mer
who admit they were al Clsrs's room sat
urstsy night, were arrested and lodged II
isii In default at 81 .eo bail
Tux coEoSER's inquest.
Henry Lewis. the coloeed porter letor,
/ the coroner today. testified that he io,,n.
/ CLARK asseep ia the rear OF tue drug s,or,
sats morning.
ollie &. Jackson TESTIFIED that he found
CLARK in rsssa hsrk of the store. Cl.r,
solt him that be did n3i kill the woman
bur another msa did
Nor ngAp Yxr
A<spsseh received after midnight an
yflncssi thsy Clark wss s;ill living. II,
Fsat " whattae physicians were doing, bn
could Bet sy<ak.
The eos.~ieF Inquest will ~ continues
today
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