The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-03
RESULT OLA JEALOUS QUARREL.
The Woman Notorious ex-Member
the Demi-MOnde, "Gypsy Ashton"
She Hunted Boyd to Stay Him-The
Victim q well-Known Newspaper
Man and Member of an Excellent
Family-A Love-Message Whispered
by the Murderess to Her Dead uus.
band.

ing 0iymptdn, at Olympia, was shot and in
stantly killed by his wife in her rooms at 80
James street, this city, at TO- Is o'clock last night.
The tragedy is the ontgrowth of an unhappy
secret marriage, which was unknown
TO nearly all OF mis- most intimate
friends. bitter quarrel in the evening
reached a climax when he taunted her with tho
fact that she had been u courtesan and she re-
nounced her love for him. He flung out OF
the house and earoused from saloon
to another. At last, stung with remorse,
she went in search of him, found him
and took him back TO her rooms. On the way
the quarrel broke out anew. and they had no
sooner entered their room than IN fury, she
fired four shots at him, two OF them taking ef-
feet killing him instantly. Then reaction came
aud when the police entered she was whisper
ing in the dead mans = prayer for forgive
ness. The tragedy has, it is feared, FASTENED
the pains of childbirth and. IL she can survive
them, will in a few hours prematurely become
mother.
The crime has been brewing for nearly If not
quite three years When Thomas Hender-
son Boyd was at Olympia, reporting
the constitutional convention Tor
Tacoma paper, he met this woman
who was then leading fast life. lie became
hopelessly enamored, and she apparently
recproeated the attachment She became his
mistress It is said that he wearied of
this alliance after time and several times
tried to break with her, but each quarrel
was followed by reconciliation. She
repeatedly urged him to marry her,
and on February 10, is9i. they were mar
ried in Portland 1t is said that
Mr.. Boyd had been spree several
days before the marriage. and did not
sober up until after the ceremony had
been performed. He insisted that the marriage
should be kept secret and she consented. He
returned to Olympia and she came to this city,
taking rooms at Mrs. Lilly Kennedy's house,
No. $40 James street, near Third. He came here
often to her. but always hid the object OF his
visits. Often late at night they were seen walk
| ing together on back streets, and at times they
| quarreled.
| aud askei II it was agreeable for him to come
| to see her on the following yesterday morning.
| Her reply was favorable, for yesterday
| afternoon he arrived in town and went to
| his wifes room. Late in the afternoon they
| had quarrel and soon they began to exchange
| bitter words. He upbraided her about her
former character and told her that he could
| never forget that period OF her life when she
| was courtesan.
| These taunts set her Spanish blood boiling
| and with all the fire In her nature she retorted
| that she did not love him and that he might do
| as he saw fit. He arose and. putting on his
| coat, left the house with the words: 81 do noe
| love you" ringing in his ears.
He went down town and commenced drinking
| to drown the memory of the quarrel He
| visited the Standard theater and left
| after telling James W. Smith, the proprietor,
| that he would return. Then he went
| into Clancy d Burns Mirror saloon, corner OF
| Washington and South Fourth streets Here he
| talked with the men in the saloon.
| and, before getting ready to go, se-
cured letter of Introduction to
| a prominent man in Everett. He left the
saloon with the intention of going to the
| Observation-Disclosures office, but he never reached
there
At the time he left his wiic's room she was
| almos. insane with mingled feelings
! OF indignation at her husbands reproaches
| and regret that the scene had taken
| place Her impusive nature suddenly react cd,
| aud tho love she had short time ago denied
! was reawakened and caused her 10 go out
| into the streets searching for him. She
hired hack at Second and Cherry streets and
ordered the hackman to drive 20 the Northern
| hotel and inquire for Col Boyd. Not finding
| him there she went to Clancy & Burns, but
again without success. Then she went to tho
| PosT- T-ISTRLLIGENcEE Office. went again past tho
| Northern to the Occidental and met him there
| on the way from Clancy Burns to the Posi-
! ISTELLIGESCER Office.
Together they went to the house a. SO James
street, arriving there at 1915 O'Clock. They
| entered the room and before they had taken or
their outer garments the tragedy was enacted.
Four pistol shots in quick succession aroused
every person in the house. The startled people
/
room is near TO the Boyds', rushed in.
There ne saw Boyd lying on the door with his
head on the led rail. Blood covered his face and
he saw az once he was dead. Prone on the floor,
short distance from him, lay his vile, to all
| appearances also dead. a revolver IN her hand.
Mr. Reed Immediately sent word to police
| headquarters, and in a few moments Chief
Jackson and Capt. Hogle were on the scene.
When they entered the room they be-
held q sigh. CHASTITY beyond descrip-
tion. There. against the head OF the
| bed. his face all covered with
blood, a gaping hole in his LETT temple aud a
half burnt cigar in his mouth. was the limp and
| Iife.ess body OF Thomas Henderson Boyd.
The picture was made more tragic by tho
woman's form clinging to the body. her iIps
whispering:
aOh, my darling husband, II can't be that
you sre dead Let me whisper to you"
| She pressed her DARK. handsome face 10 his
| car and, as she whispered low and in weird, in
sane tones, she brought her cheek in contact
with the fresh blood cotted about MS left
temple
The officers, used as they are to scenes of blood
aud tear, were stricken dumb for a moment
and gazo1 ia wonder. The spell was broken by
the officers taking the weeping and blood-stained
woman rom the corpse OF her husband.
As Capt Hoge raised her up he found the re-
yolver On the ioor near her hand. He hastily
examined 1t and saw that four chambers had
been efnptiei. As he went out of the room
with Mrs. Boyd On his arm he told this discoy-
cry 10 Chief Jackson, and search was immedi'
ately begun for traces OF the bullets.
The room is about i2xli feet and faces on
James street Occupying the central pert of the
ROOM with its head To the east, was the bed,
aud it was between the front window and The
! head OF the bed that Boyd stood when the shoot-
ing occurred. lie had fallen forward aud bis head
| hung down aud against the bed rail-. His legs
were eurled up under him and the only sign Of
; | a wound wgs ia the ieft temple, ou. on closer
examination IT was found that a bullet had ell
| tered his body just below the navel
! Baex OF aim was found u shot imbedded in IN
, | wall aud IN the north end Of the room, about
eight feet from the Goo-, was the mark of auothe,
| bullet, and sticking from the hole were ane
hairs, indicating that /. had gFszed bis head in
its course.
Directly Under the spot where the last men
I | toned bullet struck stood the eomiaode and tc
the left OF il vas tte mantei, nicely decorated
with br.c-a- orac and pictures, among the latte,
1 ! being one OF Mr. Boyd. In the hsepiacs
coal FIRE burned brightly and
gave cheerful aspect 10 ths
room in strong contrast TO the tragedy that had
/: | been enacted. Al the foot OF tne ted stood d
center table ON which were books, writing faa
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