The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-06
MRS. BOYD'S CRIME.
Meager Hints Of Additional
Facts at the Inquest.
WHAT DID SHE TELL HOGLE?
rhe scene After the Murder Dramatic
ally Told-Boyd Had SoIemnly De.
cIared Her His Wife.


BOYD murder case was the verdict OF the cor
o,er's Jury which finished its labors yesterday.
The body OF the dead man will be taken TO
olympia for burial today
The Jury convened in Bonney h Stewards
,ooms. at Third aud Columbia streets. at 10
m. great crowd gathered. hoping to see
Mrs Boyd. but she was not present. The testi-
mony adduced the story OF the quarrel between
the pair, Boyd's statement that the woman was
$ his wife and also her admission to Capt Hogle
tba. she had killed Boyd These three things
were fully developed. A. w. Oliver, the first
witness, hackdriver for NJ N. Peters, told OF
Mr.. Boyd's engaging his hack in front OF GA
Second street on Friday night. He drove her
frs, to the Northern hotel, then to the Mirror
saloon, thence to the Office OF the PosT-iNTEL-
iIaENcER and then to the Occidental hotel. At
the las, place a man stepped up, and in answer
8 10 bis inquiry said he was Boyd. and stepped
into the hack without a word. Witness heard
no con yersafion In the hack.
f. H. Read, boarder in the house at 80
James street, said ne was in bed when he heard
{ the shots. He heard the pair come in, the shots
following about ten minutes later. He got up,
partly dressed himself anc went to the boyGs
room. Boyd was lying on the bed and floor. He
did not zee the woman at first for smoke, out at
LAST noticed her lying prone on the moor, nef
feet toward Boyd's. He went out ana sent iof
the police On cross examination the witness
said he heard Boyd speak In q cross tone 70 the
woman While waiting for the police he heard
shrek and laugh. He went in with Mrs.
Kennedy. Mrs.. Boyd was then talking to the
corpse and embracing it. She was sitting on the
bed and said Boyd was not hurt Mrs. Kennedy
took the pistol out OF her hands. In answer 10
a question from Juror Blackstone the witness
ssld Mrs Boyd was not in possession OF her
faculties, a. he thought. Between the first two
shots there seemed TO be scarcely an interval,
Il IL do h0fv WE
second and third. The fourth followed I'M
mediately Mrs. Boyd was not intoxicated
when the witness entered the room.
Mrs. John II. Kennedy, proprietor oil ths
house where the murder occurred, at 80 James
street, was called The whole manner and ap-
pearanee o. this witness was dramatic. When
called to take the oath she raised her eyes up
ward in very tragic manner. She is young-not
over 80. probably-,and was quietly dressed. The
FIRST intmation of the affair she had was when
she first heard the shots. Entering the room.
she saw Boyd apparently kneeling at the head
OF the bed. Mrs. Boyd was lying near the bu-
Teau aud seemed dead. She saw no weapon at
this time and retired. Returning with MI.
Reed. abe took the pistol from Mrs. boyds
hands and kept it till the arrival OF the police.
Early In the summer she had gone to Boyd and
asked him il they were all right, as their fire.
quent quarrels led the witness to think they
were not married She insisted upon distinct
understanding. Boyd said to the witness IN re-
ply: 81 swear by my God. by my mother, by
everything that is holy that this woman is my
wife. ANY trouble there is Is my own fault l
want her here for / know you will care for her.
On Cross examination Mrs Kennedy said she
heard the couple come in, heard Boyd say In
loud, angry tones: 81 will zee you In
HILL" but lost the rest of the sentence.
Mrs. Boyd replied, but Mira Kennedy did not
bear it, Iu answer to aquestion from Foreman
n. l. Baer she said that Boyd had not been
drinking. Mrs Boyd always had pistol. being
10 much alone. She frequently had the pistol
belonging to witness, though the one In evil
denee was not Mrs. kenuedy's.
j. f. sherwood. the next witness, said he was
upstairs in the house when he heard the shots
The interval between them was very short. He
went 10 the station after the police. When he
went In the room with them, the body was in a
erouching position. seeming to have dropped
The room was in great confusion. clothing
thrown about etc
Mrs. Mary Reed, wife of previous witness,
called. She was much agitated and spoke
indIstinctly She said that when her husband
went into the room the second time she went
with him. Mrs. Boyd was embracing and kiss
ing the dead body. Boyd had gone out early in
the evening. Mrs Boyd had come into the wit
ness room and said they had quarreled. She
took the witness into hor room and showed her
against the wall and broken the paper
Chief OF Pol CO Andrew Jackson then testified
TO going to the scene with Capt. George w.
Hogle and Detective George Cave. The woman
was beside the dead man on the door, with her
arm around his neck. Capt. Hogie examined
the body. while the chief raised the woman up
of the floor. She looked up at the witness aud
asked him who he and what he wanted
The chief then drew diagram of the room,
showing its position in the house and the loca-
ton OF the corpse when found They found
two bullet holes in the wall near the dresser.
They found two other bullet holes near the
chandelier which the chief thought were the
ones made by the bullets which had not hit
the dead man Both seemed to have been fired
from the same position When the woman was
arrested she seemed absolutely insane. The
witness said he would never forget the look she
gave him. He thought she was dead drunk.
nut found she was not drunk ut all. At the
jail she was more composed. There she said to
him: "Goi knows / did not intend TO hurt
him. ] only wanted 10 scare him. / often
scared him with guns before
Capt George ". Hoge then testified to the
weapon used. which he produced. IL was 81
caliher aud had four chambers empty.
Detective George Cave testified TO suhstsn-
ual'y the same facts rs recitei above. The room
was disordered. The womsn's face was pressed
against the dead maui hen the witness took
her by the arm. She said. ''Let me kiss him
THAT won't do any good now. he's Dead"
said the witness
mo. he amt. want 30 whisper something
to him you WON'T understand"
Capt. Hogc was recalled and asked whether
me woman had made any confession TO him OF
having killed Boyd. ''She did," said the cap
tain He did not testify further and refused to
speak OF tie matter alter the inquest
pr. John Il. Loughsry testified .ha. the wound
u koyds head was the Immediate cause OF
death, though the one in the abdomen was
probably shot first and would have eventually
caused death. The bullet found in the aldo
men was produced in evidence. The dead mans
FhEsleai condition was IL all respects nearly
peticoG In response TO a question from Juror
b'aAls'one the witness said it would not have
"eeh impossible that Boyd should have com
united suicide, though 1t was not AZ all proba.
we Since The bullet III the head would have to
DC SHOT from the lett hand III a peculiar and
sWAward position. Mrs Boyd was not present
william Martin was present in behalf OF Mrs
noyS. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Melvin
Ninsioek represented the state
Aver TIE evidence had all been submitted the
Jury sgreed upon the following verdict
SEATTLE. Dec. s. 1897
we, the cotoner's jury impsue,sd 70 lnyestI-
use lhc cause 81 the death Of Thomas Hender-
s1a BOYD, nni that hls death WAS caused by
tlhshot wounds 81 the hands o; one Ursula
!4sAl'a BOYD, claiming 20 he h.s wife. at $40