The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-30


been mentioned - being in Mrs. Jen-
sens brain and the second was found
lodged just behind the left eye
in Sandborn's head. The flesh all
around the eye was discolored and
bulged out as if ready to burst with blood.
The entrance was found just behind the
right ear. The sensational feature sud-
denly came when q large envelope was
taken from the dead mans inside pocket
and found to bear the following inscrlp-
ton: ''To the Public of Seattle"
The envelope was broken open and found
TO contain two letters, each written on or
binary note paper in the Swedish Ian
guage. The contents were . mystery un.
til . woman who declined to have her
name mentioned consented to translate
them. Below will be found literal trans
lation:
SEATTLE, April 10. 1891
L0dies and Gentl@0: ]. n. A. sanbofn, have
for the last eight years been intending to get
married. have worked here for oil that time,
and We have lived together - man and wife
have terrible feelings in my heart There 10 Z
continual growing in the house. She cannot
bear tho sight OF me, but God shall b my wit
ness that have done all in my power TO help
her along. Butnow have received my pay,
and 1t 10 . deadly bail l do not care
for the money or Mrs Johnson but
more for the trouble that she has made me.
Ladies and gentlemen. am not . hard-hsartsd
fellow. have cried like . child for her. for
we have lived a. man and wife. But 1t 10 not
my fault would not let any one fool me.
Mrs. Johnson has q niece down at Lake Wash.
ington. Her name 10 Mrs Hofmeister. She will
have share. am from q good family. and
was not used to growing until came here ]
have sisters in Nebraska. Tell Them that IL 10
better to think OF me dead than alive. Their
names are Mrs. Hannah kydberg, Of Platts.
mouth, and Mrs. Lena Swanson. of Omaha
Give this to the Seattle newspapers, and let the
world have warning. N. A. sANDBoRN.
The following letter il also an address
to the public through the newspapers,
dated ten days later:
SEATTLE, April 2a-BsJored Readers: A warn
ing to you and us all: !, n. A. Ssndborn, came
to seattle April S, 1889. and became acquainted
with Mrs. Johnson in 1855 came here, as every
one knows, and lived with Mrs Johnson on
Madison street Then was youth. Al God Is
my witness, she proposed marriage to me shortly
after I came here Time went on until at
last ! went to live with her, but only
after she had proposed, and which was
to my great misfortune. That was the Begin
ming, and We were soon to be married. Finally
she changed her mind and postponed the mar
rage, as she said until she could sell the place.
answered that il was . sin before God that we
should continue 70 live that way. On, my God,
committed q sin because I did not 60 away
when FIRST knew that she had changed her mind,
and commenced to be mean and hateful be-
gan to drink little, and then she would be real
mean. would go down town, drink heavily,
and in this way drown my sorrow. When ]
would 60 away and leave her, she would write
for me to come back. Now to my sorrow she
has got some one she likes better than me. Mr..
and Mrs. Bahr have been the worst trouble be-
tween US. She has got some one else she loves
better and whose name 10 Mckinley. The
Bshr have tried hard to get me out OF this
house But when asked for . few dollars 90
could leave, she tMra Johnson) would not
give them. could see her. but 1t would be too
great . scandal. She has got . better friend
than !, but will fool him. Beloved readers. 1t
is . hard deed. But her niece. Mrs. Hofmeister,
knows what she fMrs. Johnson) has done to me.
have prayed to God to help me, but I get no
answer. and it Is all because of mean people /
believe have enough money left for decent
burial II any 10 Lett, send it to my brofher.in-
law. Charles Rydberg, of Piattsmouth, Neb DO
not think the worst of me. for there 10 no one
on earth that has suffered a. much as have for
wrong-doing. N. A. SAND BORN.
The note that WAS found under the door
was written very dimly in English and
was a. follows:
Mrs. Noddm: I have 4 letter from
snohomish In regard to that farm spoke to
you about ! will take the property, and you
had better 60 tomorrow or Monday for me.
JOHN INGLEsoN.
After learning the contents of tho letters
Coroner Horton ordered the bodies re-
moved to Bonney & Stewards morgue. His
decision last night was that no inquest
would be held.
Although the given name of Mckinley
had been mentioned, it was not known at
this time. A reporter went Immediately
to Mrs. Sophie Bahr's house. near the long
trestle, and learned that his name was
Frank and that he took the City of
Puebla for San Diego. via San Francisco.
Friday afternoon. He came to Seat
tie two years ago from Duluth and
for time was a bookkeeper at one Of the
mines. Last September he went to room
at the Bahrs' and was we'll thought of by
them. He has sister at San Diego and
has been intending to visit her for several
months, but a lawsuit in which he was q
witness held him here.
Mrs. Bahr said she was we'll acquainted
with Mrs. Jensen or. as she was known.
Johnson. and talked with her frequently
about Sandborn. The old lady said she
had tried to get rid of him, but he insisted
on coming back. She had also offered him
goodly sum to go away, but he insisted
that he was going to marry her and stayed.
Mrs. Jensen told her that Sandborn abused
her when he got drunk.
Mrs. Annie Hofmeister, the niece OF
Mrs. Jensen, is a blue-eyed, good-lookine
woman. who thinks Sandborn was not
treated right, and blames the Bahrs TO
some extent for the trouble. She SAYS
Mckinley met her aunt about Chris,m as
and since then has tried TO cut out Sand
horn, who had worked without pay for
Mrs. Jensen for eight years, and expected
to marry her.
Mrs. Mary Jensen's maiden name was
ID alln and she was born in Nora, Sweden.
fifty-two years ago next Deccm Der q. She
married Gus Jensen and came to this
country over twenty-five years ago They
lived in Illinois and, before coming to
Seattle twenty years ago, lived in San
Francisco two years, where Jensen worked
ut his trade Of shoemaker After arriving
III Seattle, then a little town they took I'm
the land north of the Madison street
power house and built log house. the
same one in which the tragedy
occurred. With the advance q,
the city their property increased
IN value and eventually Jensen
put on the market Ihe addition which now
bears his name. lie was killed ten or
twelve years ago by falling tree. and
since then. allowing due time for mourn.