The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-26
SHE DETECTIVE.
She Opened a Letter, Watched,
Saw and Screamed.
MRS. SAPP'S GRAPHIC STORY.
Smashing OF a Glass Door Reveals an
tnfuriatipg Sight-Her Hus-
bands Explanation.

Bloodcurdling cries of murder"
'.polce" and help" rent the air at 10
O'Clock last night and brought Officer
Harry Faucet to the corner Of Second and
University streets. woman who proved
to be Mrs. L. Sapp, stood in front Of
the Brooklyn lodging house. and upon
seeing the officer she nearly went wild and
shouted:
"0fficer, there he goes See him? He's
turned the corner" and 4 phantom figure
disappeared in the gloom a block away.
crowd of people stood around, and
from every window in the three stories of
the Brooklyn were poked the head and
shoulders of curious lodgcr.
Its Mr.. Sapp, who runs a saloon at the
corner of Front and Madison streets" ex-
citedly explained the woman, IS she
pulled at the officers buttons. Pm Mrs.
Sapp, his wife; he was with another
woman in room %, upstairs. played de-
tective and caught them. He is scared 10
dea.h The woman-hcr name is Maud
she's gone. He nit me with glass, and
she rubbed lump over her left eye.
The officer accompanied the excited
woman to the third story of the lodging
house and, standing in front of a large
%, she said:
~ broke it. 4 woman named Maud
wrote Mr.. Sapp a letter and was 10 meet
him here and | found the letter; found
it and I'll keep it, / came here-fooled
them. ha, ha. / played it rich. Sect |
slipped up stairs and standing here, l
heard them talking. smashed the glass.
1t few in all directions. The woman. she
o1 ha
eyes-oh my, lie hit me With this glass
and it broke as you see 1t. He ran away.
The coward, TO run from a weak, unpro-
tected woman, and that woman his wife,"
At this juncture the landIady OF the
house appeared on the scene and address
sing the policeman, said:
tThere was a poor, lone woman in this
room, and this female, without cause,
smashed the door in and"
Did you say she was a!one?" shrieked
Mrs. .Sapp.
There was only one woman in there"
emphatically snapped the landiady.
"You speak the truth returned Mrs.
6app. there was only one woman. but
there were two persons. OH here is his
diamond collar button on the wash-s,and.
He forgot it-didn't have time Here is
MS i gave IL W MN idSt
Christmas. Alone, was she? How came
she by these articles? will keep them"
!. and Mrs. Sapp put them in her pockets.
While Mrs. Sapp was taking an inven-
tory OF what was in room -, the landiady
took the policeman aside and informed
him that Mr.. Sapp had not left the house,
as his wife supposed, but that he was in
an adjoining room in hiding. The officer
u a II I'll
rests, and so induced the woman to leave
Z the place and return to her home. When
again on the street, Mrs. Sapp said:
"We were married five years ago and
lived in luxury until five months ago,
1 when he met this Maud; she has no other
name. He deserted me for her. knew
1t all along, but he said it would take a
woman ten times smarter than me to
catch him-because he wasn't doing any
thing wrong / caught him though,
saught him fair"
Half an hour after Mrs. Sapp left the
BROOKLYN Mr.. Sapp went to his saloon, at
the corner of Front and Madison streets,
f where he was seen little later. Sad he:
well, You see, it's this way This
lwoman, who calls herself Mrs Sapp. is
mot my wife. We have been living to-
gether, and for a time we lived very nicely.
Il ] introduced her as my wife, and, well, |
asuppose then she must be; but we were
never married. About three months ago
she caused a scene on the street while |
was walking with a lady, and / haven't
had much use for her since. have been
rooming at the Brooklyn, and this woman.
whom Mrs. Sapp accuses me Of knowing,
has room across the hallway from N ne.
After had retired this evening heard n
LAUNDERING crash. and jumping out of
bed, opened my door and ran out into the
hallway. BY jingo, there was Mrs. Sapp.
The other woman. she had retired
too, came chasing out into the
hallway, and We were accidentally
thrown together in front of our rooms. I
couldn't make Mrs. Sapp believe any
thing, and so / watched my opportunity
and got away. | never hit the woman
with glass or anything else. 1t must
have been another fellow"