The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-19
TACOMA NEWS.


der--stesedores Win Strike.
TACoMA. March i6s--Another murder
case was taken ap this mos sImg before
Judge Allyn In the district court. The de.
1cndaiit. Albert Fostrom. Is charged with
hsvIrx murdered swan Carlson Ia what
Il known as the West Passage, about
sever or eight miles northwest from Ia
coms. September 30, last. As developed
by the evidence taken to-day, the elfeHus-
stauces are sboat ~ follows; sunday,
September 90 sE a house on the " est Pas.
sage. which was being erected By Arthur
W. Dresser, several persons were gathered.
and among them we're Mr. Martin, Charles
Adams and Dresser. They were about sit
ting down 10 dinner when the defendant
came In. having ruwed over from Tacoma,
and after dinner swan Carlson, the man
murdered, cane In. Adams aud Dresser
went out trolling, and were gone about TWO
hours. When they returned they sas the
defendant Fossr0m rowing In boat, hat
less. coatiess and yestless, with bis face
bloody aud one OF his eyes badly swollen.
Fosfr0m said that he thought they were
gentlemen enough 20 see that he Was not
clicked" They returned With fostTom
and found his hat. Then Dresser tosk
Fosirpm 10 Z spring 10 wash the blood OF
tr0m's hat disappeared again aud Carlson
Wa the one that found IT, Before Adams
and Dresser started out trolling Carlson
had induced Martin to drink q mixture Of
porter and whisky. Carlson was intoxi-
Gated anF qnarfeisome. a. the evidence OF
= witness for the prosecution showed. he
bOaxtcd OF the fights he had heen In the
night before, aud said that ihnfe had NOT
been policemen eaough In Old TaeoHaa 20
arrest him.
After Fostrom had recovered his Rat, he
dcEbk whisky and porter with Carlson
several times and Carlson volunteered 20
help him of In his boat. They went down
g the beach, aud when they got there
Carlson pushed Foetrum's boat out before
the latter got into IL. Then the two got
Into another boat aud started after the one
adrift There wHs q fight aud both went
overheard. One witness. Adams. on his
0irert examination said that both Fostrom
and Carlson Were lighting In the wateF aud
striking at each other. They 5000 sapa-
rated aud each swan for his respective
bost. Fastrom sank just before be
reached his boat but came ap again
and sslxing the gnnwaln drew himself
In. As soon as he got n he picked up a
piece of an ear and made a motion 81
strike but did not strike aus turned and
roued 10 shore. Meastinse Carlson had
SINK. aua did not rise again. His body
was subsequently discovered aud upoa Il
were found laceFation on the back 81 tits
top Of the head. a ciean cut on the uos<
opening Into one OF the nostfiis aud 4
bruise on his left arm.
Very little interest has been taken In tl4s
ease to-day. The defendants father aaa
neither ana two sisters, one 4 toang cir
and the other Mts kosenzoan OF seattle
were In court, bat no relative ai
friend OF the deceased WAS ia attana
nnee, The district attorney Il prosecuting
and Marshall X. smell defending The jar,
was selected In less than an hour thu
morning and three witnesses for tie ,ssas
ecution. Arthur W Dresser. Charles Adam
and DR.. Mccoy, were examined hesaf,
court adjourned this afternoon. The }nr,
g composed of Nm. Nelson, r. ], Haeun
y. A, Wilson, Albert Ross. ]. T. weits
Louis Biieahorn. Joseph GheeSeman. r. 1,
MArhls. n. q. Austin. Alvin Scott, Char 8
Dickinson and Isaiah Porter.
Patrick Welsh pleaded net guilty )
burglary AMI grand larceny, and Fran
Daily and Charles Emerson aere argaigne.
ON = charge OF burglary and grand larceny
Taefe was strike Of brief duration Q
the workmen employed ky the Puget soun
hieycdursn2 Company l1 loading the krsi
ikh bark keir al the kefssiaw Wafehous
this morning. The trouala arse over On
employment OF two non Union men. Th
FOREMAN discharged the two men, ard IN
Sftfktfs returned Ia woFk