The morning call., 1892-12-08
FATAL INFATUATION.
The Details of Seattle's Double
Tragedy.
Moulton Concealed Himself i'm Mrs.
Storey's BOudoir and Shot Her
Down Without Warning.
Special to TIE MoRNINe CALL

SEATTLE. Dec. Mrs. Marie s. Storey
was shot and instantly killed last night by
her discarded lover Charles Roger Moui-
| ton. who then ended his own life. About
| year ago Monlton began to pay court TO
Mrs. Storey, and the two were frequently
seen together. About three months ago it
was noticed that he was no longer seen
] with her, and Intimate friends knew that
| he mad fallen from her good graces, and
that he would not take no. for an answer.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Storey went to
| the opera, and on her return found Moulton
in the house. A scene followed, and Moul-
ton became so violent that Mrs Storey paci-
! ted him by promising to consider his suit
more favorably On the following day.
| Last night after returning from the the
ater, she went direct to her room, passing
! through the room where her two little boys,
aged and 9, were sleeping in cots. and
woke one in kissing him. A moment after
| she had reached her own room two pistol
| shots were heard, Colonel Hilder, roomer
at the house. rushed into Mrs. Storey's room
to ind her dead upon the floor, while MouI-
| ton lay few feet away, also dead
| About twenty minutes before Mrs Storey
came home the servant girl heard some one
enter the house and go into Mrs. Stofey's
room. She was too badly frightened to in
vestigate.
1t was evident that Moulton entered the
room about this time and secreted himself
| IN the closet, as Mrs. Storey's dresses indi-l
| Gated he had been hiding there.
When Mrs. Storey entered the roam she
| threw her opera wraps on the bed and
| walked across to the bureau which stood op-
| posite. and within ten feet of the closet
She was looking in the glass when Moulton
fired. The bullet tore through her brain
and she fell to the floor with smile frozen
on her face.
Moulton then placed the pistol against his
own head and fred. falling so close to bis
| victim that the twu pools of blood merged
| into one.
| Both were dead and the walls and floor
| were covered with blood.
Moulton had evidently premeditated the
| deed, for at the Morgue note was found
| on his person directing that if anything oc-
| CURED to him certain friends should have
charge of his personal effects.
Marie E. Storey. the victim, was one of
the best known society women in the State OF
Washington. She arrived in Seattle in the
winter OF 1SS7-Ss. and began giving music
lessons. She was possessed OF an unusu-
ally good voice and this secured her the en-
tree to the fashionable society OF Seattle and
Tacoma.
In very short time she became the leader
OF the fashionable social set In Seattle, and
her house became we'll known as a rem
devious Tor men about town. There were
some who were unkind enough 10 say harsh
things at times about her, but this did not
interfere with her standing in any way.
Mrs. Storey. being a divorced woman, had
n 1FRRtr
rants for her hand were son of President
Baker Of the Chicago Board of Trade, and
a son of the United States Consul at Vic
toria. Gossip was busy with her name in
| many WAYS. and in 1889 she left Seattle and
went to Loudou, England, where she re-
mained for year, taking singing lessons
from some of the most famous vocal profess
sors in Europe.
Upon her return to WASHINGTON she was
again received with open arms She took
house, furnished it finely and began enter
tanning lavlshly. Moulton appeared upon
the scene at this juncture. He represented
himself as being Boston capitalist and
began paying court TO Mrs. Storey in very
assiduous manner. He was constant caller
at her house and accompanied her to the
| aters and balls. Mrs. Storey was remark
ably beautiful woman. and this in no small
degree contributed to her social success.
She was considered the leading soprano
singer north of San Francisco, and was the
prima donna at the fashionable charity con-
certs in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. She
lived for a while In San Francisco in 1886,
and it was here she secured divorce from
her husband, who is at present living here.
Mgr. Galinberti. Papal Nuncio at Vienna.
has been made a Cardinal.