The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-03
CUNNING.

- hsd lived in Gale -.us county in
ssjne a lss.-. you would know ali
~ famous Jaeger murder case.
81 I'D have attended, day after day,
ssSlei which resulted in the acquittal of
- 1re<es. listening to each word of tes-
- - mastery pleas of the attorneys,
Ssrxs Of judge to jury, and would
iriSed % the general feeling oil salts
- vben the verdict was announced.
~ befors. Henry Jaeger purchased
- iarm in the Grand Ronde valley,
"a settisd down to . honeymoon
- rromieed all the happiness that one
nd. For . time ali went we'll, but
- he Young wife realized that her
n & marital felicity was shattered,
81 = baesn to see her husband in the
= z Is true character. Visitors ire
le.nd her in tears, and ere their
- lie had reached its first year,
~ Ieputahon was that of dissolute,
iryed character. among his offenses
- - most brutal treatment of his fair
- ulIa Things went from bad to
- untIl after repeated separations and
lhahons, Jaeger was found one
1Ss dssd in his bed. There was no
1865 h robbery, no sign that the house
r. ~ entered during the night, nor
r - Sleep of the servants been dis
Nh any unusual sound.
y cnsonsr's jury promptly decided
fajol(er bad come to his death from a
m inflicted by pistol in the hands of
\ zlk, and when Judge Brooke, the
IN criminal lawyer, arrived two days
nkb ike charge OF the case. he found
IN attorney. next to an adverse YER
r. ut dfsAds- popular feeling against
Il III dent and an unanimous opinion
1ey Jaeger was guilty of the murder
III huaband. Their first interview was
= 4 TIE county Jail. After greeting
r tpldhily, Mary said:
5ofp, rely entirely upon you. Since
1gnnuet not . word concerning this mat
~ escaped my lips, and / am now pre-
~ = naks full statement of all facts
btAol>o. to you and You alone"
- Jaeger, did you kill your hus.
EIndr
I'M
~ TIE circumstances and the mo-
u ~ prompted you."
~ know, my life for months had
elAl upon earth. The evening be-
y ut him We had had fearful quar-
u 6esvose that be would kill me az he
~ sdog, and rushed down stairs for q
LAD barely time to secure my re-
ead secrete myself under his bed
! hard him ascending the stairs,
1ng hks mailman in his awful rage.
naIehed the house for me, and was
noived TO kill him should he find
Mlast no gave up the attempt, and
ne ped uttering threats that made nv
iun cold. We were locked together
ea nom. realized that escape was
Ny, an that it was his life or mine.
~ g slept | placed the revolver close
= nead, pressing the bedclothes tightly
- g deaden the report, and fred the
- way sent him from sleep into eter-
Man Is the pistolsn
q ny haste l threw it into the kitchen
The next morning, realizing
sslcn would be made for it, I re-
ssa ne ashes, but was watched go
mat could not destroy the only
s's1saee Of my guilt"
10y may describe the spot where the
~. aa o. the crate we're deposited.
~ -! 0ia 90, and the Judge continued:
- ns who. beside yourself and hus-
- ssfe IN the house on the night that
A. 49, vas the hired girl, who had been
! = ance our marriage, and q boy of
m - n'fed man slept in the barn.
is s'os THIS man as closely as posi-
g name is Sam Burke. He is a hard
-. ). and has been drunk ever since the
s. ns-ever since that night
M - Y ne Judge left his client plan of
|kr,. nso already suggested itself to his
-. s nlnd That night he secured the
4 s. saa !, sscreted 1t again in hollow tree
,a;r. = u's'snce from the house, carefully
49,. ~ new location. The next day he
|k 49, 2 receipt given by Burke 70 Jaeger
~ =. lsnt OF wages and took the noon
1. MI - rorsiand. His business was with
= s =. e-pert photographer IN the city,
s., = $ ~ return he carried with him. in
49, Expert would swear TO have been
Ia !. snung, letter which was des-
tapalt.I sy most important part in the
h,,s ~ q Mary Jaeger.
49, ax MS absence Burke had gone 70
s = own and the Judge was a passen-
n,..s sae east-bound train. Having
- ~ as man, he proceeded to have him
~ ~. With liquor and contriyed to
s. eogus letter in one OF his pockets.
M supple matter to have Burke ar
~ charge of drunk and disor-
= -. .au IN the search of his clothing
NJ !, was found and read by the SER
1lu..s ponce. Ten minutes later this
dashed over the wire:
NM .aiamas County: Come at once.
49, s''uence Jaeger murder case.
Asne. Mr.. Burke was sleeping off
- = ~ 81 his spree, all unmindful Of
Ma - sus lot his reception, and when the
~ .ns .ea IN on him after reading the
- sn fevolutionized the case of the
q So saeger, he told himself that never
/, :. 'aA been more speedily or effectu.
cover. The letter read:
A1n 1rosa: You are all rong in scus-
Is ~ ssssef for the merder OF her husband.
! q 49, Nnare to find that pistol. Look
"A "a Low Tree about 200 feet back of the
tesh g' sea viii hnd what's /, IL alter going
eM lam going WHARF you cant find
Nm. IA, sat you 10 understand Won are on
u u you think that woman killed
- = sae case OF the State VS.. Jaeger was
- 81. q experts swore thai the let,er
ass.. u evidence and marked exhibit
lkas., = 'ae writing of none other than
"a &, 4. Brooke, in summing up the case.
+fAs, = a following eloquent plea:
~ n, ~ can Be no doubt Burke wrote mi,
4Nndins to mail it after reaching .