The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-22
Tragic Drowning u Nan and
Woman In Lake Washington.
SIGNS or ausoea AND SUICIDE.
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pooo shs scene Of doub bic tragedy. the true
story Of which will probably aissys be .
matter Of conjecture. while the identify Of
both victims IL nov In doubt.
A man and . woman we're rowing lar
ont on the lake. They wers seen 70
struggle In the bottom u the boat. When
. steamer, attracted BY their actions. went
near them they resumed their seats-
Atteuttou wAs distracted from them
lor . few minutss, and then . lone
figure. that Of man. wss seen standing In
the boat. A moment later this figure had
also disappeared. When . party that had
hastened ous reached the boat IL Was
empty--bofh Of its occupants had van
ashed, apparently swallowed up by tho
almost fsshomisss wst<K.
No ons Who saw thsm knew either the
man or the woman. Descriptions wers
neaesr and both parties unknown TO the
shas clue uas Obtained.
Il IL nov thouRhs that the parties 10 the
awful tragedy wsrs Mrs. Emma MacDon-
cid. . divorced woman, living II Seventh
and Pike streets, and Harry G. Alters.
civil engineer. who rooms at the Abbott
1uuss. They went rowing together on Lake
Washington yesterday afternoon. At
the time Of going 70 press they
lad not returned. II y said that
Ah.ers had heen quite intrinsic
with Mrs.. Mac Donald for some time and
that he was terribly infatuated with her.
II Il said that he had been heard making
dire thrssts 70 her quite recently.
Those who saw the struggle 0f the man
and woman. In the boat and watched their
maneuvcss, without having any idea ~ 10
their identity. we're sure that the woman
VS. murdered 70 hide the attempted COM
mission Of CRIME and that the man CON-
United suicide 10 escape the consc quences
OF two dark dcsdA
Lake Washington was yesterday after
noon the scene Of . double tragedy which
hears Ill the marks Of murder followed
b. the suicide Of the murderer. but the
sdentlty Of the murdered and the mur1eref
Il surrounded in the darkest mystery.
The eyes Of pleasurs-seekers at the ter
minus Of Madison street were, about S
O'Clock. fastened on . man and woman en-.
gagged IN struggle tn rowboat about =
mile and half towards Kirkland. They
resumes their seats, attention was dis
tractsd from them for = few minutes, and
whsn next the boat was noticed they had
both vanished. having apparently been
swallowed up BY the almost fa.homless
water. All the signs point to the murder
Of the woman and suicide Of the man, TO
escape the consequences Of probably q
double crime
The rapidly moving steam yacht Aquila
mooSing ct Captain Leakss boathouss. at
4 -. t~fA -
Captain Aunsou noticed row boat some
distance ahead. headed apparently for the
west shore Of the lake. Al the steamer
approached nesref Il Was seen that IL held
young man and woman. both in the
stsrn and quarrslling. When The Aauila
came within hsiling distance the woman
was yelling for help and waving . hand
kerehief. Her companion. on observing
that help Was 1t hand. arose from the bot
tom Of the boat and took his seat by the
oar locks. while his companion tried to
composs herself by taking hold Of
the ruddsr rope. Those on board the
steamer could see plainly that she had
been weeping. and Il Was evident that she
Was In distress. Only q short distance
separated the row boat and the steamer.
but when the woman was asked IL she
wanted 10 be taken aboard. the man In said
to have silencsd her BY raising an oar As II
to strike her. She Was evidently afraid Of
him and dared not speak. for she failed TO
answer the question shouted to her and
said nothing when tho man waved the
steamer OFT and rowed away. Capt. Num-
son gave orders To proceed. and in q few
minutes the landing ~ Madison street was
reached.
When the passen gers came Oft Capt.
Leaks noticed that the women looked an 4.
soas and was not surprised when Can't.
Manson called him to the end Of the boat
house fioat and, pointing out on the lake
10 the tiny row boat coming toward the
shore, told him of what had happened.
Everything appeared all right and Capt.
Hunscn remarked that he guessed they
were coming in all right
Capt Leake commenced counting up his
esass to see II the couple mad gone GU, from
his fioas and MAS engaged in this work per-
hap. four minutes before he looked out on
the lake again. Then he felt that some.
thing was wrong for tho boat was mot
fnovsng.
The captain ran To one OF the rrivste
eoat houses lust below. where Edward
Teshas. one of the hes, oarsmen on the
lake. ~as working. and told him Ia reach
the boat out IN the lake a. soon as possible
and mud oat What was going on. Torhus
was oa the way in less time than /, take,
In ssls Il, pulling with all his might. When
hc vas sscaiy rods from shore suddenly
the maa VAS seen TO rise in his boat
aers Was space during which the boa,
going 10 the rescue dew over the water
ard tAs tfNntsn@,s@sa
emily watching i,s approach. Cap.
f.eske's attention vas called for a ,nomen,
hy the Agaila - she backed out on her
return trim when he locked ou, over IA.
water again the lone figure had a,s,p-
reared. the boat Vas empty and fiostct
about GA the water.
The steamer and = row boa. In charge al
fssae Rocksnfield reached the sss,, uhsrs
the tragedy had oceurred almost a, The
same moment There MAS nothing before
tAe N nicas ssarrhers bat the empty boa.
with the oars. which trasicd in the water
were three cushions laid side by side A
hack silk smbrsila With . silver hook
handle aud green leaf FROM water hly
comprised the entire Use Of articles lief, 10
marx tho identity Of the mysterious
cenr1e. There was NOT sign Of anything
ncasing on The water and despite sweep
Ing search the ha: Of neither eoald be
found To drag the lake 81 thai poin, vas
out of the question as the water, according
90 the beat authorities, II hesseen SO and
so feet deep
When Tcrhns arrived the Aqaila pro-
ceeded on her way 10 Kirkland. and he
commenced towing the ili-fased rowhoas
hack 10 shore On the way he was mss ey
che naphsha launch Neohfa. in command